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sanctification_n begin_v or_o continue_v evident_o belong_v to_o the_o gospel_n which_o he_o there_o prove_v by_o four_o argument_n the_o same_o learned_a author_n a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o same_o book_n page_n 750_o 751._o by_o distinguish_v the_o several_a sense_n in_o which_o the_o word_n gospel_n be_v take_v answer_v all_o that_o mr._n goodwin_n have_v write_v in_o his_o whole_a book_n only_o he_o do_v not_o think_v that_o any_o body_n but_o a_o flacian_a sectary_n will_v be_v so_o absurd_a as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o gospel_n strict_o and_o proper_o take_v be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o grace_n that_o require_v nothing_o of_o we_o at_o all_o and_o therefore_o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o gospel_n strict_o take_v require_v faith_n and_o that_o evangelium_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la acceptum_fw-la habet_fw-la promissiones_fw-la conditionales_fw-la take_v the_o gospel_n which_o way_n soever_o one_o will_n it_o have_v conditional_a promise_n this_o be_v another_o of_o the_o 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etc._n thus_o the_o reverend_n mr._n caryl_n whereby_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o he_o believe_v the_o law_n by_o itself_o immediate_o do_v not_o oblige_v we_o to_o repentance_n as_o it_o be_v a_o mean_n by_o god_n ordination_n dispose_v we_o to_o obtain_v pardon_n of_o sin_n and_o acceptance_n with_o god_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n for_o he_o plain_o say_v that_o the_o law_n do_v not_o admit_v we_o to_o repent_v in_o order_n to_o such_o a_o end_n and_o then_o sure_o it_o do_v not_o command_v we_o to_o repent_v in_o order_n to_o such_o a_o end_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n he_o prove_v by_o scripture_n that_o the_o gospel_n command_v we_o to_o repent_v in_o order_n to_o the_o foresay_a end_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v plain_o on_o our_o side_n against_o my_o reverend_a brother_n so_o be_v the_o reverend_a author_n of_o the_o assembly_n annotation_n annotation_n on_o mark_n 1.15_o repent_v you_o faith_n and_o repentance_n say_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o 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receive_a remission_n of_o sin_n &c_n &c_n witness_v also_o 2._o dr_n rivet_n and_o mr._n anthony_n burgess_n both_o at_o once_o for_o thus_o burgess_n quote_v rivet_n with_o approbation_n we_o have_v other_o orthodox_n writer_n speak_v more_o consonant_o to_o truth_n deny_v that_o future_a sin_n be_v forgive_v 244._o burgesses_n true_a doctrine_n of_o justification_n assert_v etc._n etc._n in_o 30._o lecture_n pag._n 244._o before_o commit_v and_o repent_v of_o when_o grotius_n have_v object_v that_o the_o protestant_n doctrine_n be_v peccata_fw-la condonari_fw-la antequam_fw-la fiant_fw-la that_o sin_n be_v forgive_v before_o they_o be_v commit_v rivet_n in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 467._o repli_v imo_fw-la id_fw-la nos_fw-la absurdissimum_fw-la credimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n yea_o we_o think_v such_o a_o doctrine_n most_o absurd_a and_o the_o imputation_n of_o it_o to_o we_o most_o unjust_a those_o that_o know_v god_n have_v decree_v from_o eternity_n to_o pardon_v sin_n upon_o the_o condition_n of_o repentance_n those_o that_o know_v god_n have_v not_o decree_v the_o end_n without_o the_o mean_n will_v never_o ascribe_v to_o themselves_o pardon_v of_o sin_n without_o these_o exercise_n of_o repentance_n mr._n burgess_n go_v on_o with_o rivet_n and_o say_v thus_o the_o same_o author_n in_o the_o same_o book_n pag._n 533._o absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v absurd_a say_v he_o to_o believe_v a_o remission_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v not_o yet_o commit_v for_o neither_o in_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v there_o a_o actual_a remission_n decree_v without_o repentance_n precede_v remission_n again_o the_o same_o burgess_n in_o the_o same_o book_n pag._n 270._o give_v we_o his_o own_o judgement_n by_o itself_o in_o these_o follow_a word_n there_o be_v in_o scripture_n a_o twofold_a repentance_n or_o humiliation_n for_o sin_n the_o one_o antecedent_n and_o go_v before_o pardon_n and_o this_o the_o scripture_n require_v as_o a_o necessary_a condition_n without_o which_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n can_v be_v obtain_v of_o this_o repentance_n the_o scripture_n for_o the_o most_o part_n speak_v ezek_n 18.30_o matth._n 3.2_o mark_v 6.12_o luke_n 13.3_o act_n 3.19_o and_o general_o in_o most_o place_n of_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o now_o it_o appear_v that_o both_o rivet_n and_o burgess_n hold_v that_o true_a repentance_n be_v require_v as_o a_o condition_n or_o mean_n antecedent_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n necessary_a to_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n our_o three_o witness_n be_v the_o learned_a prudent_a pious_a and_o peaceable_a mr._n durham_n who_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o revelation_n have_v a_o large_a discourse_n concern_v repentance_n where_o 1._o he_o distinguish_v and_o show_v what_o repentance_n it_o be_v which_o he_o hold_v to_o be_v necessary_a to_o pardon_v of_o sin_n 2._o he_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v
