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Go
fpel
Reñú
f
non..
:;tnfw.
ner,
he
looks
upon
him
as
ungodly
;
he ftayes nor
till the finis
r
be
made
godly
and
then
juftifies him
as a
Prince
ftayes
till
a
Malefac`
tors
heart
be
changed,
and he
becomè
a
loyal fubject,
and th_n
pardons h:m
:
God
is
not
fo in
juftií-ying
fouls,
hepu
flifies
the
u,zcosadly
;
one
that
is
ungodly coming
to
him,
he
jufti-
ties.
This
is
a
mighty
Argument,
I
name
it
for
this
end;
becaufe
I
would teach people,
that notwithllanding
any
fin
or
guilt that
lyes upon
their
fpirits , yet they
have
a
liberty
to
come in and
lay
hold
upon
Chrift
for Juftification
;
do
not
fay,
I
am
ungod-
ly,
I
an:
a
great !inner,
and
have
a
vile
heart,
and
I
find
not my
nature
changed
;
and
therefore,How
dare
I
lay
hold
upon
Gods
grace for mercy
and
pardon
?
yea, thou
mayeft,
becaufe God
iu-
flifics the ungodly
;
though
thy
nature
be not
changed
and
fancti-
fied,
as
thou
fayeft
:
take
it
thus, Thou
mull-
lay hold
of Gods
grace for Juft:ficatioü that thou mayeft
be
fanctified
;
not only
pardoned,
but
fant`tified
:
Come
but
thus with
thy heart añe-
c4ed
to
clofe with
the
grace
of
God,
that thou
mayeft
be
fancdi-
fied
as
well
as
pardoned
;
though for the
prefent thuu
f
<elefl
not
any Sanctification,
yet thou mayeft
have
right
to
lay
hold
upon
Chrift
as
well
as
any one
what
foever.
Will
not
this
be
prefumption
for
a
finner
thus
to
lay
hold
on
Chrift
?
If
faith
were meerly
a
perfwafon
that
Chrift
dyed for
them,
or
as
many men think
;
thus,
(Well,God
is
merciful
;and
he will
.
pardon me,
Chrift
havi,ig dyed
;)
there
may
be
prefumption in
laying
hold
on
Chrift
:
But
now
as
Juftification
is a
great my-
fterie,
fo
is
faith
;
and' faith
is a
mighty work
of
the
Spirit
of
God
in
the foul, that
caufes
the
foul
to roui
and
cafe
it felf
on
the
free
grace of
God
in
Chrift,
and
venture
it felf
and
all
its
hopes
for
good
and
happinefs
on
him
;
there
is
not only
a
com-
ing to
Chrift
for
pardon,
bit
for grace,
holinLfs,
light,
good
and happinefs
here,
and
for
whatever
it
doth
expect hereaf-
ter
;
it
looks
for
all
from him.
Now
when
there
is
fuch
a
work
of
God
upon
the
foul,
in
cafttng
it
Pelf
on
God
in
Chrift,
though
there
be
nothing
at
prefent
but ungodlinefs,
in him
appearing,
yet
fuch
a
one
may
and hash
right
to
come unto
God for
par-
don
;
for God
juftifies
the
ungodly,
Rom.
5.6.
Chriftdyed
for
the
ungodly
;
and ver.
ao.If
when
we
were ,Enemies,
we
were
re-
conciled