SER~ 1 f , !"riumph of Faitll 2. J J lniquity itftlf that t be Lord taid o~ Chrifl_; For it is true, ~1iernets and Peace of Fatth wtth God ·flowerh from Juftincat~on, Rom. v. 1. And the Affurance that Chriff hath pardoned fin, and bath ren{oved the penal Guilt, the 1 um !hment of ete~ nal Condemnation from fin, but that the Confct• ence Ihould be quite; that is, th"at it..fho';lld not have a1fo a Care to believe, that Chrtft will fanctine throughly, and pertea his go(~d Work in us, is moft falfe ; for thollgh a Soul be juthfied and freed from the Guilt of eternal punifhm_ent ~and fo rhe s irit is no mt>re to be afra td and dt'iqulet~d for eternal Wrath and Hell, wh1ch lhould neve, have been feared as the greateft Evil, in Regard that fin as fin is more to be feared than Hell as Hell ; ~~et ' there be two other Acls ofDi1quietnefs ofSpirit laudable and commendable, even in the Samts after they are juftified; and t~e Guilt ()f eternal Punilhment removed ; as, I. I11e Believer is to have a holy Anxiety arld Care of Spirit (I do not call it a troubled Confi:ience) to improve his Faith in believing that Chr1ft will yerfetl wh~t he bath begun.' z. He is to be grieved that ftn dwelleth in him, and to groan and cry as a Captive in Fett~rs, out of the Senfe of hi' wret-ched Eftate, as Paul doth, Rom. vii 2 3, 24. Antinomians will have the juftified to be fo qui.. et in Spirit, as if Chrift had removed lin in Root· and Branch, Buds and Stump ; whereas, only the eternal Punifhment and Fear of eternal Condem.. nation is removed in J uftification : But there is ~ worfe Thing remaining in Sin after this; and mor~ to be feared, and a more real and rational Grounil of Difquitenefs of Spirit ~ and that is the funda.. mental. intrinfical, and .ftntul Guilt of .fin, w hie~ Chrij} I
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