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t
offend
in
hope
hereof,
or
hauing
offended will
&F
are
to
fue
for his pardon
to the
laft
houre,
furely hee
is
well worthie
to
be hanged,
both
for his
offence, and
alto
for
his
prefumpti-
on:. fo
the.-Lord
mercifully pardoneth
fonìe
few,when
death
is
ready
tafeafe
vpon
them,
and
to tranfport them into the
eternal!
torments
of
hell
fire,
to
Phew
the
riches
of
his.
grace;
but ifany
(hall take occafion hereby
the more to offend
a-
gaina
hismaiefiie; or
hauing
offended, deferreth to
fue
for
pardon by
powring out
the teares
of
vnfained
repentance
vntill
his lafi
houre,
hee
is
vndoubtedlie vnworthie
of
any,
graee
and mercie, and
in
all
likelihood
he
hall
be deliuered
vp
to
fuffer
eternal!
torments. Moreouer,as
this
aa
of
mercie
in
reediting
this
theefe
to grace,
was very
extraordinarie, fo
was
itrefcruedasbeing
tnof+
fit
for
the
time
of
Chriflspaf
fion
;
for
as
great Princes at the time
of
their coronation
par-
don
fuch
notorious
offences,
the like
whereof
they wil
hard-
ly
euer
after remit,to
the
end,
that
their
clemencie and
mer-
cie may appeare
to
all
:
fo
our Sauiour
Chrifi, the glorious
king
of
hcauen
and earth,
being
readie
to
lay
downe the.
forme
of
a
feruant,
and
to take
vpon
him the crowne
ofend
--
leffe
glorie and
maiefiic, gave his
gratious pardon
to
this
grieuous
offender,
that
his infinite mercie and goodneffe
might
be manifefied
unto
all
men,that
fo
they might breake
off
their
finnes
by
vnfained
repentance, and by
a liuelie
faith-
come
vnto him,
looking
and
expeó
ing for
life
and faluati-
on onelie in this
their
Sauiour and Redeemer;and as,cunning
Surgeons
hauing
made
a
foueraigne falue,doe vpon
the next
occafion
make
experiment
thereof
by curing
force
grieflie
and defperate
wound,
that
fo
they
may
commend
it
to
all
who
(hall haue need
to
vfe
it;
fo
the
Lord hauing
made
a
pre
-
tious plaifler and foueraigne
faluc
to
cure
all
foules,who
be-
ing wounded
\A
i
th
finne, will applie
it
vnto
them by
a
liuely
faith,prefently
tool:
occafion
ofcuring
therewith
this
poorc
theefe grieuouflie
wounded with
finne,
that
al
others
in his
.
fiate,feeing the
vertue
therof,niight
more earnefily
defïre
ir,
and more
carefully feeke
after, and apply
it to
their woun-
ded
foules.
And
therefore feeing
the
occafion
of
this
cure
was
altogether
extraordinarie, the
a&ion
is
not
like
to bee
ordinari
,: