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4
i8
Sat4ns
to
tations
mosing
men to
dejpaire,anj
erect.
an,
iv
^ern
2
nieafure
out unto thernklues Gods
mercies
according
to
nut
rat
ca
a,
r
their owne
merits and worthineffe, they
muff
not
looke
ovvneri4
!e^
ojir<re,J
onelie vpon
Gods
iuf}ice,
and vpon
that
exact}
obedience
which the
law
requireth
of
them, nor
yet vpon thofc feare-
full
punifhments which by their
limes
they haue iufllie
de-
ferued, for then
Satan will
eafilie
attaine
vt.to
his
purpofe,
and
fpeedily
bring
them
to
defperation,
and
vtter deflru&i-
on
:
But they
muff
goo
out
of
themfclues,ard
reie&ing
their
ownerighteoufheufe,
as
altogether
impede&
and
infuffici-
ent,they
are
to
ref}
and relic themfelues vpon the
alóne
righ-
teoufneffe
and obedience
of
Chrift
Iefus,
as
being
in
it
felfe
alfur+icient
both
for our iufiification and faluation.
And
as
they
haue one
eie
on
Gods
iuf
}ice
to
keepe
them
from fe-
cure
prefumption,
fo
they mull
haue
the other
fitmelie
fixt
on
his infinite
ntercie
to
preferue
them
from falling
into
defperation:
as
they
haue
one
eie
on the
law
to humble
them,
and
tobring
them
out
of
thernfelues
to Chrif
},
fo
they
muff haue
the
other
eie
on the
fweete and
comforta-
ble
promifes
of
the
Gofpell
to
comfort and
raife
them
vp.
Finallie,as on
the
one
fide
they behold the
curfe
ofthe
law,
and the eternall
torments
prepared for
the
wicked
:
fo
on the other
fide,
they
muff
fiedfàf}ly
looke
vpon
the righ-
teoufhefhe,
death,
and obedience
of
Chrifl;
and alfo
vpon
thofe euerlafting ioies which by
his
pretious'bloudfhed
lice
bath
purchafed for them. And
ifthus
being truelyhumbled,
and
brought
to vnfained repentance,
they goo
out
of
them
-
felues,and
reiec`ì
their
owne rightcoufneffe, refling
and
re-.
lying
vpon
the
alone
righteoufneffe
of
Chrif?
for
their iufti-
fcation
and
faluation,they
may
moll ccrtainely
aflùre
them
-.
felues
that
they
haue
in
Chrifl
fatisfied
Gods
iuflice, and are
by
his
death reconciled vnto
him;that
they
are
freed from
the
curie
ofthe
law,and
from
the wrath
ofGod;
that their
fear
-
let
fins arc
made
as
white
as
wool;and
all
their
imperfections
perfe6
ed,by
Chrifts righteouft;effe and
obedience;that
they
are
acquitted
from the fentence
cfcondeinnation;
and
deli-
t.tered
from the
fearefull
torments
of
hell.
§.sea.3
But
forafim
ch
as
thofe who labour vnder the bur
Shen
of
their
finnes,
and
are
continually
vexed and
mooned
to
clef,
perationl