,.Sec1.t. Rearons dravne front the feeind pa- fon Godtit (orine. 45° Comfortableprefruatitlet again" deffieration, ferued it nor yet cle(ired it, forwee werebondfiaues vntoSá. tan andwell contented to liue in his bondage ; wee were children of wrath and dead in our finnes, yea wee were enemiesvnto God and allgoodneffe. And therefore if our mercifull God fo loued vs,while(iwe were in loue with our finnes,at league with his'enernie Satan, andat enmitie with him,that hee fent his dearelie beloued and onelie begotten Sonne todie for vs, that by his death and blòudfhed hee might redeeme and faue vs out ofthis miferable eflate,how muchmore will hee now receiue vs tomercie and pardon, and forgiue our finnes ifwee feeke and fue for grace ? if hee louedvsfo deerelywhenwe hatedhim,and fought al meanes ofreconciliationwhen wee were profeffed enemies againit him, how much more will hee " receiue vs intohis fauour, vwheti as we earnefily delire to be reconciled ? Ifhe fo loued vr,that heefent his fonne to die for our finnes, how inueh- morewill hee remit thofe .finnes for which he hash fatisfied, when as with hartieforrowwe doe hewaile them, and ear- nefilie delire tobee freed from them ? ifheebath giuen his Sonnc tomankind to this end, that hee fhould faue and re- deeme repentant (inners, why fhouldany doubt of their re- demption and faluation, if they turne veto him by vnfained repentance,and lay hold.on Chri(a bya liuelie faith ? and if he haue giuenvs his chiefe Jewell, his onelie begotten and bell beloued Sonne, and that when wee were his enemies, what will he dente vs,when inChri(l we are reconciled vnto him and become his friends? And thus the Apofile reafo- neth,Rom.5.8. God (faith he)fetteth otohis lone tozvar'ds vs, feeing that whilefi we wereyet!innersChrtf .diedforVI. 9.Much more thenbeing no t4ifedby his ,blond, rfe(hallbeefamed f om *raththrough hirn. T o. For i f a-henwe were enemies,wewere re- conciled to God by thedeath ofhis Sonne, much more being recon- ciledzrefhall6efitaed l'y his life. Secondlie, wee may draw moll firme arguments to flrengthen our affurance ofthe remiffion ofour fumes, from the fecond perfon in trinity,our Sauiour lefus Chrifl; for firfl he is our Sauiour and Redeemer, who therefore came into the world that he might faue and redeeme vs out of the captiuitat
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