Eighteen sermons preached in Oxford 1640 of conversion, unto God. Of redemption, & justification,…

but for thy sins, there shall search be made, and they shall not be found; when God forgives sins, he doth it fully, it shall never be cast in thy teeth again; but thou shalt hear of all thy good deeds, not of thy bad. Then lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth near; here is the blessed grace of justification, that we being justified by faith, have not only no condemnation, but no guilt; whereas all the sins of the wicked man, shall be set before his face, and he shall stand quaking and trembling by reason thereof; not one good thing that he hath done shall be remembered, but in the iniquity that he hath committed, in that shall he dye; and so I have said somewhat of that point

but for thy sinnes, there shall search be made, and they shall not be found; when God forgives sinnes, he doth it fully, it shall never be cast in thy teeth again; but thou shalt hear of all thy good deeds, not of thy bad. Then lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth near; here is the blessed grace of just•fication, that we being justified by faith, have not only no condemnation, but no guilt; whereas all the sinnes of the wicked man, shall be set before his face, and he shall stand quaking and trembling by reason thereof; not one good thing that he hath done shall be remembred, but in the iniquity that he hath committed, in that shall he dye; and so I have said somewhat of that point

You may remember that I said (a word perhaps that some think much of) that the question betwixt us and Rome, is not Whether we be justified by faith or no? but Whether we be justified at all; I will make it good. The•e are two graces, righteousness imputed▪ which implies forgiveness of sins; and righteousness inherent, which is that grace of sanctification begun. They utterly •eny that there is any righteousness but righteousness inherent. They say forgiveness of sins is ⟨p. 422⟩nothing but sanctification. A new doctrine never heard of in the Church of God, till these last days, till the spawn of the Jesuits devised it. Forgiveness of sin is this, that God will never charge me with it again. They say that forgiveness of sin is an abolishing of sin in the subject, where is true remission; as much as to say, There is no justification distinct from sanctification: whereas the Apostle distinguisheth them, when as he saith, The Son of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption: He is made unto us (of God.) By the way let me expound it unto you. Christ hath three offices; A Prophetical, Regal and Sacerdotical office. He exerciseth his Prophetical office to illuminate our understanding. He exerciseth his Kingly office to work on our will and affections; there are two branches of it, the Kingdom of grace, and the Kingdom of glory. How am I made partaker of Christs Prophetical office? He is made unto me wisdom, before I was a fool, but now by it I am made wise. First, he enlightens me, and so he is made unto me wisdom; well, he is my Priest; how so? he is made an expiation for my sin; he is said to be [Greek or Hebrew] in Saint John, A propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. There is a difference between [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], that is a bare pardon, but this is such a propitiation as the party offended is well-pleased with Christs being made a ransom; he is made unto us [Greek or Hebrew], by the oblation offered unto his Father. He is righteousness imputed to us. And as a King he rules me in the Kingdom of grace, and in the Kingdom of glory; in the Kingdom of grace he