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             A learned and accurate discource concerning the guilt of sin, pardon of that guilt, and prayer for that pardon written many years ago by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Gilbert ; now published from his own manuscript left by him some years before his death with a friend in London.
             Gilbert, Thomas, 1613-1694.
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           A
           LEARNED
           AND
           Accurate
           Discourse
           CONCERNING
           The
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           Pardon
           of
           that
           Guilt
           ▪
           and
           Prayer
           for
           that
           Pardon
           .
        
         
           Written
           many
           Years
           ago
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
             THOMAS
             GILBERT
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           lately
           Deceased
           at
           OXFORD
           .
        
         
           Now
           Published
           from
           his
           own
           Manuscript
           ,
           left
           by
           him
           some
           Years
           before
           his
           Death
           ,
           with
           a
           Friend
           in
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Nath.
             Hiller
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Princes
             Armes
          
           in
           Leaden-Hall-Street
           ,
           over-against
           St.
           
             Mary
             Axe
          
           .
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Light
           held
           out
           in
           these
           Papers
           is
           accounted
           so
           clear
           and
           so
           useful
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           thought
           great
           Pity
           it
           hath
           not
           been
           set
           up
           upon
           a
           Candlestick
           .
           They
           have
           passed
           up
           and
           down
           in
           Manuscript
           about
           Thirty
           Years
           ,
           being
           much
           valued
           by
           those
           who
           were
           Possessors
           of
           them
           .
           It
           is
           Credibly
           reported
           that
           a
           very
           great
           and
           Learned
           Man
           (
           whom
           for
           some
           Reasons
           I
           will
           not
           name
           ,
           though
           his
           Commendation
           would
           have
           great
           weight
           with
           Persons
           of
           different
           perswasions
           )
           did
           upon
           the
           perusal
           of
           them
           ,
           speak
           to
           the
           Learned
           Author
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             worth
             a
             Mans
             Living
             a
             great
             while
             ,
             
             though
             he
             did
             nothing
             else
             but
             bring
             forth
             such
             a
             Composure
             .
          
           The
           Subjects
           Treated
           on
           are
           so
           weighty
           and
           of
           such
           concernment
           ,
           that
           any
           contribution
           of
           Light
           therein
           ought
           to
           find
           Acceptance
           ,
           and
           be
           rejoyced
           in
           by
           all
           .
           The
           manner
           of
           this
           Authors
           Treating
           on
           them
           is
           succinct
           and
           plain
           ,
           and
           wholly
           unoffensive
           .
           The
           Differences
           and
           Contests
           about
           these
           Points
           ,
           which
           have
           of
           late
           appeared
           among
           us
           ,
           do
           further
           recommend
           them
           and
           the
           Publishing
           of
           them
           as
           very
           seasonable
           at
           this
           Juncture
           .
           The
           Blessing
           of
           God
           go
           along
           with
           them
           .
           So
           prayeth
        
         
           
             L.
             R.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Learned
           and
           Accurate
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           Pardon
           of
           that
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           for
           that
           Pardon
           .
        
         
           THE
           Reader
           ,
           least
           he
           should
           stumble
           at
           Terms
           (
           the
           most
           proper
           I
           could
           think
           of
           to
           express
           my
           Notion
           )
           is
           desired
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           understand
           by
           
             
               Legal
            
             
               1.
               
               Precepts
               ,
            
             
               Such
               as
               rigidly
               exact
               their
               observance
               for
               Justification
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Sins
               ,
            
             
               The
               Transgression
               of
               such
               Legal
               Precepts
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Threatnings
               ,
            
             
               Such
               rigid
               unallay'd
               Threatnings
               as
               being
               Curses
               as
               well
               as
               Threatnings
               ,
               form
               Obligation
               to
               Legal
               Punishment
               for
               such
               Legal
               Sins
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Punishments
               ,
            
             
               the
               Execution
               of
               such
               Legal
               Threatnings
               as
               Curses
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Threatnings
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Legal
             Guilt
          
           and
           
             Legal
             Pardon
          
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           Discourse
           expresly
           defin'd
        
         
           And
           in
           Proportionable
           Opposition
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           I
           mean
           by
           
             
               Gospel
            
             
               1.
               
               Precepts
               ,
            
             
               Mainly
               the
               same
               for
               Substance
               with
               those
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               not
               exacting
               their
               Observance
               with
               the
               same
               Rigor
               ,
               namely
               ,
               for
               Justification
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Sins
               ,
            
             
               The
               Transgression
               of
               such
               Gospel-Precepts
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Threatnings
               ,
            
             
               Mainly
               the
               same
               for
               Substance
               with
               those
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               now
               such
               mitigated
               allay'd
               Threatnings
               ,
               as
               being
               Threatnings
               only
               and
               not
               Curses
               ,
               form
               Obligation
               only
               to
               Gospel
               Punishments
               (
               or
               Chastisements
               )
               for
               such
               Gospel
               Sins
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Punishments
               ,
            
             
               The
               Execution
               of
               such
               Gospel-Threatenings
               ,
               which
               have
               therefore
               no
               more
               of
               Curse
               in
               them
               ,
               than
               such
               Threatnings
               themselves
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           Gospel-guilt
           and
           Gospel-pardon
           are
           in
           the
           Discourse
           expresly
           defin'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Sense
           wherein
           the
           Distinction
           of
           Legal
           and
           Gospel-pardon
           proceeds
           ,
           plainly
           enough
           declared
           .
        
         
           Some
           Considerations
           touching
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           Pardon
           of
           that
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           for
           that
           Pardon
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           something
           is
           attempted
           towards
           the
           further
           clearing
           of
           the
           great
           ,
           both
           Speculative
           and
           Practical
           Truths
           in
           these
           so
           important
           Points
           ;
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           a
           Learned
           and
           Judicious
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             Touching
             Guilt
             of
             Sin.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Three
                 things
                 in
                 Sin.
                 
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 Power
                 to
                 be
                 Subdued
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 Filth
                 to
                 be
                 Purged
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Guilt
                 to
                 be
                 Pardoned
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             is
             two-fold
             .
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Fundamental
                 ,
                 Intrinsecal
                 ,
                 Habitual
                 .
                 which
                 is
                 Desert
                 of
                 Punishment
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Formal
                 ,
                 Extrinsecal
                 ,
                 Actual
                 .
                 which
                 is
                 Oblication
                 to
                 Punishment
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             first
             I
             call
             Intrinsecal
             Guilt
             ,
             because
             arising
             from
             within
             ,
             from
             the
             
             very
             Nature
             of
             Sin.
             And
             the
             Second
             ,
             Extrinsecal
             Guilt
             ,
             because
             arising
             from
             without
             ,
             from
             the
             Penal
             Constitution
             of
             God.
             As
             also
             the
             First
             ,
             
               Habitual
               ,
               Fundamental
            
             Guilt
             ,
             because
             the
             Foundation
             of
             that
             Penal
             Constitution
             or
             Threatning
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             formeth
             the
             Second
             ,
             
               Actual
               ,
               Formal
            
             Guilt
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Punishment
             to
             which
             ,
             and
             Threatning
             according
             to
             which
             ,
             Sin
             binds
             ;
             So
             is
             the
             Formal
             ,
             Actual
             Guilt
             ,
             or
             Obligation
             it self
             ,
             two-fold
             ;
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Legal
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Evangelical
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Legal
               Guilt
            
             ,
             according
             to
             Legal
             unallay'd
             Threatning
             ,
             binding
             over
             to
             Legal
             Punishment
             ,
             the
             mere
             Wrathful
             Dispensation
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             Judge
             ,
             aiming
             at
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             his
             Justice
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Gospel
               Guilt
            
             ,
             according
             to
             Gospel
             allay'd
             Threatning
             ,
             binding
             over
             to
             Gospel
             Chastisement
             ,
             a
             mixt
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             Father
             ,
             aiming
             as
             at
             the
             Vindication
             of
             his
             Fatherly
             Authority
             and
             Honour
             ,
             so
             at
             the
             
             Correction
             and
             Amendment
             of
             his
             Child
             .
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 1.
                 is
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 
                   Condemned
                   Prisoners
                
                 out
                 of
                 Christ
              
               
                 The
                 2.
                 is
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 
                   Justified
                   Persons
                
                 in
                 Christ
              
            
          
