315 CHAP. X. arguments for Sufi cation by the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chri.. The firff Argument from the Nature and 2Jfe of our own Per. fond Righteoufnef . THere is a uflifrcation of convinced 'inners on their Be- lieving. Hereon are their fins pardoned, their perfons accepted with God, and a Right is given unto them, unto the Heavenly Inheritance. This _gate they are immediately taken into upon their Faith, or Believing in jets Chrift. And a,_late it is of a5lual peace with God. Thefe things at prefent I take for granted, and they are the Foundation of all that I {hall plead in the prefent Argument. And I do take notice of them becaufe fome feem, to the belt of my underftanding, to deny any real actual yuflifzcation of finners on their Believing in this life. For they make Juftification to be only a general conditional fentence declared in the Gofpel, which as unto its Execution , is delayed unto the day of Judgment. For whilft men are in this world, the whole Condition of it being not fulfilled, they cannot be partakers of it, or be aaually and abfolutely juftiied. Hereon it follows, that in- deed there is no reel_late of afured Re_,(l and Peace with God by Jefits Chris`_', for any perfons in this life. This at prefent I fhall not difpute about, becaufe it feems tome to overthrow the whole Gofpel, the Grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and all the comfort of Believers about which I hope we are not as yet-called _ to contend. Our Enquiry is, how convinced inners do on their Belie- ving obtain the Remiflion of fins, Acceptance with God, S 2 and SIP
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