CornfortablePreferuatàue.t again,Piz deleration. 473 af'furance, that thoughour fmnes were as grieuous andhai nousas any of theirs before named, yet if w ith them wee turne from our fnnes by vnfained repentance, and goe vn- toChrift by a liuely faith, wee (hall allowith than receiue the pardonofour Dunes, and be entertained into Gods loue and fauour. And thus haue I Pet dovvnc moD infallible reafóns, vpon ()sag, which as vpon immoueable firmegrounds,the aflli &edcon- That vnrepeat fcience may lay the foundation of found comfort. Now if rant Pruners any abufe the Gofpell of lefusChrift, and gather out ofthis ho do othi be heauenly do&rine this diuellifh vfe, that becaufeGods met- forme> confo. cies abound, the efore they will abound in their Cali-1es with- lation. out repentance, and 11111 more and more prouoke the wrath ofthe Lord againfl.thém : to thefe I anfwere with the Apo- Ran. ;. 84. file, that their damnation is iuf}, in that they abufe Gods mercy, as an occafien to finne, which fhould ferue as a for- cible argument to lead them to repentance : neither let fuch flatter themfelues with vaine hope of Gods mercy, for de fpifing the richesofhisbountifulnes,patience,aud long fuffe__ ring,andcontinuing in their hardnesofhait andvnrepentan- cy, they treafure vp vnto themfelues wrath againg the day of wrath,and®fthe declarationof theiuf errdzernent ofGod.As the Apoí}leplainely fpeaketh,Rom.2.4.5.Neithher letthem foci- Rom34- lifhly boliler vp themfelues in their fins, by puttingvnder their elbowes the fweet foft pilloyves ofGodsmercifull pro- miles : foras there is none fo fpecial which doe exclude the moi hainous finner that repenteth and beleeueth; fo is there nonefo generall whichdo extend' themfelues to thofe who continue in theirvnrepentancie and vnbeleefe ; andtherefore though therebe no finne 16grieuous,which being repented ofand forfaken, will condemnevs if we refs and relie vpon our Sauiour Chrift for our faluationby a liuelyfaith; fo there is no finne fo fmall and veniali which will not plunge vs in- to thebottone ofheli,ifvve liue therein withoutrepentance, and doenot delire to leaue and forfake it. And therefore fo long as wee liue in our finnes, and doe not ferioufly turne vnto the Lord by vnfained repentance, let vs not in vaine. arrogateand mifapply vnto our felues the mercy of God, the.,
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