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Cotnfartable
Peréruatíuetagaiñfl
defperation.
That
all
Gods.
feS
were-made to the
Prophets,
Apoftles
and.
holie
men
òf
,pro mites
are
God
but
not
to
fuch
hainous and rebellious
(inners
who
made
ixdefi
hauc
moll
inane
deferucd
that God
fhould powre
out
vpott
uuely
to
all
Oat
baeeue..
them
the
viols
ofhis wrath,
and
thofe fearefull
punifhments
threatned
in
the
law,
becaufe
ofthe
innumerable number
òf
their
(inns,
and the outragioufueffe
of
their
wickednefl'e;
and
therefore
fuch
haue
nothing to
doe
with
the
ñvicete
pro_
mifes
ofthe
Gofpell,
but
are
to
applie
unto
themfelues
the
terrible threatnings denounced
in
the law
again(} fuch
Brie-
uous
(inners.
For the;anfwering
of
which
tentation,
wee
are
tò
know
that
the Lords
promifes made in
the Gofpell,are
generali,
indefinite, and
vniuerfall, excluding
none who turne
front
their
finnes
by
vnfained repentance,-and.beleeue
in
Chri1
Iefus, refting on him
alone for
their
faluation.
Neither
is
there
any Limitation
or
exception
of
this or that
finne
;
for
be they
neuer
fo
grieuous
and manifold, yet
if
wee
performe
the
condition
of
faith
ad
repentance,
theLord
will make
good
his promifes veto,
vs.
For
the
firft,
namely,that the
promifes
of
the
Gofpell
are
indefinite, and
generally made
to
al
who repent and beleeue,
it
(hall manifefllie appeare
if
wee confider
the particulars.
fa.íí.i.
L
fa.5
5.i,
the
Lord
calleth
all
vnto
him indefinitly,
laying,
Ilo,euery
one who
thir/1eth
come
to
thewaters,
andyee
that
harm
on
filucr,come,buy
and
Bate;
Come)
fay,buy
wine
and
mi a
with-
out
fater,and
without msney; fo
that though
we haue
no
Ivor-
thineffc,and
righteoufneffe
of
our owne,, yet
if
wee
thirft af-
ter
the
mercy
of
God
and
righteoufneffe
ofChrift,
and come
vnto
God
by vnfained repentance,
and
vnto our Sauiour
by
a
liuely
faith, our thirfl
(hall bee fatisfied;and
all
our wants
fupplied.
So
Ezeeh.1.3.
i
r.
the
Lord
foleinnelie
fweareth,
that
heel
bill not
the death
ofa
inner,
'but
that
they
turne
from
.their
wicked n'aies
and
liue-;
where
hee
fpeaketh
not
of
this
orthat
fanner,
but ofall without
exception
who
turne vnto
him. Our
Saviour
Chriíl
likexife
maketh this indefinite
pro -
Mark.
t
ó.
s
G,
mile, Marke
i
6.
i
6.that
t
hof
eecierfhahbeleette
and
bee
baptifed
.Dolan
/.
15.16.
[hall
be
fiated. And
Iohn
-.1.1
4.
he'faith, that
as
MMfès
lift
vp
:therrpent
i the n.ildernec,
fo
ym4il
tláeforane
of
ma
ee
lift
yp
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