Comfortable Preyérw,ztiue$ gaint' fper Trion. 413 the couenantwhich hehathmade with vs. For lice bath net oneiv made this his couenantwith vsby wordofmouth, but he háth alfo committed it to writing; and not contenting hitnfelfe heretiv ith,that there might be noplace left to doub- ting, lice hath confirmed and ratified his hand-writing by> adding thereunto his feales,which áre the Sacraments; as firlithe Peale ofBaptifine, whereby he affurcthvs,that being outwardly receiued into thebodie ofthe Church, and in- wardlie ingrafted into the bodie ofChril}, wee haue all our finnesand filthie corruptions wafhedaway with his preci_ ousbloud, as the outward filth of thebodie is wafhed and purged by the wafhing ofwater. The vertue of which fpiri- tuallwafhing is not limitedand refirained to the timepat}'or prefent,asthotgh it wafhed away onclie our originall cor- ruption, as fame haue foolifhly imagined, but extendeth it felfe to the whole courfe of our lines : fo that if falling into many and grieuous finnes we vnfainedly repent vs of them, and applyChrifa Iefus andhis merits vnto vs by a true and liuely faith,we may beaffuredof the pardon and forgiuenes ofthem all, for this was protnifcd,fealed andconfirmed vn-, to vs in our Baptifme. Secondly, the Lord hath further con- firmed this his couenantby the Sacramentofhis Supper, for hehath thereforeinflituted andordained it, that therebywe fhouldbe put inmindof our Sauiour Chrif}s death and fuf- frings, to the endthat we may gather more and more affu- ranee, that our Sauiourgaue his hle%dbódie tobe crucified and flied his moll precious bloud, that heemight take away the curie ofthe law, and naile it vnto his cro%;free vs from his fathers angerbybearing it himfelf, andbyhis death deli -.. uervs from euerlaf}ingdeath, and byhisbloodfhed wafha-- wayal our finnesandcorruptions.And hence it is that the A poí}le calleth the wine in the Lòrds fuppet, the new Tefla- ment in Chrif}sblood, becaufe thereby the'new Teffament is Pealed and confirmed vnto vs. And therefore whenfoeuer wee receiue the Sacrament of the Lords fupper; the Lord doth therebycertainely af:ftrevs that our finnes inChrifi are pardoned and forgiuen, and that hee hath receiued vs into his loue and fauour ; yea the. Lord bath not onclie ratified. aai>.
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