The Fórmal Cafe of pJ i ficatkm 3óF. 'Gofpel, yet is nottthis conceived in order of time to precede its aBeings inEf if -cli f licency, godly f rrow,' and univerfal conver` fen from fin unto God ; nor -can it be fo, feeing it virtually and radically containeth : all, of them" in it felf. However therefore Evangelical- Repentanee isaiot.the Condition of our. Juflification, fo as to have any direCt Influence thereinto; nor are we faid any-where to be juftified by Repentance ; nor is it converfant about the. proper object which along the Soul re -- fpe&s therein ; nor is a dire& and :immediate- giving Glory un.' to God, on the account of the way and work ,of his Wifdom and Grace in Chrifi Jefus, but a confequent -.thereof; nor is that Reception- of.Chrift which is exprefly required unto our. Juftification, and which alóne is- requircdzthereunio , -yet is . it in the Root, Principle, and Promptitude of mind for its exercìfe, in every one ,that is juftified, then when he is jufti- fied. And it is peculiarly propofed with refpç& unto the Forgivenefs'of {ins, as that without which it isimpofíible we thould have ?ny true. fenfe or-comfort of it in our Souls but it is not fe, as any part of that Righteoufnef on the confidera, tion whereof our fins are pardoned, nor as that whereby we have an Intereft therein. Thefe things are plain in the dig vine method of our Juftification,. and the order 'ofour Duty prefcribed'inthe Gofpel; as alto in the experience of therm that do believe. Wherefore confidering the,necef ity of le,. gal Repentance unto eheving,¢ with the fandifieation of the Affe&ions.exercifed therein by Faith, whereby they are made Evangelical, And the nature of Faith as. including in it a prin- ciple of univerfal converfion unto -God, and in efpecial,of that. Repentance, which hath for its principal motive the Love, of Cod,. And ,of..Jefus- Çhrift, with the Grace from, thence. com.- municated,..áll which are fuppafed in therlloCtrinc pleaded for, the necefiity of, true Repentance immoveably fixed on its, proper.Foundatione . .- As unto -`what wasfaid=,in: the Objection concerning hrifta_:;
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