472 / 772
H
eb.
6.
c
7.
4.
SeE1.4.
Ofparticular
pre>»ifes,
vvhereby
vvee
may
bee
af%u-
red
of
the
re-
migon of
our
fines.
1'talm. 32.
to.
EG.
fq.7.
Æzech.i8.
zt.
EX
ch.33.11.
Mal
.3.
t
y.
444
Corfortablc
Preferaatiues
againf
defperation.
and
confirmed his
coucnant with
vs,
concerning the
remiíli_
on
of
our
fins
with
his
owne
hand-writing
And
rules
annex-
ed,
hut
alfo
by
his
oath
;
For
God willing
more
abundat.tlie
to
/hew
vnto
the
heires ofpromife,
the
fablerefe
of
his
counfaile,
bound
himf
l
feby
an oath:
that
by
two
immutable
things,where._
to
it it
impoffible
that
Cod
f
Oteld
lie,wc
?nigh
haue
confo-
lation.;
as
the
Apofile
fpeaketh,Heb.6.I7.18.
And
-
therefore
vnleffe
wee
would
conceiue
ofGod
that
he
is
vntrue
ofhis
word,a
couen
an
t
breaker,
yea
a
perjured perfon(which
were
mot+
horrible
blafphemie once
to imagine)we
may
vndoub-
tedly
affure
our
felues
that
hee
will pardon and forgiue
vs
all
.our ftnnes,
be they
in number
neucr
fo
innumerable,
nor
fo
hainous in,their nature and
quálitie,
if
wee
will turne vnto
him by vnfained repentance, and
lay
hold
vpon
Chrift Ie-
fus
our
Sauiour
by
a
true and liuely faith.
But let
vs
more particularlie
confider
of
fome
of
the fpe-
,ciallpromifes
ofGod,
contained
in
the couenant
of
grace,,
that
fo
we may
gather
vnto our
felues
more
full
confolatiou
and
firme affurance
of
the pardon and
forgiueneffe
of
our
finnes.
The
Prophet
Dateid,
who
had in
himfelfe
often
ex-
perience
of
Gods
tnercie
telleth
vs, Pfalm.3
o.that
whefa-
euer
truffeth
in the
Lord,
mercie fhall
comp4Je him.
The
Pro-
phet
Efay,exhorteth
the wicked
to
forfakehts
wares,
and
the
vnrighteous
his
owne
imaginatrons,and to re:
urne unto
the
Lord,
affisring
them
that
he will
haue
mercie vpon them,
for
he
ù
verse
ready to forgiue,
Efay
5.5.7.
The Lord
himfelfe alto
doth
make this
gratious
promife
Ezech.18.21.
But (faith he)
if
the
wicked
*Ill
retterne
from
all his
fiinnes
which be
bath
commit
-
ted,and
keepe
all
my
Statutes, and
doe
that
which is
lawfull
and
right,
bee
Jhall
j
urely hue
and
not
die.
2
2.
All
his
tran
fgref
ona
that
he
bath
committed,Jhall not
bee
mentioned
unto
h:m,
hut
in
his
r:
hteonfncJ
that
he
bath
done,he
foall
hue. 23.
Haue
I
any
defire
that
the
wicked
fliould
die,
faith
the
Lord
God
?
or(hall
hee
not
Ii
ue,i
f
he
returne
from
his
i%aies ?
verf.3 2.
For
I
defire
not
the death ofhim
that
dieth,
faith
the Lord
God; caufe
therefore
one
another
to
return
and
ligeye:
and chap.
3
3.ver.
i
I,.
As
Iliue
faith
the
Lord,
I
d
ire
not
the death
of
the
wicked,
but that
the
wicked
turne
from
his
way
and
lisle.
So Ma1.3.1
y. the Lord
profef
feth