will not be mocked 6. Of holy Hatred loathing and abhorrence of sin which maketh us so filthy and odious in the eyes of the Lord. 2. This course would be followed for the purging away of the least sins for till they be purged away we remaine in our filth and cannot exspect God's favourable countenance nor his warme imbracements nor the hearty intimations of his love and kindnesse And a small inconsiderable like spot may grow greater and provoke God to let the accuser of the brethren Satan who alwayes waits for his opportunity losse upon us and a conscience wakened may make much of a little defilement to keep the soul from approaching to God 3. This course would be followed with every sin quickly without delay for the longer those spots continue it will be the more difficult to get them taken away the soul will after some time become the lesse troubled about them and possibly forget them and so they will remaine and this may occasion at last a sad distance and provoke God to hide his face which will cause more bitternesse and sorrow It were good then to keep up a Spirit of tendernesse and feare 4. Let this be our Dayly work and exercise for we are daylie contracting new filth yesterdayes cleansing will not save us from new filth to day nor will our runing to the fountaine to day serve to take away new spots tomorrow new spots call for new washing so that this must be our very life and exercise to be dayly and continually runing to the fountaine with our foule souls and giving Christ the great purger much to do 5. We must not think to be perfectly Washen so long as we are here for we will be contracting new filth dayly our feet will still be to wash Iohn 13 10. We will not be without spote or wrinckle till we come home to that place wherein entereth nothing that defileth 6. Let the beleevers recourse in this matter be wholly to Iesus Christ and his blood and lay no weight on their sorrow repentance or teares or on any outward meane which they are commanded to use yet would they not lay aside these meanes but goe through them to the fountaine to Jesus there and there only to be cleansed 7. They would not be discouraged or dispaire when their spots appear great and not like the spots of his children for Christ's blood can purge from all sin and wash away all their filth of how deep so ever a dye it be Christ's blood is so deep an ocean that a mountain will be sunck out of sight in it as wel as a small peeble stone 8. Though Christ's blood be strong enough to purge from all sin even the greatest yet they would know that scandalous spots or a deep staine may cost them more frequent runing to the fountaine through humiliation godly sorrow prayer and supplication David's scandalous blot cost him more trouble and paines before he got it purged away than many others as we see Psal. 51. 9. When all this is done we must think of having on another righteousnesse as our cloathing and covering in the day of our appearance before our judge even the righteousnesse of Jesus Christ which only is perfect and able to save us from the wrath of God Let us be never so washen in the matter of sanctification and cleansed from our spots we cannot for all that be accounted righteous before God nor will that satisfie justice or take away the guilt so much as of one transgression before God Christ's righteousnesse will be ouâ—… upper-garment for all eternitie Ut his is the fine linning wherewith his bride is busked in heaven 10. At every time we run to the fountaine with our dayly contracted filth we would not forget to carry alongs with us the mother corruption which is the sinck and puddle of all filthinesse I meane our naturall corrupted rottennesse and pollution from whence flow all our other actuall pollutions We would do well to carry mother and daughter both together to the fountaine David prayeth to be washen and purged as well from his originall filthinesse wherein he was conceived and borne as from his bloudguiltinesse Psal. 51 5 7. 11. Let not this occasion our carelesnesse in watching against sin for that would be to turne his grace into wantonness but rather let it sharpen our diligence in watching against all occasions of sin lest we againe defile our soul. 12. Not only must we have our bodyes or our outward conversation washen but our soul within the frame of our heart our understanding will affections and conscience sprinkled with that blood The blood of Christ who through the eternall Spirit offered himself without spot â—…o God must purge our consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9 14. And we must have our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience Heb. 10 22. Finally If the beleever feare that he shall not be able to remember all these particular duties let him remember this to wit To put a â—…oule soul defiled with originall and actuall pollutions in Christ's hand dayly and leave it with him to wash by his blood and Spirit And yet remember to lay the weight of his acceptance before God upon the imputed righteousnesse of Iesus Christ and not upon his own cleannesse when thus sanctified and washen which is but imperfect Questions or objections answered But alas some may Object and say That their very faith which must carry the rest of their filth to the fountaine of Christ's blood is defiled How then can they expect to be made clean An. The blood of Iesus Christ is sufficiently able to