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or_o justification_n than_o they_o have_v already_o or_o who_o think_v that_o david_n in_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n be_v as_o perfect_o pardon_v and_o justify_v as_o he_o will_v be_v in_o heaven_n at_o last_o and_o in_o a_o word_n who_o know_v not_o the_o difference_n between_o earth_n and_o heaven_n error_n 12._o that_o christ_n justify_v we_o only_o as_o a_o priest_n or_o say_v other_o only_a as_o obey_v and_o satisfy_v contr._n christ_n merit_v our_o justification_n in_o his_o state_n of_o humiliation_n as_o the_o mediator_n subject_v to_o the_o law_n and_o perfect_o obey_v it_o and_o as_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o justify_v we_o christ_n offer_v that_o sacrifice_n as_o the_o high_a priest_n of_o the_o church_n or_o world_n but_o this_o be_v not_o justify_v we_o christ_n make_v we_o the_o new_a covenant_n as_o our_o king_n and_o as_o the_o great_a prophet_n of_o the_o father_n or_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n mal._n 3.1_o and_o this_o covenant_n give_v we_o our_o pardon_n and_o title_n to_o impunity_n and_o to_o life_n eternal_a and_o christ_n as_o our_o king_n and_o judge_n do_v justify_v we_o by_o a_o judiciary_n sentence_n and_o also_o by_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o sentence_n so_o that_o the_o relation_n most_o eminent_o appear_v in_o our_o justification_n be_v all_o exclude_v by_o the_o foresay_a error_n error_n 13._o that_o we_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n and_o all_o our_o believe_v afterward_o to_o the_o end_n of_o our_o life_n be_v no_o justify_v act_n at_o all_o contr._n indeed_o if_o the_o question_n be_v only_o about_o the_o name_n of_o justify_v if_o you_o will_v take_v it_o only_o for_o our_o first_o change_n into_o a_o state_n of_o righteousness_n by_o pardon_n it_o be_v true_a but_o the_o follow_a act_n of_o faith_n be_v of_o the_o same_o use_n and_o need_v to_o the_o continue_v of_o our_o justification_n or_o state_n of_o righteousness_n as_o the_o first_o act_n be_v for_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o error_n 14._o that_o the_o continuance_n of_o our_o justification_n need_v no_o other_o condition_n to_o be_v by_o we_o perform_v than_o the_o continuance_n of_o that_o faith_n on_o which_o it_o be_v begin_v contr._n where_o that_o first_o faith_n continue_v there_o our_o justification_n do_v continue_v but_o that_o faith_n never_o continue_v without_o sincere_a obedience_n to_o christ_n and_o that_o obedience_n be_v part_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o continuance_n or_o not_o lose_v our_o justification_n as_o be_v prove_v before_o and_o at_o large_a elsewhere_o the_o faith_n which_o in_o baptism_n we_o profess_v and_o by_o which_o we_o have_v our_o first_o justification_n or_o covenant-right_a be_v a_o accept_n of_o christ_n as_o our_o saviour_n and_o lord_n to_o be_v obey_v by_o we_o in_o the_o use_n of_o his_o save_a remedy_n and_o we_o there_o vow_v and_o covenant_n future_a obedience_n and_o as_o our_o marriage_n to_o christ_n or_o covenant-making_a 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they_o believer_n and_o give_v they_o new_a heart_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o salvation_n etc._n etc._n have_v no_o condition_n but_o these_o be_v promise_n make_v some_o of_o they_o to_o christ_n only_o and_o some_o of_o they_o to_o fall_v mankind_n or_o the_o world_n in_o general_n or_o prediction_n what_o god_n will_v do_v by_o certain_a man_n unborn_a unnamed_a and_o not_o describe_v call_v the_o elect._n but_o all_o this_o give_v no_o title_n to_o pardon_n or_o justification_n or_o salvation_n to_o any_o one_o