Rutherford - HP BS2575 .4 R975 1743

V .' {' 240 '1 he Trial and SEtt. '20 That in Chrift lam 'delivered from eternal V\ rath andjuftified in Chrift; and yet to farrow that i have finned againft Chr~{i' .~ I,r-vP. 3· I may have Peace, Senfe of Peace, and Pardon in Chrift; and yet, a neceffary Difquietnef.c;, Sorrow and Tears' that I thould have been fo unthankful to fo lovely a Redeemc:r: .So Chrifl: doth commend the Woman's Tears as a Sign of Love, and of the Senfe of many Sins pardoned, Lukevii. 44· Thou gave(t me no Wttter for my Feet: But fhe bath wajhed my Feet with '.fears: Yet m~my Sins were for• given her,v. 47· Hence I m::J)' firft believe the Re• miffion of that Sin for which I am, to iorrow, and fOr the Remiffion of which I am to pray, and which I am to confefs. J.lathan faid to '.lJa':. 'td, Thy Sin is pardored; yet the ·Spirit of God, afrerthat both confdfed, forrowed, prayed for Pardon in V avid. z. We may comfort thofe th.lt mourn for Sin from Affurance of Pardon, and yet exhort them to- be humbled and affii8ed in Spirit, and to con• fefs, forrow, and pray for Pardon : So Antino· ne~ans rejr;icing e·vermore after .7l}ft~ficatio~, Without Sorrow, Remorfe, Downcaftmg for Sm at all, is but flefhly Wantonnefs. I may have, and ought to have a difquieted Spi· rit, and no Peace with rnyfelf. and yet Peace w1rh God; even as the Sea after a Storm, and when the Winds are gone, and the ~iris calmed! hath yet a raging and great Motton, by Reaion of Wind' inclofe(l in the Bowels of the Sea; and afrer 'the Cool of a mighty Feaver, yet are the Humors in the Body itirred and diftempered. But we are hence led to find out Refolution for divers Cafes of Coniciences aft~r J ufti6cation. 1 . M~~

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