wash all our filth away and the filth of faith as well as of other actions Therefore when faith as a hand is carrying the filth of the soul away to Christ to be washen in his blood let the foule hand go with the foule hand full give Christ faith and all to wash 2. But what shall I do when notwithstanding of all this my conscience shall still accuse me of uncleannesse and cry out against me as filthy and abominable Ans. Take it away also to the blood of Iesus that there it may be purged Heb. 9 14. and here alone will we get our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience Heb. 10 22. The conscience must be steeped to speak so in the blood of Iesus and so it shall be cleane and taking our filthy hearts to this cleansing fountaine to be washen we will get them delivered and sprinkled from an evil conscience that it shall no more have ground of accusation against us when we have it to say that we have put our filthy souls in the hands of the great cleanser Jesus Christ and brought all our pollutions to his blood what can conscience say to us The Lord it is true may suffer our consciences still to bark upon us and cast up our filthinesse to us that we may be the more humbled and be put to lye
Lord 's hideing of his face whereby the soulâ—… case will appeare 2. Shew the reasons of this dispensation 3. Shew how Christ is life to the soul in this case and 4. Point out the souls duty or how he is to make use of Christ for a recovery As to the first we may take notice of those particulars 1. They complaine of God's hideing of himself and forsakeing them Psal. 22 1. my God my God why hast thou forsaken me and Psal. 13 3. how long wilt thou forsake me c. 2. They cry out for a blaink of his face and get iâ—… not for He hath withdrawn himself Psâ—… 〈◊〉 1. How long wilt thou hide thy face from me Heman Psal. 88. cryed out night and day but yet God's face was hid vers 1 9 14. The spouse seeketh long Cant. 5. See Ps. 22 1 2. 3. They are looking for an outgate but get none And hope deferred maketh their heart sick Prov. 13 12. 4. They are in the dark and cannot tell why the Lord dispenseth so toward them why said Heman Psal. 88 14 castest thou off my soul why â—…idest thou thy face from me They cannot understand wherefore it is So Iob cryed out Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me Iob 10 2. 5. They may also be walking in the meane while without light or counsel so as they shall not 〈◊〉 what to do How long shall I take counsel in my soul Psal. 13 2. 6. Moreover they may have their heart filled with sorrow as we see Psal. 13 2. having sorrow in my heart said David He also sayeth Ps. 38. that his sorrow was continually before him vers 17. and Psal. 116 3. I found trouble and sorrow 7. They may be so as that the sweet experiences of others may yeeld them no supply of comfort at present Psal. 22 4 5 6. Our Fathers trusted in the said David and thou didest deliver them They cryed unto thee and were delivered they trusted in thee and were not confounded But that gave him no present ease or comfort for immediatly he addeth vers 6. But I am a worm and no man a reproach of men c. 8. Yea all their own former experiences may yeeld them little solace as we see in the same place Psal. 22 9 10. compared with vers 14 15. Thou art He sayes he vers 9 that took me out of the womb c. and yet he complaines vers 14. that he was poured out like water and his bones out of joynt that his heart was melted in the midst of his bowels c. 9. They may be brought neare to a giving over all in despondency and be brought in their sense to the very dust of death Psal 22 16. If it be enquired why the Lord dispenseth so with his own people We answere and this is the Second particular That he doth it for holy and wise reasons whereof we may name a few as 1. To punish their carelesnesse and negligence as we see he did with the Spouse Cant. â—… 2. To chastise them for their ill improving of his favour and kindenessâ—… when they had 〈◊〉 as the same passage evidenceth 3. To check them for their security and carnal confidence as He did David Psal. 30 6 7. when he said his mountaine stood strong and he should never be moved then did the Lord hide his face and he was troubled 4. To try if their obedience to his commands be pure and consciencious and not in a sort mercenary because of his lifting up upon them the light of his countenance and to see if conscience to a command driveth them to duty when they are in the dark and have no encouragement 5. To put the graces of the Spirit to tryal and to exercise as their Faith Patience Hope Love c. Psal. 13 5 6. 22 24. 6. To awaken them from their security and to set them to a more diligent following of duty as we see in the Spouse Cant. 5. 7. To sharpen their desire and hunger after Him as that same instance cleareth Even in such a case as this Christ is life to the soul which is the Third particular 1. By taking away the sinful causes of such a distance having laid down his life and shed his blood for the remission of their sins so that such a dispensation is not flowing from pure wrath but is rather an act of mercy and love 2. By advocating the poor â—…ans cause in heaven where he His makeing Intercession for His own and thereby obtaining a delivery from that condition in God's own time even the shining againe of his countenance upon them 3. By keeping life in as to habitual grace and by breathing thereupon so that it becometh lively and operative even in such a winter day 4. By supporting the soul under that dispensation and keeping it from fainting through the secret influences of grace which He conveyeth into the soul as He did to the poor woman of Canaan Math. 15. 