           
             For
             one
             of
             these
             Guilts
             ,
             Sin
             deriveth
             every
             where
             ,
             and
             but
             one
             of
             them
             any
             where
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             respective
             Condition
             or
             State
             of
             the
             Person
             ,
             in
             whom
             it
             resides
             ,
             or
             by
             whom
             it
             is
             committed
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             Touching
             Pardon
             of
             Guilt
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             is
             its
             Obligation
             to
             Punishment
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             Pardon
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             that
             Obligation
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             Obligation
             is
             two-fold
             ,
             Legal
             or
             Evangelical
             ,
             so
             also
             is
             the
             Dissolution
             or
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             The
             distinction
             of
             Legal
             or
             Gospel
             Pardon
             ,
             doth
             here
             manifestly
             proceed
             according
             to
             the
             distinction
             of
             the
             Subject-Matter
             ,
             or
             thing
             Pardoned
             ,
             Legal
             or
             Gospel
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ;
             otherwise
             for
             the
             Original
             or
             Rise
             of
             it
             ,
             all
             (
             even
             Legal
             )
             Pardon
             is
             of
             Gospel
             Grace
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             Legal-Pardon
             of
             Legal
             Guilt
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             Legal
             Obligation
             to
             Legal
             Punishment
             for
             Legal
             Sin
             ,
             and
             is
             twofold
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Fundamental
             in
             Christ
             (
             as
             a
             Common
             Person
             )
             of
             all
             the
             elect
             before
             Faith
             ;
             which
             lieth
             in
             Christs
             making
             full
             Satisfaction
             for
             their
             Sins
             ,
             Meriting
             Faith
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             utmost
             Advantage
             of
             such
             his
             Satisfaction
             upon
             their
             Faith.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Actual
             of
             all
             the
             Elect
             in
             Christ
             upon
             their
             Faith.
             This
             Actual
             Pardon
             ,
             being
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             Actual
             Possession
             in
             their
             own
             Persons
             ,
             of
             their
             Fundamental
             Pardon
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             This
             Actual
             Pardon
             of
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             Believers
             Sins
             is
             twofold
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Formal
             ,
             of
             all
             their
             Sins
             past
             ,
             removing
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Virtual
             ,
             of
             all
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             preventing
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             .
          
           
             
               Formal
               Pardon
            
             takes
             off
             Legal
             Guilt
             ,
             where
             once
             it
             was
             .
          
           
             
               Virtual
               Pardon
            
             keeps
             it
             off
             ,
             where
             else
             it
             would
             be
             .
          
           
             
               Formal
               Pardon
            
             takes
             away
             all
             the
             Actual
             Legal
             Guilt
             ,
             contracted
             upon
             
             the
             Person
             from
             all
             Sin
             ,
             whether
             inherent
             in
             ,
             or
             committed
             by
             him
             ,
             before
             his
             Faith.
             
          
           
             
               Virtual
               Pardon
            
             ,
             all
             capacity
             from
             the
             Person
             upon
             his
             Faith
             ,
             not
             indeed
             of
             having
             in
             his
             Nature
             ,
             or
             committing
             in
             his
             Actions
             ,
             any
             more
             Sin
             (
             for
             then
             could
             there
             be
             no
             room
             for
             so
             much
             as
             Virtual
             Pardon
             )
             ,
             but
             of
             contracting
             any
             more
             such
             Legal
             Guilt
             from
             any
             Sin
             ,
             whether
             inherent
             in
             his
             Nature
             ,
             or
             committed
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Actions
             ,
             for
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             this
             very
             Point
             ,
             lying
             the
             main
             stress
             of
             the
             Controversie
             ,
             consider
             briefly
             (
             which
             will
             much
             help
             to
             clear
             it
             )
             that
             (
             not
             the
             Nature
             ,
             not
             the
             Actions
             ,
             but
             )
             the
             Person
             (
             according
             indeed
             both
             to
             his
             Nature
             and
             Actions
             )
             is
             the
             proper
             Subject
             of
             all
             Law-Obligation
             ,
             whether
             of
             the
             Precept
             to
             Obedience
             ,
             or
             Threatning
             to
             Punishment
             for
             Disobedience
             ;
             and
             therefore
             must
             be
             the
             proper
             Subject
             also
             of
             all
             Law-Disobligation
             ,
             or
             Dissolution
             of
             Law-Obligation
             ,
             whether
             for
             one
             End
             ,
             or
             another
             .
             Since
             then
             a
             Person
             ,
             while
             out
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             is
             the
             unhappy
             Subject
             of
             the
             most
             severe
             and
             rigorous
             Obligation
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Precept
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             Obedience
             for
             his
             Justification
             ,
             so
             of
             the
             Threatning
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             Condemnation
             ,
             and
             all
             Legal
             Punishment
             for
             his
             Disobedience
             ;
             Accordingly
             must
             a
             Person
             ,
             when
             in
             Christ
             ,
             be
             the
             happy
             Subject
             of
             the
             most
             gracious
             Dissolution
             of
             the
             severe
             and
             rigorous
             Obligation
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             same
             Precept
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             Obedience
             (
             not
             simply
             ,
             but
             )
             as
             to
             Justification
             ;
             so
             also
             of
             the
             same
             Threatning
             of
             the
             Law
             (
             not
             indeed
             simply
             ,
             but
             )
             as
             to
             Condemnation
             ,
             or
             any
             Legal
             Punishment
             for
             his
             Disobedience
             .
             And
             as
             from
             this
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Legal
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Threatning
             ,
             is
             the
             Actual
             ,
             Formal
             Pardon
             or
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Legal
             Obligation
             of
             such
             a
             Persons
             Sins
             past
             (
             for
             Sin
             cannot
             be
             formally
             Remitted
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             formally
             Committed
             )
             so
             from
             hence
             must
             (
             and
             cannot
             ,
             but
             )
             be
             also
             the
             Actual
             Virtual
             Pardon
             ,
             or
             Dissolution
             of
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             or
             Obligation
             of
             such
             a
             Persons
             Sins
             to
             come
             .
          
           
           
             Yet
             as
             the
             Precept
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ
             still
             binds
             to
             Obedience
             upon
             Gospel-Grounds
             ,
             and
             to
             Gospel-Ends
             and
             Purposes
             (
             though
             not
             for
             Justification
             )
             so
             the
             Threatning
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ
             ,
             still
             binds
             (
             though
             not
             to
             Condemnation
             or
             any
             Legal
             Punishment
             ,
             yet
             )
             upon
             Gospel-Grounds
             ,
             and
             for
             Gospel-Ends
             and
             Purposes
             ,
             to
             Gospel-Chastisements
             for
             Disobedience
             in
             Sins
             to
             come
             :
             Which
             Sins
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             ,
             as
             they
             derive
             a
             new
             Gospel
             Guilt
             (
             though
             no
             new
             Legal
             Guilt
             )
             upon
             the
             Person
             ;
             so
             they
             need
             a
             new
             Gospel-Pardon
             (
             though
             no
             new
             Legal-Pardon
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             are
             capable
             of
             it
             )
             therefore
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Gospel-Pardon
             of
             Gospel-Guilt
             ,
             is
             the
             dissolution
             of
             Gospel-Obligation
             to
             Gospel-Chastisement
             for
             Gospel-Sin
             .
             For
             as
             there
             is
             Legal
             or
             Gospel-Obedience
             ,
             according
             to
             Legal
             or
             Gospel-Precepts
             ;
             so
             against
             such
             Precepts
             is
             there
             Legal
             or
             Gospel-Sin
             .
             The
             Nature
             of
             this
             Gospel-Pardon
             will
             the
             better
             appear
             ,
             in
             the
             manifold
             Differences
             of
             it
             from
             
             Legal
             Pardon
             .
             Such
             as
             these
             that
             follow
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Gospel-Pardon
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             meer
             Mercy
             of
             God
             as
             a
             Father
             ,
             only
             upon
             the
             Intercession
             of
             Christ
             ,
             improving
             therein
             his
             Merit
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             for
             dealing
             with
             his
             Members
             in
             this
             regard
             also
             as
             Children
             ;
             Gospel-Guilt
             needing
             not
             for
             its
             Gospel-Pardon
             ,
             any
             Legal
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Legal-Pardon
             is
             a
             Sentence
             of
             Absolution
             from
             God
             as
             a
             Judge
             ,
             both
             from
             his
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             upon
             both
             the
             Merit
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             improved
             upon
             his
             Intercession
             for
             condemned
             Prisoners
             of
             Law
             ,
             but
             Elect
             Prisoners
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             made
             his
             Members
             and
             his
             Fathers
             Children
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Gospel-Guilt
             is
             sometimes
             wholly
             pardoned
             ,
             sometimes
             but
             in
             part
             ,
             partly
             remitted
             ,
             partly
             retained
             .
             Such
             was
             
             David's
             guilt
             of
             Adultery
             and
             Murder
             ,
             and
             such
             its
             Pardon
             ;
             partly
             remitted
             ,
             the
             Lord
             put
             away
             his
             Sin
             (
             the
             Gospel-Guilt
             of
             his
             Sin
             )
             so
             that
             he
             dyed
             not
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             :
             
             And
             partly
             retained
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             Chastened
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Adulterous
             Issue
             ,
             2
             
               Sam.
               12.
            
             as
             well
             as
             otherwise
             by
             his
             Son
             Absolom
             ,
             there
             also
             Threatned
             .
          
