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GoJ
t'l
Rer
-
f
sign.
upon himfeif, and
fuffer
as
much
punillntent
as
we.fhould
have
done
in Hall
:ó
all
eternity
;
and
to
make
the
foul Rand
righteous
before
God,
yet
this righteoufnefs to
be in
another,. yea,
a
near
union
is
tirade
between
Chrift
and
the
Soul
:
A<
yet
further,
it
is
by
faith, and yet boafting
is
excluded
;
and
God
is
infinite-
ly
rnercifial,and
yet infinitely juft
;
and
when
he
pardons
one
fin,
he
layes
in
a
pardon
for
all
fin
for
time to
corne, juftifies the un-
godly,
pardons
fin,
yet ptirchafes
the
pardon
:
Thefe
eleven Me-
ditations
about
the
Pard,
n
of
Sin
make it
appear
to
be
a
wonder-
ful
work of
God
;
puz
thefe
together,
and
then the refúlt
ac-
cord.i.g
to
the
point will
be
clear and
full
;
that,
Bleffed
is
that
rrrai
whc
fe
fins
are
forgiven
:
And furely
ifthere
be
fuch
a
myfle-
rioùs
and
glorious work
of
God
in
pardoning
fin
;
that
man
for
whom
God
(hall
work
fuch
a
glorious work
is a
bleffed
man
indeed.
And
now having done
with
this
Argument
of
the
great
myftcrie
of
Godlinefs
in
forgivenefs
of
Sin
;
I
proceed
to
ano-
thr,
and
it
is
this
:
CHAP:
I
V.
mrThat Pardon
of
Sin
net
only is
a
Mercy in
it
felf,,
but
the
Foun-
dation
of
many other
Mercies.
4.
Argu-
n
Ardon of
Sin
makes
a
man
bleffed ;
Why
?
Becaufe
it
is the
ment.
Fcundation,pf
abundance
of
other
Mercies;
it
is
an
inlet to
many
other
mercies,therefore
a
great mercy
;
it
is
a
lèading mer-
cy,
it
is as
the
Qieen
of
Mercy, that bath
a
great
and glorious
train
of
other
mercies
attending
on
her
;
indeed,
it
is
the
very
foundation
of
all
the
mercies
of
the Covenant
of grace,
it
is
the
principal mercy
,
and the
very
foundation
of
all
the
mercies
that
are
in
the Covenant,
and
the
inlet and
opening to them
all
;
the
Covenant
of
Grace
is a
rich Treafury,
hash
abundant
ftore
of
mercy
in
it,
and this opens
to them
all
:
The current
of
all
Gods
mercies was
ftopt
by mans
fin ;
though-sod
had
an inft
--
nite
Ocean of
mercy
,
yet the
fource and vent
of
all
Gods
mercies was
ftopt. Now,
when
God
pardons fin, he takes
away the
ftop,_
and
opens
the
flute,
that his
infinite
grace
and
goodnefs?