~hap.r.Sect.I. Book JU. neife and gr~atnetfe e-nough: in the name 'feh~vah-, btit wemerited £o little good,. and demerited fo much evil; ~hat in It alone there bad been fmall -comfort fo£ us; but in the name refuJ there is comfort, and with the name 'fefus t~ete is comfort in the Name of God ; in old times God was known by his Names o f Power , and of Ma jefty , ·and of his Nature, but his Name ofmercy was referved till now; when God did purpofc tO pome out the whole ~treafure of his mercy by the mediation ofhis Son. And as this· Name is exa!Led above all names , fo are we to exalt his mercy above all his .workes. 0 it is an ufeful Narne; in all depths, . diftrdfes ; miferies, perplexities , we befeech G.od by the Name .· of 'fefuJ to make good his own Name, not to bea_i'itfor nought, . buus he is a.Saviour,fo tofave us; tnd this is o~r comfort, that God wi~l llCver fo remember our wqetched finnes, a~ to forget · h:isewnbletfed'-Name, and cfpecially this Name {efuJ . 0 ic is, me· !iigh~ft,the:,deareft, tfl~ fweeteft Name to us ofalf· thc'narrtes . 0£-Gocii. · · The reafon of this name was given bythe Angcl to {ofeph ~ thou [halt call hiJ Name [rfus,for he ford! fave his peop le from their Mattb,t .u : jin.nu. But why from their finnes? we feem rather willing to b e faved from poverty , ignominy,plague, prifon, deat h , hell , the Devil; finne is a thing that troubles but a few ; 0 how few ! how very few be there that break their fleep for their Gnnes ? a- las I alas! finne (ifwe underfland) is the very worft of ev ils : : there is no poverty but finne ; there is no iliame but fin ne; there : ~s n& pla~.ue t~ that of finne; ther~· is no ptifan 1'· &dt cMt ·pri~o'n . t-s ~ ·Pa»achfewid'loutl!nne; tberetsno cfe-atli char harha:ny fbng 1 Cor.xr. 1c> . irrin but' for !iintte; tht fling ofdeaJh is ftnne, fait'h the A:pofi.le ; · take out the fring~ and you may pur the·Serpent in your bofoine; nay, lie fay more, there is no hetl bur (br Gnne.; finne fi:rft kind·ledc:he fi re of hell , finn·e fuels it; r:rke a-w~y fin'ne, and thar wrment.ing I! lffie gol!s out ! a,rrd for the :tM'd, finne is his Tnfbnment wh·ereby he works all mifEhief. how cort.esa man to. b"e· :r Oa.ve no ~ ann but by Gnne ? putfor finnerhe bcvtfhac! n(} bo(ineffe in the Wotld ; but ·for finne ·be cou~d never bblrt a . foul - • ':· · · What :rbubdance or benefits are~ her.~ · in oneiorcr, foe (h.t!l fiw:e·· his peop-le f~om thtit frnnes ?· there is n'O. evif incident to mart) .bull it cea\feth w be evil wheh fi'nne is gone ; if {e/us take : a:w"a,y;
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