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That
our
finnes
cannot
((C-
haste
vs
of
Gods
mercy,
f
cvee
repent
and
beieeue.
Era.t.ló.
Tit.n,i4.
i.Iohn.
t
7,
9.
418
Comfortable Per
fertattues
ag:ainf def)eration.
the
benefit.
ofGods
mercie and
Chrifls
nae.rits,fo
wee repent
and belecue,
as
may appeare alto by plaine
teflimonie,
Efay
I
.
I
8.
The Lord
thus
fpeaketh
to
the Iewes, whom
hee had
defcribed to bee rebellious, and tnofi outragiouflie wicked.
Come
now
(faith the
Lord)
and let
z'.r
reafon
together:
though
roour
fnnes
were
as crtm
fon,
they
&all
bee mode
white
in-
[now
:
though
they were
red
45
fcarlet,
they Jhall
bee
as
wooll.
The
Apoflle
Paul
likewife
witnefteth,
Tit.2.14. that
our Saui-
our
Chriflgaue
hrmfcl
fe
for
v.r,
that
hee
might redeene
vs from
alliniquitie:
And
the Apoflle lohn
faith,that
the
blood
ofChrifit
cleantb
vs
from allfnne, and
ifwee
acknon-leake
our
fnrmes,
hee
xs
faith
fatlland
th/I
to
for
iue,
vs our
fannes,and
to cleanfe
vs
from
all vnrighteoufnefe.
So
that
here
is
no mention
made
of
any
finnes
which
are excepted,
or which
exclude
vs
from
Gods
mercie
and
Chrifls merits,
fo
that
wee
repent
and
beleeue;
neither
are
the
promifes
ofthe
Gofpell
limited or reflrained
in
refpeel
ofthe
number
or grieuoufheffe
of
our
finnes,
fo
we
performe the
condition
offaith
and repentance,for
who-.
foeuer
is
hartilie folic
for his
finnes
pall, and purpofeth for
the time
to
come
to
leaue and forfake
them,whofoeuer
doth
beleeue
Gods
promifes, and refleth vpon
Chrifl
Iefus
alone,
for
his
faluation by
a
true
and liuely
faith,
he
may be
certain
-
lie affured,that the
Lord hath pardoned
and
forgiuen all his
finnes,
and
receiued him
into
his grace and
fauour,
though
his
finnes
be neuer
fo
many and
hainous;
and
on the
other
fide,whofoeuer continueth
in his
vnrepentancie
and
infide-
litie,fhal
be condemned
though
his
other
finnes
be
neuer
fo
few and
finali; neither
will
all
our other
finnes
debarre
vs
ofGods
mercie,vnleffe
they
bee
ioyned with
vnrepentancie
and vnbeleefe, for obferue the
condition
of
the
promifes,
faith and repentance,
and
all
the
promifes
ofthe
Gofpell
be-
long
vnto thee,
though
thou
were
the greatcfl
tanner
that
e-
uer lined. For whereas
it
may
be obieeled
that
the
finne
a-
gainíl
the holy
Ghofl
is
vnpardonable,
we
are
to
know
it
is
not
fo
much
in
regard
of
the
hainoulneffe
of
the
finne,
as
that
becaufe
it
is
alwaies
fcuered
and difìoined from
faith
and repentance,
God
denying
thefe
his
graces
to thole
who
vpon
defperate malice haue made
a
generall
A.poflafie, -and
haue
I