           
             
               Legal
               Guilt
            
             is
             alway
             either
             wholly
             Pardon'd
             ,
             or
             wholly
             Unpardon'd
             ;
             either
             all
             remitted
             ,
             or
             not
             at
             all
             :
             That
             having
             place
             here
             ,
             
               Nil
               solvitur
               nisi
               totum
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Gospel
               Guilt
            
             may
             be
             remitted
             ,
             as
             contracted
             ,
             successively
             and
             often
             .
          
           
             
               Legal
               Guilt
            
             ,
             however
             contracted
             ,
             is
             remitted
             all
             together
             ,
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             but
             once
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Gospel
               Guilt
            
             ,
             when
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             as
             Pardon'd
             ,
             is
             alway
             Pardon'd
             formally
             and
             in
             it self
             ;
             first
             by
             Gospel-Transgression
             redounding
             upon
             ,
             and
             then
             by
             Gospel-Grace
             removed
             off
             from
             the
             Person
             .
          
           
             
               Legal
               Guilt
            
             is
             Pardon'd
             ,
             partly
             Formally
             ,
             and
             in
             it self
             ;
             as
             in
             all
             Sins
             foregoing
             Justification
             ;
             partly
             Virtually
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Person
             ;
             as
             in
             all
             Sins
             following
             Justification
             .
             In
             those
             ,
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             so
             removed
             from
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             never
             had
             redounded
             upon
             
             the
             Person
             :
             In
             these
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             so
             removed
             from
             the
             Person
             ,
             as
             it
             never
             can
             redound
             upon
             it
             :
             The
             Person
             being
             now
             a
             priviledg'd
             Person
             in
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             Chargeable
             with
             Legal
             Guilt
             ,
             than
             Christ
             himself
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             
               Personal
               Vnion
            
             in
             Christ
             ,
             everlastingly
             prevents
             the
             resulting
             of
             its
             proper
             personality
             out
             of
             his
             Humane
             Nature
             so
             united
             ,
             which
             out
             of
             all
             other
             Natures
             not
             so
             united
             ,
             immediately
             results
             ;
             So
             
               Mystical
               Vnion
            
             with
             Christ
             everlastingly
             prevents
             the
             redounding
             of
             Legal
             Guilt
             upon
             the
             person
             so
             united
             ,
             from
             his
             sinful
             Nature
             and
             Actions
             ;
             which
             from
             all
             other
             such
             Natures
             and
             Actions
             of
             persons
             not
             so
             united
             ,
             immediately
             redounds
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Faith
             is
             the
             only
             Instrumental
             Means
             ,
             or
             Causal
             Condition
             of
             Legal
             Pardon
             :
             Repentance
             (
             Godly
             Sorrow
             for
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Amendment
             of
             of
             Life
             )
             the
             Consequents
             of
             this
             Pardon
             ,
             as
             the
             effect
             of
             that
             Faith.
             
          
           
             Repentance
             (
             Gospel-Sorrow
             for
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Return
             to
             Child-like
             Obedience
             )
             as
             well
             as
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Means
             
             of
             Gospel-Pardon
             ,
             or
             Dissolution
             of
             the
             Obligation
             of
             Gospel-Threatning
             for
             Gospel-Sin
             ,
             to
             Gospel-Punishment
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Fatherly
             Chastisement
             :
             Or
             (
             in
             yet
             plainer
             English
             )
             of
             avoiding
             the
             Chastisements
             of
             God
             (
             which
             are
             often
             very
             severe
             upon
             his
             Children
             )
             the
             main
             work
             and
             Business
             of
             Gospel-Chastisement
             ,
             being
             so
             done
             to
             the
             Hand
             of
             God
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             by
             execution
             of
             Gospel-Chastisement
             upon
             them
             to
             reduce
             his
             Children
             into
             that
             Gospel-Aw
             and
             Order
             ,
             wherein
             by
             the
             Gospel-Threatnings
             of
             them
             only
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             kept
             :
             And
             which
             Gospel-Chastisements
             He
             hath
             always
             in
             a
             readiness
             by
             Him
             ,
             in
             that
             Variety
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             Severity
             ,
             that
             Legal
             Punishments
             would
             be
             altogether
             as
             improper
             and
             useless
             to
             his
             mixt
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             as
             a
             Father
             ,
             towards
             the
             compassing
             of
             his
             Gospel-Designs
             and
             Purposes
             upon
             his
             Children
             ,
             as
             Gospel-Chastisements
             would
             be
             to
             his
             simple
             Justice
             as
             a
             Judge
             ,
             towards
             the
             Attainment
             of
             his
             Legal
             Aimes
             and
             Ends
             upon
             his
             Enemies
             .
             Nor
             are
             those
             Gospel-Chastisements
             used
             
             by
             Him
             towards
             his
             Children
             ,
             but
             when
             there
             is
             ,
             nor
             further
             than
             there
             is
             need
             (
             1
             
               Pet.
               1.
               6.
            
             
             )
             for
             the
             effecting
             of
             some
             such
             good
             ,
             as
             in
             an
             ordinary
             way
             of
             his
             Providence
             could
             not
             otherwise
             be
             brought
             about
             .
          
           
             Some
             other
             Differences
             might
             be
             offer'd
             ,
             but
             these
             being
             the
             Principal
             ,
             will
             afford
             a
             sufficiently
             large
             Prospect
             into
             both
             the
             Necessity
             and
             Nature
             of
             these
             two
             so
             different
             kinds
             of
             Pardon
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             Touching
             Prayer
             for
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             
             The
             Removal
             of
             the
             Fundamental
             ,
             Habitual
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             desert
             of
             Punishment
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             prayed
             for
             by
             any
             ,
             whether
             in
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             Christ.
             Desert
             of
             Punishment
             being
             of
             the
             very
             Nature
             of
             Sin
             it self
             ,
             (
             and
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             God
             thereabout
             )
             altogether
             inseparable
             from
             Sin.
             Those
             in
             Christ
             are
             to
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             remove
             that
             Sin
             from
             them
             ,
             whose
             Desert
             of
             Punishment
             cannot
             be
             removed
             from
             it
             ;
             and
             to
             spread
             their
             Sins
             before
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             highest
             sense
             of
             the
             deepest
             
             Demerit
             of
             all
             Legal
             Punishment
             ;
             that
             so
             they
             may
             put
             the
             higher
             ,
             both
             Accent
             upon
             the
             Free
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Estimate
             upon
             the
             full
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whereby
             their
             Persons
             are
             so
             fully
             freed
             from
             all
             Actual
             Obligation
             to
             any
             of
             that
             Legal
             Punishment
             ,
             the
             whole
             and
             utmost
             whereof
             their
             Sins
             so
             deeply
             Deserve
             .
          
           
             The
             Removal
             of
             the
             Actual
             Formal
             
             Guilt
             ,
             or
             Dissolution
             of
             its
             Actual
             Obligation
             to
             Legal
             Punishment
             ,
             those
             out
             of
             Christ
             are
             to
             pray
             for
             ,
             Acts
             8.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
             And
             that
             both
             Formal
             ,
             of
             all
             their
             Sins
             past
             ,
             and
             Virtual
             ,
             of
             all
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             :
             There
             being
             as
             well
             Promise
             upon
             their
             Faith
             ,
             of
             never
             coming
             into
             Condemnation
             again
             ,
             
               Joh.
               5
               24.
            
             as
             of
             being
             freed
             from
             Condemnation
             at
             present
             ,
             Joh.
             3.
             18.
             
