The Lord ismercifuO, to thebumble. 115 rhat ifaman doth humble himfelfe hee will forgive him~ Then this is a mdttcrof gre~tconfolation; when l can fay from Go o to any one here that droopes, that if thou doell: and wilt hu~ble thy ' telfe, the Loa owill forgive thee ;confiderit,this is newes from heaven. I · 'Put the cafe (to compare fpirituall rhingswith : things whichyouare more fenfible of) that any of ; you had committed high treafon againfi t,he King, and thou badll: forfeited thy life and goods; if any .one fuould come·from theKing to rhee,and tel thee, that if thou wouldefl: goe to him and humble thy felfe it 1houldbe pardoned : And is not our cafe the fame~ Wee are guilty ofeternall death, and have forfeired life and all : when therefore Go o him– felfe iliall fay, l(thDMwill humhlethyfelft, thyji11nes jba/J IJee fDrgt'IJtn, what comfort is it!' fuch aWOrd ·as- this fhould not beleft. A tHan that knowes the bitr"erneffe offinne,would waite andwa'ite agaioeto i gain fucha word ~Sthis from theL o a o s mouth, 1 · and would ke~pe it as his life. It was not a light ·· I thing tG> get fuch a word as this fromG o o , none ! but a favorite could get it, nay none but his Sonne, • andheenot, but byhis death; if CH a I ~ T had·. not provided this Charter for us, every manlhould have dyed in his finnes. Now this wecan and doe fay fromG.9 o throughC H R I s 'I' , ·that though your finnes.be·grear, and:you have f<rllen into them j many a time and comitted them with theworfr of circymfiaBces ~yet ifthou humblefl: thy felfe, thou 1 ,iliale bee forgiven 5 fo as 1 thou mayefr fay, .l may challenge Gedof his promife, and punhis bond in · _ . _ I 2 _ _ .. fuire \
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