Comfortahle Preferuitiues agaiffl dcfperatíon. . 4.1 and therefore ifwe turne vntoGod by vnfained repentance, and lay hold vpon our Sauiour Chrif} and his merits by a liuelyfaith, wehaue our quietus efl, and general acquittance, whichGod hiinfelfe hath pronounced from heauen in the pretenceofmanywitnef}es,faying,Thw is mywelteloued Son, in whom t amwellpleaJed, that is,in whom I am deli ghted,and ref} fully fatisfied,andwell contented, Matth.3.z 7. Maul:.; 17. .+. T CHAP. XXXI1ÌI. Ofthe thirdeArgamentgrouudedvpon Godtratth. I-e third argurrient, wliercby all thofewho re- pent and beleeuemay be Allredofthe pardon and reu ifiion oftheir finnes; is groundedvpon Gods truth ; for the Lord ismòfi truc,yea truth it felfe, andallhisprorstifes in Chriît areyea, and Amen. He is a faithfull and true witneffe,and whatfoeuer he bath fpoken !Ball beaccompliflied; fo that though the hea- uens decay,'and waxéold like a gaament, though the funne lofehis light, and the moone be turned into bloud, though the earth tremble and quake, and the foundations of the mountaines bee mooued and !hake, yea,thoughheauen and earth andall things thereincontained perifh-andpaffeaway, jetThalnotone tot or title ofhis word fall to the ground vnaccorn- plijhed.And therefore whatfoeuer the Lordhath promifed in hisword,that he will moll vndoubtcdlyperforme, for hee is lehoua, whö hauing his effence and being inand fromhim- felfe alone; giueth being vino all thingselfe,efpecially to his word andpromifes.Büt hé hathpromifed to all b'eleeuersand repentant (inners, that hee will inChrif} Iefuspardon al their" fús,and will receiue them into his grace arid fauour: and therefore ifwee beleeue and ref} vponour Sauiour Chrifl"a- lane for our faluation, truely repenting vs ofail our finnes, wemay afftireour felues,that thoughour finnes be neuer fo litanymidgrieuous, yet the Lord will receiuevs tomerèïe and pardon and forgiue them.' But-thatthepôore foule -ouîtdedwithfin,andgroning for Wearints 4.sea.I. Of Gods truth in hispromi- [es. z.Cor. LAO, Apoc.i.y. Match.g.Y;" .Set.
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