206 The Prae lice of `Piety. but becaufe hee is fo patient, therefore doe thou the rather repent. Thefaurth hinderance of Piety. 4. The Prefornptson of Gods mercy. For when men are iuíily conuinced oftheir fìnnes,forth- with they betake themfclues to this Shield, Chrif1 is merci- iK : fo that euery firmer makes Chriftthe Petrone o= his finite; as though bee had come into the World , to bolfter finne ; and not to deffroy the worker of the Diriell. Hereupon the car - nail Chriffian prefumeth, that though hee contiueth a)while longer in his finite, God will not fhorten his dayes. But what is this but to be an Impli- cite Adrift ? Doubting , that eyther G ® D -teeth not his firnes, or if bee doth, that bee is not ilia : for if hee leeueth that God is it'll, how can, 'Ice thinkethat; God, who for;
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