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Gojpel

.rl'`enai

saon.

remember them, to humble

thy

foul

for them,

and

to renew

thy

repentance

but he

will

not

remember

them to upbraid thee

with

them,

nor

would he have others do it.

Beza

fpeaking

of

himfelf

when

he

was

young,

He

made

force

vain

and finful

`Poems,which

his

Enemies

upbraided

him

with

afterwards, and

call

them

in

his teeth,

(ayes

he,

Thefe

men envy

me

the

grace

of

God,

becaufe

God

has

vouchfafed

to

me his

grace, they

envy me,

and calf

in

my teeth

the evil

that

I

have

formerly

done

:

Oh

what

a

comfort

and

priviledge

is

this to

thee

1

Oh

thou believing

foul, though thou

wer't

never

fo

wicked

and abominable

before,

yet

I

tell thee

from

God

this

day,

in

whofe

prefence thou

ftand-

eft,that

he

will

never

remember thy

fin

any more

;

and

this

may

be a

might/

encouragement for

men and women

to

believe

and

turn

from

all

their

wicked wayes, though thou haft

been

never

fo

vile,abominable,and wicked

:

yet

be

it

known nnto

thee

this

day, that

if

thou wilt

come

in

and believe,

God

will

never

mention

any

of

thy

wickedneífes

more,

they (hall

be

fo

forgot-

ten

as

they

(hall

never

be

mentioned

;

thou

it

may be,

art

afraid

that

either here

in

this

life,

or

at the

day

of

Judgement

all

thy

fins

(hall

be

charged

on

thee

;

well,

be

not afraid:

perhaps

there

are

many

of

you

that are

confcious

to your

felves

of

great

fins

committed

,;

and

you

would

give a

thoufand

Worlds- to

be

dif-

charged

of

them

:

Oh

fay force,

there

are

fuch and fuch fins

committed,

that are

fo

great,

that they

cannot

be

forgiven

;

I

may

mourn

and

grieve

for them,

but

what

(hall

I

be

the better

?

the

fins

of

my

youth

lye

fo

heavy on me, and

God

and

my own

Confcience upbraids

me

;

and

what comfort

can

I

have in

my

life,

when

God

and

my

own

Soul

upbraids

me

?

Well,

be

of

good

comfort,

and

be

incouraged,

this

day to

come

in

and be-

lieve

this

blefï'ed

tidings ,

that where

God

pardons

fin,

he will

mention them no

more,

and

he

will

take

it very

ill

at

the

hands

of

any

that

(hall

mention

them to upbraid thee

for

them.

Seventhly,

Yet

further,

to

fet

forth

the

fulnefs

of

this

mercy,

when

God

pardons

fin,

they

Pall

be

fo

done

away

as

that they

(hall

not be

found.

Jens

0.20.Inthofedayes

the

Iniquity of Ifrael

(hall

be

fought

for,and

there (hall be

none

;

,and

the

fins

of

Judah,

and

they

Pall

nit

be

fotand

;

for

I

will

par*

them, whom

I

re-

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2

ferve