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A45548	The first general epistle of St. John the Apostle, unfolded and applied the first part in two and twenty lectures on the first chapter, and two verses of the second : delivered in St. Dyonis. Back-Church, An. Dom. 1654 / by Nath. Hardy ...	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1656 (1656)	Wing H722; ESTC R31526	315,886	434

being the impulsive cause from within moving God to make that Covenant But though it be of grace yet it is still a Covenant and therefore as in all Covenants there is a mutual obligation on both parties between whom the Covenant is made so is it in this wherein is signified as what God will do for us so what he will have done by us Hence it is that we find not only in the Law but Gospel commands as well as comforts precepts as promises yea these promises still proposed conditionally for so we may observe among other places in this Chapter and particularly in this verse wherein remission is annexed to confession If we confess our sins he is faithful c. Having already dispatched the duty in an absolute consideration as it is the matter of a precept we are now to handle the relative as it is the condition of a promise the prosecution of which shall be done two wayes 1. Negatively it is not a cause but only a condition of the promise and therefore it is not said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because but if we confess our sins indeed if confession be a cause of remission it must be either meritorious or instrumental but it is not it cannot be either of these 1. Confession is not cannot be a meritorious cause of forgiveness it is satisfaction not confession which merits remission and therefore with men forgiveness upon meer acknowledgment is an act not of equity but of charity in this regard the merit of remission is Christs not ours his blood whereby he hath made satisfaction not our tears which are only the concomitant of confession True it is there is a congruity in confession inasmuch as it maketh us fit for but there is no condignity to render us deserving of this mercy of forgiveness It may perhaps be here inquired why since the commission of sin is meritorious of punishment the confession is not of pardon for if the sin be therefore of so great a desert because against God why shall not the acknowledgement be of as great merit because to God The answer to which is iustly returned partly that whereas our Commissions are purely sinful our confessions are not purely penitent since even when we confess our sins we sin in confessing partly that whereas the demerit of the fault is chiefly respectu objecti in regard of the person to whom the injury is done the amends for the fault is respectu subjecti principally considerable in respect of the person by whom it is made and hence it is that though the sin committed by us bee of infinite demerit because against an infinite justice yet nothing done by us can bee of infinite merit because wee are finite persons 2. Confession is not the instrumentall cause of forgivenesse to clear this the more be pleased to know that there is a great deale of difference between that which is meerely conditionall and that which is so a condition as it is withall an instrument that may be a necessary condition which is onely required to the qualification of the subject on whom the thing is conferred but that which is not onely a condition but an instrument hath some kinde of influence into the Production of the thing which is conferred and this being well observed will serve excellently to clear that Orthodox doctrine of justification by faith alone we are justified a chiefe ingredient whereof is forgivenesse of sinnes onely by faith not by repentance not by charity nor by any other grace or work because it is onely faith which concurreth as an instrument to this work in as much as it is the hysope sprinkling the soul with the bloud the hand applying to the soule the righteousnesse of Christ for which wee are forgiven and justified and hence it is that the preposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is onely used concerning faith hee is the propitiation for our sinnes through faith and we are justified by faith whereas it is never said wee are justified by confessing or forgiving or repenting though yet still these are conditions of justification and forgivenesse in as much as they are necessary qualifications required in the person whom God doth justify and to whom sinne is forgiven 2. Affirmatively it is a condition and that both exclusive and inclusive 1. It is an exclusive condition this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is as much as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this si as nisi if otherwise not there is no forgivenesse to bee had without confession though it be not that for which no nor yet by which yet it is that without which no remission can be obtained I thinke it is needlesse to dispu●e what God could doe by his absolute power it is enough hee cannot doe ●t by his actuall because he will not truly though the●e is no need of any yet there is abundant reason of this divine pleasure since it is that which his justice his purity and his wisedome seem to call for Justice requireth satisfaction much more confessiion If God shall pardon them which doe not confesse but conceal and goe on in sinne it would open a gap to all prophanesse and impiety which cannot consist with his purity finally it cannot stand with Gods wisedome to bestow mercy but on them that are in some measure sitted for it and wee are not cannot be sitted for rem●ssion till we have practised confession None are fitio● mercy but they who see the●r need of it hunger after it and know how to value it whereas if God should offer pardon to an impenitent he would scarce accept it how ever hee would not prize it It is confession which maketh us taste the bitternesse of sin and so prepareth us for a relish of the sweetnesse of forgiving mercy The exclusivenesse of this condition is that which Solomon expresseth when hee opposeth hiding to confessing and as hee assureth mercy to the one so hee flatly denyeth it to the other he that hideth his sin shall not prosper and to this purpose it is that Almighty God threatneth I will goe and returne to my place till they acknowledge their offence and seeke my fa●e in which done● is manifestly intimated a nisi untill that is unlesse they acknowledge I will not vouchsafe my gracious presence to them yea this is that which David found verified in his own experience where he saith when I kept silence my bones waxed old day and night thy hand was heavy upon mee I acknowledged my sinne and thou forgavest unlesse the sore be opened and the corrupt matter let out the party cannot be healed when the ague breaketh forth at the lips then there is hope of its cessation If the Apostume break and come not forth at the eares or mouth the patient is but a dead man till that which oppresseth the stomach be cast up there can bee no ease and unlesse there be a penitent laying open of our sinnes

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