CH AF. 9. ofWifedotne,6c. 497 ting ofvs veto the former good efi-Zte, from the which, through frailtie wee are falne..So faith elihu,Iob 3 3.25, 26. Plis flefh rs foftened mere then in his child-hood,he re- turneth to the doges ofhisyouth, when bee doth humbly pray to God, he doth accept himfa , as lice beholdethhisfacewith reioycing, and he refloreth aman to bus Righteoufnefe.And Dauid, after his great fall praycth, t Refiorevnto me the ioy ofthy Salssation. Thirdly What finnes true Repentance loth free vs from. All, without exception how great foeuer and howmany Comer the fame bee, fecret, knowne, wilfull, or whatfoeuer elfe, except that one finne again({ the ho- lyGhotl , which none of the faithfull can fall into nor can be repented of: for the multitudeof our finnes is not to bee compared with the infiniteneffe of Gods mercies, but is infinitely furp3ffed and oucrcomeof it, Efay ¡.18. Ifyour finne were as fcarlet double dyed , they Boall bee as white as (now: if they were as red as purple , they ¡hall bee -made likeunto the wool : for ,my thoughts (faith the Lord) e /ay 5 5.8,9, arenot asyour thoughts, nor my wages asyour wayes (my thoughts and wayes ofmercy and forgiuenes, as your thoughts and wages of wickedneffe:they are too bafc and (hallow to bee compared to them) but as the 1eauensare higher then the Earth,fo (and infinitelymore) aremy wayes higher thenyour wayes, andmy thoughts aboue your thoughts. DAV I D,Pfitl.I03.Io, II. hath the like comparifon Iledealeth not with vsaccording toourfinnes, nor requiteth vs according to our iniquities : but as high as the Heauens are abouethe Earth, doth his kindneffe prauaile towards them that fearehirn. Fourthly, That Repentance is not in our owne power, whenwee are once renew.ed,bur it is the fpeciall wcirkc and grace of God to touch our hearts , being false as it was at the firti to quicken our foules. Therefore it is theprayer of Ephraim", that is, of the Church of God, Contsert thorn me, that I may beconuerted. I i 3 And Pfal.sr.xá< u
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