5. By seting the soul a work to use such meanes as God hath appointed for a recovery as to cry to plead to longe to waite c. Their heart shall live that seek Him 6. By teaching the soul to submit to and acquiesce in what God doth acknowledging his Righteousnesse Greatnesse and Soveraignity and this quietnesse of heart is its life 7. By keeping the heart fast to the covenant of grace So that whatever come they will never quite that bargan but they will trust in Him though He should kill them and they will adhere to the covenant of grace though they should be dragged through hell 8. At length when He seeth it fit and convenient He quickeneth by drawing-by the vaile and filling the soul with joy in the light of God's countenance and causing it to sing as having the heart lifted up in the wayes of the Lord. As to the last particular concearning the duty of a soul in such a case we say 1. He would humble himself under this dispensation knowing that it is the great God with whom he hath to do and that there is no contending with Him and that all flesh should stoop before Him 2. He would justify God in all that He doth and say with David Psal. 22 3. But thou art holy O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel 3. He would look upon himself as unworthy of the least favour of that kinde I am a worme said David Psal. 22 6. and no man 4. He would search-out his provocations and run away to the fountain the blood of Christ that these may be purged away and his conscience sprinkled from dead works and his soul washen in the fountain opened to the house of David for sin and for uncleannesse 5. He must also imploy Christ to discover to him more and more of his guiltinesse whereby he had grieved the Spirit of God and as sins are discovered to him he would repent of them and run away with them to the blood that cleanseth from all
unto death he beare the sin of many made intercession for the transgressours Esa. 53 4 5 8 10 11 12. So that what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God sending his owne Son in the likenesse of sinfull flesh for sin or by a sacrifice for sin condemned sin in the flesh Rom. 8 3. that the righteousnesse of the law might be fulfilled in us vers 4. Thus he made him sin or a sacrifice for sin that we might become righteous 2 Cor. 5 20. and he was once offered to beare the sinnes of many Heb. 9 28. and he through the eternall spirit offered himself without spot to God vers 14. and his owne self bear our sins in his owne body on the tree 1 Pet. 2 24. There must I say be some knowledge of and acquantance with this great mysterie of the gospell wherein is declared the manifold wisdome of God Ephes. 3 10. and with the noble designe of God in sending his Son after this manner to die the death that condemned sinners might live and returne to the bosome of God as redeemed not with gold or silver or corruptible things but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish without spot 1 â—…et 1 18. and being so redeemed by blood to become kings priests unto God 1 Pet. 2 2 Revel 5 9 10. The man must not be ignorant of this else all will be in vaine I do not determine how destinct and full this knowledge must be but sure there must be so much knowledg of it as will give the soul ground of hope and in exspectation of salvation by this way cause it turne its back upon all other wayes and to account it self happy if it could once win here 6. There must be a perswasion of the sufficiency compleatnesse satisfactorynesse of the way of salvation through this crucified Mediator elâ—…e the soul will not be induced to leave its other courses and betake it self to this alone He must be sure that salvation is only to be had this way And that undoubtedly it will be had this way that so with confidence he may cast himself over on this way and sweetly sing in hope of a noble outgate And therefore he must beleeve that Christ is really God as well as Man and a true Man as well as God that he is fully furnished for the work of Redemption having the spirit given to him without measure and endued fully and richly with all qualifications fitting him for all our necessiries inabling him to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him Heb. 7. 25 that He is made of God to us wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption 1 〈◊〉 1 30. That all power in heaven earth is given unto Him Mat. 28 18. That all things are put under his feet and that He is given to be the head over all things to the Church Ephes. 1 22. That in him dwelleth all fulnesse Col. 1 19. That in him are hid all the treasures of wisdom knowledge Col. 2 3 yea that in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the god-head bodyly so that we are compleat in him who is the head of all principality power vers 9 10. 