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clouds; We may thus conceive of the Volume pardon of fin. God in the Gospel hath XII. entered into a Covenant of Grace and

Mercy with Sinners; one of the Be-
nefits promised by God in the Cove-
nant, is pardon of fin. The Conditions
upon which we shall be made parta-
kers of the Benefit, are comprehend-
ed in this one word, Faith, which
fignifies the whole of Christian Reli-
gion, viz. fuch an effectual affent to
the Revelation of the Gofpel, as doth
produce Repentance, and fincere O-
bedience, and a trust and confidence
in Chrift alone for Salvation. The
procuring or meritorious Cause of
this Benefit, viz. the pardon of our
fins, is the death of Chrift, which is
called his Blood or Sacrifice. The
principal efficient Caufe of our pardon
is God, in the Sentence of the Law, or
which is all one, in the tenor of this
Covenant, declaring us pardon'd up-
on these terms and conditions. Now
how can Faith, which is an act on our
parts, and the condition
the condition to be per-
formed by us, be faid to be an Inftru-
ment in the hand of God of our Par-
don; unless men will think fit to call a

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condition an Inftrument, which I think no propriety of Language will allow.

I should now proceed to the third particular which I propos'd, but fhall refer that to my next Discourse on this Argument.

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VIII.

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SERMON IX.

Of Juftifying Faith.

The Third Sermon on this Text.

JOHN XX. 31.

But thefe are written, that
written, that ye might
believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the
Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name.

T

HE Obfervation I am difcourf

ing upon is this, That to believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of God, is truly and properly Sanctifying,and Juftifying, and Saving Faith. I have enter'd upon the latter part of the Obfervation, viz. to fhew thất

Sermon
IX.

this is truly and properly Juftifying Volume and Saving Faith,in speaking to which, XII. I propos'd to fhew fix things.

1. That Juftification in Scripture fignifies no more, but the Pardon and Remiffion of fins.

2. That Faith can in no propriety of Language, be faid to be the Inftrument of our pardon. Thus far I have gone, and now proceed to what remains, viz. to fhew,

3. That the influence which Faith hath upon the Pardon of fin, is this, that it is the whole and entire condition, required in the Gofpel, of our pardon, upon the performance of which God hath promifed to pardon fin; which appears thus. All the conditions the Gospel requires on our part in order to Pardon, may be reduced to these four heads.

(1.) An Affent to the Truth of the Gofpel.

(2.) A Truft and Confidence in Chrift as our only Saviour.

(3.) Re

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