             And
             even
             such
             their
             Prayer
             ,
             may
             prevail
             as
             Prayer
             ,
             though
             not
             as
             their
             Prayer
             ;
             as
             
               Gods
               Ordinance
            
             ,
             though
             not
             as
             
               their
               Performance
            
             ;
             though
             not
             as
             a
             Part
             of
             Duty
             in
             persons
             out
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             yet
             as
             a
             Means
             of
             Grace
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ.
             Otherwise
             
               Simon
               Peter
            
             would
             never
             have
             given
             it
             in
             direction
             to
             
               Simon
               Magus
            
             ,
             when
             
               in
               the
               Bond
               of
               Iniquity
            
             ;
             a
             perfect
             Scriptural
             Definition
             of
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin.
             
          
           
             
             This
             Legal
             Pardon
             it self
             ,
             whether
             Formal
             of
             Sins
             past
             ,
             or
             Virtual
             of
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             Those
             in
             Christ
             are
             not
             to
             pray
             for
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             yet
             to
             be
             ,
             or
             indeed
             now
             can
             be
             a-new
             granted
             to
             them
             ,
             (
             There
             being
             no
             possibility
             of
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             an
             Obligation
             ,
             where
             is
             none
             of
             the
             Obligation
             it self
             ,
             so
             to
             be
             Dissolved
             )
             But
             they
             are
             to
             praise
             God
             through
             Christ
             for
             it
             ;
             as
             that
             which
             is
             already
             ,
             upon
             their
             first
             believing
             (
             and
             thereby
             Being
             )
             in
             Christ
             ,
             fully
             granted
             to
             them
             ,
             beyond
             all
             Need
             of
             Repetition
             ,
             because
             beyond
             all
             Possibility
             of
             Intercision
             :
             Especially
             when
             it
             is
             not
             more
             their
             Duty
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             to
             take
             to
             themselves
             the
             due
             Shame
             (
             as
             of
             the
             Remainders
             of
             the
             filth
             and
             power
             of
             Sin
             still
             in
             their
             Natures
             ,
             so
             )
             of
             the
             Gospel-Guilt
             of
             Sin
             still
             on
             their
             Persons
             ;
             then
             to
             give
             
             to
             God
             the
             due
             Glory
             of
             his
             Grace
             (
             as
             in
             the
             initial
             purging
             of
             the
             filth
             of
             Sin
             out
             of
             ,
             and
             subduing
             the
             power
             of
             Sin
             ,
             in
             their
             Natures
             ,
             so
             )
             in
             the
             perfect
             Removal
             of
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             from
             off
             their
             Persons
             ;
             which
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             the
             
             Apostle's
             very
             frame
             and
             carriage
             ,
             
               Rom.
               7.
               24
               ,
               25.
            
             and
             8.
             1.
             
             Gods
             continuance
             indeed
             (
             or
             non-Revocation
             )
             of
             such
             his
             gracious
             pardon
             (
             even
             till
             his
             pronouncing
             the
             Final
             Sentence
             of
             it
             at
             the
             General
             Judgment
             )
             together
             with
             their
             own
             continual
             further
             renewed
             Sense
             and
             Assurance
             of
             such
             its
             both
             Grant
             and
             Continuance
             ,
             those
             in
             Christ
             are
             to
             pray
             for
             :
             There
             being
             Need
             of
             ,
             Precept
             for
             ,
             and
             Promise
             to
             Prayer
             for
             these
             latter
             ;
             none
             at
             all
             for
             those
             former
             ,
             either
             Formal
             ,
             or
             Virtual
             Pardon
             to
             be
             Repeated
             .
          
           
             Gospel-Pardon
             of
             Sin
             ,
             or
             Dissolution
             
             of
             their
             Gospel-Obligation
             for
             Gospel-Sin
             to
             Gospel-punishment
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Fatherly
             Chastisement
             ,
             Those
             in
             Christ
             are
             to
             pray
             for
             :
             (
             as
             of
             that
             Guilt
             or
             Penal
             Obligation
             ,
             which
             can
             
             alone
             in
             that
             State
             be
             incumbent
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             on
             them
             alone
             )
             This
             not
             Absolutely
             ,
             but
             Conditionally
             :
             And
             that
             not
             only
             upon
             Condition
             of
             Faith
             (
             the
             only
             Condition
             of
             Legal
             Pardon
             )
             or
             only
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             together
             (
             the
             joynt
             ordinary
             ,
             but
             not
             only
             Condition
             of
             Gospel-pardon
             )
             .
             But
             upon
             such
             Conditions
             also
             ,
             if
             and
             
               so
               far
               as
            
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             consistent
             with
             Gods
             Glory
             ,
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             others
             good
             ,
             so
             far
             forth
             (
             and
             no
             further
             )
             it
             may
             be
             pardon'd
             ;
             
               i.
               e.
            
             That
             their
             Heavenly
             Father
             would
             no
             further
             Chasten
             them
             his
             Children
             for
             their
             Sins
             ,
             then
             may
             be
             conducing
             to
             the
             afore-mentioned
             Ends
             :
             And
             so
             far
             sorth
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             daily
             Need
             of
             their
             own
             to
             seek
             ,
             the
             Precept
             of
             Christ
             for
             seeking
             ,
             and
             the
             Promise
             of
             Christ
             ,
             for
             receiving
             Gospel-Pardon
             ;
             So
             also
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             so
             to
             seek
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             receive
             it
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             such
             Child
             like
             fear
             of
             Chastening
             ,
             Threatned
             by
             an
             offended
             Father
             ,
             but
             also
             with
             such
             godly
             Sense
             of
             ,
             and
             Sorrow
             for
             their
             Offences
             themselves
             ,
             and
             such
             Humble
             Gospel-Confidence
             
             (
             upon
             the
             Conditions
             specify'd
             )
             of
             promised
             Pardon
             from
             a
             Gracious
             ,
             though
             Offended
             Father
             ,
             as
             those
             out
             of
             Christ
             ,
             do
             not
             ,
             cannot
             seek
             Legal-Pardon
             withal
             :
             Even
             as
             we
             see
             Pardon
             ,
             not
             with
             less
             Earnestness
             ,
             but
             with
             much
             other
             manner
             of
             Affections
             and
             Assurance
             ,
             begg'd
             by
             a
             Child
             from
             a
             Father
             ,
             than
             by
             a
             Prisoner
             from
             a
             Judge
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             Arguments
             proving
             Directly
             the
             Main
             ,
             and
             by
             just
             Consequence
             the
             Whole
             of
             all
             this
             .
             
          
           
             The
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             Believers
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             
             is
             in
             the
             same
             Capacity
             of
             being
             Dis-imputed
             ,
             and
             pardoned
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             of
             being
             Imputed
             to
             and
             discharged
             by
             Christ.
             All
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             all
             the
             Sins
             to
             come
             of
             all
             Believers
             after
             Christ
             ,
             was
             Legally
             Imputed
             to
             ,
             and
             discharged
             by
             
               Christ.
               Ergo
            
             &c.
             
             And
             if
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             both
             Sins
             and
             Persons
             ,
             not
             yet
             in
             being
             ,
             might
             be
             Legally
             Imputed
             to
             ,
             and
             discharg'd
             by
             Christ
             ;
             much
             more
             may
             the
             Legal
             
             Guilt
             of
             Sins
             not
             yet
             in
             being
             ,
             be
             Legally
             Remitted
             to
             Persons
             already
             Being
             ,
             and
             being
             Believers
             ,
             Virtually
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             Persons
             ,
             though
             not
             Formally
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             Sins
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             may
             (
             at
             least
             )
             as
             well
             be
             Virtually
             disimputed
             to
             Believers
             ,
             
             before
             committed
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Formally
             Imputed
             to
             Believers
             ,
             before
             wrought
             by
             Him.
             This
             ,
             before
             wrought
             by
             Him
             ,
             was
             Formally
             Imputed
             to
             all
             Believers
             before
             
