Min 38.4. Pfalta.st. tT. Efay 66,s. §.Se3.2. That bee who feelethnot his pinesbath neither faith norrepentance. 416 What thincause required in truerepentance. finding their burthe-iWefome,are wearieofit anddelre to beeafed ; hehearkneth only vnto thofe who from their harts cryout with Dauid, Pfal.38.9.. cAline iniquities aregone suer my head, and as a waightie burthen they are tooheauiefor me: 6. Iam bowedandcrookedveryfore, Igoe mourning allthe day, He refpeteth only thofe who areofa broken heart and con- trite fpirit,for thefèonly performe the conditionof the co- uenant, and confequently, to them alone the promifes con- tained in the couenant doe appertaine. The condition of the couenant is faith and repentance; neitherofwhich dothhee performe wh doth not fee nor feelle theburthen ofhis-finnes :for wee.will neuer refs vpon Chrift for our faluation,_vnleffe wee fee that wee haue no meanes ofour owne to efcape condemnation: wee will ne- uer feekc vnto Chrifttobee our redeemer, vnleffe wee per ceiue that wee are the bondflaues,of finne and Satan : wee will neuer labour to obtaine theriches ofhisrighteoufnefl , vnleffewe difcerne our owne nakedneffe and beggerie : we will neuer come vino Chrift tobee wafhed.andpurged from the pollutionofour finnes and corruptions with his bloud, vnleffe we fee our naturaIi filthineffe : wee will neuer delire tobeeafed ofthe heauie burthen ofour finnes, vnleffe wee feele thew.aight ofthem : we will neuer intreat Chrifl tobe our Phyfition, vnleffe wee find that our foules are ficke in finne : we will neuer goevntohim who is the author oflife, vnleffe wee fee that we are dead in ourfinnes: in a word, we will neuer intreat Gods mercy, vntill wee feele our owne miferie. Iftherefore without this fenfeoffinnewewill neuer come veto Chrif},then confequently without.it we (hall neuer bee eafed, for he freeth thofe onelie from condemnation who rely themfelues wholly vpon him for their faluation;he came tobe their Redeemer alone, who feele their miferable captib uitie,and earnef}ly delire tobe releafed;hewil not inrich any but thofe w^ho perceiue their owne beggerie, and craue re- leefe;he will not wafhanywithhis precious bloud,but thofe who fee their pollu tion_and ñlthineffe,and come voto him intreatinghitn, topurge ,and cleanfe them:he will notsale any
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