Ebe CoOertant of Peace Openett. 285 inhim were Condemned by the pronunciati- on of the Sentence of the Holy God in Para- dife ; fo the fecond Adam, orall his, or all in him, are for ever Juftified : And as whilft we remain in thefirfl Adam,his firft Sin is imputed to us, fo not till the are in Chrift is his Righ- teoufnefs to our aaual and perfonal Juftifica- tion imputed to us, tho I grant Fcederally and Reprefentatively in Chrift it was imputed be- fore to all the Elea ; yet 'tis through the re- ceptionof Grace, or the infufion of the Spi- rit, whereby Faith is wrought, that the Soul receives the Atonement, and comes a&ually pofl'effed with theBleffingof Peace ; The God ofHope fill you with all foy and Peace in belie- 13. ving There is no Peace to theWicked,faithmy God . And thisbecaufe they havenot an aaual Intereft in Chrift---Where the Spirit of2cor.3.17 Chrifl is, there is liberty, and therefore Peace, and in none elfe. 7. And thus the Sinner is brought to God, (and comes to be taken into the Covenant of Grace)thewhich the Spirit doth renew andcon- firm in his Baptifm, Rom. 6. 1, 2, 314, 5. and which is further renewed- and confirmed to him in the Holy Ordinance of the Lord's Sup- per, which is a Sign or Pledge of the New Covenant, in or by Chrift's Blood. Hence called, The New Covenant in his Blood. 8. Moreover let it be noted, That a Man A Pe fon may be in a State of Grace and Peace, and yet may Be. not know it ; all that have Faith, or do believe, lieve and donot know they have Faith, or believe, but not knot have Doubts about it, i Yoh. 5. 13. all injoy 1t. not
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