               Christ.
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Reason
             of
             the
             Major
             :
             For
             if
             the
             Acts
             of
             Moral
             Causes
             may
             be
             Morally
             put
             forth
             before
             such
             Causes
             are
             themselves
             Actually
             in
             Being
             (
             as
             it
             was
             in
             that
             Case
             of
             Christs
             Satisfaction
             not
             then
             wrought
             ,
             when
             putting
             forth
             its
             Moral
             Act
             ,
             in
             its
             Formal
             Imputation
             to
             the
             Formal
             Pardon
             of
             the
             Legal-Guilt
             of
             Sins
             past
             ,
             to
             Believers
             before
             Christ
             )
             much
             more
             may
             such
             Moral
             Impediments
             be
             laid
             in
             before
             such
             Causes
             are
             in
             Being
             ,
             as
             shall
             effectually
             hinder
             the
             
             putting
             forth
             of
             such
             their
             Acts
             ,
             when
             such
             Causes
             come
             Actually
             to
             be
             (
             as
             it
             is
             in
             this
             Case
             of
             Christs
             Satisfaction
             now
             wrought
             ,
             Formally
             Imputed
             to
             the
             Virtual
             Pardon
             of
             Believers
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             effectually
             hindering
             the
             putting
             forth
             of
             their
             Moral
             Act
             ,
             the
             deriving
             of
             any
             Legal
             Guilt
             upon
             such
             Persons
             ,
             when
             such
             Sins
             are
             come
             )
             Or
             with
             any
             who
             conceive
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             not
             yet
             Formally
             wrought
             by
             Him
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             Formally
             ,
             but
             only
             Virtually
             imputed
             to
             Believers
             ,
             before
             Christ
             Incarnate
             ,
             Let
             the
             Argument
             run
             thus
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             ,
             but
             Virtually
             Imputed
             ,
             was
             efficacious
             to
             the
             Formal
             Pardon
             of
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             past
             ,
             who
             believed
             in
             Christ
             yet
             to
             come
             ,
             cannot
             ,
             being
             Formally
             Imputed
             ,
             be
             inefficacious
             to
             the
             Virtual
             Pardon
             of
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             who
             believe
             in
             Christ
             already
             come
             .
             But
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             And
             then
             let
             the
             Reason
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             Argument
             before
             used
             ,
             be
             accordingly
             applyed
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Sins
             of
             Believers
             are
             so
             Remitted
             to
             them
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             for
             their
             Sins
             was
             Wrought
             by
             Him
             and
             Imputed
             to
             them
             .
             That
             was
             not
             Wrought
             by
             Him
             ,
             and
             Imputed
             to
             them
             ,
             some
             parts
             of
             it
             for
             some
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             for
             other
             their
             Sins
             ;
             But
             all
             of
             it
             together
             for
             all
             their
             Sins
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             For
             though
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             were
             many
             ,
             his
             Satisfaction
             was
             but
             One
             ,
             made
             up
             of
             all
             his
             Sufferings
             :
             And
             as
             his
             Sufferings
             ,
             however
             severally
             and
             successively
             undergone
             by
             Him
             ,
             are
             yet
             all
             together
             in
             their
             Legal
             Satisfaction
             ,
             at
             once
             Imputed
             to
             Believers
             ;
             So
             their
             Sins
             ,
             however
             (
             in
             the
             Acts
             of
             them
             )
             severally
             and
             successively
             committed
             by
             them
             ,
             are
             yet
             (
             through
             that
             Satisfaction
             of
             those
             Sufferings
             so
             Imputed
             )
             all
             together
             in
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             ,
             at
             once
             Remitted
             to
             Believers
             .
          
           
           
             If
             a
             Believers
             Sins
             past
             before
             his
             Justification
             needed
             not
             many
             particular
             Legal
             Pardons
             ,
             
             but
             were
             in
             his
             Justification
             all
             compriz'd
             in
             one
             General
             Act
             of
             Formal
             Pardon
             ;
             neither
             do
             his
             Sins
             to
             come
             after
             his
             Justification
             ,
             need
             many
             particular
             Legal
             Pardons
             ;
             but
             are
             in
             his
             Justification
             (
             as
             to
             their
             Legal
             Guilt
             )
             all
             as
             well
             compriz'd
             in
             one
             General
             Act
             of
             Virtual
             Pardon
             .
             But
             ,
             &c.
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             Nay
             to
             speak
             more
             accurately
             ,
             Formal
             and
             Virtual
             Pardon
             ,
             are
             not
             indeed
             two
             different
             Legal
             Pardons
             ,
             but
             only
             two
             Different
             Respects
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             General
             Legal
             Pardon
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             respects
             Sins
             foregoing
             ,
             is
             Formal
             ;
             As
             Sins
             following
             Justification
             ,
             Virtual
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             Where
             can
             be
             no
             new
             Application
             of
             
             Christ's
             Legal
             Satisfaction
             ,
             
             there
             can
             be
             no
             new
             Pardon
             of
             Legal
             Guilt
             .
             To
             the
             Persons
             of
             Believers
             can
             be
             no
             new
             Application
             (
             though
             there
             may
             to
             their
             Consciences
             )
             of
             Christs
             Legal
             Satisfaction
             .
             Ergo
             (
             though
             there
             may
             to
             their
             Consciences
             )
             
             there
             can
             be
             to
             their
             Persons
             no
             new
             Pardon
             of
             Legal
             Guilt
             .
             Proof
             of
             the
             Minor.
             Where
             by
             the
             first
             Act
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             whole
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             was
             wholly
             Apply'd
             ,
             and
             never
             after
             ,
             either
             in
             whole
             or
             in
             part
             ,
             again
             disapply'd
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             new
             Application
             of
             it
             .
             But
             ,
             
               &c.
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             In
             whose
             Natures
             ,
             Sin
             can
             never
             any
             more
             recover
             its
             
               Reigning
               Power
            
             ,
             
             upon
             their
             Persons
             ,
             it
             can
             never
             any
             more
             derive
             its
             
               Legal
               Guilt
            
             .
             In
             the
             Natures
             of
             Believers
             ,
             Sin
             can
             never
             any
             more
             Recover
             its
             Reigning
             Power
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             The
             Minor
             is
             clear
             from
             the
             Apostles
             Assertion
             ,
             
               Rom.
               6.
               14.
               
               Sin
               shall
               not
               have
               dominion
               over
               you
               .
            
             The
             Major
             also
             clear
             from
             the
             Reason
             of
             that
             his
             Assertion
             there
             rendred
             ,
             
               For
               you
               are
               not
               under
               the
               Law
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             Rigorous
             unallay'd
             Threatening
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             Ergo
             ,
             not
             under
             Legal
             Guilt
             :
             But
             
               under
               Grace
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             Gospel-Grace
             allaying
             the
             Legal
             into
             a
             Gospel-Threatning
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             under
             only
             Gospel-Guilt
             of
             Sin.
             And
             this
             ,
             if
             needful
             ,
             
             may
             be
             thus
             further
             clear'd
             .
             The
             Unsubdu'd
             Power
             of
             Sin
             in
             Unbelievers
             ,
             is
             a
             Legal
             Punishment
             :
             Ergo
             ,
             the
             Guilt
             binding
             over
             to
             it
             ,
             Legal
             Guilt
             .
             The
             Subdued
             Power
             of
             Sin
             in
             Believers
             ,
             only
             a
             Gospel-Chastisement
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             the
             Guilt
             binding
             over
             to
             it
             only
             Gospel-Guilt
             .
             (
             Both
             these
             Enthymems
             proceed
             upon
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             14th
             .
             Argument
             )
             .
             And
             yet
             further
             thus
             ;
             As
             the
             Subdued
             Power
             of
             Sin
             in
             Believers
             ,
             considered
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             
               Malum
               Paenae
            
             ,
             is
             only
             a
             Gospel-Chastisement
             ,
             to
             which
             therefore
             only
             Gospel-Guilt
             obligeth
             ;
             So
             consider'd
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             
               Malum
               Culpae
            
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             Gospel-Sin
             ,
             Deriving
             therefore
             only
             Gospel-Guilt
             ,
             binding
             over
             only
             to
             Gospel-Punishment
             .
          
           
             So
             far
             as
             Believers
             are
             freed
             from
             Law-Curse
             for
             their
             Sins
             ,
             
             so
             far
             are
             they
             freed
             from
             Law-Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             .
             They
             are
             wholly
             freed
             from
             all
             Law-Curse
             for
             all
             their
             Sins
             ,
             even
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             present
             and
             past
             Sins
             ,
             
               Gal.
               3.
               13.
               
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             Reason
             of
             the
             Major
             :
             Because
             the
             
             Commination
             forming
             Obligation
             to
             Punishment
             (
             as
             the
             Command
             to
             Obedience
             )
             ,
             a
             Soul
             cannot
             be
             farther
             under
             the
             Obligation
             of
             its
             Commination
             ,
             than
             under
             the
             Commination
             it self
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             cannot
             be
             Condemned
             with
             a
             Sentence
             of
             Law-Condemnation
             for
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             cannot
             be
             guilty
             with
             Law-Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             .
             
