::~gain t~ler.e, till by hi!>~1erits and Suffer-ings he had Procur'd Remiffion of Sins for :J.ll thofe that believe in him. ,. Hence the Apoftle11 Rom. 3· 26 . tells us '(:> ·'· 'Thab&&[fflt fort'h Chr:jfo. to be a PrUpitiatiov through Faith in hjs Blood, ioJulare hi~ !:.:..: Righ.tttt.~e{i{M tht ltemiffion of Sim tba"t a.re paft, tbrortgh God's Forbea.rance rhat he ·'''' migbtb•'J:.•ft, ami the 'J•ftifttr oj\lhirJ tliat belie-Je in 'Jefur. As if the' Apopie ""'''' h.ad l"aid, Goo could not be ]uft,' ' lf lle lhoul(! juftffie Sinn<;ts lha t de!erve his Wrath, unlcfS he had fent (nrth 1 effisGhrift.· into thi: World, io become , Propiriat!ion and Saeri.ficc to his J uft.ice fdr rhei:r Sii1s : F6r lliv,ing threamed · io his; Unalterable Word to infl:iet: Vengeance upon all that . ar'c Guilty, hiS 'Xru.t~oblig'd him~o this dreadful•Severity upoibll, [!nee alf'arc Guilty. But thao (.hti:ft taking.on him the Guilt of Sinners, ··by ~ his own· t1ndergoing the Wrlltl> of·Gol) , and the Curfe of the Law, ha~~' fo \ally appe4fc~~ Divine Jufticc y that now God, though hedath not pumfh S1nhers in the:mfclveS can yet be'Jlllt, and the Juftifier of Sinners; there(ore he' fent fort!fChrift t~ be a Propitiation. God's Eternal Purpofe to glorifie his Juftice in:'the punifhinCT Si:-, :md.}r.et to glorifie _his Gra~e ~nd Mercy in pardoning Sinner;;, wrough~ this great Effe£1: of fendmg Chnft mto th~ \Vorld, whereby two fuch differ~m Y' ·.· rEnds. might> withi.infinitc ~ifObtp ~- accomp_liili'd. . So that ,_ ~hrUl, who is,. , the Cau!C of all onr H~ppmefs<~nd Mercy, JS yet h1mfelf the Elf1cl of Goq·~ · Furpofe and lntenNo pardon Sin. A~d what Can be fa id ~~i~ ~Q. adv~n~e '-; rh•: Gre?.raofs of~hl! Mercy? A Mercy fo gre~t; rh:r;. one off~~ :F:t<,~ers, $i~1 Gr~trO"''J ·b¥Name, doubted whether tt · were mor~ ·Mtfery- or , H!:tf,pmefs dU( Ad:m fell, fince _ his Sin and Fall occa-fion'd fuc;h a wpndrrful Rtd~ehlet, ahdfuch a ~ous Salvation; Falix culpa, fays he, "0,1'1appl'}all;;,. l\1~\ o,btain'dt fuch a Redeemer. . . .· ·w ·~ ~ . b' b ~ectlndly, A•othdr>Jlk!fed Ejfefl ofG~J'r Prlrpofe in'pntrlo~ipg ~i~f'rr '{be ,gri~t Gift. Eff;a ;/ of Faith Indeed tO give J efus Chrift; WeJ:e utterly i ll vaiN] ~fa• hp! Cod \vithitl pardomng giVe liahH to aC~c;pt hi' in. TO tenderrChriif to'att 'unb~tj~VkV,. i , to' o[e~ .. a Mr:rcy. Gift_, where there is 'no Hand to receive it; Hence. tbat God~~. ' . of ~i~· ving11J?a,idon migfit ftand vali'd, that the 'Dchth of <;:hrili. ot ' Ql 1 fruitlels, and that his Bloo~ might nqt ~e ,lik~ ~~er ,fpil~."?.n' ·' ,, .. . t~itt 1 cannot be .gather'd up agam; God -decreed tQ'~e'.ff'o.w F.