414 lihat thingsare required in true repentance. ofeuerlaflíng life, and the perfe6lion of our heauenly hap- WI 14 6, pineffe, John iq..6, .flee bath taken vpon him our infr,rrit.es, and borne oar patres, hee w,& wounded for our ofence.r, and finitten for our inquities, the pine ofoar nuni meat mu lard Era.53.4 S.6. vpon him, and with his f ripes z,'Ce are healed, Efay 5 3.4.5.6. Towhom therefore fhould wee goe in our Gckenefíe, but to this our hcauenlie Phyfition ? vvhofc l-,elpe fhould we fecke for the curing of our wounds, but the helpe of this our blelfed furgeon,whowill eafily cure them ail, with the pre- cious balme ofhis blood ? whither fhould wee returne after our long wandring, but veto the fhepheard of ourfoules? to whom fhould wee feeke to bee prefei tied from death and damnation; but to him, \vho is the Lord of life and fdu tion ? and therefore leauing all other meanes of our owne (knifing, let vs repaire vnto him, and him i alone, for hee calleth and inu teth vs, protnifng that bee will eafe vs. But how fhould we come vnto Chrifl, and what is meant hereby? furely wee are nottovnderfland a corporali or lo- call comming vnto him, for hee is in ?heauen, and w'ee are vpon the earth; but our comming is fpirituall,not of the body,b tit ofthefoule. §.Sefi.g. And this is twofold, the comming ofrepentance, and ThidcCnsm.ng the commingoffaith: the comming ofrepentance, is pro-. to thrift tzvo perlie toGod the Father: the comming offaith, is to Chrifl ford. Iefus; both which are mentioned, Aéf.2o.a i. itne,/fïng re- lt.ZO, z . pentance tocards Cod, andfaith towards lefìru Chr&. For repentance is nothing, but a turning from our finnes,and a returning toGod:and faith caufethvs togo out ofour felues, vnto Chrifl, feeking faluation in him alone. So that our comming to Chrift, is to beleeue inhim;for lohn. 6. ?f. thus Chrifl himfelfe exnoundeth it, Iohn 6. Pee that 7.37.3 3 5 and g+ cawmeth untomee /h, ll;ioit ht4nger,andhee that belecueth in me, fhallneuer thirft. So -chap.7.3 7.3 8. Ifany man thir.ft, let him comeunto me anddr.n7 e. He that beleeueth to me, as faith the Scripture, out ofhisNellie Jhallfio v riuersofthe water oflife. This then doth Chrifl only require of all penitent (inners, ,'..hoare wearie and heauic laden with the burthen of their finnes,
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