             Believers
             ,
             
               Joh.
               5.
               24.
            
             cannot
             be
             Condemned
             ,
             &c.
             Compare
             
               Psal.
               32.
               2.
            
             with
             
               Rom.
               4.
               8.
            
             both
             Translations
             and
             Originals
             with
             
               Rom.
               8.
               1.
            
             and
             
               Joh.
               5.
               24.
               
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             Reason
             of
             the
             Major
             .
             Because
             Law-Threatning
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             Sin
             derives
             Law-Guilt
             ,
             or
             Obligatito
             Law-Punishment
             upon
             any
             Persons
             ,
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             Gods
             Judgment
             or
             Sentence
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             he
             always
             exactly
             passeth
             and
             pronounceth
             touching
             such
             Persons
             :
             He
             will
             by
             no
             means
             clear
             the
             Guilty
             ,
             
               Exod.
               34.
               7.
               
               Numb
               .
               14.
               18.
               
               Nah.
               1.
               3.
            
             compared
             with
             the
             immediately
             before
             cited
             Texts
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Principal
             can
             no
             longer
             be
             under
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             Law-Obligation
             ,
             
             which
             was
             fully
             satisfied
             by
             the
             Surety
             ,
             and
             that
             Satisfaction
             fully
             apply'd
             to
             the
             Principal
             .
             And
             so
             't
             is
             between
             Christ
             and
             Believer
             in
             this
             Point
             :
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             Reason
             of
             the
             Major
             .
             Because
             Principal
             and
             Surety
             (
             however
             Physically
             or
             Metaphysically
             Distinct
             )
             are
             Legally
             (
             or
             in
             Law-Construction
             )
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Person
             .
          
           
             The
             Curse
             of
             the
             Law
             can
             have
             no
             more
             to
             do
             with
             Believers
             in
             Point
             of
             Condemnation
             ,
             than
             the
             Command
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             Point
             of
             Justification
             .
             
             The
             Command
             of
             the
             Law
             can
             have
             nothing
             at
             all
             any
             more
             to
             do
             with
             Believers
             in
             point
             of
             Justification
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
             Or
             thus
             .
             The
             Threatnings
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ
             is
             temper'd
             and
             allay'd
             with
             as
             much
             of
             Gospel-Indulgence
             to
             Believers
             as
             the
             Precept
             :
             The
             Precept
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ
             bindeth
             not
             to
             Obedience
             for
             Justification
             in
             any
             their
             Duties
             to
             come
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             Neither
             
             the
             Threatning
             to
             Condemnation
             ,
             or
             any
             Legal
             Punishment
             ,
             for
             Disobedience
             in
             any
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             The
             perfect
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             Imputed
             to
             Believers
             ,
             
             is
             no
             more
             consistent
             with
             any
             their
             future
             Obligation
             to
             Death
             and
             Hell
             for
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             than
             the
             perfect
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             imputed
             to
             Believers
             is
             consistent
             with
             any
             their
             future
             forfeiture
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Glory
             ,
             by
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             .
             But
             
               &c
               ,
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             imputed
             to
             Believers
             is
             of
             as
             much
             force
             to
             prevent
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             
             as
             to
             Remove
             the
             Legal
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             past
             .
             But
             
               &c.
               Ergo
            
             ,
             &c.
             And
             if
             it
             do
             not
             keep
             off
             such
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             from
             Redounding
             ,
             how
             doth
             it
             keep
             off
             such
             Guilt
             of
             their
             Sins
             past
             ,
             from
             Recurring
             upon
             their
             Persons
             !
          
           
           
             Law-Guilt
             can
             no
             more
             Redound
             upon
             the
             Persons
             of
             Believers
             from
             any
             the
             Acts
             of
             Sin
             proceeding
             from
             them
             ,
             
             than
             from
             all
             the
             Habits
             of
             Sin
             Residing
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             even
             Original
             Sin
             it self
             more
             deeply
             rooted
             in
             corrupt
             Nature
             then
             the
             Habits
             .
             But
             
               &c.
               Ergo
            
             &c.
             Nay
             the
             Transient
             Acts
             of
             Sin
             proceeding
             from
             Believers
             ,
             have
             much
             less
             Fundamental
             ,
             Habitual
             Guilt
             or
             Demerit
             in
             them
             ,
             than
             the
             Indwelling
             Habits
             ,
             or
             Original
             Sin
             ,
             they
             proceed
             from
             :
             And
             therefore
             are
             much
             less
             able
             to
             Derive
             any
             Actual
             Legal
             Guilt
             upon
             their
             Believing
             Persons
             .
             And
             this
             was
             one
             main
             ground
             of
             Comfort
             the
             Apostle
             bore
             up
             his
             believing
             Soul
             upon
             ,
             under
             the
             trouble
             of
             all
             the
             Habits
             of
             Sin
             in
             his
             Nature
             ,
             
               Rom.
               7.
               24.
            
             that
             they
             derived
             no
             Legal
             Guilt
             upon
             his
             Person
             ,
             
               Rom.
               8.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Such
             as
             is
             the
             Punishment
             of
             a
             Believers
             Sin
             ,
             
             before
             Formally
             Pardoned
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             Guilt
             of
             his
             Sin
             when
             committed
             .
             That
             is
             not
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             this
             cannot
             be
             Legal
             ,
             but
             only
             
             Evangelical
             .
             Reason
             .
             Because
             ,
             Guilt
             being
             a
             Penal
             Obligation
             ,
             and
             Penal
             Obligation
             a
             Relation
             of
             the
             Person
             to
             the
             Punishment
             ,
             This
             Relation
             must
             be
             such
             as
             its
             Term
             ,
             the
             Punishment
             related
             to
             .
          
           
             A
             Person
             cannot
             be
             under
             two
             cross
             and
             contrary
             Sentences
             of
             God
             together
             .
             
             A
             Sentence
             of
             Justification
             adjudging
             him
             to
             Heaven
             and
             Glory
             upon
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             ;
             And
             a
             Sentence
             of
             Condemnation
             adjudging
             him
             to
             Death
             and
             Hell
             for
             his
             own
             Sins
             .
             But
             so
             should
             a
             Believer
             be
             ,
             could
             any
             Legal
             Guilt
             Redound
             upon
             his
             Person
             from
             his
             Sins
             .
             The
             Reason
             of
             the
             Major
             in
             the
             8th
             .
             Argument
             ,
             having
             its
             full
             force
             here
             also
             .
          
           
             An
             Elect
             Persons
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             
             are
             in
             a
             better
             posture
             and
             state
             of
             Pardon
             to
             him
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             upon
             his
             Believing
             ,
             than
             they
             were
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             Christ
             only
             ,
             before
             his
             Believing
             .
             They
             ,
             before
             his
             Believing
             ,
             were
             Fundamentally
             pardoned
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             upon
             his
             believing
             
             pardon'd
             Actually
             .
             Actually-Virtually
             ,
             though
             not
             Formally
             .
             Otherwise
             something
             might
             be
             Legally
             laid
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             God's
             Elect
             ,
             contrary
             to
             that
             of
             the
             
               Apostle
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               33.
            
             
             Where
             the
             Word
             Elect
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             consequenter
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             of
             Elect
             Believing
             Ones
             .
          
           
             The
             main
             strength
             of
             all
             (
             that
             any
             otherwise
             minded
             may
             have
             where-against
             mainly
             to
             oppose
             themselves
             )
             lyeth
             here
             .
          
           
             All
             Obligation
             to
             Punishment
             ,
             is
             from
             the
             Threatning
             (
             as
             all
             to
             Obedience
             from
             the
             Precept
             )
             a
             Threatning
             ,
             whose
             own
             power
             of
             Penal
             ,
             Legal
             Obligation
             is
             Dissolved
             ,
             can
             no
             more
             give
             power
             of
             Penal
             Legal
             Obligation
             to
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             then
             it
             can
             to
             Sins
             past
             .
             So
             that
             in
             Conclusion
             ,
             These
             cannot
             be
             Formally
             pardoned
             ,
             where
             those
             are
             not
             pardoned
             Virtually
             .
          
