2. 'Tis a Full Pardon. 'Tis Full in several respects. 1. Because, where the Party is forgiven, he is accepted with God as if he had never sinned; Psal. 103. 12. As far as the East is from the West; so far hath he removed our Transgressions from us. And Mich. 7. 19. Thou wilt cast all their Sins into the depth of the Sea. Isa. 38. 17. Thou hast cast all my Sins behind thy Back. It shall not be remembered, nor laid to their charge any more. 'Tis true, for a while after they may trouble the Conscience; as when the Storm ceaseth, the Waves roll for a while afterwards: So may Sin in the Consciences of God's Children work trouble, after the fiducial Application of the Blood of Christ; But the Storm ceaseth by degrees. And 'tis possible, that the commitment of new Sins, may revive old Guilt, as a new Strain may make us sensible of an old Bruise. Yet we must distinguish between the full Grant of a Pardon: From the full sense of it, when we are ⟨p. 401⟩not Thankful, Humble, Fruitful, former Sins may come into remembrance; and God may permit it, as matter of Humiliation to us, and to quicken us to seek after new Confirmation of our Right and Interest. Yet God's Pardon is never reversed, nor will the Sin be charged again, or put in suit against him, to the final condemnation of the Person so pardoned. Once more, though the Sins of the Justified should be remembered at the Day of Judgment, it will not be to the confusion of their Faces, but the exaltation and praise of the Lord's Grace. Then is this Acquittance in all respects full. 2. 'Tis full, because where God forgiveth one Sin, he will forgive all: Psal. 103. 3. Who pardoneth all thy Sins: And Mich. 7. 19. Thou wilt cast all their Sins into the depth of the Sea; Sins Original, Actual; of Omission, Commission; Small, Great, Secret, Open; Lust that boileth in the Heart, and breaketh out in the Life; Sins of Worship, of ordinary Conversation. Look in the Bill; What owest thou? A Christian is amazed when he cometh to a serious account with God; but the self-judging Sinner needeth not be discouraged when he cometh to God. For where God pardoneth all that is past, the Fountain stands daily open for him to flee unto, with all his Faults, as they are committed; and upon the renewing of his Faith and Repentance, he shall obtain his Pardon. All Sins are Mortal, all of them Damnable;
2. 'Tis a Full Pardon. 'Tis Full in several respects. 1. Because, where the Party is forgiven, he is accepted with God as if he had never sinned; Psal. 103. 12. As far as the East is from the VVest; so far hath he removed our Transgressions from us. And Mich. 7. 19. Thou wilt cast all their Sins into the depth of the Sea. Isa. 38. 17. Thou hast cast all my Sins behind thy Back. It shall not be remembred, nor laid to their charge any more. 'Tis true, for a while after they may trouble the Conscience; as when the Storm ceaseth, the Waves rowl for a while afterwards: So may Sin in the Consciences of God's Children work trouble, after the fiducial Application of the Blood of Christ; But the Storm ceaseth by degrees. And 'tis possible, that the commitment of new Sins, may revive old Guilt, as a new Strain may make us sensible of an old Bruise. Yet we must distinguish between the full Grant of a Pardon: From the full sense of it, when we are ⟨p. 401⟩not Thankful, Humble, Fruitful, former Sins may come into remembrance; and God may permit it, as matter of Humiliation to us, and to quicken us to seek after new Confirmation of our Right and Interest. Yet God's Pardon is never reversed, nor will the Sin be charged again, or put in suit against him, to the final condemnation of the Person so pardoned. Once more, though the Sins of the Justified should be remembred at the Day of Judgment, it will not be to the confusion of their Faces, but the exaltation and praise of the Lord's Grace. Then is this Acquittance in all respects full. 2. 'Tis full, because where God forgiveth one Sin, he will forgive all: Psal. 103. 3. Who pardoneth all thy Sins: And Mich. 7. 19. Thou wilt cast all their Sins into the depth of the Sea; Sins Original, Actual; of Omission, Commission; Small, Great, Secret, Open; Lust that boileth in the Heart, and breaketh out in the Life; Sins of Worship, of ordinary Conversation. Look in the Bill; What owest thou? A Christian is amazed when he cometh to a serious account with God; but the self-judging Sinner needeth not be discouraged when he cometh to God. For where God pardoneth all that is past, the Fountain stands daily open for him to flee unto, with all his Faults, as they are committed; and upon the renewing of his Faith and Repentance, he shall obtain his Pardon. All Sins are Mortal, all of them Damnable;
