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D
e
propitiat
o
peccato nob
ef"e
fine metu,neque aditciaípec-
catumfuperpeccaturn:That is,be
not without
feare ceicerning
Thanes
forgiuen, neither
adde
fin
vnto finnc.To which,
firf+
T
anfwer,that this
book
is
not
canonical fcripture,and
therfore
not
to bee alleaged for the
determining
of
queutions in con
-
troueríïe,nor for
the
confirming
ofthe
dolrines
offaith.Se-
condly,I
anfwere
that
they
haue
corruptly tranflated
the
ori-
ginal'
text,for
hee
willethvs
not
to
feare
concerning
our
fins
forgiuen,but
concerning the
forgiuenes
of
them before they
are remitted,
left wee
fhould
fecurely
adde
finne
vnto finne,
becaufe
forgiueneffe
is
promifed whenfoeuer we repent,nnd
fo abufe
the
mercie and
long
fuffring
ofGod
to
our iufl con
-
demnation.So'that
he
forbiddeth
not
to
beieeue
certainelie,
that
our
finnes are
remitted
when
God
hath pardoned
them,
but
he
forbiddeth
vs
to
runne
on-
in
finne fecurely
prefuming
vpon forgiueneffe,
as
plainely
appeareth
by the original text
and the
whole drift and
fcope
of
the
place. For
in the
verfe
going
before
he vfeth
this
fpeec
i
Say
not
¡
haste
finned,
and
what
ewdl
bath
happened
vnto
me,
for
the
Lord
is
long
fry
fering,
but
yet
he
wilt
not
dirrnifje
or
acquite thee;
and
in
this
verfe
hee
biddeth
vs
not to
be
without
feare
concerning the
forgiue-
neffe
oflnne,
adding
finne
voto
finne,
that
is,
wee muff
not
goe
on
infinne prefuming
vpon forgiueneffe
:
and verf.6.Do
not fay
that
his
mercie
it ireat,he
will
forgiue
my
manifold
iînnei:
7.
For
mercie
and
wrath are
fir
ift
with
him
;
but
,pon
(inners
hiss
d:gn.xtion"
ail
refs. 8.
Doe
not deferre
toturne veto
the
Lord,neither put
it
off
f
rona
day
to
day
;
for
fuddenly the
wrath
of
the
Lord
;ballbreake
forth,
and
in
thy
fecuritie
thou
/halt
bee
de-
froved, and
thou
/halt
peri/h in
the time
of
vengeance.
In
all
which
words
hee
loth
not
take away the
afhurance
ofthe
for-
giueneffe
of
our
firmes
after we haue truly
repented
of
them,
but
carnall
fecuritie and vaine
prefumption, whereby men
deferre
their repentance vpon hope
of
mercie and
forgiue-
nes whenfocucr
they
repent. Lafily,
though
this
place
were
to
be
v.nderílood
concerning
hones
forgiuen,
yet the
fcope
thereof
is
not
to hinder our
of
urance
of
forgiueneffe when
we
haue
truly repented,but onely
that
wee doe
not
after wee
.haue
obtained
remit
ion
of
our finnes,take occafion
thereby
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