           
             
             
               The
               Opposite
               Opinion
               ,
            
             
               
               Unavoidably
               exposeth
               Justification
               to
               Infinite
               Intercision
               :
               For
               if
               any
               ,
               the
               Greatest
               Sin
               ,
               of
               a
               Justified
               Person
               bring
               him
               under
               Actual
               Obligation
               to
               Legal
               Punishment
               ;
               every
               ,
               even
               the
               least
               Sin
               must
               do
               so
               too
               .
               And
               the
               Answer
               ,
               by
               Distinguishing
               the
               Act
               and
               State
               of
               Justification
               ,
               that
               the
               Act
               of
               Justification
               is
               Subject
               to
               much
               ,
               but
               the
               State
               to
               no
               Intercision
               ,
               will
               be
               found
               altogether
               incompetent
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               the
               Act
               of
               Justification
               (
               if
               we
               'l
               speak
               properly
               )
               being
               God's
               ,
               and
               the
               State
               ours
               ,
               The
               Act
               cannot
               be
               rescinded
               ,
               where
               the
               State
               of
               Justification
               remains
               intire
               :
               Because
               God
               alway
               exactly
               judgeth
               of
               things
               ,
               accordingly
               as
               they
               are
               in
               themselves
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               State
               of
               Justification
               cannot
               remain
               intire
               ,
               where
               the
               Act
               is
               rescinded
               :
               Because
               things
               are
               alwayes
               exactly
               in
               themselves
               ,
               accordingly
               
               as
               God
               judgeth
               of
               them
               :
               Insomuch
               ,
               that
               whereas
               the
               Truth
               of
               things
               is
               the
               Measure
               and
               Rule
               of
               our
               Judgment
               ,
               Gods
               Judgment
               is
               the
               Rule
               and
               Measure
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               things
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               God's
               Act
               of
               Justification
               ,
               as
               well
               Conserveth
               ,
               as
               Createth
               ,
               our
               State
               of
               Justification
               .
               And
               therefore
               so
               strict
               and
               necessary
               is
               the
               Dependance
               of
               our
               Justified
               State
               upon
               his
               Justifying
               Act
               ,
               that
               the
               One
               cannot
               be
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               either
               Intire
               or
               Rescinded
               ,
               then
               the
               Other
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               this
               Answer
               provides
               not
               any
               Salvo
               against
               the
               Mischief
               of
               such
               Intercision
               ,
               as
               well
               (
               if
               not
               as
               much
               )
               by
               our
               less
               ,
               as
               greater
               Sins
               :
               Less
               Sins
               indeed
               do
               not
               waste
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               destroy
               its
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Dead
               the
               Sense
               of
               Justification
               (
               wherein
               the
               main
               of
               that
               Peace
               lyeth
               )
               as
               Greater
               Sins
               do
               .
               But
               if
               the
               Greatest
               Sins
               of
               a
               Believer
               Rescind
               his
               Justification
               (
               as
               they
               cannot
               but
               do
               ,
               if
               they
               bring
               him
               under
               
               Legal
               Guilt
               ,
               or
               Obligation
               to
               Legal
               Punishment
               )
               his
               Least
               Sins
               must
               do
               it
               no
               less
               than
               they
               .
               Which
               ,
               either
               as
               to
               State
               ,
               or
               but
               Act
               of
               Justification
               ,
               one
               would
               think
               no
               man
               should
               be
               forward
               to
               assert
               .
            
             
               
               Plainly
               destroyeth
               much
               of
               the
               Essential
               Difference
               ,
               not
               only
               between
               Chastisement
               and
               Punishment
               properly
               so
               called
               ;
               But
               even
               between
               the
               two
               Estates
               in
               and
               out
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               two
               very
               Covenants
               themselves
               ,
               
                 of
                 Works
              
               and
               
                 of
                 Grace
              
               .
               Preserve
               but
               these
               two
               States
               under
               these
               two
               Covenants
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               due
               Distinctions
               ,
               and
               the
               following
               Notion
               must
               in
               its
               full
               Strength
               and
               Evidence
               ,
               irresistibly
               prevail
               to
               the
               Final
               Decision
               of
               this
               Controversie
               .
            
             
               Such
               as
               is
               the
               Law
               a
               Person
               is
               under
               ,
               such
               is
               his
               Transgression
               of
               the
               Precept
               of
               that
               Law
               ,
               such
               the
               Guilt
               according
               to
               the
               Threatning
               of
               that
               Law
               ,
               redounding
               upon
               the
               Person
               from
               that
               Transgression
               ;
               Such
               the
               
               Punishment
               that
               Guilt
               bindeth
               over
               to
               ;
               And
               such
               the
               Pardon
               of
               that
               both
               Guilt
               and
               Punishment
               .
            
             
               If
               the
               Law
               or
               Covenant
               of
               Works
               ,
               the
               Transgression
               ,
               Guilt
               ,
               Punishment
               ,
               Pardon
               ,
               all
               Legal
               .
            
             
               If
               the
               Law
               of
               Faith
               or
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               The
               Law
               made
               up
               into
               Gospel
               in
               the
               Hand
               of
               a
               Mediator
               (
               for
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Moral
               Law
               ,
               is
               one
               and
               the
               same
               under
               both
               these
               distinct
               Covenants
               )
               ,
               The
               Transgression
               ,
               Guilt
               ,
               Punishment
               ,
               Pardon
               ,
               all
               accordingly
               Evangelical
               .
            
          
           
             
               Two
               only
               considerable
               Objections
               ,
               I
               apprehend
               ,
               may
               be
               made
               against
               this
               Doctrine
               .
            
             
               This
               Doctrine
               throws
               open
               a
               wide
               
               gap
               to
               all
               Loosness
               and
               Licentiousness
               of
               Life
               ,
               as
               throwing
               down
               the
               greatest
               Mound
               and
               Bar
               against
               Sin
               ,
               
               
                 Fear
                 of
                 contracting
                 Legal
                 Guilt
                 ,
                 or
                 Obligation
                 to
                 Legal
                 Punishment
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ans.
                
                 1
              
               This
               seems
               to
               be
               an
               Objection
               of
               meer
               Carnal
               Men
               ,
               who
               according
               to
               the
               meer
               ,
               carnal
               ,
               corrupt
               complexion
               and
               agreeable
               Inclination
               of
               their
               own
               Hearts
               ,
               thinking
               with
               themselves
               what
               perverse
               use
               they
               should
               make
               of
               such
               Pardoning
               Grace
               ,
               were
               they
               the
               Subjects
               of
               it
               ,
               make
               an
               Estimate
               of
               others
               who
               are
               indeed
               so
               ,
               by
               themselves
               judging
               they
               also
               cannot
               but
               do
               the
               like
               .
               But
            
             
               
                 
                   Ans.
                
                 2
              
               To
               whose
               Persons
               the
               Legal
               Guilt
               of
               Sin
               is
               thus
               Pardon'd
               ,
               in
               their
               Natures
               the
               Reigning
               Power
               of
               Sin
               is
               so
               Dethron'd
               and
               broken
               down
               ,
               as
               thenceforward
               they
               can
               only
               be
               Guilty
               of
               Sins
               of
               Child-like
               Infirmity
               ;
               as
               to
               which
               God
               stands
               in
               Christ
               engaged
               ,
               upon
               their
               Gospel-Repentance
               ,
               to
               walk
               with
               them
               in
               a
               Covenant
               of
               Fatherly
               Pardoning
               Grace
               and
               Mercy
               :
               Insomuch
               ,
               that
               whereas
               
                 Rom.
                 6.
                 12.
              
               the
               Percept
               makes
               it
               their
               Duty
               ,
               that
               
                 Sin
                 should
                 not
                 reign
                 in
                 their
                 mortal
                 bodies
              
               ;
               the
               
                 Promise
                 ver
                 .
                 14.
              
               
               makes
               it
               their
               Priviledge
               ,
               that
               
                 sin
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 Dominion
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 not
                 under
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 but
                 under
                 Grace
                 :
              
               And
               in
               
                 ver
                 .
                 15.
              
               the
               Apostle
               urging
               this
               very
               Objection
               ,
               puts
               it
               off
               ,
               as
               he
               doth
               else-where
               also
               ,
               with
               the
               greatest
               abhorrence
               of
               a
               
                 God
                 forbid
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Ans.
                
                 3
              
               Those
               who
               pass
               under
               this
               Relative
               change
               of
               the
               State
               and
               Condition
               of
               their
               Persons
               from
               a
               State
               of
               Sin
               to
               a
               State
               Grace
               ,
               perfectly
               Justified
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 i.
                 e.
              
               by
               the
               Satisfaction
               and
               Merit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               imputed
               to
               them
               ;
               pass
               also
               at
               the
               same
               time
               under
               an
               Absolute
               Change
               of
               the
               meerly
               carnal
               ,
               sinful
               Complexion
               and
               Disposition
               of
               their
               Natures
               ,
               to
               some
               Degree
               of
               a
               Spritual
               Frame
               and
               Temper
               ,
               Sanctified
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               their
               God
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               11.
               put
               into
               them
               in
               Habitual
               Sanctification
               ;
               and
               as
               to
               Actual
               Sanctification
               ,
               by
               his
               Actual
               Influences
               ,
               
                 Rom.
                 8.
                 14.
              
