ComfortablePreferurtiues aping degper.viov. 4 55 blood; if we will not goe to this heauenly Phyfition to crane their row; hishelpe, becaufe our fickneffe is gricuous and dangerous, deY9 atefro!! what doe we elfebut call his skill into queflion?Ifwe will not lb". etue t thewourwounds, becaufe theyare griflie, what doe we elfe ¿f.'ràßsrrer:ts.. but notably detraó from the cunning ofthis our fpirituall Surgeon,and.doubt of the vertue and eff-icacie ofthepretious bahne of hisblood ? whereas on the other fide, if we fee out pollutedfilthineffe, andyet goe vnto Chrifl, that we may be wafhed and cleanfed, weacknowledge the vertue and excel- lencieof the fpirituall lauer ofhis blood. If we plainely dif- cerne that our fickneffe is defperate, andyet goe toour foules Phyfition, not doubtingof recouery, we thereby extoll our Phyfitions skill:ifour woundsbe in thernfelues griflie and in- curable,andyet we refort toour heauenly Surgeon tobe hea- led of.thern,we cannot morecommend. his al-fufficient cun- ning. And therefore fceing it is in thefe our extremities to our Sauiour Chrifl moil honorable and acceptable,and toour felues moll profitable and full ofcomfort, if we come vnto Chrifl, not doubting ofhis helpe, letvs not pretend excufes, either becaufe weare vnfit, vnworthy, or in adefperate ílate, for by thus aggrauating ourowne renwdileffe miferic,we ex- termate.and call into queflion Gods mercy, and Chrifls all. fufficiencie, we fpoylehimof his honour andglory, andour owne foules ofall ioy and confolation. Secondly, wemaygather firme affuranceof the pardonof 4 Self,5, our fnnes, from the offices of Chrif}, for firl}he is our Pro- That the offi- phet who hath revealed vnto vs all the will and counfell aces of Chrifl, his father, heehathdeclaredvnto vs the myflerieof our re- glue vs a, ffa- demption, and themeanes ofourfaluation, howwe mayat- ranceof taine vnto the remiffion ofour fnnes, and how wee may ur fnnes, come out of that miferable and wretched eflate, in which ,,gndf'fJin wee arebynature, andattaine vnto eternal' happineffe; hee that he is or it is, whoby the bright beamesofhis worddoth illuminate 0pt. Ourvnderflandings, and by the operationofhis holy fpirit, doth caufe the fcales ofignorance tofall from our eyes, Gi- tting knowledge offalteatton to his people, by remi]on of f nres. Luk.1.77.79,_ He is that glorious andbright fhining dayflarre, which from art high. bathvifitedvs, togiwe light vnto them ti'ho fit in darke- Gg4 Tee
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