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Of
the
f
ÿne.r
gad
infallible notes
ofour
eleM
exit:
from the
droffe
ofour
owne works,and the white
raiment
of
Chrifts obedience from the polluted rags
of
our own
righ-
teoufneffe.
And
though
wee
fee
our
finnes,
yet
n
aturally we
are
not
lorry for
them,nay
wee
delight
our
felue
s
with
their
remembrance;or
if
we
fuflaine
anygriefe,it
is
not
for
the fin,
but
for
the punifhment
which
either
we
feele pre
fently
infli-
o`led,or
feare
as
being
hereafter
threatned,
vntill
it
pleafe
the
Lord
to adopt
vs
for
his
fonnes, and
to
glue
vs
the fpirit
ofa-
doption,whrch moueth
vs
to
grieue and forrow
for our
fins,
not
fo
much for
feare
of
punifhment,as
for
fon
-like
affeion,
becaufeby our
finnes
haue
difhonored
and
difpleafed
our
gratious
and
louing
father
:
and
bccaufe
wee cannot wholly
mortifie
them
fo
long
as
we
continue
in
this
life,we
lamenta-
bly
cry
out with
Paul,Wretched
man
that
Ion
who
/haall
deliuer
me
from
this
body
of
death?And becaufe
we
know
that
we
(hal
be
neuer freed from
it
altogether
fo
long
as
we liue,we
with:
earneflly
with
the
Apoflle
that
we
may
be fpeedily diffolued,
being contented
to part
with
our liues, becaufe
we can no
o-
therwife
part with our
lines.
Whofoeuer
therefore hath this
forrow
for
finne,hee may
be allured
of
his ele&ion
and
falua-
*.Cor.7.to.
tion
:for as
it is2.Co.y.io.thirgodly
fin-row
caufethrepentance
unto
faluation not
to
be rep
Fred
of
?vheras worldly
farrow caufeth
death
;
and
all
the
promifes
of
life
and eternall happines,are
made onely
to
fuch
repentant
finners,and
to
them onely
they
appertaine.
And
aGods
children are grieued
for
their
fins
pall,
fo
doe they hate and detell them,as in
all
others
fo efpe..
ciallie
in
therrìfelues,which
hatred
caufeth
them to
flee
from
them,and
auoid
all
occafions
which
might
caufe
them to
fall
into
the like
wickednes,
fin
uing
&
endeuouring
to
mortifie
their
lulls
and
euill.concupifcences,and
to
lead
their
lines
in
holineffe
and righteoufiies,becaufe
herewith their
heauenlie
father
is
well pleafed.-Whereas
the wicked
man,ifhee
be
not
refirained with
a feruile feare
ofGods
iudgcméts,
or
of
tem-
porarie
punithmenxs,goeth
on
in-his
lanes
with
pleafure and
delight,adding
drt4nkennes
vnto thirfl,and drawing
iniqui-
tie
unto him with
the cords
ofvanitie. Whofoeuer
therfore
haue this
fon
-like
care,and holie
endeuour
of
forfaking their
fïnnes,and
betaking
themfelues
to
feare the
.
Lord.inthe
du-
;ties
ofholines
and
righteou
nefíe,
they
may bee
affured
that