eAjfliRed'Confcien~eJ. 435 and· number, and therefore -! am af&aid the haiIioufneffe of my finnes will hinder my_ acceptation; . though the invitation be moil: fweet and pretious; Be it fo; yet the Spirit ofGod in the fame Chapu·,. cloth .purpofely meet with, and remove that very fcruple: Let the Vvick!d, faith He, for (a~ hu Wtq, ' and the unrigbteom mAn hu thout.hts: (And this is 1:"!.:l1' ri :'1;)1 ~ode/! thy Cafe ; Thou art unfainedly fet againft all finne :,mtiplic~rf. ., both inward and outward) Andlet him returne unto • f?u J'~ E'il'~~retcrgv the Lord) and hee Will have mercy upon him, l#nd to ;,:t;•.tt, ~'il'!fS71"~ our god, for he wilt abundantly pardon, veri: 7•. Hee Gratia ~ ~=~~;.tanta wilf not onely have mercy upon thee, but he wxll aliO copia juit effufa, ut ahundantly pardon.Hewxll.1 multiply His pardons, ac:.. peccatum n~n ~~uar~t cording to thy provocations and that with g fopmt- 1~odfJ, ~d ettam m:f-~t· '- d. R ' tuparttbu; {uperarlt. vun ance, om.5. 20. Beza . · 1· 1~ all t~is wjll nett yet .doe; Hee defc~nds out 4 . H; intreatcs. of the mfimte nches of hu grace to a m1racle of further mercy; For the mighty Lord ofHeaven and earth fends Ambaffadours urito us, duO: and afhes, wormes and no men, to_.befcech m to he reconciled Hn- _,to him. "l'{_ow then we are Am6ajfadours for Chrifl, M · though qod did hefeech you by m ; Wee pray you in Cb-riftsflead, h yee recon~iledunto God, 2 Cor.).20. What man can pofsibly ponder feriouDy upon this Place; but muO: be tranfported wifh extraordinary ' admiration ; nay,adoration ofthe bottomldfe depth and infinite height ofGods incomprehenfible, ever1 lafring &free love:We mofi abhorred,vile wretches, . are the Off:nders,Traitors, Rebels and enemies, and oqght to feek &fue unto him firfr, UJJon the knees Qf · our foules,trerrrbling in the duil::& ifit were po.fsible with teares of blood; and yet he begins unto us, intreating us by his owne Son,and his fervants the !vlinifrers,to come in;accept his favour and grace, enter intothewlje & goodw~,which is ipretiom,profitahle1 iSee Prov.3.13)t 1, honora!J/tnndplea(ant, that he ffiay hereafter fet Up• 16 ' 17• oo our heads everlail:ing Crownesofglory and bl.iffe. E e -4 An
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