4 8 Go!pel Xe?aiifsiori. in our own particular perlons , as before we were in Chrift as a common perfon : NowChrift is juftified firft, and acquitted from all our fins, and this acquittance is made the ground of his challenge to all his Adverfaries in the world, though the Prince ofDevils come with all his power : yet layes Chrift, he is near that jufl'ifiesme,and he will make myface as aflint, it is God that acquits me, who is my Adverfary ? let him come near : Oh its a bl. fled thing when thou haft got the p rdon of thy fin ! thou needeft not care for all the reproaches the world can call upon thee; thou m.ift go up and down , and challenge any in the world to come in againft thee, i Cor. 4. 3. Ipafs not for mans judgement, he that îudgethme is the Lord ; theword tranfated judgement, in the Greek it is mans day : Man has his day here, and he thinks to weary out the People ofGod ; why fayes Paul, I pals not for mans day, he that hath the fupream judgement in his hands, he bath acquittedme, and I am well enough. OftheFoundation ofEternal Life laid in PardoningMercy. '8. Bleffed is the man that .barb his iniquities forgiven ; for this is thefoundation of eternal life ; whoever hath this mercy, 'bath a certain pledge put into his hands ofeternal life,Rom.8.3o. Whom he predefinated,them he called : whom he called, them he juftified : andwhom be jufl:lied, them heglorified : thou who art juffified, andhaft thy fin pardoned, thou (halt certainly be glo- rified : APrince may pardon a man, but hecannot afire him ofeternal life, thoughliegive him his natural life : But God if he pardon, he makes it known to that foul that he fliall live eternally with him in glory : Oh bleffed is he then that hath his ipiquities forgiven , for this is a pledge unto him of eternal life. OfPardonofSin being the bottome ofall true Comfort. 9. Blefed is he that bath hisfinpardoned ; for pardon offinis the verybottomofalltrue comfort:Be ofgood comfort yourfns are forgiven ; if Chrift fpeak but this word to a foul, thoughhe be 'liver fo much deje&ed, it is enough to raife any drooping foul from
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