ï'hereon it cloth depend. 2 o3 î°enf'e forsiveth all their Iniquities, and healeth all their Difeafis, redeemeth their lift fromDeflruclion, and crowneth them with lotting kindneß and mercies, Pfal. 103. 2, 3. Future fins are not fo pardoned as that when they are committed they should be no fins, which cannot be, unlees the commanding power of the Law be abrogated. But their refpe&t unto the Curie of the Law, or their power to oblige the juftified perlon there- unto is taken away. Still there abideth the true nature of fin in every inconfor- mity unto, or tranigreífïon of the 'Law in juftified perlons which Rands in need of daily aétual pardon. For there is no man that liveth and (lnneth not, and if we fay that we have no ¡tn, we do but deceive our felves. None are more fènfïble of 'the Guilt of fin, none are more troubled for it, none are more earneft infupplications for the pardon of it, than jufti- fled perlons. For this is the effect of the Sacrifice of' Chrift applyed unto the Souls of Believers, as the Apoftle declares, Heb. le. L,,2, 3, 4, ió, 14. that it doth take away Confcience, condemning the Sinner for fn, with refpeét unto the Curie of the Law ; But it doth not take away Contfence, condemning -fin in the Sinner, which on all confiderations of God and themfelves, of the Law and the Gofpel, requires Repentance on the part of the firmer, and athual pardon on the part of God. Whereas therefore one Effential part of Juftification con - fifteth in the pardon of our fins, and fins cannot be actually pardoned before they are atuall y committed, our prefent en- quiry is, whereon the continuation of our yuftificatián doth de- pend, notwithftanding the Interveniency of fin after we are juftified, whereby fuch fins are aaually pardoned, and our perlons are continued in a fiate öf Acceptation with God, and have their right unto Life andtGlory uninterrupted. ju- ftification is at once compleat, -in the Imputation of a perfeft Righteoufnef, the Grant- of a Right and Title unto the hea- D d 2 venly
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