4 5 4 Comfortable Preferuittioea agginft delperation. uen the rcmedileffeconfumption,the dead apoplexie,and the filthy leprofie ofthe foule, as forne finali maladie, or little faintneffe ? Neither is he only able, but alto as willing tovn- dertake fuchdefperate cures as the leafs infirmities, becaufe his skill will be themore manifef1,and his praife the moreex- tolled, for the more defperate thedifeafe is, the more it argu- ethhis cunning who helpeth it, and the more commendati- ons he (hall receiue whoefle6leth fuch a cure. And therefore though our difeafes are mofi dangerous and dcfperate, yet let vs refort to this our heauenlyPhyfition , for themore defpe- rate the cure is, the morefit occafion !hall he haue of!hewing his neuer failing skill, and of aduancinghis immortallpraife. He is our heauenly Surgeon , euen the good Samaritane 'whichpowreth the foueraigne oyle ofhisgrace,and the pre tiousbalme ofhis blood into our wounded foules, and there- fore the moregriílie our wounds are,themore praife andglo- ryhegetteth in curing them,themore is the vertueofthe fo- ueraigne falue of his blood inanifefled to all the worldby healingofthem. Though therefore our foules aremoil filthy and polluted, yet ifwe come to Chrifl,he will furely wafh and purgevs, for to this purpofe he fuffered his precious water and blood to iffueout of his fide, that thereby as with a liuing and cleare flreame,iffuing from a moll pure fountaine, he mightcleanfe VS from all our fins, and wafh away all our filthycorruptions; though we ate moll defperately fiche, let vs comeunto our fpirituali Phi tion for he can cure the moll' remedileffedif- cafrs as perfectly and as fpeeelily, as the mofi fmall infirmitie and faint `veakeneffe: though our foules are wounded euen to the death, with the deepe piercing and deadly impoyfo- ninë flingoffinie, yet let vs feekehelpe of this our hcauenly Surgeon, wwhó with theprecious balme ch lais blood, can as Gaily heal_ the moll dangerous wounds, as finali fcratches or little cuts. Neither is he moreable then wiliing,for hereby his verrue andpower,his loue andbountie, is the more=pi- fetled to his endleffe and immortall praife. That rhofee trha : But if we thinke our foules fo filthy that hecannot purge du t of them *what doe live elfebut derogate from the vertue ofhis blood,
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