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Matisse's
toperfrrade vs
tó
bail
en
or
repentance.
40l-
Ieaue vs,
to
renounce
the world with
the
riches,
honours,
atnd
pleafures
thereof, when
they are
readie to abandon
vs;
to
imbrace
mortification, when
as
our
bodies
are
mortified
with
fickneflle,
and
brought to
the
gates
of
death
;
to give
to
the
poore,when
we can
keep
our
goods no longer; to
f
or-
giue our
enemiesAen
as
we
cannot
offer
them
any
further
wrong or violence
;
to
commend our
wines
and children
into the
hands
of
God,
*hen
as
wee
our-feIues
can
no lifnger
defend
andprouide
for
them; to
ceafe
to
fweare and
blaf-
pheme
Gods
name,
when
as Toone
after wee (hail ceafe
to
fpeake_?
Moreouer,how
can we
thinke
that
this will
"bee.
ac-
ceptablevnto
God,tvhen
as
wee
doe
not
come
unto
him
be-
fore
all the
world
forfakes
vs?
nor
crane his helpe
till
we
are
abandoned
of
al
amber
fuccour,nor
offer
to
come
into
his
fer-
uice,
before
we are
ready to
go
out
of
the
vvorld,and
that
ra
ther for
feare
of
punifhment,
and hope
ofreward,
then
for
any loue we beare
to our Lord
and matter. But
let
it
be
gran-
ted
(as
in
truthcannot
be denied)
that
whenfoeuer
we
mt-
lie
repent
vsif
our finnes,and
turne.wtto
Cod,
he
wil
receive
vs
to
mercie;
fhould
wee take.occafion
hereof
to
deferre
our
..conuerfion, and
to continue
in our
'tiinnes?
fhould
'hi
s
loue
-and
mercie
towards
vs,
tnooue
vs
to
rebellion, and
impie-
tie towards him,. and'becaufe hee
is
gratious
and long
fuf_
feting,
"hall
wee
therefore the more
offend
him,
and
as
it
were,
whet
the edge
of
his
wrath
again"}
vs
?'bee
it
farce
from
vs.
Nayrather
ifGodbe-gratious
andmercifull, let
vs
bee.afhatned
to
offendfo
gracious
and
merciful!
a
God,and
though
wee.fhould
-bee
fo
hard hearted,
as
not to
feare
his
iutlice,
and fearefull
iudgements,
yet
euen in
common
hu-
manitie
let
vs'blufh
for
fhame
to
offend
him in
confide
ration
ofhis
infinite
loue and mercie.
If
wee haue
a
friend,
who by
reafon
of
the loue he
beareth
vs,
would hardlie
bee
difpleafed,
or
mooned to anger
againft
vs, -would
wee.
makethisvfe ofhisloue
and
patience,
Rill
to prouoke him
with newiniuries?`Nay,
if
there bee any
good
nature
-and
+
ciuilitie
-in
vs,
would not
his
loue
towards
vs, -mooue
vs
.t
loue
:him
againe,
and
would
not this
loue worke
in
-vs
P
tare
.
a d
feare
not to
difpleafe
him
?
Yes
affuredly.
O
let
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