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Hence my fecurity from wrath.
As firmly ftands on Jefus' death t,
As does my title unto heav'n
Upon his great obedience giv'n u.
The fentence Heav'n did full
pronounce,
Has pardon'd all my fins at once:
And ev'n from future crimes acquit,
Before I could the facts commit v.
I'm always in a pardon'd state
Before and after fin w; but yet,

Rom. v. 9. Much more then being now justified by his *blood, we shall be faved from wrath through him.

u Rom. v. 17, 18, 19.-They which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteoufnefs, fhall reign in life by one, Jefus Chrift.-By the righteoufnefs of one, the free gift came upon all men unto juftification of life.-By the obedience of one fhall many be made righteous. v. 21. Grace reigns through righteoufnefs unto eternal life, by Jefus Chrift our Lord.

Pfal. ciii. 3. Blefs the Lord, O my foul,-who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. 2 Cor. v. 19. God was in Chrift, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trefpaffes unto them. V. 21. See letters above cited. Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the tranfgreffion, and to make an end of fins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness. Ifa. liv. 10. For the mountains fhall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness fhall not depart from thee, neither fhall the covenant of my peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. Heb. viii. 12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteoufaefs, and their fins and their iniquities will I remem

ber no more.

w Rom viii. 1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 33-39. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that juftifieth : who is he that condemneth? It is Chrift that died, yea rather,

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That vainly I prefume not hence,
I'm feldom pardon'd to my sense x.
Sin brings a vengeance on my head,
Though from avenging wrath I'm freed y.
And though my fins all pardon'd be,
Their pardon's not apply'd to me z.
Thus though I need no pardon more,
Yet need new pardons ev'ry hour †,

that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us. Who fhall feparate us from the love of Christ, fhall tribulation, or diftrefs, or perfecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or fword? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. For I am perfuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things prefent, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God, which is in Chrift Jefus our Lord.

x Pfal. xxv. II. For thy name's fake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity for it is great. And li. 8, 9. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my fins; and blot out all mine iniquities. v. 12. Reftore unto me the joy of thy fal vation and uphold me with thy free Spirit.

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y Pfal. xcix. 8. Thou answeredft them, O Lord our God: thou waft a God that forgaveft them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 1 Theff. i. 10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jefus which delivered us from the wrath to come.

z Pfal. xxxv. 3. O Lord, fay unto my foul I am thy falvation. And lxxxv. 8. I will hear what God the Lord will fpeak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his faints but let them not turn again to folly. Matth. ix. 2. And behold, they brought to him a man fick of the palfy, lying on a bed and Jefus feeing their faith, faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son be of good cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee.

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Matth. vi. 12. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 1 John i, 7, 8. If we walk in the light, as God in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the

In point of application free;

Lord, wash anew, and pardon me

SECT. XV.

The Mystery of Faith and Sight, of which more,
Part VI. Chap. vi.

TRANGE contradictions me befal,
I can't believe unless I fee a;

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Yet never can believe at all,

Till once I fhut the feeing eye b.
When fight of fweet experience
Can give my faith no helping hand c,
The fight of found intelligence

Will give it ample-ground to ftand d..

If

blood of Jefus Chrift his Son cleanfeth us from all fin. we, fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

a John vi. 40. And this is the will of him that fent me, that every one which feeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life.

John xx. 29. Jefus faith unto him, Thomas, because thou haft feen me, thou haft believed: blessed are they that have not feen and yet have believed.

c Ifa. viii. 17. And I will wait upon the Lord that hideth his face from the houfe of Jacob, and I will look for him. Chap. 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his fervant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

d Eph. i. 15,-19. Wherefore I alfo, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jefus, and love unto all the faints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Father of glory; may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the faints

I walk by faith, and not by fight e:
Yet knowledge does my faith refound ƒ,
Which cannot walk but in the light g,
Ev'n when experience runs a-ground b.
By knowledge I difcern and spy
In divine light the object fhown i;
By faith I take and clofe apply

The glorious object as mine own k.
My faith thus ftands on divine light,
Believing what it clearly fees 1;
Yet faith is oppofite to fight,
Trufting its ear, and not its eyes m.
Faith lift'ning to a sweet report,

Still comes by hearing, not by fight n;

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, &c. 2 Cor. iv. 6. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath fhined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the faceof Jefus Chrift. e 2 Cor. v. 7. For we walk by faith not by fight.

fJohn ii 1. This beginning of miracles did Jefus in Cana of Galilee, and manifefted forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

g Pfal. ix. 10. And they that know thy name will truft in thee

put

their

h Pfal. xxxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I fay, on the Lord.

i 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all with open face, beholding as in a glafs the glory of the Lord, are changed into the fame image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

k John i. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

Gal. i. 6. But when it pleased God-to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.

Eph. i. 13. In Christ ye also trusted after that ye heard

Yet is not faith of faving fort,
But when it fees in divine light o.
In fears I spend my vital breath,
In doubts I waste my paffing yearsp;
Yet ftill the life I live is faith,

The oppofite of doubts and fears q.
'Tween clearing faith and clouding fenfe,
I walk in darkness and in light r.
I'm certain oft, when in fufpenfe,

While fure by faith and not by fight f

the word of truth, the gofpel of your falvation.

n Rom. x. 17. So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

o Pfal. xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their truft under the shadow of thy wings. v. 9. For with thee is the fountain of

life in thy light fhall we fee light,

p Pfal. lxxvii. 3, 4I remembered God, and was trou bled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah, Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot fpeak. John xx. 25. But Thomas faid unto the other difciples, Except I thall fee in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his fide, I will not believe. Luke xxiv. 21. We trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Ifrael.

q Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Chrift: Nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Mark v. 35. As foon as Jefus heard the word that was spoken, he faith unto the ruler of the fynagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. Matth. viii. 26. And Jefus faith unto his difciples, Why are you fo fearful, O ye of little faith? Chap. xiv. 31. And Jefus faid unto Peter, O thou of little faith, wherefore didft thou doubt?

r Job xxix. 1, 2, 3. Moreover, Job continued his parable, and faid, Oh that I were as in months paft, as in the days when God preserved me when his candle fhined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. Pfal. cxii. 4. Unto the upright there arifieth light in the darkness

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