The Formal Caf oifiif cation: 9q ty of Repentance fir fn, in order unto the Remijon or Pardon }thereof, yea rendreth it altogether needlefs: For what need bath he Of Repentance for fin, who by the Imputation of the Righte- oufneflof Chrifi, is efleemed compleatly yufl and Righteous in the fight of God. If Chrif fatisfed fir all fins in the Perfon of the- Elea ; if as our Surety he paid all our Debts, and if his Righteoufnefs'be made ours before ive repent, then k all Repen- tance needle] A .d thefe things are much enlarged on by the fame Author i . the place before-mentioned. .Anf. (t) It muff be remembred, that we require Evange- lical Faith in order of nature antecedently unto our Juffifica tion by the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift unto us, which allo is the condition of its continuation. Where- fore whatever is neceffary thereunto, is in like manner requi- red of us in order unto Believing. Amongft thefe, there is a forrow for fn, and a Repentance of it. For whofoever is convinced of fin in a due manner, fo as to be fenfible of its Evil and Guilt, both as in its own nature it is contrary unto the preceptive part of the Holy Law, and in the neceffary confequences of it, in the wrath and curfè of God, cannot but be perplexed in his mind, that he hath involved himfelf therein. And that pofture of mind will be accompanied with f ame, fear, farrow, and other of lietive paffions. Here- on a Refolution doth enfue, utterly to abftain from it for the future, with fincere endeavours unto that purpofe, 'dining if there be time and fpace for it, in Reformation of Life. And in a fenle of fin, Sorrow for it, Fear concerning it, Abfti- nence from it, and Reformation of Life, a Repentance, true in its kind Both confift.This Repentance is ufually called legal, becaufe its motives are principally taken` from the Law ; but yet there is moreover required unto it that temporary Faith of the Gofpel which we have' before defcribed. And as it doth ufually produce great ' effals in the confeffion of . fin, Humiliation for it, and change of life, as in Ahab and the Q q 2 Nine-
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