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Of
the
s:
eanet
whereby
we
may
the
affured
of
eur
eleEhsort.
ac`tions
ofChriflian liberalitie,
hee
will,
pronounce the
fen
-
tence
ofeuerlaflingioy
and
happineffe
at
the
day
ofiudge
Match
,s
5.34,
ment, Matth.2
5.34.3
5.3
6.and on
the other fide,that
he will
3$.
&c.
pronounce
the fentence
(4
condemnation againíl
the
neg..
leétors
of
thefe
duties
of
Chri
Chan
charitie,verf4
r
.42.43.
The
recoil('
f
gne
of
true
loue
is
forgiuing,
when
as
we are
.
readie
for
Gods
fake
and in obedience to
his
commande-
ment to remit
and
pardon thofe
injuries
which
are
offred
vs;
z.Cor.r3.5.7.
for
loue
is
not prouoked
to
anger,and
therefore
much
leffe
to
re-
uen
ge
;
it
fazf
reth
all things,it
indureth-
all things,as
it
is,
i .Cor.
13.5.7.
Nay,it
doth not
only
not
render
euill
fór euill,but
it
Rotil.Ia.t9.
ouercommeth
euill
with
goodneffe, leauing reuenge vnto
sL
God;and
to
his
deputies and vicegerents the Magiílrates
as
we
may
fee
in
the
example:ofour Sauiour
Chrifl,and
the
bief..
fed
Martyr
Steffen
who
prayed
for
their
perfecutors;
-whofe
example we
are
to
imitate,as the Apoflle exhorteth,Rom.
i
2.
Rom1z144
14.
73
life
them
that
perfecute
you,
6l0.
I
fay
and
curie
not:
And
fo
null
we
haue
a
certaine
figue
of
true loue
and
an
vn-
doubted
note
of
Gods
fpirit
dwelling
in
vs,
of
the
remiffion
of
our finnes,and
confequently
of
our
eledion
and faluation.
For
naturally we
are
Wolues,
Leopards, Lions, yea-Cocka-
trices
who
kill with
theirlookes,
as
the Prophet. fpeaketh
Efa,116:8
Efa,1
r.6.8.
and like
bruit
and fauage beafls
willing to
offer
all iniuries,
but
impatient
offuf
ring
any :and therfore when
our
fauage crueltie
is
turned into charitie,
and
we
become
as
meehe
and harmeleífe,as
the lambe,calfe,orlittle child,it
is
a
manifell
figue:
that
our flout courages
are
abated
and
beaten
downe with
the rod
ofChrifis mouth, that
wee
are
borne a-
new and quickened
by
his fpirit, and
that now
we
are
feated
in
the mountaine
ofhis
holineffe,
and (hail be heires
of
his
kingdoive
ofglorie.
So
alfo
hereby
we
are
affured
ofthe
re-
mifíion
ofour
Pinnes,
when
we find
our
felues
readie and
wil-
ling to forgiue our
neighbours;
for
-our
Sauiour
Chrifi
bath
protnifed,
that
ifwe-
doe
forgiue
men
their
tr.c/bafjer,
our
hea-
Mactb.6.14,,
uenly
f
zrher will
a
fo
foraine
vs,
Matth.6.14.
and confequent-
lywee
may affuredly
gather,
that
we
are
iuflified,called,
e-
le6ted,and
fhall be
glorified.
§ziSfa.IOft.
The ninth
ligne
ofthe
child
ofGod
ele6
ed
to
faluation
is
the.: