The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

The Remonstrants, Acta Synod. p. 293. bring several places out of our Authors, Lubertus, Smoutius, Piscator, and Others, wherein they expressly say, That God doth blot out our sins, before we either believe or amend our lives, and that this pardon doth antecede our knowledge of God, Faith, Conversion, or Regeneration of the heart. Thus also D. Twice, in the place before quoted. Pemble also to this purpose (pag. 24.) The Elect (saith he) while unconverted, they are then actually justified, and freed from all sin by the death of Christ; and so God esteems of them as free, and having accepted of that satisfaction, is actually reconciled to them: But the falsehood of this will appear in Answer to the sixth Argument. When Grotius had distinguished of a two-fold remission, a full remission, and a less full remission, holding ⟨p. 175⟩this later kind of remission to be given to impenitent sinners, abusing two places of Scripture for this purpose, Rom. 5. 10. 2 Cor. 5.19. Rivet confuteth him, making it a sure truth, That sins are not actually remitted, but to those that repent, and saith, Quinam sunt ii, qui volunt actu remissa peccata cuiquam ante conversionem? certè nobis sunt ignoti. Who are they that say, sins are actually pardoned before conversion? Certainly they are unknown to us. Although we acknowledge the price of reconciliation and redemption to have been prepared for the elect from all eternity, or in Gods purpose and intention remission of sins to have been ordained for them, even as conversion, which in his time by Gods grace are to be effected. Thus Rivet, vind. Apol. p. 127. If therefore any of our Orthodox Authors have acknowledged a remission of sins before faith, it hath been in a particular sense to oppose the Arminians, who maintain a reconciliability, and not a reconciliation by Christs death, and not in an Antinomian sense, as is more largely to be showed in answering of their Objection, brought from Christs death for enemies and sinners. Indeed some learned and worthy men speak of a Justification before faith in Christ our head, as we are accounted sinners in the first Adam or common person. Thus Alstedius in his supplement to Chamier, pag. 204.

The Remonstrants, Acta Synod. p. 293. bring severall places out of our Authours, Lubertus, Smoutius, Piscator, and Others, wherein they expresly say, That God doth blot out our sins, before we either believe or amend our lives, and that this pardon doth antecede our knowledge of God, Faith, Conversion, or Regeneration of the heart. Thus also D. Twisse, in the place before quoted. Pemble also to this purpose (pag. 24.) The Elect (saith he) while unconverted, they are then actually justified, and freed from all sin by the death of Christ; and so God esteems of them as free, and having accepted of that satisfaction, is actually reconciled to them: But the falshood of this will appear in Answer to the sixth Argument. When Grotius had distinguished of a two-fold remission, a full remission, and a lesse full remission, holding