Comfortable 7" refruatduesagainl defperar on.. 453 the pardonof our finnes, andofpofl'efling ofour heauenly :inheritance, for the Lord cannotin iuftice hold that fromvs whichofright appertaineth vnto vs; may we may allure our Cues that though hee could yet beewould not ; for «'ho can imagine that the.Lord whoofhis bounteous liberalitie giueth vnto vsmore thenwe can deferue or deure,will keepe fromvs that whichofright appertaincth to vs ? that he who for his owne namefake without any refpe6 ofourworks or worthineffe freely multipliethhis - benefits vpon vs, thould withhold out rightfull inheritance in his heauenly king- dome fromvs, whichourSauiour-Chrifl hath purchafed for vsbyhispretious death and bloodfhed?and.therefore fecing wehaue vndoubted right to the pardonofour finnes becaufe Chrifl Iefus bath fatisfiedfor them, andhatitle to our hea- uenly inheritance whichour Sauiour hath purchafed for vs with fo deare and al-fufficient aprice, letvs in the name of Chrift goeboldly vnto the throneofgrace, defiring a gene- -tall acquittance ofthat debt which is alreadie paid, nay let vs not feare to approch the throne of Gods feuere iuflice, .andtoclaime our heauenly inheritance which Chrift hath fo dearly purchafed. Furthermore we arcto confider that- our Sauiour and repa. . deemer is fo gratious andbountifull, fo rich in mercy, and That Chr:ßls fo full of all power vertue and perfeaion, that our finnes povver, mercy,, .Ihouldnot difcourage vs from comming vnto him ; for the and merits is._ more tniferable,wretched,and fnful weare,the more fit fub- moremarufe- fledbyfor- iecls we are, whereupon he may exercifeand thew the in- giuipg gee. finite riches ofbounty, mercy, vertue andall fufficiencie. If uous fsnnens.e we werebut a little foiledwith.finne, it were not fo great a matter tomake vs cleane,but when we are mofl filthily de- filed, andour pollutionis ingrained in vs as it were with a fcarlet die; whenourvncle.ane corruptionflicks as fall toour foules as the 7ïthiop anblackneffe to their skins, then is the vertue of the excellent lauer of Chrifts blond fufñcientl.y ,manifefed,when as hepurgeth vs and maketh vs cleane, tvaf?7ing away all our filthy corruptions, and making our ' fcarlet finnes as white asfnow. Our SauiourChrift -is our fpi-. $itual Phyfition who can.as.eafilycure .defperatc difeafes.e Cg3
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