Heb. Q, t 6. and7.s5. g. Reafons drawn from Chrifis kingly office. 1tilartli.t Iohn 458 Comfortable Preferuatiues againii dAeration. beare,fineealrmies, &c. And therefore confidering Chrifis merit in deferuina and Gods mercie in granting, Chrifis iTnportunitie in asking, and his fathers facilitie in yeelding; feeing hee that intreateth for vs louéd vs fo intirely that hee died for vs, and will vndoubtedlie bee moll carnal in foli- citingour fuite,and hee who is intreatedfo heartilyaffedleth vs,that he fparednot to giue vntovs his onelie begotten and dearelybcloued fonne,that byhis death, hee mightpurchafe for vs euerlatling life; let vs (hake offall doubting, and Igoe boldlie veto the throne ofgrace, that wee .may receive mercie, andfande grace tohelpe in time ofneed, as the Apofile exhc,rteth vs, Heb.4.i 6. For Our good high Pricfi ableperfedly tofaue them,who come veto godlyhim, Peeing bee ester /Meth to male intercegionfor them, as it is Hcb.7.25. Thirdly,as our Sauiour Chrifi is ourProphet and Priefi,fo likewife he is our King, and this alto mayaffure vs ofthepar- don and remiflion of our fins ifwe will come unto him, for hee who is our aduocate,is alto our foueraigne, hee that is our mediatour is our Iudge, hee that intreatethfor vs, hath power in his hands, both to obtaine and grant his owne fuite, hee that gauehis life a ranfome for our finnes hathall . power in heauen and earth committed vntohim, foas hee is, able to remitall our limes, and toblot out all our iniquities, for (now) the father iudgeth no man, but bath commmitted all iudgement vnto the fonne : as himfelfe tefiifieth Ioh.5.222. and euenwhenhe was vpon the earth, he excercifed this autho- ritie, as appeareth, Matth.9.2. whereas hee faith to the fick ofthe pallie : Sonne bee ofgood comfort, thyfsnses are forgiuen thee. For whichbeing challenged, hee defendeth his regali priuiledges, affirming, verf. 6. that the Tonne ofman hath authoritieeuen on earth to forgiue fumes. Now what can be more comfortable vnto any foulewounded with finne,' then the confìderation of this vndoubted truth? Forfeeing our Sauiour,who fo tenderlie louéd vs, that hee fpared not togiuehis owne moll precious blood for theprice of our redemption, hath all- fufficient power in his owne hands to faue and deliuer vs out ofthe hands ofall our enemies, vho canimagine that hee will fuffer vs to bee loll whom he V
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