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by

the

renewal

of

a

prefent act

of

faith, to

tue

out

pardon

anew

unto our

felves.

Nay,

the

truth

is,

if

this

were

not fo,

there

could

be

no inftant

of

time, wherein

a

believer was not

in

the

Rate

of

condemnation

;

for there

is

no

inftant

of

time

wherein

a

believer

doth not

forne

way or

o

:her

fin

againft

God

:

Fur-

ther

it

is

apparent

and

undenyable, that there

is

not

a

necefïty

of

renewing

an

ad

of

faith upon

every

fin

committed

for

the

pardon

of

it

,

this

Argument

cannot

be

denyed,

becaufe

other-

wife,

there mutt

be

a

neceflity of renewing

an

ad

of

faith

after

the laft

at

a

b

iiever

do:h

;

for

in

the

Taft

action

a

believer

Both

in

this

world,

there

is

Tome

fin in it

:

Now

if

there

be

force

fin in

the

laft

ad

of

all,

then there

cannot

be

of

necefìity

re-

quired another act, for

the

applying

of

the pardon

of

that

fin

a

believer

did

do

in

the very laft

ad

he did in

this

world

:

thofe

that

hold

a

believer cannot

finally

fall

away, yet fay,

he

may

to-

tally

;

many

hold that if

once

a

man

be

juftifìed,he

can

never

go

to

Hell

;

but

yet

this they

hold,

that

he

may

fo fin

that

he

may

be

brought into

a

Rate

of

condemnation

;

he

may

be

brought

into

fuch

a

Rate ,

that

if

he

should

dye

at that

prefent

he

should

perifh

;

buc

fay

they,

God doth

take

care

that

he

¡hall not

dye,

till there

be a

renewing

of

an

at

of

faith

for pardon

:

I

an-

fwer,

there

is

nothing

in

Scripture

to

prove, there

is

not any

inftant

of

time

wherein

a

believer may

not dye

;

and

yet

if he

do dye, he

muff

then

perifh,

becaufe

an

act

or

faith

was

not

re-

newed

;

true

fay

they

further,

that

all

fins

bring

not into

the

frate

of

condemnation

;

there

may

be

pardon

of

courte

for

fins

of

infirmity,

but

other

fins

that

wafte

a

mans

Confcience ;

there

a

believer

is

brought into the

frate

of

condemnation, till there

be

a

new

ad

of

faith renewed.

for pardon. I anfwer,

If

any one

fin

bring

a

believer into

the

fate

of

condemnation

after

Con-

verfion,where

¡hall

we put

the limits;

as

to

fay,if

you

go

but

thus

far,

you are

not

in

a

{late

of

condemnation,

but

if

you go

a

lit-

tle further,

you are

;

God

puts no fuch

limits

in

Scripture,.

but

all

fin in its

own nature brings

into

a

ftate

of condemnation,

and

yet

no

fn

brings

a

believer into the Rate

of

condemnation; there-

fore

this

is a

great myfterie

of God

in the

pardoning

of

fin ;

when

God

pardons the

fin

of

a

believer

,

he does not

only

par-

don what

he

hash

doneat

prefent

,

but

forwhat

"he

¡hall

do,

he

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