The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

1. The Death of Christ is beneficial to Pardon and Life, only to those who repent and believe. The Holy God will by no means spare the guilty, that is, declare the guilty innocent, or forgive an ⟨p. 312⟩incapable subject. All the Promises of Grace and Mercy are with respect to Repentance from dead works, and to a lively Faith. The Son of God is made a Prince and a Saviour, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins. And the Apostle tells us, That being justified by Faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. The first includes a cordial grief for Sins past, and sincere effectual Resolutions to forsake them; and hath a necessary conjunction with Pardon, as by virtue of the Divine Command, so from a condecency and fitness with respect to God the giver of Pardon, and to the quality of the Blessing it self. The other Qualification is Faith, to which Justification is in a special manner attributed, not in respect of Efficiency or Merit, for the Mercy of God upon the account of Christs Satisfaction is the sole Cause of our Pardon; but as a moral instrument, that is the Condition upon which God absolves Man from his guilt. And this Grace of Faith as it respects entire Christ in all his Offices, so it contains the Seed and first Life of Evangelical Obedience. It crucifies our Lusts, overcomes the World, works by Love, as well as justifies the person by relying on the Merits of Christ for Salvation.

1. The Death of Christ is beneficial to Pardon and Life, only to those who repent and believe. The Holy God will by no means spare the guilty, that is, declare the guilty innocent, or forgive an ⟨p. 312⟩incapable subject. All the Promises of Grace and Mercy are with respect to Repentance from dead works, and to a lively Faith. The Son of God is made a Prince and a Saviour, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins. And the Apostle tells us, That being justified by Faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. The first includes a cordial grief for Sins past, and sincere effectual Resolutions to forsake them; and hath a necessary conjunction with Pardon, as by vertue of the Divine Command, so from a condecency and fitness with respect to God the giver of Pardon, and to the quality of the Blessing it self. The other Qualification is Faith, to which Justification is in a special manner attributed, not in respect of Efficiency or Merit, for the Mercy of God upon the account of Christs Satisfaction is the sole Cause of our Pardon; but as a moral instrument, that is the Condition upon which God absolves Man from his guilt. And this Grace of Faith as it respects entire Christ in all his Offices, so it contains the Seed and first Life of Evangelical Obedience. It crucifies our Lusts, overcomes the World, works by Love, as well as justifies the person by relying on the Merits of Christ for Salvation.