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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
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3. Nor is the merit of the sinful Act lessened: In it self it deserveth condemnation ⟨p. 5⟩to punishment. Merito operis, it is in its self damnable, but quoad eventum, Rom. 8.1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, &c. Because the grace of the Gospel dischargeth us from it, we must still own our selves deserving the wrath of God, which maketh for our constant Humiliation and admiration of grace: So that he that is pardoned, still deserveth punishment.
3. Nor is the merit of the sinful Act lessened: In it self it deserveth condemnation ⟨p. 5⟩to punishment. Merito operis, it is in its self damnable, but quoad eventum, Rom. 8.1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, &c. Because the grace of the Gospel dischargeth us from it, we must still own our selves deserving the wrath of God, which maketh for our constant Humiliation and admiration of grace: So that he that is pardoned, still deserveth punishment.
4. It remaineth therefore that forgiveness of sin, is a dissolving the obligation to punishment, or passing by the fault, so as it shall not rise up in Judgement against us to our confusion or destruction: The fault is the sinners Act, the punishment the Judges, which he may forbear on certain Terms stated in the Law of Grace. He passeth by the fault so far, that it shall not be a ground of punishment to us. I prove it
4. It remaineth therefore that forgiveness of sin, is a dissolving the obligation to punishment, or passing by the fault, so as it shall not rise up in Judgement against us to our confusion or destruction: The fault is the sinners Act, the punishment the Judges, which he may forbear on certain Termes stated in the Law of Grace. He passeth by the fault so far, that it shall not be a ground of punishment to us. I prove it