A47606:116
A short confession of faith
A short confession of faith containing the substance of all the fundamental articles in the larger confession put forth by the elders of the Baptist churches, owning personal election and final perseverance.A short confession of faith containing the substance of all the fundamental articles in the larger confession put forth by the elders of the Baptist churches, owning personal election and final perserverance.
London : s.n., 1697?
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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.
Saith he, Virtual Pardon keeps off Legal Guilt where it would be. To which I reply, if it be kept off, so ⟨p. 39⟩that it never comes upon Believers, then it follows they were actually pardoned before in that respect: yet he says, Sins cannot be said to be formally pardoned before formally committed; but says, no Guilt can come upon them to Condemnation, tho new Guilt; yet no new legal Guilt, because always justified. We see no hurt if his Terms be admitted.
Saith he, Virtual Pardon keeps off Legal Guilt where it would be. To which I reply, if it be kept off, so ⟨p. 39⟩that it never comes upon Believers, then it follows they were actually pardon'd before in that respect: yet he says, Sins cannot be said to be formally pardon'd before formally committed; but says, no Guilt can come upon them to Condemnation, tho new Guilt; yet no new legal Guilt, because always justified. We see no hurt if his Terms be admitted.
Object. What do Believers then pray for, when they pray for the Pardon of Sin?
Answ. 1. That God would not chastise them sorely, or afflict them as a Father, according to the greatness of their Offences.