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Comfortable
pre(
ruatiuetagednftdefperation,
fuch
and
greater follie'doe they commit,
'who
being
pinched
and oppreffed
with
the
heauie
burthen
of
their
Genes,
doe
through
their
infidelitie
refufe
the
helpe
of
Chrifi,
offering
hintfelfe to
releafe
and
cafe
thetn,vnder
this pretence,becaufc
their
burthenis
ouer
heauie
;
for
becaufe
to
them
it
is
intol-
lerable, therforethey-fhould rather goe unto Chri
a
and ear
-
nef}ly defire
to beeafed
and releafcd, feeing
hee
is
not onelic
able, for
his
power
is
omnipotent,
but
alto
mo.t}
\
\'illing, for
he bath moll gratioufly promifed,and
fzcely
offred his
helped
That
the
price
Móreoucr
;we
neede
not
to
doubt ofthe
futlìciencie
ofthe
which Chrifl
ice
which our Sauiour
hath
for
our redem tion
for
it
inch 7aid,ur
paid
P
s
our
redemp.
is
ofinfinite
value,and
of
more vertue and power
to
iuflifie
tion
farre
and
ffaué;
then
all
the
finnes
of
the world
to
condemne and
exceedeth
s!t
:defiróy;
fo
that though
wee
were
the 'greatefl
(inners
that
aur¡44es.
,
cuerliued,yea,though
the waight
ofall
Gnne
which
euer
in
the world bath bin committed did
lievponvs,
yet
the
merits
ofChrif}
and
the
price which hee
paid,
for
Our
redemption
doe
farre
exceede
them
;
and
if
we
come unto him by
a
liudy
faith
ref}ing
vpon him
a'one
for our faluation,he
will
furelie
cafe
vs
of
this intollerable burrhen. And therefore
though
the
grieuoufneffe
of
our
Gnnes
fhould
increafe
our
repen-
tance, yet they fhöuld
not
dimi nifb our
faith
and
affurance
ofpardon
and
forgiueneffr,
for
though
our
debt
were neuer
fo
great,
our
fttertie
Christ
Iefus
hath paid it
to the
vttermof}
farthing;though
ourliinties
are neuer
fo
many and
gricuous,
Pct
,L24..,
our
Sauiour
hash
borne them all
vpon
the
croffe
his
ozone
body,
and
fully fatisfyiñg
Gods
iuflicc
for
rhem,hath
freed and
de.
liuered
vs
from
this
heauie
burthen.
Though
we
were
neuer
fo deeply
inthralled
in the
bondage ofourfpiritual
enemies,
yet
our
almighty
redeemer
hath
freed
vs
out
ofcaptiuity and
bath
paid
a
fufficient price
for our
ranfome
;
and
though
wee
had
no
right
or inter
&}
in
the kingdotne
ofheatten; yet
our
Sauior
hath
deerely purchafed
it for
vs
by
his
precious death
and
bloudfhed;
aid
therefore feeing
in
Chrif}
wee haue
ful-
lie.fätisfied
Gods
iuffice;
and
fullie
merited the pardon
of
our finncs;
feeing
in
him wee haue
not
onelie
paid. our
debt,
but
allo
giuen
a
fùfñcientprice for
the
purchafing of
eternall:happineffe,.wvee
neede
not to
make any
doubt
of
the.