' ' 7~4 Book.IV.Part-4- Lookingunto1ef~ts. Cbap.z.Sed.6 ···.·1 J •. a,s the found of many waters: or ifwe are dazled with his glory, methinks at leail: we fuould hearc his voyce, as ifhe faid,Jenre'~Jot, I tm1the flrft and tht !aft, I am he that liveth, and 'WM dead. ana behold I am 11l~v,~ for ev<rmore. Amen~ q. d. Come, caft 'your fouls on me; tt 15 I that have conquerea fin, death, and hell for you; it is I that have hroke the 1erpents head, that have took away · the fring of death, that have cancelled the bond of the hand.writing againfi you, that have in my hands a general acquittance and pardon of your fins; come, take it, take me, and rake all wtrh me-; fee your names written in ,the acquittance that I tender; take out the copy of it in your own hearts; only beleeve in him who isrifen againeforyour juitification.---0 my foul what fayil: thou to this frill fweet voyce ofChrift ? ihall he who is the Saviour ofmen, and glory ofAngels de!ire thee to beleeve, and wilt thou not fay Amm to it ? Oh how ihould I blame tl:tee for thy unbelief? what afperfions doth it caft on Chri~p "'he hath done all things well! he ~ath fatisfied wrath, fulfilled the law, and God hath acquttted htm, pronounced him juft, faith he is contented,hecan defire no more; but thou fa) fi by unbelief that Chrift hath done nothing at all, unbelief profeffeth Chrifui5 ·not dead, or at lea.fr not rifen from the dead ; un~lid profe~~th that juilice is not fatisfied , that no jufiification is procured; that the wrath ofGod is now as open to defiroy us.as ever it was. Oh that Chrifr ihould be crucified againe in our_ hearts by our unbelief; come, take {hrift upon his tenders and offers, embrace him with both armes. ---------!'-------~----- SE:cT . 6. Of/oving fe(HJ in that rejefl.' 6.l Etuslove{efm, ascarryingonthe great work .ofour- . ./ falvation for us in his·refurred:ion; furely if we hope ;ffi_,Chrift, andbeleeve in Chrifr, we cannot but love Chrift ; jf -, ·.<Uiiifts,x:(furr{.etiorf~e -our fuftification, and fo tbe ground both ' dfour'liifP.C aJidfait~~ . how fuould we but love him, who hath ·· ' - ' · - -· · ·· -- done.
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