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dravne
front
the feeind
pa-
fon God
tit
(orine.
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Comfortable
pref
ruatitlet again"
deffieration,
ferued
it nor
yet
cle(ired
it,
for
wee were
bondfiaues
vnto
Sá.
tan and
well
contented to
liue
in his
bondage
;
wee were
children
of
wrath
and dead
in
our
finnes,
yea wee
were
enemies
vnto God
and
all
goodneffe. And therefore
if
our
mercifull
God
fo
loued vs,while(i
we
were
in
loue with
our
finnes,at league
with
his'enernie Satan, and
at
enmitie
with
him,that
hee fent his dearelie
beloued
and onelie
begotten
Sonne
to
die for vs,
that
by
his
death and
blòudfhed
hee
might
redeeme and
faue
vs
out
of
this miferable eflate,how
muchmore will
hee
now
receiue
vs
to
mercie and pardon,
and forgiue our
finnes
if
wee feeke and
fue
for grace
?
if
hee
loued
vs
fo
deerely
when
we
hated
him,and
fought
al
meanes
ofreconciliation
when
wee were profeffed enemies
againit
him, how
much more will hee
"
receiue
vs
intohis
fauour,
vwheti
as
we
earnefily delire
to
be reconciled
?
If
he fo
loued
vr,that
hee
fent
his fonne
to
die
for our
finnes,
how
inueh-
more
will
hee
remit thofe
.finnes
for
which he hash fatisfied,
when
as
with hartieforrow
we
doe
hewaile
them,
and
ear-
nefilie delire
to
bee
freed from
them
?
if
hee
bath
giuen his
Sonnc
tomankind
to
this end,
that
hee
fhould
faue
and
re-
deeme
repentant
(inners,
why fhould
any
doubt
of
their
re-
demption and
faluation,
if
they
turne
veto
him by vnfained
repentance,and
lay
hold.on
Chri(a
by
a liuelie
faith
?
and
if
he
haue giuen
vs
his chiefe
Jewell,
his
onelie
begotten and
bell
beloued
Sonne,
and
that
when wee were
his
enemies,
what
will
he dente
vs,when
in
Chri(l
we are
reconciled
vnto
him and become
his
friends? And thus the
Apofile
reafo-
neth,Rom.5.8.
God
(faith he)
fetteth
oto
his lone
tozvar'ds
vs,
feeing
that
whilefi
we
were
yet
!inner
sChrtf
.died
for
VI.
9.Much
more then
being
no
t4if
ed
by
his ,blond,
rfe(hall
bee
famed
f
om
*rat
h
through
hirn.
T
o.
For
i
f
a-hen
we were enemies,we
were
re-
conciled to God
by
the
death
o
fhis
Sonne,
much more being recon-
ciled
zre
fhall6efitaed
l'y
his life.
Secondlie,
wee may
draw
moll
firme
arguments
to
flrengthen our
affurance
of
the
remiffion
of
our
fumes,
from
the
fecond perfon
in
trinity,our
Sauiour lefus
Chrifl;
for
firfl
he
is
our Sauiour and
Redeemer, who therefore
came
into
the world that
he
might
faue
and redeeme
vs
out
of
the
captiuitat