500 d 2.cor.832. c 2.Cor. 1 2.g,r o i114.1.14, z1,xF, rhe pond BookeofDiuinitie, C H A P. 9, into the fame fine e, INhereof truely wee haue repented, efpecially if it be a grofle and hainous finne ? I anfwer, The beft man in the world bath nopriuiledge this way, but that as Lee may lie long in his finne, fo bee may fall againe hito it : and as lice may fall once , fo may bee fall twice , and fo may hee fall oftner , and how oft the word ( for ought I know) féttetl. not any flint ; neither are the Mercies ofGod, nor Merits of Chrifl to bee reflrained to fo narrow bounds , but that where finne aboundeth, there grace loth more abound. Ho wbeit,he that (hall fo doe, fpoylethhimfelfe ofmuch comfort , and greatly fhaketh the affurance of Faith, which euerie Chriflian ought to labour for ; fcr.ing a continual) relapfe into one and the fame offence, is a fiearefull argument of a man forfaken and giuen vpof God; yet all comfort is not wholly to be denied to fuch a one : for Firfc, d if there h a willing mind, euerie one ù accepted for that-grace he path, netfor that which he bath not. Secondly, e The power of GOD ti perfi led lea oter Iwo/ kenefff. The fixth and )ail thing touchingRepentance, is the meares to fpurre vs forwards to this dutie,whick is two- fold. One on the behalfe ofGod ; the other, of our felues. On the behalfe of G o D , by the power of his Spirit by the Minifierie of his Word by chaflife- ments and affli&ions , by bleffingsand outward bene- fits, as he promifeth in f Ho s H E A ?herefore, behold, I will perfwade her by my Spirit after I haue 6rosrght ber into the wilderneffe (and tamed her by affli6lions) and will#eakfvnto her heart, there is the word mouing: And willgigue vnto her Vineyards ,e5,T. That e may fing as in the dayes ofherycuth,andwhat time /bee came out of the Land of Egypt. e4nd in that Day, faith hec, thews ¡halt carnet, (My goodman, 0-c. that is, then (halt thou take mee for thy Husband, and ferue and worfhipme.. On
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