There has been a vain Distinction used about this matter, between [Reatus Culpoe] Guilt, as Deserving of punishment; and [Reatus Poenoe] Guilt, as Obliging to punishment. But these are so inseparable, that when Guilt is Remitted, the punishment goes along with it. In Justification, our Bonds are taken off, and nothing is demanded of us, as a price to A•o•le ⟨p. 20⟩the Righteous God. It was said in in Isa. 33. 24. The Inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people shall be forgiven their Iniquity. Thus, when men are Forgiven their Iniquity, they shall not by vindictive Justice be made to say, I am sick, or I am poor, or, I am pained, and the like. There are no proper Penalties remaining for a justified man. Whatever Troubles he may afterwards meet withal, there shall not be the Wrath and the Curse of God spicing of them; and in regard of the Second Death, it is very peremptorily declared unto him, Thou shalt not Dy. It was the cry of the Psalmist, in Psal. 143. 2. Enter not into Judgment with thy Servant. The God of Heaven, acts not so much like a Judg, as like a Father, to a justified man; and He not only secures him from the vengeance of Eternal Fire, but also, puts a New and a •nd Respect upon all the Temporal Afflictions, which do befall such a Man. The ⟨p. 21⟩Afflictions which happen to him, are not so much Punishments as Chastisements; and a Reconciled God therein proceeds according to that Rule in Rev 3. 19. Whom I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten. Yea, if a Correction be at any time employed upon him, it is at the same time a Benefit, in that very thing which called for it. As the Dumbness of Zechariah was as much an Argument for his Faith, as a Chastisement for his Unbelief.
There has been a vain Distinction used about this matter, between [Reatus Culpoe] Guilt, as Deserving of punishment; and [Reatus Poenoe] Guilt, as Obliging to punishment. But these are so inseparable, that when Guilt is Remitted, the punishment goes along with it. In Justification, our Bonds are taken off, and nothing is demanded of us, as a price to A•o•le ⟨p. 20⟩the Righteous God. It was said in in Isa. 33. 24. The Inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people shall be forgiven their Iniquity. Thus, when men are Forgiven their Iniquity, they shall not by vindictive Justice be made to say, I am sick, or I am poor, or, I am pained, and the like. There are no proper Paenalties remaining for a justify'd man. Whatever Troubles he may afterwards meet withal, there shall not be the Wrath and the Curse of God spicing of them; and in regard of the Second Death, it is very peremptorily declar'd unto him, Thou shalt not Dy. It was the cry of the Psalmist, in Psal. 143. 2. Enter not into Judgment with thy Servant. The God of Heaven, acts not so much like a Judg, as like a Father, to a justify'd man; and He not only secures him from the vengeance of Eternal Fire, but also, puts a New and a •nd Respect upon all the Temporal Afflictions, which do befal such a Man. The ⟨p. 21⟩Afflictions which happen to him, are not so much Punishments as Chastisements; and a Reconciled God therein proceeds according to that Rule in Rev 3. 19. Whom I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten. Yea, if a Correction be at any time employ'd upon him, it is at the same time a Benefit, in that very thing which called for it. As the Dumbness of Zachary was as much an Argument for his Faith, as a Chastisement for his Unbelief.
