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ThatGlEtt
regall
lit
.'e
af
friretlir,sof
mercie
and
forgioetnefe.
Exod.34.6.
',.
SeJ.3.
That
Gods
to-
aenant
affu-
red) vs
ofthe
remion
of
our(runes.
Ier.;
1.3$.
L-ieb.
io,'6,
441
Comfortadlr
Preferuatiues
apingdefperation.
wcarines vnder this vnfupportable
bnrthen,
may haue
Tome
ground
whereupon
to
ref,when
it
is
ready
to faint,and
foe
fpitituall weaponswhereby it
may
defend
it
felfe,
and
beate
backe
the
violence
of.Satans
tentations,
I
will make choice
offome
among(
many
of
the
comfortable
promifes
of
the
Gofpell,
made
vnto
all
repentant
f'nners. Firti
therefore
let
vs
confider,
that
when
the Lord
like
a
mightie' Monarch
would
fet
out
his
owne
file,as
it
were
in
faire
text
letters, to
be
read
ofall
his fubiec}s,he
thus proclaimeth it, Exod.34:6,
TheLord,
the
Lord
,flrong,snercifitll
andgracious,
flow
to
anger,
and abundant
en
goodnefje
and
truth
:
7.
Ref
ruin* merde
for
thoufands,
forgruin
iniquitie,
and traní'reffion,
and (inner:.
-Where
we may
obferue,that
the
greateí}
part
ofhis
file
con
-
fifleth
ofhis
mercie,gratiouines,long
fuffering,goodnes
and
readines
to
forgiue the iniquities
of
repentant
finners. As
therefore
wee
cannot
offer a
greater
difgrace
to
a
'nightie
Prince,then to
denie
or
call
into
quefion
any part
of
his
ti-
tles
or
regali
file;
fo
we
cannot more difhonour
the
Prince
-of
Princes, and SoueraigneKing:ofheauen and earth, then
by doubting
of,or denying
-any
ofthefe
his.
titles,
which
in
his owne
file
he
hath
attributed
vnto
himfeife. Seeing
then
he
profefl"eth
and proclaimeth hi'nfelfe
to
be
a
gratious,
mer-
cifull,long
fuffering
God,
who
is
aiwaies readie
to forgiue
repentant
(inners
when they
implore
his
mercie,
let
vs
not
offer
God
that
difgrace
to rob
him
ofany part ofhis glori-
ous
titles, nor depriue our
foules
of
that true
comfort which
the
Lord by them
in his
infinite
goodnefe
hath
granted vn-
to
vs.
Moreouer,this
is
one-maine
part
of
the
couenant ofgrace,
which
the-Lord
profeffeth
that
he
wil make
with
his
Church
and people, namely,that he will
forgiue
their
iniquitie
and
re-
member
rheirfinnes.
no
more,
Ier.3
1,34. the counterpaine
of
-which couenant
we' haue,
Heb,i0.16.17,
And therefore
if
'we
on our
part performe the condition
of
this couenant
be-
--tweene
God
and
vs,
that
is,
ifwe
truelie
and
vnfainedlie''e-
pent
vs
ofour times,
and
ref
and relie on
Iefus
Chrif
for
our
faluation
by
a
liuely
faith,wee
may
bee
affured
that God
on
his
part
V1
ill
not
goe one
iot
from
his
word,
nor
breake