SER. r8 · 'Triumph ofFaith. 195 There is a partial, and jmproperly fo calledJuftification; or give me leave to fay, There is a J ufrincation of the Perfon, of the, E{tate; or a Jufrification• repe~t~d, _ or rather a reiter~ted ~erniffion: I doubt, 1f 1t be called .a Juihficatwn. The former J uftification doth indude, 1. The . AB: of Atonement made by Chrift on the Cr.ofs, for all the Sins ofall theEleB: ofGod, pail:, r,refent ,and to come : 'fhis .AB: is not tied to believing, nor are we properly juftified, in regard of this AC'l:.But,2.There is a Juftification formal,of which Paul fpeaketh, Rom.iii.4.& Gat. iii.4. & 5· Chapters, which ~oeth along in order bf Caufe, Time, and a requirt4 Condition of apprehending Chriit's I l_{.ighteo?fn~1 :5 : ~nd this j_uftififation of the Perion, while he belleveth, Js but once done, and that when the Believer doth firft lay hold on Chrift and Righteoufnefs, imputed i·n his Blood. ' There is; ;. A Remii1ion, and taking away of Sin: Now, according to thefe are we to confider of doing away Sin, in a threefold Notion: Forthough Juftification dfentially ' include Remiffi.on and Pardon of Sin, yet every Remiilion doth not indude· J uftification, properly io called. I ..(!jfer. 2. This threefold taking away of fi ns I clear fi·on1 the Scripture. I. Chrift taketh away our fins on the Crofs, Caufatively, and by way of Merit, while as he fuftereth for ot1r: fins on the Crofs: So, .7ohn i. 29. Ji eh(}/d the L amb of God that taketb away t be (ins of t/Je 1VorJd. 1 Cor. v. 21. He was made fin for us. Col. ii. 1 4· Chrifl blotted out the !land-writing of Ordi nances, t hat "~'aJ againfl us, which was wmra· ry to us, and took it out of the Wtl)' , 11aiting it 10 the Crofi· . I Pet. ii. 24. Who, his O'u:nfc/f bare N z our
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