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Gojpel
Remfsion.
Thirdly,
Thou
di.
fhonoureft
the
pardoning
grace
of
God,
by
having
low
thoughts
of
it,becatafe
it
is
contrary
to
the
Scriptures.
For
the main
(cope
of
all
the Scriptures
is
to
magnifie
the
pardoning grace
of God,
and
to
fet
it
out
in its
greatnefs
to
thy
foul,
and
thou
mak'ft
it
thy
main
work
to undervalue
it. Lutherfags,
thefcope
of
the
whole
Scriptures are
but this
,
that
we
might
know
and
acknowledge
God
to
be
a
gracious
and
merciful
God
;
and
agreater
than
Luther
fpeaks
this
;
that
is
a
notable
Text
of
Scripture
in
the Aets
of
the
Apoftles
io.
42,
43. And
he
commanded
us
to
preach unto the
people,
and
to
teftifie,
it
is he
that
was
ordained
of
God
to be
the
fudge
of
CQickand
Dead.
To
himgive
all
the Prophets
witnefs,
that
through
his
name
whofoever
believeth
in
him
fhall receive
remit-
f
:on
of
fins.
Mark,
to him
give
all
the
Prophets
witnefs,
that
through
his name
,
whofoever believeth in
him
(hall receive
re-
mi(fon of
fins
:
So
that
it
is
the
fcope
and intention
of
all
the
Prophets,
to witnefs this
to.
a
poor
foul,
that
whofoever be-
lieves
in
him
(hall
receive remiflïon
of
fin
:
You
will
fay,
whofoever
believes
on
him,
but
there
is
all
the
Qeftion
;
but
thou hindreft
thy
feif
of
believing, thou
wouldft
have
affurance before
thou
doff
believe,
thou
muff believe
that
thou mayeft
have
it, that
is,
thou
muff
venture
and
call:
thy
foul
upon this
grace
of
God ;
all
the Prophets witnefs
this
,
that
whofoever
believes on
him (hall
receive remiffion
of
fins
;
therefore by
thy
fitting
down in
thefe
fullen
difcou-
raging
thoughts
of thy
heart
,
thou
giveft
a
lye
to
all
the
Prophets
of
God
, thou
giv'ft
not
a
lye only to our preach-
ing,
for
certainly
fo it is,
God
fees
it
fo,
but
to all
the
Pro-
phets
of
God
:
now when
God
makes
it
the
work
of
all
the Prophets to
witnefs forgivenefs
of
fins
by
Chrift
,
wilt
thou
make it
thy work
to object
againff
it
?
Again, Know that
thy
reafonings
are
quite
contrary
to
the Scriptures,
for thou
reafoneft, that pardoning
mercy will
not
be
thine,
becaufe
thy
fins
are
fo
great, Pfal. 25.
I
I.
Da-
vid
cries
to
God to
pardon his
iniquities
for
they
are
great,
he
makes
the greatnefs
of
his
fins, an
argument to
drive him
to
God,not
from God,and
this
is
Gods
own
argument, Gen.8.
21.
I
will not
again
curfe the Ground any
more
for
mans
fake
;
why?
for