334 The Imputation of theobedience of Chri clef a. Satis faElio conf it in meritorum tranflatione, meritttr inperfecIrf me obedientice pro nobis præffihe imputatione. 3. The Objection mentioned proceeds alfa on this Sup. pofition, That pardon of fingives title unto Eternal Bleffednel in the injoyment of God For Juftification doth fo, and ac- cording to the Authors of this opinion, no other Righteouf- nefs is required thereunto but pardon of fin. That Juftifi- cation doth give Right and Title unto Adoption, Accepta- tion with God, and the Heavenly Inheritance, I fuppofe will not be denied, and it hath been proved already. = Pardon of fin depends folely on the death or fuffering of Chrift : In whcm are have Redemption through his Blood, the forgivenefs of fins, according to the riches of his Grace. Ephef.1. 7. But fuffering for Punishment gives Right and Title unto no -. thing, only fatisfies for fomething ; nor doth it deferve any Reward : It is no where Paid, suffer this and live, but Do'lhis and live. Thefe things, I confefs, are infeparably connected in the Ordinance, Appointment, and Covenant of God. Whofo- ever bath his fins pardoned, is accepted with God, hath Right unto Eternal Bleffednefs. Thefe things are infeparable, but they are not one and thefame. And by reafon of their in- feparable Relation, are they fo put together by the Apoftle. Rom.4. 6, 7, 8. Even as David a fo defcribeth the Bleffednefs:of the Man, unto whom God imputeth Righteoufnefs without Works : Bleffed are they whofe iniquities are forgiven , and whofe fns are covered : Bided is the Man unto whom the Lord will not impute fin. It is the Imputation of Righteoufnefs, that gives Right unte Bleflëdnefs; but pardon of fin is infe- parable from it, and an efeft of it, both being oppofed un- to Juftification by Works, or an Internal Righteoufnefs of our own. But it is one thing to be freed from being liable unto Eternal Death ; and another to have Right and Title unto a Bleflèd and Eternal Life. It is one thing tube redeemed from
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