.ö, The Cóñtinuatioñ ôf ytrs cation; did at its firft .Inflitution ; and unto the fàme degret. Nei- ther is it in the power of any man living to keep his Confci- ence from judging and condemning that, whatever it be, wherein he is convinced thathe comes fhort of the perfe,- &ion of the Law. Wherefore, 3. The Commanding Power of the Law in pofitive pre- cepts and prohibitions which Juftified Perfons are fubje& un- to, doth make and conftitute all their inconformities unto it to be no lets truly and properly fins in their own nature, than they would be if their perfons were obnoxious unto the Curfe of it This they are not, nor can be ; for to be obnoxious unto the Croft of the Law, and to be jujiified, are contradi.F löry ; but to be fubje& to the Commands of the Law, and. to bejuflified are not fo But it is a fubje&ion to the com- manding power of the Law,and not an obnoxioufnefs unto the Curie of the Law, that conflitutes the nature offs a in its Tranfgreflìon Wherefore that compleat Juftification which is at once, though it diffolve the Obligation on the fanner unto punifhtnent by the Curfe of the Law, yet Both it not annihi- late the commanding Authority of the Law, unto them that are juftified -that what is fin in others, fhould not be fo in them., See Rom. 8. Z. 33, 34. Hence in.the frrft-Juftification of believing (inners, all fu- ture fins are remitted as unto any atlual Obligation unto, the Curfe of 'the Law, unlefs they fhould fall into fuch fins as fhould ipfa.fattp, forfeit their juftífiedeftate, and transfer them from the Covenant of Grace, into the Covenant of Works, which -we believe that God. in his-Paithfulnefs will preferve them from. And' although fin cannot be actually pardoned before it be aCually committed 5 yet may the obli- gation unto the Curfe of the Law be virtually taken away from.fuch fins in jufified perfons as are confiftent with a jufli- faed eftate, or the Terms of the Covenant of Grace, antece- dently unto their atual commifiion. God at once in , this fenfe.
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