7. The soul must know that He is not only an able alsufficient mediator but that also he is willing and ready to redeem save all that will come for all the preceeding particulars will but increase his sorrow and torment him more so long as he supposeth through ignorance the suggestion of Satan that he hath no part in that redemption no accesse to it no ground of hope of salvation by it Therefore it is necessary that the soul conceive not only a possibility but also a probability of helpe this way and that the dispensation of the gospell of grace and the promulgation and offer of those good newes to him speake out so much that the patience of God waiting long and his goodnesse renewing the offers confirmeth this that his serious pressing his strong motives on the one hand and his sharpe threatnings on the other his reiterated comands his ingeminated obtestations his expressed sorrow grief over such as would not come to him his upbraidings objurgations of such as do obstinately refuse and the like put his willingnesse to save such as will come to him out of all question yeaâ—… his obviating of objections and takeing all excuses out of their mouth makeâ—… the case plaine and manifest so that such as will noâ—… come are left without excuse and have no impediment lying in the way but their owne unwillingnesse 8. The man must know upon what tearmes conditions Christ offereth himself in the gospell viz. upon condition of accepting of Him beleeving in him and resting upon him and that no other way can we be made partakers of the good things purchased by Christ but by accepting of Him as he is offered in the gospell that is to say freely without price or money Esa. 55 1. absolutely without reservation wholly for all ends c. for till this be known there will be no closeing with Christ and till there be a closeing with Christ there is no advantage to be had by him The soul must be marryed to him as an husband fixed to him as the branches to the tree united to him as the members to the head become one with him one Spirit 1. Cor. 6. 17. See Iohn 15 5. Ephes. 5 30. The soul must close with him for all things adhere to him upon all hazards take him and the sharpest crosse that followeth him now I say the soul must be acquanted with these conditions for it must act deliberatly rationally here Covenanting with Christ is a grave businesse requireth deliberation posednesse of soul rationall resolution full purpose of heart satisfaction of soul and therefore the man must be acquanted with the conditions of the new covenant 9. There must be a satisfaction with the tearmes of the gospel and the heart must actually close with Christ as hâ—…s offered in the gospel The heart must open to him and take him in Revel 3 20. The soul must imbrace and receive him Ioh. 1 12. The man must take him as his Lord and Master King Priest Prophet must give up himself to him as his Leader and Commander and resolve to follow him in all things and thus close a bargain with him for till this be done there is no union with Christ and till there be an union with Christ there is no partaking of the frutes of his redemption as to Iustification no pardon no acceptance no accesse to the favour of God nor peace nor joy in the holy ghost no getting of the conscience sprinkled nor no intimation of love or favour from God c. 10. There must be a leanning to and resting upon him and on his perfect sacrifice The soul must sit downe here as satisfied and
which He purposed in himself 7. Beside Christ's Death and Resurrection which give ground of hope of pardon of dayly out-breakings there is likewise his Intercession usefull for this end for sayeth the Apostle Iohn 1 Epist. 2 1. 2. If any man sin we have an advocat with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous and He is the propitiation for our sins This intercession of his 〈◊〉 a special part of his Priesthood who was the great Highpriest Heb. 4 14 16. and a compleating Part Heb. 8 4 9 8. and upon this account 〈◊〉 that He is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God through Him because He liveth for ever to make intercession for them Heb. 7 25. for by his intercession is the work of redemption carryed on the Purchased benefites applyed and particularly new grants of remission are through his intercession issued forth He pleading and interceeding in a way suteable to his glorified condition upon his death and propitiation made while he was upon the crosse accepted of the Father and declared to be accepted by his resurrection asoâ—…sion and sitting at the Fathers right hand And thus as beleevers are reconciled to God by Christs death they are saved by his life Rom. 5 10. So that Christ's living for to be an intercessour makes the beleevers salvation sure and so layeth down a ground for taking away of dayly outbreakings which if not taken away would hinder and obstruct the beleevers salvation 8. And as for the condition requisite to renewed pardon viz faith and Repentance Christ is the worker of both for He is a Prince exalted to give Repentance first and last Act. 4 30. and as He is the author of faith so He is the finisher of it Heb. 12 2. As to the second particular namely what beleevers should do for getting the guilt of their dayly failings and outbreakings taken away by Christ or how they should make use of Christ for this end I shall for clearing of it propose those things to consideration 1. We would beware to think that all our after actuall transgressions are actually pardoned either when Christ dyed or when we first beleeved in Christ as some suppose for sin cannot properly be said to be pardoned before it be committed David was put to sue out for pardon after his actuall transgression was committed and not for