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414

li

hat

things

are

required

in

true

repentance.

of

euerlaflíng

life,

and the perfe6lion

of

our

heauenly hap-

WI

14

6,

pineffe,

John iq..6,

.flee

bath

taken vpon him

our infr,rrit.es,

and

borne

oar

patres,

hee

w,&

wounded

for our

ofence.r,

and

finitten

for our

inquities,

the

pine of

oar

nuni

meat

mu

lard

Era.53.4

S.6.

vpon

him,

and

with his

f

rip

es

z,'Ce

are

healed,

Efay

5

3.4.5.6.

To

whom therefore fhould

wee

goe

in our

Gckenefíe,

but to

this

our hcauenlie Phyfition

?

vvhofc

l-,elpe

fhould we

fecke

for

the curing

of

our wounds,

but

the

helpe

of

this

our

blelfed

furgeon,who

will

eafily

cure them ail,

with

the pre

-

cious balme

ofhis blood

?

whither

fhould

wee

returne after

our

long wandring,

but veto

the fhepheard

of

ourfoules?

to whom fhould

wee feeke

to

bee

prefei tied

from

death

and damnation;

but

to him,

\vho

is

the

Lord

of

life

and

fdu

tion

?

and therefore

leauing

all

other

meanes

of

our

owne

(knifing, let

vs

repaire

vnto

him, and him

i

alone,

for

hee

calleth and

inu teth

vs,

protnifng

that

bee will

eafe

vs.

But how fhould

we come

vnto Chrifl, and

what

is

meant

hereby?

furely wee

are

not

to

vnderfland

a

corporali or

lo-

call

comming vnto him, for

hee

is

in

?heauen,

and

w'ee

are

vpon

the earth;

but

our comming

is

fpirituall,not

of

the

body,b

tit

ofthefoule.

§.Sefi.g.

And this

is

twofold,

the

comming

of

repentance, and

ThidcCnsm.ng

the comming

offaith:

the comming

of

repentance,

is pro-.

to

thrift tzvo

perlie

to

God

the

Father:

the comming

offaith,

is

to

Chrifl

ford.

Iefus;

both

which

are

mentioned, Aéf.2o.a

i.

itne,/fïng

re-

lt.ZO,

z

.

pentance

to

cards

Cod,

and

faith

towards

lefìru

Chr&. For

repentance

is

nothing,

but

a

turning

from

our finnes,and

a

returning to

God:and

faith caufeth

vs

to

go out

of

our

felues,

vnto

Chrifl, feeking

faluation

in

him

alone.

So

that our comming to Chrift,

is

to

beleeue

in

him

;for

lohn.

6.

?f.

thus Chrifl

himfelfe

exnoundeth

it, Iohn

6.

Pee

that

7.37.3

3

5

and

g+

cawmeth unto

mee

/h,

ll;ioit

ht4nger,andhee

that

belecueth

in me,

fhallneuer

thirft.

So

-chap.7.3 7.3 8.

Ifany

man thir.ft,

let

him

come

unto

me

and

dr.n7

e.

He that

beleeueth to

me,

as faith

the

Scripture,

out

of

his

Nellie

Jhallfio

v

riuers

of

the

water

of

life.

This then

doth Chrifl

only

require

of

all

penitent

(inners,

,'..ho

are wearie and heauic laden

with the burthen

of

their

finnes,