vhéreon it (loth depend..: 2 o7 teour ; and he is the Propitiation fur our Sins; It is required of thofe that are juftified, that they fin not ; it is their duty not to fin; but yet it is not fo required of them, as that if in any thing they fail of their Duty they fhould immediate - ly lofe the Priviledge of their Juftification. Wherefore on a fuppofition of fin, if any man (in, ( as there is no man that liveth and finneth not ) what way is prefcribed for fuch per - fons to . take, what are they to apply themfelves unto, that their fin may be pardoned, and their acceptance with God continued ; that is, for the continuation of their Juftificati- on ?- The courfe in this cafe directed unto by the Apoftle, is none other but the Application of our Souls by Faith unto the Lord Chrift, as. our Advocate with the Father,on the account of the Propitiation that he :bath made for our Sins. Under the confederation of this doubleA& of -his Sacerdctal Office his Oblation and Interceffion, he is the Object of our Faith in our abfolute Juftification, and fo he is as unto the continuati- on of it. So our whole progrefs in our juftified Eftatein all the degrees. of . it is afcribed unto Faithalone. It is no part of our enquiry, what God requireth of them that °are juftified. There is no Grace, no Duty, for the fub- flanee of them, nor for the manner of- their performance, that are required either bythe Law or the Gofpel,bút they are obliged unto them. Where they are omitted, we acknow- ledge that the Guilt of lin is contracted, and that attended . with fuch Aggravations-, as fore will not own or allow. to - be confeßéd unto God himfelE Hence in particular the Faith and Grace of Believers, do conftántly and deeply exercife themfelves in Godly forrcw, : Repentance, Humiliation for /7n, and confefíion of it before God, upon their Apprehen! ons of its Guilt. And thf fe Duties are fo far neceflary unta the continuation of our Ji {bk.. t'Ion, as that .a juftified Eftate cannot confift with the Sins and Vices that are oppofite unto them.. ; So the ApQ tle afhrnts, that if we live after the flefh,we fhaIl
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