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3. They understand not the definition of Punishment, else would they know that Chastisement is a Species of it. Nor is it true that they say, that God hath taken away all the evil of Affliction, but only he hath taken away the Destructive Evil, and introduced or added a greater prevailing good, which yet this Evil must (and that but by accident) produce. It is essentially quoad materiam, malum naturale still; & quoad formam it is propter malum morale. So that quoad Receptionem peccatoris patientis, as to our Reception, Remission of Sin is not omnibus ⟨p. 361⟩numeris perfect in this Life, there being still some unforgiven Punishment to be suffered here.

Hence you may see how to judge of the Controversy so much agitated between us and the Papists, Utrum Remissd Culpa remaneat poena temporalis? Whether Temporal Punishment remain when the Sin is forgiven: (And how indistinctly that question is commonly handled; etiam per magni nominis Theologos (Detur Venia censurae necessariae.)

Hence you may see how to judge of the Controversie so much agitated between us and the Papists, Utrum Remissd Culpa remaneat poena temporalis? Whether Temporal Punishment remain when the Sin is forgiven: (And how indistinctly that question is commonly handled; etiam per magni nominis Theologos (Detur Venia censurae necessariae.)

As merciful corrective Punishment is not all remitted in this Life, to any of the Elect, so Sin it self is to them so far unremitted, as the punishment is unremitted. I weigh not the Clamours that some will make against this Assertion, who use more zealously to assert the Dictates of their Leaders, than the words of God; and to search and learn what the Orthodox say, than what God saith, or the Nature of the thing containeth. Hear the Scripture,