               
               Acting
               and
               Leading
               them
               ,
               as
               Children
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               good
               wayes
               of
               God
               their
               Father
               .
               So
               that
               from
               the
               Later
               of
               
               those
               Changes
               ,
               they
               have
               their
               Principle
               and
               Power
               ;
               and
               from
               the
               Former
               ,
               their
               Argument
               and
               Engagement
               ,
               not
               to
               
                 walk
                 after
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 but
                 after
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Rom.
                 8.
                 1.
                 
              
               Their
               Dis-obligation
               to
               Legal
               Punishment
               ,
               their
               Obligation
               to
               Gospel-Obedience
               ,
               and
               that
               a
               powerful
               Constraining
               Obligation
               also
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               5.
               14
               ,
               15.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   Ans.
                
                 4
              
               Among
               ,
               and
               above
               other
               Habits
               and
               Principles
               of
               Grace
               ,
               
                 Gospel-Faith
                 ,
                 Child-like
                 Love
              
               ,
               and
               Fear
               ,
               have
               an
               especial
               Influence
               upon
               ,
               and
               Sway
               in
               the
               Souls
               of
               such
               changed
               ones
               ;
               to
               this
               Purpose
            
             
               1.
               
               Faith
               ,
               that
               instates
               in
               such
               Pardoning
               Grace
               ,
               is
               the
               root
               of
               all
               their
               Obedience
               ,
               as
               Infidelity
               is
               the
               Root
               of
               all
               others
               Disobedience
               :
               Faith
               purifying
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               
                 Acts
                 15.
                 9.
              
               
               Faith
               ,
               whereby
               they
               believe
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               Promises
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Grace
               and
               Mercy
               bound
               up
               in
               them
               ;
               but
               the
               Precepts
               of
               God
               also
               
                 Psal.
                 119.
                 66.
              
               the
               Obedience
               and
               Duty
               bound
               up
               in
               them
               ;
               that
               these
               Precepts
               are
               Holy
               ,
               Just
               and
               Good
               ;
               and
               that
               Duty
               
               and
               Service
               they
               require
               ,
               reasonable
               Duty
               and
               Service
               ;
               Reasonable
               for
               God
               to
               enjoyn
               ,
               and
               Reasonable
               for
               them
               to
               perform
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Love
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ,
               upon
               consideration
               of
               what
               he
               hath
               done
               and
               suffer'd
               to
               procure
               this
               Pardon
               for
               them
               ,
               which
               will
               make
               his
               whole
               Law
               a
               Law
               of
               Love
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               their
               Observance
               of
               it
               ,
               sweet
               and
               easie
               for
               them
               .
               And
               if
               the
               Woman
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 Luke
                 7.
                 47
              
               loved
               Christ
               the
               more
               ,
               the
               more
               Sins
               he
               forgave
               her
               ;
               the
               Virtual
               Pardon
               of
               Believers
               Sins
               to
               come
               ,
               being
               more
               ,
               than
               the
               Formal
               Pardon
               only
               of
               Sins
               past
               ,
               will
               make
               them
               Love
               more
               ,
               and
               consequently
               Sin
               less
               ,
               and
               obey
               more
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Child-like
                 Fear
                 of
                 Fatherly
                 Chastisements
              
               ,
               will
               impress
               and
               preserve
               more
               effectual
               Dread
               of
               Sin
               ,
               upon
               the
               Hearts
               of
               Believers
               ,
               than
               Slavish
               Fear
               of
               Judiciary
               Punishments
               ,
               will
               do
               upon
               the
               Minds
               of
               Unbelievers
               :
               Whereof
               much
               might
               be
               said
               here
               ,
               if
               enough
               had
               not
               been
               said
               before
               .
            
             
             
               
                 
                   Ans.
                
                 5
              
               As
               Formal
               Pardon
               of
               Sins
               past
               doth
               not
               less
               ,
               but
               more
               affect
               with
               Godly
               Sorrow
               for
               such
               Sins
               past
               ;
               So
               doth
               Virtual
               Pardon
               of
               Sins
               to
               come
               ,
               not
               engage
               to
               less
               ,
               but
               more
               of
               Godly
               Watchfulness
               against
               Sins
               ,
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
               .
            
             
               This
               Doctrine
               will
               Destroy
               Prayer
               for
               Pardon
               of
               Sin
               ,
               
               leaving
               neither
               Need
               of
               ,
               nor
               Room
               for
               it
               ,
               in
               Believers
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               Second
               Objection
               hath
               been
               sufficiently
               answered
               in
               the
               Third
               Head
               of
               this
               Discourse
               ,
               
               where
               't
               is
               made
               clearly
               to
               appear
               ,
               that
               this
               Doctrine
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               Destructive
               of
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               Instructive
               in
               ,
               and
               about
               ,
               Prayer
               for
               Pardon
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Righteousness
           of
           God
           through
           Faith
           ,
           upon
           all
           without
           Difference
           who
           do
           beleive
           :
           In
           2
           Sermons
           on
           
             Rom.
             3.
             22.
          
           
           By
           
             Nathaniel
             Mather
          
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           1694.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Conquests
             and
             Triumphs
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           being
           a
           brief
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Success
           which
           the
           Gospel
           hath
           had
           among
           the
           Indians
           in
           New-England
           .
           By
           
             Matthew
             Mayhew
             .
             1695.
          
           
        
         
           
             Batteries
             upon
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           By
           Mr.
           
             Cotton
             Mather
          
           Authour
           of
           the
           late
           Memorable
           Providences
           ,
           relating
           to
           Witchcrafts
           and
           Possessions
           ,
           and
           of
           early
           Piety
           Exemplified
           .
        
         
           All
           Printed
           for
           
             Nath.
             Hiller
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Princes-Arms
           in
           Leaden-Hall-street
           overgainst
           St.
           
             Mary-Axe
             .
             1695.
          
           
        
         
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42736-e210
           
             Drawn
             from
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Imputation
             of
             Believers
             Sins
             to
             Christ
             before
             eommitted
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Imputation
             of
             Christs
             Satisfaction
             ,
             to
             Believers
             before
             wrought
             by
             Him.
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               3.
            
             
             Imputation
             of
             Christs
             Satisfaction
             as
             wrought
             for
             Believers
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               4.
            
             
             Proportion
             twixt
             Sin
             foregoing
             and
             following
             Justification
             ,
             as
             to
             any
             need
             of
             many
             particular
             Legal
             Pardons
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               5.
            
             
             Impossibility
             of
             
             Christ's
             Legal
             Satisfaction
             being
             often
             applyed
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               5.
            
             
             Proportion
             between
             the
             Guilt
             and
             Power
             of
             Sin.
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               7.
            
             
             Believers
             Exemption
             from
             the
             Curse
             of
             the
             Law.
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               8.
            
             
             Believers
             Freedom
             from
             the
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Law
             according
             to
             the
             Curse
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               9.
            
             
             Law
             Relation
             betwixt
             Principal
             &
             Surety
          
           
             Arg.
             10.
             
             
               Proportion
               betwixt
               the
            
             Commination
             and
             Command
             
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               incumbent
               upon
               Believers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               11.
            
             
             Proportion
             betwixt
             Satisfaction
             and
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             imputed
             to
             Believers
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               12.
            
             
             Proportionable
             Power
             of
             
             Christ's
             Satisfaction
             imputed
             against
             future
             and
             past
             Sins
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               13.
            
             
             Proportion
             'twixt
             Habits
             &
             Acts
             of
             Sin
             in
             Deriving
             Guilt
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               14.
            
             
             Proportion
             betwixt
             Guilt
             and
             Punishment
             of
             Sin.
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               15.
            
             
             Impossibility
             of
             being
             under
             two
             contrary
             Sentences
             of
             God
             ,
             together
             .
          
           
             
               Arg.
               16.
            
             
             Different
             State
             of
             Pardon
             of
             Elect
             persons
             Sins
             to
             come
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             Faith.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             1.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             2.
             
          
           
             Answ.