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P.
V
I
I.
The
guilt
offin,how
taken away
by
the Oblation
of
Chritl.
t
Ea
Sinnes;
asto
the compleat
efficiency
of
the procuring
caufe
thereof,
abfolutely
perfe&
and compleat
in its
owne kinde, not depending on
any Condition
in
any
other
whatfoever, for the producing
the utmoft
effect
intended
in it
There
(hall
be no after reckoning
or
account for finne,betweeneGod
and
them,for
whom he
fo
obtainer Redemption. And theApofile
in
the
t
othChap-
ter
of
the
Epifile
to the
Hebrews,difputes
at
large
this difference, betweene the
Typical
Sacrifices,&
the
Sacrifice
of
the blood
of
Chrift
;He
tels
you,thofe
were
offered
yeareby yeare,
and could never make
the
corners to God
by
them
perf'etf:
(or
acquit them from finne)for
then they
could have
had
no more
Confcience
offinne being once
purged
;but
now(faith he)there
was
a
remembrance
again
of
finne
renewed every
yeare,
v.3,4.
If
finne
had been taken
away,
there
would
have been no more
Confcience
of
it: that
is,
no
fuch Confcience, as
upon the
Account wherereof,
they
came for helpe
unto,
or healing by thofe
Sacrifices:
no moreConfcience
condemning
for
fine
;Confcience judges according
to
the
Obligation
unto
puni(hment; which it apprehends upon
it.
Confcience
of
finne;
that
is, a
tendernefe
to
finne,
and
a condemnation
offinne,ftill
continues
after the taking
ofthe
guilt
of
it away;
but
Confcience difquieting, judging,
Rom.s.r.
condemning
the
Perfon
for
finne,
that
vanifheth
together
with the
guilt of
it ;
And
this
is
done,
when the
Sacrifice
for finne
is
perfect
and compleat,
and
really attaines
the end for
which
it
was
inftituted;
And
if
any
Sacrifice
for
finne
what ever
,
doe not
compleatly
take
away
that
finne
for
which
the Oblation
is
made,
and the Attonement thereby,
fo
that
no
after
charge might
come upon the
fanner,
iris
of
neceffity,
that,that
Sacrifice
be
renewed
againe,
and
again.
The
reafon
the
Apoffle gives
of
the repetition
of
the
Legali
Sacrifices,
is,
that
they made not
the
comers to
them
perfeEt:
that
is,as
to
the taking
away
of
their
finnes
and
giving
them
entire and complete
peace thereupon;
All this
the
Apoffle
informes us,
was
don
in
the
Sacrifice
of
Chrift,
v.54.
with
one
offering he
bath
for
everperfected
(or
made
perfect
that
worke
for them
as
to
this bufineffe
of
Confcience for finne)
them
that
are San-
Etified5
His one
Offering perfectly put an end
to
this bufineffe; even
the
diffe-
rence
betweene God and
us, upon the
account
offinne;
which
ifhe
had
not
done,
it
would have beene
neceffary ,
that
he (hould have
been
often
offered,
his Sacrifice;
having not
obtained the complete end thereof;
That
the eicacy
of
this
Sacrifice
ofhis, cannot depend on
any thing forraigne
unto
it,
(hall
be declaredafterwards.
Alfo
that
the
neceffity
ofour
Faith
and Obe-
dience,in
their proper
place,
is
not
in
the
leaft
hereby impaired,
(hall
be
ma-
nifefted.
That
they
may
have
a
proper place,
efficacy,
and
ufefullneffe,
and
not
be
conditions whereon
the
effe&s
of
the death
of
Chrift are
fufpen-
ded,as
to their
Communication
unto
us,
is
by
Tome
denyed: how
weakely,
how
fai
ly,
will
then
alto
appeare.Now
this
Chrift
doth for
all
that
are
San
-
&ified,or
dedicated,or
confecrated
unto God,(which
is
almoft the perpetual!
fence
of
that
word in this Epifite) in,and by
that
Offering
of
his.
And this
the
Apoffle
farther
conmfires from
the
Confideration
of
the New
Covenant
with
us,
ratifyed in,and whole
Effects
were procured by,
the
Bloud- fhedding
and
Offering
ofChrift,
v.
t7.
their
firmer and
their
iniquities
I
will
remember
no
more.Saith
God,
upon
the
account
of
the Offering
of
aril},
there
is
an end
of
that
bufineffe,and
that
Controverfy,
which
I have had
with thofe
SanEfifyed
ones:
and therefore let them (as
to
this)
as
to
the
making
fatisfa&ion
for
finne,
trouble
themfeelves
no more,
to
thinke
of
thoufands
of
Rammes,
or the
Mic.6.6,9.
like; for
there
is
no
more offering
for
finne
required;
And on this
foundation
I
may fay,
there
Both
not remaine
any fuch
Guilt
to
be reckon'd unto
Belie-
vers
as,that
with
regard thereunto,God
(
hould forfake them
utterly
and
give
them over unto everlafting
ruine;
And this
is
the
futnme
of
the
Apoffles
dr£-
courfe