~nth: Jl~bn t~em cliat believe, that may convey to them. tl)e Bonefi~\)f. Chrift'< M6ritsln;,heir l?<trh , dop and 'R!eniillionP ·nefc two ble:ll'ea Effetl:S: nb\V follow in God'•l{ur-plifs •.,,de an.dlt>ten,tion of pa·rdqning Sin; den the Gift of·Chrift to J?rocl!re, anq tJie ,,, , , G.ifo ·o.fiFait luto apply Pardon uh.to t]Q Sop!. ~0• ' ,' 0 ' 1 - · .. . i \<• ; rf,~eoWlly7 And moreefpecia1IJ,2Let tl! confidrr P,'!!;J:n! of Si.n i~ it/ e~por~Zl4iJ¥~ . " reajrripplicotion. r And •ho' the haP.py 'Effe& of lt;'~re l!ianifold, IJl]al\ only in,, ·"\~ .....,. fi<\n~e ~tllfome acqk:i-fe~ t. . ~~ .,, , . ~ . , J ' ~· i ;·. ...;r{ - ~\' · J'~fiJ ,"Pa~Jo_n .of Sm-g1ves an mvJ~la~le .. S~~untjllf,at~/1 t~e ~~r/u!tt,1p{1 ~V.~'Jg!1 P~'1':' of 'JujNe. IOfhJS' lS Its.forinal and moft tmtpedtate Eftell'. J uft1ce 1,0\lp.>v'J utlty S1n::r ~;;!,~~;~. ~rsiclaf'ciat th~ ~~els,~ ?"~ fha~es, i~ t;l~mi'ng Swo~~.b~er rhe1~ ~ _Everx . gainftGods Thtcat~iQ~ Gom'al'r~:th ~ th1sBo_okof Go.d, _fl:and~ re~dy char~ ' ~ th~[l}., Juftic(. an<bth~ro .Su~ ma.ko1rhtim f0 fatr' ~M.~rk_, that.t'h~y ·Cahho~ . . Ifeqc~) h •tlio!t f.d ,Gomph>iht ef.:1ob, W/q vajl-thou [et me 'f'Pm a ~'"~ ritt> wh1ch ,h; cinptiedtlais A1roM<as"nttf,liis R~iq,; Job. 7:~~~, .,Now 1v,H ·ce_is· d~h vir:lgJih.minner ' b~fo}ol him frd~,Plague to r:1 . c'· _ref6tvi f0 1ilCWrJ till!bellm!h · driv~!l ' l\inl, into Me!{?-. tit": glpr',A . ~~ill? ,'IJ)< $ ,o~ , ~~~ Pi4Jue5,!.Me~·cyll ,i\te~pbfetn 'arl? ~~; }.ts ::f\.r~lV\Ipo•!.t"'.i h $r~cto. u. •r ACl uf Panff,., l1dfctoes;ms.;: th.bupl\ uncj~r.th~ l:I.~~d_{~f ~'$ .f·'i> apq l"ll"• reaoly/ tocbe <turn'd inte ~Fiell. Here .tKe Gbalfe'ngq tl!a!Jtjll. ' qftj ceat,sthJ :nild we •oF'e' left w-walk''{afe\r under: ~~~~. Protcdi91l, "1( ' Cj'CY-, · 9R, w,hclll'~ i!fucstl!l~ Mlttrdon, he ~:tlls 6ff}ulh!:"e fret' its Pu{('"\{j ,. 'I~usyou ; h~1!>ItlbJ'falmijl!tliaWkfolly ackob{v_~e.<iglng, .Pj'q/tj ,~ . c2. :n~{~pi!jt'fo[g"ivm ·, % 11fiqijt.it>r.;·•a nt1 'Y}t}a}clfiMlowsnow'?. ~~lf,ltaft r'!k!t"lf aJ'{/.1~'11 thy Wra~4t · t,b~P~~~ ltfi'Md.tpJ!felffron..'llii Firircenef, oft~m•'11'!1W· ' Jii'Bt1•1t to.. /?8 , fr.ar-~ , .0 Sou> tbat thour !halt e~et'tno're He"' qde~l\oi!;lf f9r i)ll!lY'S).Ils 1tlii•t' '![f p~~orgi;en: thee. ~.rf, AE1JtJf'01fliobiun can oev_;:r 1\erepeot'di_:rf,tS', ,Gor\Jl;t10'il_1,e,y•rlailU1g) SanCtion upon' th~ril\ -:!rid Juftice'}ljaU: t1ever aM,(nlii~fcft thc~,, ,J<r. 74· I wiiiJ f()"(gi·rlf! their.iniquilits;'antlwillremmzber t¥eir Sinnftrfflore. \ .Knd mdeed, wellma)' .Dimlrejuftice ceafc its Purfuit OPR1c g uilty Sinner, for alw2ys when GoJ - pardons
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