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A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects
A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects by Stephen Charnock.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1683
A DISCOURSE OF The Pardon of Sin. › Application 2: 2. Use. Of comfort.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Use. Of comfort.
Pardon of sin may make thee hope for all other blessings. Hath God done the hardest, and will he stick at the easiest? Hath he overthrown mountains, and shall molehills stop him? 'Tis an easier thing to waft thee to Heaven, than it was at first to remit thy guilt, Rom. 5.10. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life. To this the death and resurrection of the Son of God was necessary, and there was to be composition and agreement made between mercy and justice: But since this is completed, the Redeemer saves thee by his life; since he hath dyed for thy remission, there is no need of his dying for thy further Salvation. Seeing he hath made manifestation of his pardoning grace unto thee, he will not cease till he hath brought thee into a perfect state. For to what purpose should the Creditor forgive the smaller part of the debt, and cast the debtor into prison for an unpayable sum?
Pardon of sin may make thee hope for all other blessings. Hath God done the hardest, and will he stick at the easiest? Hath he overthrown mountains, and shall molehills stop him? 'Tis an easier thing to waft thee to Heaven, than it was at first to remit thy guilt, Rom. 5.10. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life. To this the death and resurrection of the Son of God was necessary, and there was to be composition and agreement made between mercy and justice: But since this is compleated, the Redeemer saves thee by his life; since he hath dyed for thy remission, there is no need of his dying for thy further Salvation. Seeing he hath made manifestation of his pardoning grace unto thee, he will not cease till he hath brought thee into a perfect state. For to what purpose should the Creditor forgive the smaller part of the debt, and cast the debtor into prison for an unpayable sum?