Neithedinnc nor emptines, fl1ouldd!fcou– rage u~ trotll beleeving for· giuendl:C. When we doubt offor. eiuendlewe forget Chrift. o n s· Tothis,Ianfwer briefly,that wharfoever thou feefr, that difcourageth thee, that thou feefi in thineowne heart, when thou refledefl: upon ir, it iseitherfinne or emptindfe.. Thatis ·; Awant ofthatrighteOtifndiethadhoula ·be in thee. Ifie beftnne, the grearneffe ofhis mercy is able to [wallowit up.And·ifit beemptinefle,knowthis, that he is rich in mercy,andAllft1ficient,able to befiow this riches,euen upo nothing: you kno'\v hedidbefiow all the glory ofthe Creature on it when it was nothing. There was notping, you know,whenhemadetheworld: wh-en·he mad~ the Angels, what was it he bell:owedhis riches upon~ And is he not able to befiow it on thee, though therbe anemptines!n thineheart~Therfere;thinke with thy-felfe,what is.the exceeding greath€SUfhisloue. It was agreai:louethat mo~ ved him to giueehrift to us; but after we are in chrifl then you mufi confider this, that his loue bath increafed to aful objeet,his loue is fully be– flowed on him, and is derived fromCl;rift to us. When we doubtfo much of the forgiuenes of our fins, itis becaufc we forget Chrift, wethinke Gods loue is·pitched immediatly upon us. I fay, thatwillhelp~us, though there be anemptinelfe, yet he is able to befiow all this upon nothing:but this willhelpeus much more, when the fulnelfe of10ue,which fals upon his Son,is dedved upon us,it is not befl:owed upon us immediatly. Now · thou mu.fithinke with thy felfe, though there be nothing in me, why he fhould bellow fo great a 1 degreeofloueon me, as.to fwallow up all my finnes, · •
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