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native
may
be
?Taredofourele
Lion.
2o5
their
iuflification
and
faluation,
as
appeareth,Luk.7,4:2.5o
where our
Sauior faith thus
to
the woman:
Thy
finnes
are
for
-
Luk.7.44.
50,
listen
thee, thy
faith kath
faced
thee,goe in peace.
So
Matth.9.2.
bee
faith
to
the
ficke
of
the
Palfie,
Be
of
good
comfort, thy
fins
Matth.9.2.
are
forgiuen
thee.And
therefore the
faith which
isnow
begot
in
vs
by
the
preaching
of
the word, doth
alfo
particularlie
perfwade
vs
of
the remiflìon
ofour
Pinnes
and
eternal! fal-
nation.
For
as
our Sauiour
Chrifl by
his
owne abfolute
au-
thoritie,
did remit the
finnes
of
thole
that
did
beleeue;
fo
he
bath
left.this
authoritie
to
his
Minitlers
(not
abfolutelie
by
their
owne power
to
remit
finnes,
which
the
man
of
(inne
doth
challenge
vnto
himfelfe,
but)to
declare and
pronounce
their
Pinnes
forgiuen who truly beleeue in the fonne
ofGod,;..
and
repent them
of
their
Pinnes
:
the which their
fentence
is
ratified
in
hauen,
according
to
that Matth,
r
6.19,
I
willgsue Matth.r6.r9t
unto
thee
the
keyes
of
the
kingdome
of
Heassen,andychatfoener
thou
(halt
bind
in
earth
Jhall
be
bound in
Heauen, and
cvhatfoeuer
thou
'bait
loofe
in
earth
fhall
be loofed in
Heauen
:
which
autho-
ritie
is
not
giuen
to
Peter
alone and his
fucceffors, as
the
Pa-
f
ills dreame
;
butas
Peter
anfwered,not
onelie
for himfelfe,
but
all()
in the behalfe
ofal
the rell,fo
he
reeeiueth
this
pow-
er
both
for
himfelfe and
for
all
the Apoflles; yea,
for all
Gods
true
Miniliers, the vndoubted
fuccelfors
of
the Apo
-
flles,as
our Sauiour
expoundeth hinifelfe,Iohn 20.23.where
bee giueth this authoritie to
all
the
Apoflles
;
faying,Whofe
finnes
foeuer
yee
remit,
they
are
remitted
veto
them,
and
'bhofe lohn so
.2 3.
laines
foeueryee retaine,they
are
retained. So
that the
Miniflers
of
Gods word,
by
the preaching thereof,may
allure
men
par-
ticularlie
of
the
remüflìon
oftheir
finnes: for
when
hee
ma-
keth
this generall
propofition,Whofoeuer beleeueth
and
re-
penteth
hIrn
ofhis
Pinnes
fhall haue
them
remitted,
and bee
made
anheire
ofeuerlafling
life
';
and the
particular hearer
doth
truly allume
that
hé beleeuerh
and
repenteth,the Mini-
fler
bath authoritie
giuen him
of
God
to
makethis
con
del-
on
:
Therefore be
thou
allured
that
thy hones are forgiuen
thee in Chrifl,
and
that thou
art an
vndoubted heire ofeùer-
IaLling
life-.:
Secondlie,asthe
Lord doth
offer
unto
vs-his
gracio
CIS
pro-
miles