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fiofpel
Xemision.
DoEtrine
of
Affurance
ofPardon
:
We
preach that
a
man
may
not only have
fome
good
hopes
that
his
fins
are pardoned
;
but we
fay
God
bath
revealed
fuch
a
fulnefs
of
riches
of
grace
in
the
Gofpel
,
that
a man
may have certain
and full
affurance
of
the
pardon
of
his
fin
;
as
if
he
heard
a
voice
from Heaven,
fpeaking
to him by
name,
thy
fins
are
par,.
Boned
;
or
as
if
when
Chrift
in
the
days
of
his flefh
, faid
to
any one,
fon,
go
in
peace,
thy
fins
are pardoned; certainly
,
there may
be
as
full affurance
of pardon
of
fin, by
the wit
-
nefs
of
the
Spirit of
God,
as
if
fuch
a
voice came
from
Heaven
:
But
our Adverfaries fay,
open but
that
gap,
and
'tis
an
open way
for
men
to take liberty
to commit any
fin;
What
need men
care
what
fins
they
commit , when
they
know
they are
pardoned
?
that
has been
objefted
againft
us
;
but now we
fay,
there
is
fuch
a
vertue
in
the grace
of
God
going
along
with pardoning
of
fin
,
that
heals
the
foul ,
as
well
as
comforts
the foul
;
we
anfwer
it
thus
but
you
take away our anfwer,
and
difgrace that
bleffed
Do-
ftrine
of
Pardon
of
Sin
;
for wherein
does
it
appear,
there
is
fuch
a
healing power
in
the
affurance
of
the
par-
don
of
fin
?
If
it
be
fo,
then you would walk more
ftricily
than
any man
in
the
world
can
do,
in
the time
of
the
great
-
eft
horror of
Confcience
that
pofiible
can
be
and
this
would bring an honour
to the
Dotrine
of
Affurance
;
but
you
by
finning
after pardon,
How do
you
difgrace this
bleffed
Doctrine,
and take
away the anfwer out
of our
mouths
?
So
much
for the
preent,
to be
fpoken
to thofe that
dijhonour
the
pardoning
mercy
of
God
by
finning
after
pardon.
CHAP.