4 t Comfortablepre(ruatiuetagednftdefperation, fuchand greater follie'doe they commit, 'whobeingpinched and oppreffedwith the heauie burthen of their Genes, doe through their infidelitierefufe the helpe ofChrifi, offering hintfelfe to releafe andcafe thetn,vnder this pretence,becaufc their burthenis ouer heauie ; for becaufe to them it is intol- lerable, therforethey-fhould rather goe unto Chria and ear- nef}ly defire to beeafed and releafcd, feeinghee is not onelic able, forhis power is omnipotent, but altomo.t} \\'illing, for he bath moll gratioufly promifed,and fzcely offred his helped That theprice Móreoucr;we neede not to doubt ofthe futlìciencie ofthe which Chrifl icewhich our Sauiour hath forour redem tion for it inch 7aid,ur paid P s our redemp. is ofinfinite value,and ofmore vertue and power to iuflifie tionfarre and ffaué; then all the finnes of the world to condemne and exceedeths!t :defiróy; fo that though wee were the 'greatefl (inners that aur¡44es. , cuerliued,yea,though the waight ofall Gnne which euer in the world bath bin committed did lievponvs, yet themerits ofChrif} and theprice which hee paid, for Our redemption doefarre exceede them ; and ifwe come unto him by a liudy faith ref}ing vpon hima'one for our faluation,hewill furelie cafe vsof this intollerable burrhen. And therefore though the grieuoufneffe of our Gnnes fhould increafe our repen- tance, yet they fhöuldnot dimi nifb our faith and affurance ofpardonand forgiueneffr, for though our debt were neuer fogreat, ourfttertie Christ Iefushath paid it to thevttermof} farthing;thoughourliinties are neuer fomany andgricuous, Pct,L24.., our Sauiour hashborne them all vpon the croffe his ozone body, and fully fatisfyiñg Gods iufliccfor rhem,hath freed and de. liueredvs from thisheauieburthen. Thoughwe wereneuer fo deeply inthralled in the bondage ofourfpiritual enemies, yetour almightyredeemerhath freedvs out ofcaptiuity and bathpaida fufficient price for our ranfome ; and thoughwee hadnoright or inter&} in the kingdotneofheatten; yet our Sauior hath deerely purchafed it forvsby his precious death andbloudfhed; aidtherefore feeing in Chrif} wee haue ful- lie.fätisfied Gods iuffice; and fullie merited the pardon of our finncs; feeing in him wee haue not onelie paid. our debt, but allo giuen a fùfñcientprice for the purchafing of eternall:happineffe,.wvee neede not to make any doubt of the.
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