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CQmfortatle
pre'ruattuet
ag
tin'
deli;
eration.
451
captiuitie
ofour
fpirituall enemies,
finne,death,
and
the di-
T.
Rec
e
t
to
tuell,
and
that
hee
might
fatisfie his
fathers iufiice,
obtainc
the
world
is
the
remiflïon
ofour
fins,
and reconcile
vs
vnto
him.Though
[due
[ants.
then our
firmes
bee many and
grieuous, this fhould
not
hinder
vs
from
comming to Chrifi by
a
true faith,
and
firme
affurance,
that
in
him
wee (hall haue'
the
remiffion
of
our
finnes,and bee recciued
into
Gods loue and
fauour;
nay
ra-
ther
this
fhould bee
a forcible
argument to
mecue
vs
to
feeke his
helpe,when
wee find
our
felues in
a
delperate
cafe,
clef-finite
of
all
meanes
whereby
we may
attaine vnto
falua-
tion,
Peeing
our
Sauiour
Chrif} came
into the world
to
faue
filch
as
were
loft
inthemfelues, and inthralled
in the mile-
rabic
bondage
of
finne
and Satan. And this
is
cuident by
the
Scriptures:
Matth.9.
z
3.
our Sauiour
profef%rh
that
hee
Matt1).9,t
?;
came not
ro
cal
the
rkhteotts but
fi7ncrs
to
repentance:
and
Luke
Luk.
19
10.
x97o.
7heTonneofmanis
come
to feeke
and tofaue
.that
which
iTim.tg.
was
14.
I.Tim,z.x5,
This
is
a true
Paying,
and
by
all
means
wort
hie to
bee
receiued,
that
Iefiu
Chrif
came
into the world
to
fastefinners,The Apof
}le
alfo
afrmeth,
that
our
Sauior
Chritl~
bath
quickned
vs
who
were
dead in
our
fins
and
trerpaf
f,
Eph.2.
Ephef
x.v,
z.5.And our
Sauiour
Chrifl,Matth.z
1.28.
doth not
only call
vnto him
fmal
f
nners,but thole who
arc
heauy laden
with
an
intollerable
waight
of
fïn,proruifing
that
he
will
cafe
them.
Seeing
therefore
hee came
into the world to
faue
and
re-
deeme
grieuous and hainous 'inners, and
to giue
life
vnto
thofe who
were
euen
fiarke dead
in
their
f
nnes
;
Peeing
alfo
hee
calleth and
inuiteth
fuch
vnto
him
as arc
beanie
laden
with
an
intollerable waight
of
wickednefhe,
andpromifeth
to
cafe
them
;
let
vs
not
excufe
our
felues
from
comming
becaufe
our
finnes are
hainous
and
grieuous,
but
therefore
let
vs
the rather goe
vino
Chrifi,becaufe
wee
had
need
of
his
helpe.Ifa
man
being
leded
with
a
waightic burthen,fltould
refufe
the
helpe
ofa
friend,
both
able and
willing to
cafe
him becaufe
his
burthen
is
vcrie
heauie, who would
not
laugh
at
fuch
ridiculous follie
?
for therfore
he
fhould more
earnefily delire, and more
thankfullie
accept
of
his friends
offered
courtele,
becaufe himfelfe
is
tired,
preffed
downe,
and
altogether
unable
to bears this intollerable
waight
:
but
Gg
z
Bich.