244 Ofthe s: eanet whereby wemay the affuredofeur eleEhsort. ac`tions ofChriflian liberalitie, hee will, pronounce the fen- tence ofeuerlaflingioy and happineffe at theday ofiudge Match ,s5.34, ment, Matth.2 5.34.3 5.3 6.and on the other fide,thathe will 3$.&c. pronounce the fentence (4condemnation againíl the neg.. leétorsof thefe dutiesof Chri Chancharitie,verf4 r .42.43. The recoil(' fgne oftrue loue is forgiuing, when as we are . readie for Gods fake and in obedience to his commande- ment to remit andpardon thofe injurieswhich are offredvs; z.Cor.r3.5.7. for loue is not prouokedtoanger,and thereforemuch leffe to re- uenge ; itfazfrethall things,it indureth-all things,as it is, i .Cor. 13.5.7. Nay,it doth not onlynot render euill fór euill,but it Rotil.Ia.t9. ouercommeth euill with goodneffe, leauing reuenge vnto sL God;and to hisdeputies and vicegerents the Magiílrates as we may fee in the example:ofour Sauiour Chrifl,and thebief.. fedMartyr Steffenwho prayed for their perfecutors; -whofe example weare to imitate,as the Apoflle exhorteth,Rom. i2. Rom1z144 14. 73life them thatperfecuteyou, 6l0. I fay and curienot: And fonull we haue acertaine figueof true loue and anvn- doubted note ofGods fpirit dwelling invs, oftheremiffion ofour finnes,andconfequentlyofoureledionand faluation. For naturally weare Wolues, Leopards, Lions, yea-Cocka- trices who kill with theirlookes, as the Prophet. fpeaketh Efa,116:8 Efa,1 r.6.8. and like bruit and fauage beaflswilling tooffer all iniuries, but impatientoffuf ringany :and therfore when our fauage crueltie is turned into charitie, and we become as meeheand harmeleífe,as the lambe,calfe,orlittle child,it is a manifell figue:that our flout courages are abated andbeaten downe with the rod ofChrifis mouth, that wee areborne a- new and quickenedby his fpirit, and that nowweare feated in the mountaineofhis holineffe, and (hail be heires ofhis kingdoive ofglorie. So alfo herebywe are affuredofthe re- mifíion ofour Pinnes, whenwe findour felues readie andwil- ling to forgiue ourneighbours; for-our Sauiour Chrifi bath protnifed, that ifwe- doeforgiue men their tr.c/bafjer, our hea- Mactb.6.14,, uenly fzrher willafoforainevs, Matth.6.14. and confequent- lywee may affuredly gather, thatwe are iuflified,called, e- le6ted,and fhall be glorified. §ziSfa.IOft. The ninth ligneofthe childofGod ele6 ed to faluation is the.:
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