the mere sense and feeling of the pardon or the intimation of it to his Spirit when he cryed out Psal 51 2 blot out my transgressions wash me c. vers 9 hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities and vers 14. deliver me from blood guiltinesse Sure when he spoke thus he sought some other thing than intimation of pardon to his sense and conscience for that he desired also but in far more clear expressions vers 8. make me to hear joy and gladnesse c. and vers 12. restore unto me the joy of thy salvation c. Scripture phrases to expresse remission import this viz Covering of sin Pardoning of debts Blotting out of sins Hideing of God's face from sins not Remembering of them Casting of them behinde his back Casting of them into the sea Removing of sins Psal. 103 12. a lifting off of sin or Taking it away a Non-imputation of sin Psal. 33 1 2. These and the like phrases though many of them be metaphoricall yet do all of them clearly evince that sin must first have a being before it can be pardoned The same is clearly imported by the gospel conditions requisite before Pardon such as acknowledgment of sin 1 Ioh. 1 9. which we see was practised by the worthies of old David Psal. 32. 51. Nehemiah Cap. 9. Ezra Cap 9 Daniel Chap. 9. Confessing and Forsaking of it Prov. 28 13. Sorrowing for it Repenting of it and laying hold on Christ by faith c. The reason why I propose this is not only to guaird against this antinomian error but also to guaird the soul from security to which this doctrine hath a naturall tendency for if a person once think that all his sins were pardoned upon his first beleeving so that many of them were pardoned before they were committed he shall never be affected for his after transgressions nor complean of a body of death nor account himself miserable upon that account as Paul did Rom. 7 24. nor shall he ever pray for remission though Christ hath taught all to do so in that patern of prayer nor shall he act faith upon the promises of pardon made in the covenant of grace for after transgressions or for transgressions actually committed Ier. 31 34. 3â—… 8. Heb. 8 12. and so there shall be no use made of Christ for new pardons or remissions of new sins 2. The beleever would remember that among other things antecedently requisite to remission of posterior actuall transgressions gospel Repentence is especially required Luk. 13 3. Mat. 3 2. Ezeck 18 28 30 32. Luk. 15 17 18 Hoâ—… 2 6 7. Ezech. 14 6. whereby a Sinner through the helpe of the Spirit being convinced not only of his hazard by reason of sin but also of the filthinesse and hatefulnesse of sin and having a sight of the mercy of God in Christ Jesus to sinners turning from their sin doth turne from those sins unto God with a full purpose of heart in his strength to follow Him and obey his lawes and hereby the soul is brought to loath its self and sin and is made willing to desire seek for accept of and prize remission of sins This makes them more warry in time coming and carefull for behold sayes the Apostle 2 Cor. 7 11. This self same thing that yee sorowed after a godly sort what carefulnesse it wrought in you yea what clearing of yourselves what indignation yea what feare yea what vehement desire yea what Zeal yea what revenge c. Thus is God glorified in his justice Psal. 51 4. and his mercy is acknowledged in not entering with us into judgement nor casting us into hell as He might have done in justice 3. Yet it would be remembered that though it hath seemed good in the Lord's eyes to chuse this method and appoint this way of obtaining pardon of sins dayly committed for the glory of his grace and mercy and likewise for our good we must not ascribe too much unto Repentance in the matter of pardon we must not make it a cause of our remission either efficient or meritorious we must not think that it hath any hand in appeaseing the wrath of God or in satisfying of justice pardon must alwayes be an act of God's free grace unmerited at our hands procured alone through the merites of Christ we must not put repentance in Christ's room and place nor ascribe any imperfection unto his merites as if they needed any supply from any act of ours we must beware of leaning to our Repentance and godly Sorrow even so far as to think to
that therefore there is no pardon had or that this is not the way to pardon for as we shall shew afterward pardon is one thing and intimation of pardon is another thing we may be pardoned and yet suppose that we are not pardoned challenges will abide till the conscience be sprinkled and till the Prince of peace command peace to the conscience and put the accuser to silence who when he can do no more will marre the peace of a beleever as long as he can and stoppe the current of his comforts which made David pray that God would restore to him the joy of his salvation Psal. 51. 