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A59899 A vindication of both parts of the Preservative against popery in an answer to the cavils of Lewis Sabran, Jesuit / by William Sherlock ... Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. 1688 (1688) Wing S3370; ESTC R21011 87,156 120

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dispute_n much_o about_o purgatory_n let_v he_o only_o ask_v a_o popish_a priest_n how_o the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n can_v be_v reconcile_v with_o that_o stupendous_a love_n of_o god_n declare_v to_o penitent_a sinner_n in_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n for_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o notion_n of_o goodness_n among_o man_n to_o inflict_v such_o terrible_a punishment_n in_o mere_a grace_n and_o love_n even_o when_o the_o sin_n be_v pardon_v and_o the_o sinner_n reconcile_v and_o no_o long_o in_o a_o state_n of_o discipline_n and_o trial_n this_o be_v the_o force_n of_o the_o argument_n and_o here_o the_o jesuit_n if_o he_o like_v it_o may_v try_v his_o skill_n second_o another_o argument_n i_o urge_v against_o purgatory_n be_v this_o that_o it_o destroy_v or_o weaken_v that_o security_n the_o gospel_n have_v give_v sinner_n of_o their_o redemption_n from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o the_o just_a punishment_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o that_o upon_o two_o account_n 1._o as_o it_o destroy_v man_n hope_n in_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o atonement_n and_o expiation_n of_o his_o blood._n for_o if_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n what_o security_n be_v this_o to_o a_o sinner_n yes_o you_o will_v say_v christ_n have_v redeem_v we_o from_o eternal_a though_o not_o from_o temporal_a punishment_n and_o therefore_o penitent_a sinner_n shall_v not_o be_v eternal_o damn_v this_o he_o put_v down_o as_o a_o misrepresentation_n p._n 67._o and_o say_v p._n 73._o that_o christ_n true_o obtain_v remission_n from_o all_o temporal_a as_o well_o as_o eternal_a pain_n and_o that_o whoever_o be_v regenerate_v by_o baptism_n he_o not_o only_o be_v not_o adjudge_v to_o eternal_a torment_n but_o neither_o do_v he_o suffer_v after_o death_n any_o purgatory_n pain_n if_o he_o die_v in_o that_o state_n of_o recover_a innocency_n this_o i_o grant_v they_o own_o that_o unless_o man_n sin_n after_o 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punishment_n of_o sin_n for_o there_o be_v no_o such_o punishment_n due_a to_o sin_n before_o baptism_n hell_n not_o purgatory_n be_v the_o punishment_n of_o all_o sin_n before_o baptism_n and_o therefore_o a_o baptize_v person_n be_v deliver_v by_o christ_n from_o hell_n which_o be_v the_o only_a punishment_n due_a to_o sin_n before_o baptism_n and_o if_o he_o die_v before_o he_o commit_v any_o actual_a sin_n after_o baptism_n he_o escape_v purgatory_n and_o go_v immediate_o to_o heaven_n not_o because_o christ_n death_n have_v deliver_v he_o from_o the_o temporal_a pain_n of_o purgatory_n but_o because_o he_o have_v do_v nothing_o to_o deserve_v it_o for_o what_o they_o call_v the_o temporal_a punishment_n of_o sin_n be_v only_o the_o pain_n of_o penance_n and_o no_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n who_o be_v not_o a_o baptize_v christian_n and_o yet_o purgatory_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o pain_n of_o penance_n for_o there_o man_n 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mercy_n in_o god_n to_o remit_v all_o the_o punishment_n due_a to_o sin_n blame_v christ_n for_o preach_a penance_n and_o account_v he_o on_o that_o score_n less_o merciful_a which_o justify_v what_o i_o say_v that_o the_o pain_n of_o purgatory_n answer_v the_o pain_n of_o penance_n and_o therefore_o this_o temporal_a punishment_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o expiate_v by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n no_o more_o than_o penance_n be_v and_o when_o he_o can_v prove_v that_o christ_n preach_v such_o penance_n as_o this_o we_o will_v acknowledge_v purgatory_n but_o to_o return_v i_o desire_v to_o know_v how_o any_o man_n can_v be_v satisfy_v from_o scripture_n that_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n have_v deliver_v we_o from_o eternal_a punishment_n if_o he_o have_v not_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o next_o world._n for_o if_o those_o text_n which_o prove_v our_o redemption_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o prove_v that_o christ_n have_v 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purgatory_n or_o they_o can_v prove_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o hell._n this_o argument_n he_o slight_o mention_n p._n 69_o but_o have_v so_o much_o wit_n as_o to_o say_v nothing_o to_o it_o i_o ask_v far_o whether_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o punishment_n due_a to_o sin_n temporal_a and_o eternal_a of_o such_o a_o distinct_a nature_n that_o the_o promise_n of_o forgiveness_n do_v not_o include_v both_o nay_o that_o god_n can_v forgive_v both_o that_o god_n can_v only_o forgive_v eternal_a punishment_n but_o the_o sinner_n himself_o must_v endure_v the_o temporal_a if_o this_o be_v the_o case_n i_o will_v grant_v the_o promise_n of_o forgiveness_n can_v extend_v only_o to_o eternal_a punishment_n but_o if_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n be_v eternal_a death_n and_o all_o other_o punishment_n be_v only_a part_n of_o the_o curse_n and_o a_o partial_a execution_n of_o it_o then_o to_o forgive_v eternal_a punishment_n must_v include_v the_o forgiveness_n of_o 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by_o some_o say_n of_o the_o father_n that_o after_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n be_v forgive_v there_o remain_v a_o obligation_n to_o undergo_v punishment_n but_o these_o have_v be_v answer_v often_o enough_o and_o be_v no_o answer_n to_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o preservative_n and_o therefore_o i_o be_o not_o concern_v about_o they_o i_o ask_v far_o why_o they_o call_v purgatory_n which_o be_v a_o place_n of_o punishment_n in_o the_o other_o world_n a_o temporal_a punishment_n which_o be_v a_o abuse_n of_o the_o language_n of_o scripture_n which_o make_v this_o world_n temporal_a 4.18_o and_o the_o next_o world_n eternal_a the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v temporal_a but_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v be_v eternal_a and_o therefore_o temporal_a punishment_n signify_v the_o punishment_n of_o this_o world_n but_o the_o unseen_a punishment_n as_o well_o as_o the_o unseen_a reward_n of_o the_o next_o world_n be_v eternal_a which_o be_v a_o demonstration_n that_o there_o 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