person_n at_o all_o remember_v therefore_o once_o for_o all_o that_o the_o covenant_n which_o i_o still_o mean_v by_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v that_o which_o god_n offer_v man_n in_o baptism_n by_o the_o acceptance_n whereof_o we_o become_v christian_n 3._o that_o god_n gift_n of_o a_o saviour_n and_o new_a covenant_n to_o the_o world_n be_v so_o free_a as_o to_o be_v without_o any_o condition_n but_o god_n gift_n of_o christ_n with_o all_o his_o benefit_n of_o justification_n adoption_n etc._n etc._n to_o individual_a person_n be_v so_o free_a as_o to_o be_v without_o and_o contrary_n to_o our_o desert_n but_o not_o so_o free_a as_o to_o be_v without_o any_o condition_n and_o that_o he_o that_o will_v say_v to_o god_n thy_o grace_n of_o pardon_n be_v not_o free_a if_o thou_o will_v not_o give_v it_o i_o but_o on_o condition_n that_o i_o accept_v it_o yea_o or_o desire_v it_o or_o ask_v it_o shall_v prove_v a_o contemner_n of_o grace_n and_o a_o reproacher_n of_o his_o saviour_n and_o not_o a_o exalter_n of_o free_a grace_n there_o be_v no_o inconsistency_n for_o god_n to_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o grace_n to_o cause_v we_o to_o believe_v and_o accept_v of_o christ_n and_o yet_o to_o make_v a_o deed_n of_o gift_n of_o he_o to_o all_o on_o condition_n of_o that_o faith_n and_o acceptance_n no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v inconsistent_a to_o give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o to_o command_v they_o of_o both_o which_o the_o objecter_n 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our_o justification_n iâ—_n this_o office_n of_o a_o condition_n therefore_o in_o a_o word_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n direct_o as_o or_o because_o it_o be_v the_o conditio_fw-la praestita_fw-la the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o justify_v act_n and_o it_o be_v by_o god_n make_v the_o condition_n bâ—cause_fw-mi it_o be_v in_o its_o nature_n mâ—st_o apt_a thereto_o which_o aptitude_n may_v be_v metaphorical_o call_v its_o receptive_a instrumentality_n and_o that_o thus_o as_o it_o accept_v christ_n for_o justification_n adoption_n sanctification_n and_o glorification_n so_o it_o be_v first_o the_o metaphorical_a instrument_n of_o our_o part_n in_o christ_n and_o but_o consequent_o the_o metaphorical_a instrument_n of_o our_o title_n to_o pardon_v the_o spirit_n and_o heaven_n and_o in_o no_o tolerable_a sense_n at_o all_o how_o figurative_a soever_o be_v it_o any_o instrument_n of_o god_n sentence_n of_o justification_n which_o yet_o be_v all_o the_o 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of_o the_o most_o 17._o temptation_n be_v ever_o more_o strong_a and_o violent_a against_o some_o duty_n than_o against_o other_o and_o to_o some_o sin_n than_o to_o other_o 18._o most_o man_n have_v a_o memory_n which_o more_o easy_o retain_v some_o thing_n than_o other_o especial_o those_o that_o be_v best_a understand_v and_o which_o most_o affect_v they_o and_o grace_n can_v live_v upon_o forget_a truth_n 19_o there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o in_o his_o call_v have_v more_o frequent_a occasion_n for_o some_o grace_n and_o duty_n and_o use_v they_o more_o and_o have_v more_o occasion_n to_o interrupt_v and_o divert_v his_o mind_n from_o other_o 20._o the_o very_a temperature_n of_o the_o body_n incline_v some_o all_o to_o fear_n and_o grief_n and_o other_o to_o love_n and_o contentedness_n of_o mind_n and_o it_o vehement_o incline_v some_o to_o passion_n some_o to_o their_o appetite_n some_o to_o pride_n and_o some_o to_o idleness_n and_o some_o to_o lust_n when_o other_o be_v far_o 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