match. i 1.30. §:Sec7.6. :not God is not angry with The :bough hefee- meth tofrown(' Ca I. 20,2 T. PfaItn,10 3o6 That gadsanger tevards thefitithfullisfitaljleoily, "111' m intilttudeoflinfullfief%and forfinitecondedJîrnein thefleft, that the righteonfizoffe ofthe /awemight befulfilled invs, as it is Rom.8.3 .4. Moreouer,' we are not now tied to performeo_ bedience to the law,to the end that therebywe may be ittfli- fied,nor yet 1113.11 we for the imperfeelionsofthis our obedi- ence be in danger of condemnation, but now onely it is a meansbefore our conuerfiontobring vs to.Chrifl, by fhew. ing vnto vs our finnes and infufficiencie in our felues, and after our conuerfion it ferueth for arule-or fquare,according to which we are to frameour hues in holineffe and righte- oufneffe, that fo we may Phewour thankefulneffe vntoour heauenly father for his ineftimable benefits,_ byglorifying his name inagodly life. And becaufe rhis-alfo is bitter and vnpleafant to flefhand blood, therefore the Lord hath alto grantedand giuen vnto vs his holy feirit, which mortifieth our corruptions, wherebywe are made leffeprone vnto fin; and quicknethvs in the inner man, inabling vs to performe obedience in fome meafureto thelavv of Gad,withalacritie and cheerefulneffe, fo that now his commandments are not grieaoas vnto vs, as theApoifie fpeaketh,r John 5.3. but his yoke which fo much galled vs while we wererebellious,and likevntamedoxen, is now become eafie, and his burthen which heretofore was foheauy and irkefome , is nowbe. come light,as our Sauiour tellethvs,Marth:II.3o: Fourthly,the temptermayobie& to the weake confcience which laboureth vnderthe burthenoffinne,that our Sauiour Chrift hathnotredeemed vs from the anger ofGod due for finne, feeing we -I'M fee his frowning countenance, and ap. prehend thefeorchingheate ofhis wrath inflamed againftvs: but let all know,that ifthey trulybeleeue inChrift, and only rely themfelues vpon this their Mediator, if their finnespaft grieue thein,and theypurpofe for the time to come3-to-labor that theymay forfake them ; then they are reconciled vnto Godby Chrif}, and in him hee is become their louing and gracious father, as the Apoftle telleth vs, Col.r.20.2 I . Let mt fuch therefore be difcouraged, ifGod feeme to frowne ;pmthem for a time, for hewill not frOwnefor euer,nor vaies retainc hi,s anger,as the PfalinifIfpeaketh, Pfal,t Nah,
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