What things are required in true repentance. 41'' Pfal.t43.6. My feule thirtieth after thee, as the thirj7ie land. Pfal..t43`.E. Which thirfl whofoeuer feeleth,hemay' boldly affurehim- felfe,that he is in the number ofthole v<lhome Chia calleth, and that beewill fatiffie him. Whofoeuer therefore hungreth and thirfleth after the grace;ofGod,and righteoufnes ofChrif};whofoeuer is wea- rie and heauie laden,that is, who fo hath a true fenfe and feeling of his finnes, and is vexed and grieued with the burthen thereof, and with all his heart defireth to bee eafed ofhisbade; thoughhe thinke himfelfe in a moil miferable eflate, yet ifhe comevnto Chriíl,and withblindL'artemeus crieout,O fonne ofDautdhaue mercy onmee,I may fitly fay vnto him, as it was faid-vnto this blind man :.Bee ofgood comfort, for Chrift calleth thee. The loft thing required in thofe whom Chrifl calleth,is, §.Sec`s, g. that they comevnto him. For to whom fhould wee come for 7.hc loll thine eafe,butvetoChrifl himfelfe ? feeing there is neither Saint requiredis nor Angel,that can eafe vs,for the waight ofonefinwould thawe com pre%them downe into hell ; whereas our Sauiour Chrill is able to beare the burthenof our finnes, nay he bath alreadie borne them, that ,1emight be delivered from them. As it I.Pet.2.s.o is,r.Pet. 2...24. neither is it likely,that either Saint or Angell would fowillinglyhelps vs as our Sauiour Chrifl Iefus, who fo tenderly louedvs that he came into the -world to lay downehis ovule moil precious life as a price for our redemp- tion; and though they werewilling, yet they haue not the likc.abilit_ievotohim, who bath all .power in heauen and earth committed vnto him,for working the works ofour re- M.1:.27. dem tion.And therefore,feeing he wanteth neither loue,nor pourer; let vs goe vnto him, and him onely. Otherwife we (hall cómit a double follie,that is, we fhall-leaueChrifl,who is the fountaineofliuing water,and dig vnto our feluesbro.. kenciflernes,whichwillhold nowater. For there is_notfalma- lere.213 tion inany other, neither is thereamong men any othername vnder heauen; whereby mnítt befared. as it is,. A6les..4.12, A&+12° Bee is the way which leadeth vnto eucrlaftinghappincffe;he is the truth,to inflruca vs-in all the counfail_es ofGod; bee is t iç:life.to reuiue,vs, whoweredead in our finnes,,yea the life e 4 án
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