SEtt. 18 Triumph of Faith; 201 to take away th~t fin in particular, and that by a renewed AB: of Faith; now the renewed Apptchenfion of the Grace of God in the fame Ranfom of Blood for RighteoufnefS in Chrift,~s appli.. ed to this new Guiltinefs, maketh not a new for in- , fecal ana Law-acl:, but doth only apply the Lord's firft Atl: of Grace to this particular fin ; • nor do I mean, that Faith, for Remiffion of fins cor ... nitted, after a Soul is in the State of J ufti:.. fica~ion, is nothing elie but a meer reflect Act, by which we apprehend an'd know the firft Accep- ·.tance of a finner -to Righteoufnd~; for it is a di~ . re et AB:, apprehending the former Grace of a fufficiemt Ranfom, as applied.to thts new contraCted Guiltinefs ; for the Sin'ner is condemned for / Unbdief, .JCohniti. 18, 36.' And becaufe he believ~ eth not, he is liable to the Wrath of GQJ; now he is not condemned, becaufe he doth not to his own Senfe know, feel and apply the Remiffion of :fins, and Satisfactiiln purchafed .in Chrift's Blood for him, hecaufe th~n he fl1ould be condemned, 1 becaufe he doth not believe a Lie, for there was never any fuch Remiffion purchafed for him ;. he is condemned, not for want of Senfe and actu.. al Knowledge ofany fuch Pardon, but for want of confiding on Chrift, as on•him whe bath made a fufficient Atonement for all that believ~th, and fo juftifying Faith is fome other thing than the Senfe of purchafed Pardon of Sins. Obj. S· 'Then nza_y I, with the like Jiotdneft hetieve the Remif]ion of theft fins that I am to commit; and fo fin boldly, becaufe I am per[wad.. eel they cannot prevait to co11denm me eternatly, as I may with Jlotdnefs believe the Remiffion of fins already committed. An~
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