at_o evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la auxilium_fw-la nobis_fw-la promittit_fw-la sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la renatos_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hanc_fw-la etiam_fw-la dulcissimam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adhibet_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la persona_fw-la gratis_o recipitur_fw-la propter_fw-la christum_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o obedientia_fw-la inchoata_fw-la quanquam_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la &_o contaminata_fw-la placeat_fw-la in_o reconciliatis_fw-la fide_fw-la propter_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la haec_fw-la doctrina_fw-la evangelii_n nisi_fw-la addatur_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la legalibus_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o repetuntur_fw-la &_o enarrantur_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la sanciuntur_fw-la necessario_fw-la &_o immutabiliter_fw-la in_o concionibus_fw-la evangelicis_fw-la erit_fw-la doctrina_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la manca_fw-la &_o mu_o ila_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la iâ—utilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quart_n par_fw-fr objectionum_fw-la &_o resp_n theolog._n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la collectae_fw-la ex_fw-la scriptis_fw-la melanct._n opera_fw-la christoph_n pezelii_n edit_fw-la neapoli_fw-it nem._n an._n 1582._o p._n 167_o 168._o the_o law_n of_o itself_o know_v nothing_o either_o of_o the_o merit_n or_o efficacy_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n which_o by_o christ_n be_v pour_v out_o into_o the_o heart_n of_o believer_n nothing_o therefore_o do_v it_o express_o teach_v of_o the_o help_n by_o which_o and_o of_o the_o way_n how_o good_a work_n be_v wrought_v in_o we_o moreover_o the_o law_n do_v always_o and_o immutable_o require_v perfect_a obedience_n of_o all_o without_o discrimination_n regenerate_v and_o unregenerate_a and_o of_o itself_o immutable_o damn_v all_o that_o have_v not_o that_o perfect_a obedience_n but_o the_o gospel_n not_o only_o promise_v we_o help_v but_o as_o for_o the_o regenerate_a with_o respect_n to_o they_o it_o mitigate_v the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n with_o 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tantùm_fw-la est_fw-la promissio_fw-la gratuita_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la propter_fw-la filium_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la mandatum_fw-la quod_fw-la praecipit_fw-la ut_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la &_o credamus_fw-la illi_fw-la promissioni_fw-la hoc_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la toto_fw-la genere_fw-la differt_fw-la a_o praeceptis_fw-la legalibus_fw-la quae_fw-la concionantur_fw-la de_fw-la morali_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la ac_fw-la ut_fw-la puerile_a esset_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la lex_fw-la promissiones_fw-la habet_fw-la infer_v quia_fw-la evangelium_fw-la a_o lege_fw-la differat_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ullam_fw-la promissionem_fw-la assignandam_fw-la evangelio_n sic_fw-la ingens_fw-la stupor_n est_fw-la sic_fw-la argumentari_fw-la lex_fw-la habet_fw-la mandata_fw-la ergo_fw-la nullum_fw-la peculiare_a mandatum_fw-la assignandum_fw-la est_fw-la evangelio_n ne_fw-la videatur_fw-la introduci_fw-la lex_fw-la nova_fw-la seu_fw-la lex_fw-la evangelica_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la in_o codem_fw-la libro_fw-la pag._n 152_o 153._o but_o it_o have_v nothing_o common_a with_o this_o popish_a dream_n concern_v a_o new_a law_n in_o their_o sense_n to_o say_v that_o in_o the_o gospel_n there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a precept_n not_o reveal_v in_o the_o law_n to_o wit_n concern_v faith_n in_o christ_n to_o which_o be_v repugnant_a not_o believe_v in_o the_o son_n the_o mediator_n in_o the_o law_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o gracious_a promise_n of_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o son_n the_o mediator_n but_o there_o be_v a_o precept_n which_o command_v we_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o mediator_n and_o believe_v that_o promise_n this_o precept_n in_o its_o whole_a kind_n differ_v from_o the_o legal_a precept_n which_o preach_v of_o moral_a obedience_n and_o as_o it_o will_v be_v childish_a from_o this_o that_o the_o law_n have_v promise_n to_o 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