54Of the Power - with, when the.counfell and direetion they giye, We are fcarc~ ceive, and much lelfe eo put_in prattice. As if,all_ our life time we beie:v:d thepermiftton ofJi:nnes; as ~f _chat were the arttc~e ofour faith all our life long, and the article ofwm[l1on ofJinne;, never till the point ofdeath. And thts may ferve, fhortly to fet forth umo us thisprifon oft!Je foul • w hich ifany conceive not, by that which bath beene faid,I mull faywi~h ler3\'·ulr. ,,~he·~rop~et to them; that.fure, there is fucfo. a thing and that In no)!iftimG mt:thgetu h.ecplane,at thm latter end (I Wt~,before;_ butfure:hen) the-/ fhall very plamely underftand, that fuch a-thmg there 1s. · But now, they chat have either felt or beleeve, that fuch an imprifon~ ment there is, will be glad_ to hea:e,_tha~ there is a Power, whereby they may beenlarged: And thts very _udmgsmgenerall, that there is arJVmit· tuntur, that men may have deliverance from thefe fetters, this prifon, Good ty– dings that ther< is ll.tthis ftreigl,tnejfe or anguijh of theJoule, mull: needs be very acceptable and welcome tydingstothem. For which very point (even that there is a f!?!mittuntur) what thankes are we eternally bound to render unto H<b. 2.16. G0 'D? For I tell you, l:\l..tifquam Angelos apprehendit, the Anzels never found the like. For, the Angels) 'll>hichk.ept_not theirfirst eftate,f,at/, He refer)!ed in e"verlafting chaines of dark.meffi, to the judgement of the great Iude 6. 1Jay. Their chaines, e"verlafting; their impri(on~nt, F_erpetua!l: No CommifSion to be fued for them : No if\!mittuntur eu; But with man it is not [o. To him, deli"veran~e; to him,~loo(ing of the chaines :tohim, openingoft-be prifon is promifed. For his finnes, a commifsion is granted . , .. out, his finnes have a f!?!mittuntur. This, is a high and fpeciall priviledge of our natur.e, to be had by us in an e"erlalling thankfull remembrance. r~r.I F. u. s·0that no man needeth now, abruptly to fay wirhrhofe inleremie, 1)e. f~ra)?imus, we are defperate, now, we nevedhall be forgiverl, let us Ezrato.z 1\0W doe what we !ill:. No : but (as it is faid in Ez..ra) Thougln11e ba)!t Ezek. 1 g. 3 o. grievoujly finned, yet there u /,ope for all tlJat: and (as tnEz,,ekiel) that we · · .may fo ufe the matter, thaoPeccata nojfra non emnt nobis infcandalum, Our fin ne.r [hall not be our drftruEtion. Which very poim is both an efpeciall fiay ofour hope, and a principal! meanes ofmanifell:ing unto us the great goodndfe ofGod. . ' · Remiffio" ' · Which goodnelfe of God as it doth fhew.forth it {Cife in this iirl!: lirll,before (that, fuch.a power there i~ :) fii do_rh itfecon.dly and .~?.lelfe, in ~h~or. 11.<(~""!''· •' der that (where hoth acts ar-e mentioned, as well retammg, as mmttmg) He placeth the power ofremitting firfl:. Which very forti~g of r~em in -·"I ,that order,~ doth .plllinely fhew ll}Jto us, whereunto GoJof~1s_ goo~. nelfe is ·r!HDfi inclinable; and which ofthem ic is, that:is chepnn~1pailm His intent. That to:l·emit, is mor~ propercoBim,and t~at He ts mor: ready to it,. and that,it is firl!:; firfl: in His purpole, ~dhn Hts gt;antli. E~·ay z8.2. and that to the other He commeth but fecundanly, but by ocs 1• on, when t'h!= form~r cannot take plac;e.,. For, of re~itting Ji1m~, Hee take~h the ground fr~m !fim~elfe,.and~cil; rfr~m any other ; and•}~~::
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