The Fountain of Life Opened

This is a brief, and true account of the nature of forgiveness.

Secondly, Now to evince the possibility of forgiveness, for such as ignorantly oppose Christ. Let these things be weighed.

First, Why should any poor soul that is now humbled for its enmity to Christ in the days of ignorance, question the possibility of forgiveness: when this effect doth not exceed the power of the cause; nay when there is more efficacy in the blood of Christ the meritorious cause, than is in the effect of it. There's power enough in that blood not only to pardon thy sins, but the sins of the whole world, were it actually applied. 1 John 2.2. There is not only a sufficiency, but also a redundancy of merit, in that precious blood. Surely then thy enmity to Christ, especially before thou knewest him, may not look like an unpardonable iniquity in thine eyes.

First, Why should any poor soul that is now humbled for its enmity to Christ in the daies of ignorance, question the possibility of forgiveness: when this effect doth not exceed the power of the cause; nay when there is more efficacy in the blood of Christ the meritorious cause, than is in the effect of it. There's power enough in that blood not only to pardon thy sins, but the sins of the whole world, were it actually applied. 1 Iohn 2.2. There is not only a sufficiency, but also a redundancy of merit, in that pretious blood. Surely then thy enmity to Christ, especially before thou knewest him, may not look like an unpardonable iniquity in thine eyes.