CHAP. VIII. How to make use of Christ, for taking the guilt of our dayly out-breakings away.
THe next part of our sanctification, is in refe∣rence to our dayly failings and transgressions, committed, partly through the violence of temp∣tations, as we see in David and Peter, and other eminent men of God; partly through dayly infir∣mities, because of our weaknesse and imperfections: for in many things we offend all Iam. 3: 2. and if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us 1 Iohn. 1: 8. A righteous man falleth seven times Prov. 24: 16. There is not a just man upon earth▪ that doth good and sinneth not. Eccles. 7: 20. and Solomon further sayeth 1 King. 8: 46. that there is no man that sinneth not. This being so, the question is, how Christ is to be made use of, for taking of these away.
For satisfaction to this, it would be considered, that▪ in those dayly outbreakings there are two things to be noticed, first there is the Guilt, which is commonly called Reatus poen•…•…, whereby the trans∣gressour is liable to the sentence of the law, or to the penalty annexed to the breach thereof, which is no lesse then God's curse▪ for cursed is every 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that abideth not in all things, which are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the