Beloved, the best of Christians, through Carel•se•s, •• Satan's Temptations may have their •••t s•ip; I mean they may slip, or fall into one S••, or another; or into one Error or another: What a slip had Noah, 1Lot, David and Peter, and many more besides them, even many a dangerous slip; but by taking hold of Christ, and of the Covenant, and free Promise of Pardon by the hand of Faith,2 they all recovered themselves, tho' some of their Slips broke their Bones, and cost them many a Tear; Nay, it made David to W•••e• his Couch with his Tears;3 Yet he ⟨p. 35⟩got safe to Heaven. O what an excellent Grace is the Grace of Faith, the hand of Faith, and how useful and necessary at such a time?4 I have prayed for thee that thy Faith fail not. Our Faith, in the Seed or habit, shall never fail; did not Christ preserve our Faith, strengthen our Faith, our Souls would soon finally fall, and perish for ever: If any Man sin, 5we have an Advocate with the Father.—I will be merciful to their Unrighteousness, and their Sins; 6and their Iniquities I will remember no more.—I am he that blotteth out thine Iniquities for my own Sake, &c. O what hold is here, when our Feet slip, for the hand of Faith to take hold of! Jesus Christ, my Brethren, hath paid all our Debts, he hath satisfied the Justice of God for all our Sins, for those committed after Faith, as well as those committed before Faith and Union with him, all Vindictive Wrath is gone for ever; no Sin can make a breach in our Justification, nor break our Union with Christ;7 Nothing can separate us from the Love of God, 8which is in Jesus Christ our Lord.—There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. None can condemn such, if sins committed after we believe were not Satisfied for, or Pardoned, there would be condemnation to every Believer, because all have Sin, all daily Sin, but their Sins are not imputed to them, they were all laid upon Jesus Christ; and his Righteousness is for ever and at all times imputed to them that are in Christ Jesus; and once in him, for ever in him, So that a true Believer can never fall finally from this spiritual Ladder.
Beloved, the best of Christians, through Carel•se•s, •• Satan's Temptations may have their •••t s•ip; I mean they may slip, or fall into one S••, or another; or into one Error or another: What a slip had Noah, 1Lot, David and Peter, and many more besides them, even many a dangerous slip; but by taking hold of Christ, and of the Covenant, and free Promise of Pardon by the hand of Faith,2 they all recovered themselves, tho' some of their Slips broke their Bones, and cost them many a Tear; Nay, it made David to W•••e• his Couch with his Tears;3 Yet he ⟨p. 35⟩got safe to Heaven. O what an excellent Grace is the Grace of Faith, the hand of Faith, and how useful and necessary at such a time?4 I have prayed for thee that thy Faith fail not. Our Faith, in the Seed or habit, shall never fail; did not Christ preserve our Faith, strengthen our Faith, our Souls would soon finally fall, and perish for ever: If any Man sin, 5we have an Advocate with the Father.—I will be merciful to their Ʋnrighteousness, and their Sins; 6and their Iniquities I will remember no more.—I am he that blotteth out thine Iniquities for my own Sake, &c. O what hold is here, when our Feet slip, for the hand of Faith to take hold of! Jesus Christ, my Brethren, hath paid all our Debts, he hath satisfied the Justice of God for all our Sins, for those committed after Faith, as well as those committed before Faith and Union with him, all Vindictative Wrath is gone for ever; no Sin can make a breach in our Justification, nor break our Union with Christ;7 Nothing can separate us from the Love of God,
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- 4Luk. 22.32▪
- 51 Joh. 2.1.2.
- 6Heb 8.12. Isa. 43.•5.
- 7Rom. 8 38.39.
- 8Rom. 8.1.
