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Gopel eritifsíosa.
9
and juftice
of God
in
the forgivenefs
of
a
fanner.
Many people
when
they
Peek
for
pardon
of
fin,
they only think of
Gods
infinite
grace
and
mercy,
but
not
of his
juftice
:
But
certainly,
who
ever
he be
that
comes to
be
pardoned,
God
(hews
himfelf
infinitely
juft
as
well
as
merciful
;
that
he
is
merciful,that
is
clear
to
every
one
:
But how does it appear he
is fo
infinitely
juft
?
for that there
is a
clear
Text for it, Rom.
3.a6.
To
declare
at
this
time
his righteoufnefs
that
he
might
be
juft,
and
the
juflifier
of
him which
believeth
in
:fe
fus
;
fo
that God
in
the juftifying
of
him
that
believes
in
Chrift,
is
juft
as
well
as
merciful.
Now then
poor finner, lay
thefe
together,
that
God
fhould
work
fo
ftrangely
in
bringing
about
the
pardon
of thy
fin
in
fuck
a
myfterious
way
as
this
is
;
certainly
it
does
demonftrate
that
thou
art
a
bleffed
man
;
I
befeech
you
think
of
what bath
been faid,
and
lay
it in
your
breafts
;
go away
with
this upon
your fpirits, Lord,
I
indeed
heard
much
of
the
evil
of
fin, and
that
it
was
a
greater
evil
than ever
I
thought
it
to be,
and
now
I
have begun
to hear
of
the mighty
work
of
God
in
pardon
of
fin, I
hope
I
fhall
for
ever retain
higher thoughts of it than
-
before.
Brethren,
there
is
nothing
in
the
world
that people
have
fliáhter thoughts of, than
of
the
pardon
and
forgivenefs
Of
fin,
they
think
it
a
flight
matter.
But
if
there
were
any
work
that
ever
took
up
the heart
of God
from
all
eternity,
and
Thews
God
to
be a
God,
it
is
this about
the pardon
of
fin
;
this
is a
great
doc`frine,
the doctrine
of
the
work
of God in
the ju-
ftification
of
a
firmer,
'tis
one
of
the greateft
Doc`frines in
Di-
vinity,
and
therefore
that
you might
fan
tifie the
Name
of
God
in
it,
and give
him
that
glory
that
is
due in
this
great work,
it
is
L
needful
to fearch,
that
we
may
find out
what
is
the
work
of
God
in
it.
Of
the
ninth
Myfterie,
When
God
forgives fin,
for
the
¡ire-
fens,
he
forgives
all
to
come.
g.
The ninth
Myfterie
is
this,
and this may feem
one
of
the
ffrangeft
of
all,
When
God
forgives
a
fanner any
one
fin
for
the
prefent,he likewife
forgives
hint
all
the
fins
that
ever
he
Pall
corn-
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