Comfortable Prefer:wig-es aping defperation. 439 deliuered fromfsnne,jhoarld line in righteouf es. Seeing then our fines were laid vpon Chrifl, and feuerely punifhcd in him, God in his iuflice will not infli& anymore punifhments vp- onthefaithfull,but will pardon and forgiue them; which pardonand forgiuene% is a workeofhis iuflice that well of R01.5-11. n hismercie; and therefore it is faid,Kom.3.2,5 fet forth our Sauiour Chrili tobe a reconciliation throughfaith inhis bloud, to declare his righteoufneJe by the forgiuenrffe of finnes thataregaffed through the patience ofGod. z 6. To[hew at this time his ri:hteotsfnef e thatbee rniÿht be is:f, and a íu/1 :- 1.1011n ,g. fer ofhimwho is ofthefaith o fPefrss. So it is faid i John 1;9. i.Io that Ifweacknowledge our'inner, beefsfaithfull and iufl tofor- sinevs ourfines and to cleanfe vsfromall vnr:ghteoufneJP. So that Gods righteoufnes is declared in the forgiuenes of fins, andhee fhewethhis iuflice in iuflifying tholewho areofthe faithofIefus,and inpardoningall their offences. And there- . fore if wee will beleeue in our Sauiour Chrifl and bring forth the fruites of our faith in vnfained repentance, wee neednot feruilely to feare Gods iufiice, nay weemay be af- fured, that becaufe hee is iuti,hee will in Chrifl pardon and forgiue our fumes, and newer infli& any punifhment, which by them inourfelues we haue iufttlydeierued. But that the equitie hereofmaybeemore manifef+, weare §.Sec`i.2 toconfider thatour finnes in theScriptures arecalled debts; That ourfines for theLord in our creation lent vntovs the rich talents of are debts,and his graces, tobe imploied for the Pettingforth of his glorie, to before of all whichwee watlefully mifpent and brought our feluesin- ? aid. to fuchextreamebeggerie,,thatwee werealtogether unable topay to God the leaf+part ofthat whichwe owed,nor to render account vnto our Lord andmnafler, how inany good -fort we hadbellowedhis rich treafures; and therefore in his .iuflice helent his fergeant death to areflvs, and to cafi vs in theprifonofvtter darknes,there to remaine in the cuflodyof Satan ourmot}malitious iailor,till wee had fullydi fcharged ,-our debt andmade full fatisfa&ion to his iutlice;which when we were altogether vnable to performe, it plea-fed our Sa- - uiour Chrifl inhis infinite loue towards vs, to- become our :_fuertieg, And .to take vpon him the anfFteringof our debt, Ff4 .whic<
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