45 6 Comfortable Prefr#atiares againff de#cratiars. nefe andin the fhadow o fdearh, and to guide our feet a into the ofpeace. Iftherefore wewill walke in the way which he fhewethvs, andvie thofe meanes .which he reuealeth veto vs in hisGofpell, namely,turne vnto God by vnfained re- pentance, and beleeue in himbya liuely faith, wee Thai not need to feare our finnes thoughneuerfo grieuous and ` ma- nifold, for this our heauenly Prophet hath trucly reuealed vnto vs aplaineway how we may come out ofour finnes andbe reconciledvntoGòd, ho-.v we may be adornedwith theglorious robe ofhis righteoufiiefífcand bee made parta-- kersofall his merits;howweemaybecome ofthe children of wrath and firebrands of hell, the children ofGod, and heiresofheauen. And therefore let vs walke in this wayand affureour felues that wee fhall come to the journey end of our delires, for truth it felfeis our guide, fo that weneed.not ,. to doubtof the way. Realms drawn Secondly, our SauiourChrist is our high. prief}, whohash. from Cbries offeredvp vetohis father an all- fufficient facrifice and fulls' ;rúfibead,, fatisfaélion for our finnes, wherebyGods iuf}ice is fully fa- - tisfied,andhis wrath appealed; who alfofitting at the right handofhis father, c<ontinuaIly maketh interceffion for vs. Thetfacrifice ich this ourhighprieft offered was himfelfe, as the Apcftle teffifieth, Hch.9.26. euen his body to be cru- cified, and his blood tobe flied for the putting awayofour .- finnes ; the whichoblationwasoffredon the altar ofhis dei< ty which fanéhfied the faerifice,and gaue vnto it fuch fuffici- J3oh,z. Ró envy and value, that it was aperfect price and ful fatiffa6tion for the fins ofal the faithful,as theApoffle witneffeth,z.Ioh. 2.2. Fie scß the propitiationfor ourJî. s,andnot for ours only, but forthe Tns ofthe *hole Inórld. Seeing therefore this our high prieff hath giuen himfeife forvs, euen his body to be crucim fled, and his blood to be thed to this end, that it might bee apropitiatorie facrifice. and full fatisfaduion for our finnes, and fetinghe was once offredtotake awaythe finnes ofma: - 3I:1.e.s, ny, as theApoflle fpeaketh, Heb.9.28. wee need not doubt - ofthe remiffion ofour finnes ifwee come vnto him by a liuely faith; for tothisend !icebath flied his blood, that hee ,therebymightoffer vnto God.a full fatisfaaion for our fins ; &c
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