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Pref
ruatiuesagainfitlleratioo.:
Seeing therefore
Gods
mercies are infinite,
and
are
not
any
whit
refiraincd -by
our
vnworthineffe,
let
vs leeke
vntq
the Lord by
vnfained repentance,
and
affure
our
felues
of
his
loue and
fauour
in Iefus
Chrifl Let
the
n-icked
forfake
his:
wales,
and the vnrighteous his
o?cne
imaginations,
and
return
vnto
the
-Lárd,
and
he
will
have
mercie
vpon
hir,and
to
our
God,
for
hee
is very:
readie
to
forgiuc;
as
the Prophet exhorteth
vs
Efay
,
CHAP.
XXXIII.
-
Ofthe[ecand
flrgument,grounded
vpo,n
Gods
hake.
He
,fccond
argument
to
affure
thofe
of
the
for
-
giueneffe
oftheir
finnes,who vnfainedly repent'
and relie wholly vpon
Iefus
Chrifi
for
their fal-
uation, by
a
liuely
faith,may
bee drawne
from{
Gods
iufiice,
for
their
fumes are
fully and fufficientlypu
nifhed in Chrifl
Iefus, and therefore
it
will
not
Hand
with
the
iuíl_ice
ofGod,to
punifh
them again in any
ofthofe who
haue applied
vnto
them
the
merits and
fufferings
of
Chrifl
by
a
liuely
faith
:
and
as
the
Lord
cannot
in iufiice
let
finne
goe
vnpunifhed, and therefore bath punifhed
the
fins
ofall
men
either-in
Chrifl
Iefus;
or will throughly punifh
them
in-
the
parties thernfelues;
fo
the
fame iuflice
will
not
admit
that
the
fame
fins
íhould bee
twice punifhed,once
in
our Sa-
uiour,and
againe
in
ÿ
faithful].
Now that our
Sauiour
Chrif}s
bath
fuf
ciently
fuffered
for
all
the
finnes
of
the faithfull,
it
is
evident by
many
places
ofthe
Scriptures. Efay
53.4Sure4
ly
he
bath
borne
our infirmities,andcarried our
forrowes.
5
.
But
bee
ibas wounded
for
our
tranf
reffions,hee
ideas
broken
for
our
iniquities, the
ch4
frifentent
of
our
peace was
vpon him,
and
with+
his:gripe:
wee
are
healer.
2
.Cor.
5.21. Bee bath
made him to
be
finite
for
vs
which
knew
no
finne,
that
we
fl
ould
be
made
the righ-
teoufnelfe Of
god
in
hsm.
So
the
Apofile,Hebr.9.26. faith
that
our Sauiour
Chrifi
bath
appeared
once
to
put
away
finne
by
the=
facrrficeof
himfelfe.
And
Peter
epifl.
-2.24.
faith,
that
WI,
..
own
efefiebarcourfi
nnessn his
bodie.on
the
tree,
that
wee being;
§íSeE7.I.
7'hbt Gods
iaßice
viill
not
punif,lt
chore
ftnnes
iu
vs
vvhich
are
already puni-
fhed
in Chrift.
Efa:5;.q.
a.Cor,
5.i
i.
Hcb
g.r6.
f,Pet.a.zq,.
vleliuered-.
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