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Min

38.4.

Pfalta.st.

tT.

Efay

66,s.

§.Se3.2.

That

bee

who

feeleth

not his

pines

bath

neither

faith

nor

repentance.

416

What thincause required

in

true

repentance.

finding their

b

urthe-iWefome,are

wearie

ofit

and

delre

to

be

eafed

;

he

hearkneth only vnto thofe who from their harts

cry

out with

Dauid, Pfal.3

8.9..

cAline

iniquities

are

gone

suer

my

head,

and

as

a

waightie

burthen

they

are

too

heauie

for

me:

6.

I

am

bowed

and

crooked

very

fore,

I

goe mourning

all

the

day,

He

refpeteth

only thofe

who

are

of

a

broken heart and con-

trite

fpirit,for

thefè

only performe the

condition

of

the co-

uenant,

and

confequently,

to

them

alone the

promifes

con-

tained

in the

couenant doe appertaine.

The

condition

of

the

couenant

is

faith and

repentance;

neither

of

which

doth

hee

performe

wh

doth

not

fee

nor

feelle

the

burthen

of

his-finnes

:for

wee.will

neuer

refs

vpon

Chrift

for

our

faluation,_vnleffe

wee

fee

that

wee haue

no

meanes

ofour

owne to

efcape

condemnation:

wee will

ne-

uer

feekc

vnto Chrift

to

bee

our

redeemer,

vnleffe

wee per

ceiue

that

wee

are

the bondflaues,of

finne

and

Satan

:

wee

will

neuer

labour to obtaine

the

riches

of

his

righteoufnefl

,

vnleffe

we difcerne

our owne nakedneffe

and beggerie

:

we

will

neuer

come

vino Chrift

to

bee wafhed.and

purged from

the

pollution

ofour

finnes

and corruptions

with

his

bloud,

vnleffe

we

fee

our

naturaIi filthineffe

:

wee will neuer delire

to

be

eafed

of

the heauie

burthen

of

our

finnes,

vnleffe

wee

feele

the

w.aight

ofthem

:

we

will neuer

in

treat Chrifl

tobe

our

Phyfition,

vnleffe

wee

find

that

our

foules are ficke

in

finne

:

we

will

neuer

goe

vnto

him who

is

the author

oflife,

vnleffe

wee

fee

that

we

are

dead

in

our

finnes:

in

a

word, we

will

neuer

intreat Gods

mercy, vntill

wee

feele

our

owne

miferie.

Iftherefore without

this

fenfe

offinne

we

will

neuer come

veto

Chrif},then confequently

without.it

we (hall neuer

bee

eafed, for he

freeth thofe onelie from

condemnation

who

rely themfelues

wholly vpon him

for

their

faluation;he

came

to

be

their Redeemer alone,

who

feele

their

miferable

captib

uitie,and

earnef

}ly

delire to

be

releafed;he

wil

not

inrich

any

but

thofe

w^ho

perceiue

their owne

beggerie, and

craue

re-

leefe;he will

not wafh

any

with

his precious

bloud,but

thofe

who

fee

their

pollu

tion

_and

ñlthineffe,and come voto

him

intreating

hitn,

to

purge

,and

cleanfe

them:

he

will

not

sale

any