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in_o this_o respect_n will_v be_v in_o the_o same_o case_n with_o the_o devil_n who_o repent_v not_o because_o without_o the_o least_o hope_n of_o pardon_n god_n therefore_o to_o take_v away_o all_o dispair_n from_o man_n offer_v they_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n for_o no_o remission_n without_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o no_o expiatory_a atone_n sacrifice_n beside_o that_o of_o christ_n now_o what_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v that_o by_o which_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v perceive_v none_o sure_o but_o faith_n it_o be_v faith_n which_o believe_v god_n who_o make_v the_o promise_n hope_n be_v that_o which_o expest_n the_o thing_n promise_v but_o charity_n behold_v the_o goodness_n of_o he_o who_o promise_v in_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o promise_n love_v he_o whrefore_o see_v it_o be_v faith_n only_o which_o acquiesce_n in_o the_o free_a promise_n of_o god_n through_o jesus_n
after_o luther_n death_n which_o be_v 1546._o return_v to_o his_o old_a antinomian_a vomit_n and_o in_o 1548._o run_v to_o the_o other_o extreme_a join_v with_o some_o papist_n in_o compose_v the_o interim_n in_o which_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n be_v frame_v according_a to_o the_o popish_a model_n which_o yet_o he_o will_v have_v bucer_n subscribe_v unto_o and_o be_v a_o great_a stickler_n for_o miraculous_a cure_n by_o anoint_v with_o oil_n thus_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v from_o what_o manner_n of_o man_n these_o error_n have_v have_v their_o rise_n by_o what_o method_n propagate_v and_o how_o pernicious_a their_o tendency_n be_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o men._n the_o antinomian_o that_o get_v into_o new-england_n be_v so_o full_o set_v forth_o in_o their_o proper_a colour_n by_o mr._n welde_n that_o i_o need_v do_v no_o more_o than_o recommend_v that_o account_v give_v of_o it_o and_o go_v on_o to_o consider_v what_o error_n have_v be_v hold_v by_o they_o in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o because_o the_o learned_a hoornbeeck_n in_o his_o summa_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la do_v with_o much_o respect_n unto_o they_o make_v his_o enquiry_n after_o their_o principle_n be_v a_o great_a enemy_n to_o arminianism_n i_o will_v lay_v down_o the_o state_n he_o give_v of_o their_o notion_n which_o he_o reduce_v to_o these_o six_o head_n 1._o that_o christ_n in_o suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n do_v not_o only_o bear_v their_o punishment_n and_o gild_n but_o moreover_o have_v our_o sin_n themselves_o impute_v to_o he_o 2._o that_o christ_n do_v redeem_v all_o and_o every_o man._n 3._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v unite_v to_o christ_n and_o in_o covenant_n with_o he_o before_o any_o good_a quality_n be_v wrought_v in_o it_o and_o can_v equal_o apply_v the_o promise_n of_o grace_n unto_o itself_o whilst_o unregenerate_a as_o when_o a_o believer_n 4._o that_o a_o man_n believe_v after_o he_o be_v justify_v his_o faith_n follow_v his_o justification_n 5._o that_o in_o order_n to_o our_o be_v comfort_v by_o the_o promise_v of_o christ_n and_o our_o make_v they_o sure_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o grieve_v and_o repent_v of_o the_o sin_n we_o have_v commit_v from_o sight_n of_o the_o transgress_v law_n and_o of_o the_o deserve_a punishment_n and_o so_o to_o be_v humble_v in_o heart_n 6._o that_o the_o moral_a law_n must_v not_o be_v preach_v to_o believer_n and_o regenerate_v person_n this_o be_v the_o account_n hoornbeek_n give_v of_o the_o english_a antinomian_n who_o in_o the_o first_o question_n be_v more_o kind_a to_o they_o than_o just_o to_o the_o truth_n in_o say_v they_o hold_v that_o christ_n in_o suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n do_v not_o only_o bear_v the_o punishment_n and_o gild_n but_o moreover_o have_v our_o sin_n themselves_o impute_v to_o he_o whereas_o the_o imputation_n of_o sin_n and_o otherwise_o than_o in_o its_o gild_n be_v impossible_a and_o the_o author_n who_o he_o chief_o consult_v be_v positive_a that_o though_o he_o have_v diligent_o search_v the_o holy_a scripture_n can_v not_o in_o any_o one_o place_n find_v troth_fw-mi sin_n be_v lay_v on_o christ_n by_o imputation_n farther_o affirm_v that_o gild_n be_v not_o only_o inseparable_a from_o sin_n but_o be_v the_o sin_n itself_o the_o fault_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simple_o sin_n sin_n sin_n in_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n lay_v down_o in_o these_o word_n for_o that_o objection_n about_o gild_n that_o the_o lord_n lay_v the_o gild_n and_o punishment_n but_o not_o simple_o the_o sin_n itself_o it_o be_v reply_v for_o aught_o that_o i_o can_v see_v it_o be_v a_o simple_a objection_n i_o do_v not_o think_v as_o some_o do_v that_o gild_n differ_v from_o sin_n in_o this_o assertion_n there_o be_v a_o complication_n of_o error_n of_o divers_a kind_n even_o popish_a socinian_n and_o libertine_n not_o that_o i_o dare_v charge_n every_o one_o that_o hold_v this_o principle_n with_o the_o mischievous_a consequence_n that_o too_o easy_o flow_v from_o it_o that_o be_v nor_o fair_a nor_o just_a for_o they_o may_v not_o see_v the_o connection_n there_o be_v between_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o and_o may_v renounce_v and_o disclaim_v the_o more_o offensive_a part._n however_o in_o the_o oppugn_v a_o error_n and_o defence_n of_o truth_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o unwary_a it_o be_v necessary_a to_o show_v in_o the_o point_n before_o we_o how_o error_n of_o one_o kind_n be_v link_v to_o that_o of_o another_o which_o be_v thus_o by_o make_v gild_n to_o be_v not_o only_o inseparable_a from_o the_o sin_n itself_o but_o to_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o it_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fault_n itself_o as_o it_o respect_v the_o command_n it_o will_v unavoidable_o follow_v 1._o that_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o same_o with_o mortification_n and_o that_o in_o justification_n there_o be_v more_o than_o a_o external_n and_o relative_n there_o be_v a_o internal_a and_o physical_a change_n wrought_v on_o the_o justify_v person_n whereby_o it_o be_v as_o the_o papist_n will_v have_v it_o confound_v with_o sanctification_n to_o clear_v this_o we_o must_v observe_v that_o sin_n essential_o relate_v to_o a_o law_n it_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o it_o the_o law_n have_v its_o preceptive_a and_o threaten_v part_n and_o sin_n proper_o and_o formal_o consider_v be_v a_o transgression_n of_o the_o precept_n and_o whatever_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o the_o precept_n or_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v formal_o and_o proper_o sin_n to_o understand_v yet_o more_o full_o wherein_n lie_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v a_o relation_n our_o enquiry_n must_v be_v after_o its_o subject_a foundation_n and_o term._n the_o inclination_n propension_n disposition_n act_n habit_n thought_n word_n and_o work_v of_o a_o rational_a be_v be_v the_o subject_a the_o term_n be_v the_o preceptive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n under_o who_o regulation_n the_o inclination_n etc._n etc._n do_v fall_v the_o ratio_fw-la fundandi_fw-la or_o foundation_n from_o whence_o the_o relation_n immediate_o result_v be_v the_o contrariety_n disconformity_n deviation_n or_o dissonancy_n of_o our_o inclination_n propension_n disposition_n act_n habit_n thought_n word_n or_o work_v to_o the_o preceptive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n when_o either_o our_o inclination_n propension_n etc._n etc._n be_v contrary_a unto_o or_o dissonant_n from_o the_o precept_n which_o be_v pure_a and_o holy_a we_o sin_n be_v unclean_a filthy_a and_o impure_a the_o contrariety_n dissonancy_n or_o obliquity_n be_v the_o uncleanness_n the_o filth_n and_o impurity_n it_o be_v sin_n proper_o and_o formal_o to_o distinguish_v therefore_o between_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o sin_n itself_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n make_v gild_n to_o be_v the_o sin_n itself_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o dissonancy_n to_o the_o command_n be_v too_o intolerable_o gross_a and_o absurd_a to_o admit_v of_o a_o fair_a construction_n it_o be_v to_o confound_v the_o precept_n with_o the_o threaten_v to_o change_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o pervert_v the_o plain_a truth_n it_o be_v to_o call_v light_a darkness_n and_o darkness_n light_n for_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o precept_n intrinsic_a to_o the_o sin_n inseparable_a from_o it_o it_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o gild_n be_v extrinsic_a to_o the_o sin_n it_o be_v only_o a_o external_n respect_n of_o it_o to_o the_o threaten_v of_o the_o law_n it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o command_n but_o it_o be_v god_n will_n and_o please_a unto_o he_o that_o he_o who_o commit_v the_o sin_n be_v liable_a unto_o wrath_n that_o be_v be_v guilty_a but_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o no_o sense_n please_a unto_o he_o beside_o gild_n be_v separable_a from_o the_o sin_n on_o this_o distinction_n between_o the_o sin_n and_o its_o gild_n the_o reform_a do_v find_v that_o other_o between_o justification_n and_o sanctification_n hold_v that_o justification_n import_v only_o a_o outward_a and_o relative_n change_n whereby_o the_o soul_n be_v free_v from_o gild_n etc._n etc._n that_o sanctification_n denote_v a_o inward_a physical_a change_n by_o which_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n be_v take_v away_o and_o the_o sin_n it-self_n mortify_v but_o by_o make_v sin_n and_o gild_n the_o same_o pardon_v of_o sin_n also_o and_o its_o mortification_n must_v be_v the_o same_o too_o and_o that_o in_o justification_n a_o inward_a and_o physical_a change_n be_v wrought_v on_o the_o soul_n in_o a_o word_n in_o that_o great_a controversy_n the_o most_o important_a one_o agitate_a between_o we_o and_o the_o papist_n even_o touch_v the_o glorious_a doctrine_n of_o justification_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o fact_n give_v up_o by_o the_o antinomian_a unto_o the_o papist_n thus_o