4. Nor would we think that upon our taking of this course for the pardon of our sins we shall never thereafter meet with a challenge upon the account of these sins It is true when sins are pardoned they are fully pardoned in God's court and that obligation to condemnation is taken away and the pardoned person is looked upon as no sinner that is as no person liable to condemnation because of these sins for being pardoned he becometh just before God yet we darre not say but conscience afterward being alarmed with new transgressions may mistake as people suddenly put into a fright are ready to do nor dar we say that God will not permit Satan to upbraid us with those sins which have been blotted out long ago as he suffered Shimâ—…i who was but an instrument of Satan to cast up to David his blood guiltinesse which had been pardoned long before The Lord may think good to suffer this that his people may be keeped humble and made more tender and watchfull in all their wayes 5. Beleevers would not mis improve or abuse this great condescendency of free grace take the greater liberty to sin because there is such a sure saifâ—… and pleasant way of getting those sins blotted out and forgiven Shall we sin because we are not under grace but under the law That be far from us sayeth 〈◊〉 Apostle Rom. 6 15. This were indeed to turne the grace of God into lasciviousnesse And it may be a question if such as have really repented gotten their sins pardoned will be so ready to make this use of it sure sense of pardon will work some other effect as we see Ezech. 16 62 63. 6. The beleever in going about this work of nailing his sins to the crosse of Christ and of improving Christ's Death Resurrection and constant intercession for the obtaining of pardon would not think of going alone or of doing this in his own strength for of himself he can do nothing He must look to Christ for grace to help in this time of need and must got about this duty with dependence on Him waiting for the influences of Light Counsell Strength and Grace from Him to repent and beleeve for He is a Prince exalted to give repentance first and last and He is the author and finisher of faith so that without Him we can do nothing 7. Let the beleever beware of concluding that he hath got no pardon because he hath met with no sensible intimation thereof by the flowing in of peace and joy in his soul. Pardon is one mercy and intimation of it to the soul is another distinct mercy and separable from it shall we therefore say we have not gotten the first because we have not gotten both The Lord for wise reasons can pardon poor sinners and not give any intimation thereof to wit that they may watch more against sin afterward and not be so bold as they have been and that they may finde more in experience what â—… bitter thing it is to sin against God and learne withall to depend on Him for lesse and more and to carry more humbly for it may be God seeth that if they saw their sins pardoned they would forget themselves and rush into new sins againe 8. The beleever must not think it strange if he finde more trouble after greater sins and a greater difficulty to lay hold on Christ for pardon of those then for pardon of others for as God hath been more dishonoured by these so is his anger more kindled upon that account and it is sureable for the glory of God's justice that our sorrow for such hainous sins be proportionably greater and this will likewise increase the difficulty and ordinarly the effects of God's fatherly displeasure make deeper wounds in the soul after such sins and these are not so easily healed all which will call for 〈◊〉 and proportionably greater godly sorrow and repentance and acts of faith because faith will meet with more opposition and discouragment there and therefore must be the more strong to go thorow these impediments and to lay hold on his crosse Yet though this should make all watchfull and to guaird against grosse and crying sins it should not drive any to dispaire nor to say with that dispairing wretch their sin is greater than it can be forgiven the ocean of mercy can drown and swallow up great as well as lesser sinnes Christ is an alsufficient Mediator for the greatest sins as well as for the least O for thy names sake pardon mine iniquitie for it is great will come in season to a soul ready to sink with the weight of this milstone â—…ied about its neck 9. as the greater sins should not make us dispaire of taking this course for remission so nor should the smalnâ—…sse of sin make us to neglect this way for the least sin cannot be pardoned but through Jesus Christ for the law of God is violated thereby justice provoked Gods authority vilipended c. and therefore cannot be now pardoned by reason of the threatnings annexed to the transgression of the law without a ransome death is the wages of all sin lesser and greater and the curse is due to all sinners greater and smaller Therefore the beleever would not suffer one sin seen and discovered to lie unpardoned but on the first discovery thereof take it away to Christ and nail it to his crosse 10. The beleever would not conclude that his sins are not pardoned because possibly temporal strokes inflicted because of them are not removed for though Davids sin was pardoned yet because of that sin of his a temporall stroke attended him and his family to his dying day for not only did God cut off the childe 2 Sam. 15 14. but told him that the sword should never depairt from his house and that He would raise up evil against him â—…ut of his own house and give his wives to one that should lie with them in the sight of the sun vers 10 11. So we read that the Lord took vengeance on their inventions whose sins he had pardoned Psal. 99 8. God may see this fit and expedient for his own glory and for humbling of them and causing them feare the more to sin against him Yea not only may temporal calamities be inflicted because of sin pardoned or continued after sin