and tongue, and people, and nation.Rev. v. 9.

SECT. 1.-In Particular.

Pardon of Sins.

THE Lord proclaimed himself, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, &c. forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin.Exod. xxxiv. 6,7; Numb. xiv. 17-19. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered: blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.-Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. 5; Rom. iv. 7, 8.

As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.-Ps. Ixv. 3. Thou wast a God that forgavest them thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.-Ps. xcix. 8.

But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared.-Ps. cxxx. 4.

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.-Isa. i. 18.

I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins-Isa. xliii. 25. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy

sins. Sing, O heavens, for the Lord hath done it.-Isa. xliv. 22, 23.

He was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities, &c.-The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all, &c. He shall bear their iniquities.-Isa. liii. 5,6.11. Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon, (or multiply pardons;) for my thoughts are not as your thoughts, &c. -Isa. lv. 7-9; Ezek. xxxiii. 14-16. I will make a new covenant, &c. for I will forgive their iniquity, and will remember their sin no more.Jer. xxxi. 31. 34; Heb. x. 17, 18.

I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.-Jer. xxxiii. 8.

In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve.—Jer. 1. 20; Isa. xxxiii. 24.

Seventy weeks are determined, &c. to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, &c. The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself, &c.-Dan. ix. 24. 26.

Who is a God like unto thee? that

pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? &c. Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.Micah vii. 18, 19.

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.-Zech. xiii. 1.

Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.-Matt. i. 21.

Jesus said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee, &c. Ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins.-Matt. ix. 2. 6.

All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.-Matt. xii. 31, 32.

This is my blood, &c. which is shed for many for the remission of sins.— Matt. xxvi. 28.

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of

their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us.-Luke i. 77, 78.

I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.Luke vii. 47,48.

It behoved Christ to suffer, &c. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name.— Luke xxiv. 46,47.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.John i. 29.

Repent, &c. that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Jesus, &c.-Acts iii. 19, 20.

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Jesus, &c. hath God exalted with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.-Acts v. 30, 31.

To him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.-Acts x. 43.

Be it known unto you, &c. that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.-Acts xiii. 38. To open their eyes, &c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins, &c. by faith in me, &c.-Acts xxvi. 18.

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission (or passing over) of sins.

Rom. iii. 25.

Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, &c. If Christ be not raised, &c. ye are yet in your sins, &c. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law; but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. xv. 3. 17. 56, 57.

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, &c. For he

hath made him to be sin for us.2 Cor. v. 19. 21.

Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins.-Gal. i. 3, 4.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded, &c.-Eph. i. 7, 8; Col. i. 14.

And you, &c. hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses.-Col. ii. 13.

Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity.-Titus ii. 13, 14.

His Son, &c. when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down.-Heb. i. 2, 3.

Wherefore it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, &c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.-Heb. ii. 17.

I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.Heb. viii. 12.

If the blood of bulls, &c. sanctifieth, &c. how much more shall the blood of Christ, who offered himself, &c purge your conscience, &c. by means of death for the redemption of the transgression? Without shedding of blood is no remission of sin, &c. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, &c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.

Heb. ix. 13-15. 22. 26. 28.

This man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down, &c. moreover, where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin, &c.-Heb. x. 12. 18.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on (or to) the tree, &c. by whose stripes ye were healed.1 Pet. ii. 24.

Christ also hath once suffered for sin, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.-1 Pet. iii. 18.

The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin, &c. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and

He was manifested to take away our sins, &c.-1 John iii. 5.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John iv. 10.

Jesus Christ, &c. who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.-Rev. i. 5.

SECT. 2.-Reconciliation to, and
Peace with God.

MERCY and truth are met, righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -Ps. lxxxv. 10.

Fury is not in me, &c. Let him take hold of my strength; he may make peace with me; he shall make peace with me.-Isa. xxvii. 4, 5.

The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake.-Isa. xlii. 21.

The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.-Isa. liii. 5.

Seventy weeks are determined, &c. to make reconciliation for iniquity.Dan. ix. 24.

He shall be a Priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.-Zech. vi. 13.

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.-Matt. iii. 17.

Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.-John xx. 17.

The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ.-Acts x. 36.

We have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. For if

when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more being reconciled, &c. We joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.—Rom. v. 1. 10, 11.

God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses, &c.—2 Cor. v. 18, 19.

The glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. Eph. i. 6.

But now in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ; for he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, for to make in himself, of twain, one new man; so making peace. That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross; having slain the enmity thereby (or in himself) and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh, &c. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.-Eph. ii. 13-19.

And having made (or making) peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, whether they be things, &c. And you that were sometime alienated, and enemies in your minds by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable, &c.-Col. i. 20–22.

It behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest, &c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.-Heb. ii. 17.

Who his own self bare our sins, &c.

by whose stripes ye were healed: for ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.-1 Pet. ii. 24, 25. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.-1 Pet. iii. 18.

SECT. 3.-Justification and Sancti

fication before God.

LET not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame hath covered my face: I am become a stranger unto my brethren, &c. for the zeal of thine house, &c. and the reproaches of them who reproached thee, have fallen on me, &c.—Ps. Ixix. 6, &c.

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength, &c. in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.-Isa. xlv. 24, 25.

standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, &c. saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down unto his house justified rather than the other.-Luke xviii. 10-14.

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified, &c. -John xvii. 19.

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.-Acts xiii. 39.

Therein is the righteousness of God revealed, from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith.— Rom. i. 17.

The righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe, &c. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth, &c. to de

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you, &c. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, &c. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Thus saith the Lord God, In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities, &c.-Ezek. xxxvi. 25. 29. 32, 33.

The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come, &c. for he is like a refiner's fire, &c. He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, &c. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord.—Mal. iiì. 1–4.

The Pharisee prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, &c. I fast twice in the week, &c. And the Publican,

I say, his righteousness; that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? &c. Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law.-Rom. iii. 21, 22. 24-28.

Abraham believed God; and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted unto him for righteousness: even as David describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, &c. He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, &c. that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also, &c. For the promise, &c. not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law; but

through the righteousness of faith, &c. It was imputed to him for righteousness: now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed unto him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus, &c. who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.-Rom. iv. 3-6. 11. 13. 22-25; Gen. xv. 6.

Being justified by faith, &c. much more then being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved, &c. The free gift is of many offences unto justification, &c. As by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteous ness of one (or by one righteousness) the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life, &c. By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom. v. 1. 9. 16-19.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, &c. Whom he did foreknow, them he also justified, &c. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died: yea, rather, that is risen again, &c.-Rom. viii. 1. 29, 30. 33, 34.

The Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, &c. which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. Rom. ix. 30-32; John vi. 28, 29.

They being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth, &c. The righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, &c. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.Rom. x. 3, 4. 6-10; viii. 3, 4.

Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, &c.-1 Cor. i. 30.

But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus.-1 Cor. vi. 11.

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.-2 Cor. v. 19. 21.

A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we have believed, &c. that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not, &c.-Gal. ii. 16. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large.-Gal. iii.

We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith, &c.-Gal. v. 5.

His grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved.—Eph. i. 6.

Christ gave himself, &c. that he might sanctify and cleanse it, &c. that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. -Eph. v. 25-27.

When Paul, above any others, had whereof to boast for his exactness in keeping the law, he said, But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ, &c. that I may win Christ, and be found in him; not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law; but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.-Phil. iii. 4—9.

And you, &c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh, through death; to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight.-Col. i. 21, 22.

And ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality, &c.— Col. ii. 10.

Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all