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Goffel Xemi1

sion.

the

world,

this

is

wonderful

,

and

yet this

is

fo

;

for

as

when

God

comes

to

pardon

fin,

there

is

not only

taking away the guilt

offin,but

the

foul

is

made

actually righteous

in

Juftification

;

fn

alto

there

is

not only

a

taking

away

of

the

enmity-

between

God

and the

foul

that

was

there before, but he

receives

the

foul

into

infinite love,and

takes

him

into

infinite

friendthip

with

himfelf;

Oh

the

fweetnefs and

bkffednefs

of

that

mans

Rate whole firs

are

pardoned

:

Recoilciilia

ion

with

God

follows

thereupon,

and

he

takes the

foul

into

his

bofome

-love.

Further

upon

this

there

follows

two things,

Peace

in

Confcience,

and

with

the

Creatures

;

being

juitifi:d

by

faith

he hash peace

with

God,

and

as

the immediate

confequerices

thereof,

peace in

Confcience

and

with

all

the

Creatures.

I.

Peace

in

Confcience,

thofe

fears

and

grating

terrors

that

arofe

on

guilt

of

Confcience

are gone,

thole

difmal accufations

of

Confcience are ftilled

;

though

it

is

true,

a

mans

Confcience

may trouble

him

.

fter Pardon

and

Juftification,but

it

is

through

miftake, the ground

of

all

thofe troubles

of

Confcience

are

gone

;

it

is

with

trouble of

Confcience

after pardon

of

fin as

with

the

Sea,

you that

are Marriners

may

fee

the wind

at Sea

railing the

boifterous waves

on

high, yet

after the

wind

is

quite

down

it

is

a

great

while before

they

be

Rill and

quiet

;

fo in

mens fouls it

is

guilt

of

fin

that

caufes

woful d'fturbances

:

but

when God

pardons

fin, he comes

into the

Soul as

Chrift

in

the

Ship

and

bids all

be i

}ill

;

and

though through our

weaknefs, t

after the fling

and

guilt

is

removed

,

Confcience

is

troubled,

'J

t

is

God

pleated to help

the

weaknefs

of

his People

fowler

or

later

;

not only

to

pardon

fin in

the

Court

of Heaven,

but in

the

Court

of

Confcience

too,

and

then

ail

fears

and

troubles

are

gone

;

certaunly

1h

fe

that know what

th:_

burnings,

throb-

bings

at,d

ailings

of

an

accufing

Confcience means, they

know

what

a

Melling

it

is

to have Peace

cf

Con{cii

nce,

a

great

bief-

fng

to

have an

well

there

, tiecaufe

the

Souí

bath

much

to

d)

with

Confcince,

and

Confcience

ha.h

much

to

do

with

God;

yea,

only

to do

with

God

;

and

if

ill

he

well

with that

which

bath

fomuch to do

with

the

Almighty, it

is a

great

bleiTednefs,

blefi'ed

is

the

man that

is

thus

pardoned.

a.

'There