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Psalms32:2

Verſ. 2. Bleſſed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity] Let no man think this triplication of the ſame thing needleſſe or ſuperfluous; ſith the poor ſoul afflicted with ſenſe of ſin and fear of wrath, is not eaſily perſwaded of pardon; but when faith would lay hold on the promiſe, Satan rappeth her on the fingers, as it were, and ſeeks to beat her off. Beſides, by ſuch an emphaticall repetition and heap of words to one purpoſe, the great grace of God in pardoning mens ſin, is plainly and plentifully declared and celebrated; it being a mercy that no words, how wide ſoever, can ſufficiently ſet forth. By the word iniquity, ſome underſtand originall ſin, that peccatum peccans, as the Schooles call it, that [non-Latin text not transcribed] common cauſe and impure ſeminary of all actuall diſobediences. Neither this, nor any of the fruites of it, doth the Lord impute, reckon count, or think to the pardoned finner, 2 Cor. 5.19. Cui non cogitat peccatum, ſo ſome render it, To whom he thinketh no ſin, that is, he reputeth or imputeth it not for a ſin he putteth it not into the reckoning, Iſa. 43.25. & 48.9, 11. the Bill or Bond is cancelled Col. 2.14. and there remaineth no action. Chriſt is our ſuerty, Heb. 7.22. Now the ſuerty and debtour are in law reputed as one perſon. Chriſt is made ſin for us, that is, in our ſtead or place, that wee might be made the righteouſneſſe of God in him, 2 Cor. 5. ult.

And in whoſe ſpirit there is no guile] Sed ſincere & ſine dolo à ſuis peccatis reſipiſcit, & ad Dei miſericordiam ſe recipit. The juſtified are alſo ſanctified, 1 Cor. 6.11. they hide not their ſins as Adam, thy neither excuſe nor extenuate what evills they have done, but think and ſpeak the worſt of their ſins, they lay load upon themſelves, they hate Hy pocriſie and deteſt diſſimulation; it is a queſtion whether they do more deſire to be good, or abhorre to ſeem only to be ſo. B ſil, as he commendeth that ſentence of Plato, that ſeeming ſanctity is double iniquity; ſo hee juſtly condemneth that ſaying of Euripides; I had rather ſeem to bee good, than be ſo indeed. That maxim of Machiavel is the ſame for ſenſe, that vertue it ſelf ſhould not be ſought after, but only the appearance; becauſe the credit is an help, the uſe a cumber. The pardoned finner is ſanctified throughout, waſhed not only from his ſin (the guilt and filth of it) but his ſwiniſh nature alſo (the love and liking of it) he hath no mind to return to his vomit, or wallowing in the mire, ſaith R. Solomon here; he ſaith not Reſipiſcam & denuo peccabo, vel peccabo & reſipiſcam, as R. David ſenſeth it, I will repent, and then ſin again; or ſin again, and then repent. This he knoweth to be incompatible with faith unfeigned, and hope unfailable, 1 Tim. 1.5. 1 Joh. 3.3.

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