CQmfortatlepre'ruattuet ag tin' deli;eration. 451 captiuitieofour fpirituall enemies, finne,death, and the di- T. Rec e t to tuell, and thatheemight fatisfie his fathers iufiice, obtainc the world is theremiflïon ofour fins, and reconcile vs vntohim.Though [due[ants. then our firmes bee many and grieuous, this fhould not hinder vs from comming to Chrifi by a true faith, and firme affurance, that in himwee (hall haue' the remiffion of our finnes,and bee recciued into Gods loue and fauour; nay ra- ther this fhould bee a forcible argument to mecue vs to feeke hishelpe,whenwee find our felues in a delperate cafe, clef-finite ofall meanes whereby we mayattaine vnto falua- tion, Peeing our Sauiour Chrif} came into the world to faue filch as were loft inthemfelues, and inthralled in the mile- rabic bondage of finne and Satan. And this is cuident by the Scriptures: Matth.9. z 3. our Sauiour profef%rh that hee Matt1).9,t ?; came not rocalthe rkhteotts butfi7ncrsto repentance:andLuke Luk. 19 10. x97o. 7heTonneofmanis come to feeke and tofaue.that which iTim.tg. was14. I.Tim,z.x5, This is a truePaying, and by all means worthie to beereceiued, that Iefiu Chrif came into the worldto fastefinners,The Apof}le alfoafrmeth, thatour Sauior Chritl~ bath quicknedvs whowere dead inourfinsand trerpaff, Eph.2. Ephefx.v, z.5.And our Sauiour Chrifl,Matth.z 1.28. doth not only call vnto him fmal fnners,but thole who archeauy ladenwith an intollerable waight offïn,proruifing that hewill cafe them. Seeing thereforehee came into the world to faueand re- deeme grieuous and hainous 'inners, and to giue life vnto thofe whowere euen fiarke dead in their fnnes ; Peeing alfo hee calleth and inuiteth fuch vnto him as arc beanie laden with anintollerable waight of wickednefhe, andpromifeth to cafe them ; let vs not excufe our felues from comming becaufe our finnes arehainous andgrieuous, but therefore let vs the rather goevinoChrifi,becaufe wee hadneedofhis helpe.Ifa manbeing leded with a waightic burthen,fltould refufe the helpe ofa friend, both able and willing to cafe him becaufe his burthen is vcrie heauie, who would not laugh at fuch ridiculous follie ? for therfore he fhould more earnefily delire, and more thankfullieaccept of his friends offered courtele, becaufe himfelfe is tired, preffed downe, andaltogetherunable to bears this intollerable waight : but Gg z Bich.
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