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i
hat
things
are
required
in
trsserepentance.
4
II
ofcontinuing
in obedience
to
all
Gods
commandements,
haue continually
broken
them
all,and done the cleane
con-
trary,if
we
doe
not
in
the
fenfe
ofthe
heauie
burthen
of
our
hones, humble our
felues
before
God
by vnfained repen-
tance, and come
vnto
Chrif}
by
a
true
and
liuely
faith
that
we
may be eafed
of
this
intoilerable
vvaight,
and
adorned
with
his
righteoufheffe and
obedience.
And
fo
much concerning the
girt}
figne,
whereby thofe
may be
di
fcerned
whomChrift
cal!eth,namely,the fight and
fenfe
of
their
urines..
But
it
is
not
fufficient
that
we fecle
our
finnes like
a
heauie
burthen,
preffing
vs
downe,if
we
be con
-
,;tent
to beare it flill,but
it
muff feeme
irkeforne and grieuous
unto
vs,and make
vs
exceeding wearie
ofbearing
it;we mull
with
the
Al
of
}le
"Peter,think
it
fuffc:ent
that
we
haw
f
ent
the
time
fag
of
our
lines,
after
the
lug?
ofthe
Gentiles in abominable
fins: and for ÿ time
to come,wc
are
to
liue after
ÿ
wil
ofGod,
dedicating our
felues
wholly
to
his
worship
and feruice.
O-
therwife,though
we
haue neuer
fo
exquifite
a
fight
and fenfe
ofour
fins,
yet
ifthey
feeme
vnto
vs
a
fweet
burthen which
we are
cot,tent
(}ill
to
beare
without
any
great
wearinefffe,
nay with
pleafure
and
delight;
if
wee
beelike
the rich miter
who though
his backe
íhould
bee
almot+
broken with the
waight ofhis
owne.gold, yet
would not
thinke
it
any
trou-
ble,
nay
would
ef}eeme
it
for
his chiefe
felicitie,
becaufe his
burthen
pleafeth him
:
for
ifwe
feeling
that cur
ftnnes are
an
-huge and
maffic
burthen,
are ueuertheleffe
not troubled,nor
wearie
ofbearing
them,
but
rather take
our chiefe
delight in
being
fo
loded,becaufe the
burthen
is
exceeding
tweet and
delightfull to
vs;we may allure
our
felues
that
we
are
not
in
the number
ofrhofe
whom Chrift
calleth; for hce..inuiteth
them onelie vino
him, who
being
beanie laden.:with
the
waight oftheir
firnes,are weary
oftheirburthen,and.forrow
And
griene, that
they
cannot
(hake
it
eft,
nor bee freed from
-
t
:
crying
out with the
ApofUle
Paul, Rom.
7.24.
O
74T
ret.4
ed rs
in
that
t
an,
who
j,ar,!
del
wr
roee
from
the._6o4 e
.
'this
'death!
The third
figne,'
Whereby
wee may
know thole
whom`§
Clirif}
caIleth,
is,that
being.vexed
with
the
beanie
burthen
3
cf
§.Seci.6.
rh:-fecond
thing
rtgai.id-
is.that cur
fins
Geirkefome
andgil
et oui
veto vs.
.SeGi,Q