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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
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.
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
1. From the nature of the thing: For there is such a Relation between the fault and the guilt, the sin and the punishment, that the one cannot be without the other: There can be no punishment without a preceding fault and crime: Therefore if the Judge will not impute the fault, there must needs be an immunity from punishment, for the cause being taken away, the effect ceaseth; and the sin committed by us, is the ⟨p. 6⟩Meritorious cause of punishment. If God will cover that, and overlook it, then forgiveness is a dissolving the obligation to punishment.
2. From the common Rule of speaking used among men; for surely the Scripture speaketh intelligibly. Now in the common way of speaking, he cannot be said to forgive or remit a fault, that exacteth the whole punishment of it. How can a Magistrate be said to forgive an offender, when the offender beareth the punishment, which the Law determineth? And what do men pray for to God, when they pray for the forgiveness of sins, but that they may be exempted from the punishment which they have deserved.