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the
pardon
of
our finnes,
and
ofpofl'efling
ofour
heauenly
:inheritance, for the
Lord cannot
in iuftice
hold
that
from
vs
which
ofright
appertaineth vnto
vs;
may
we may
allure
our
Cues
that
though
hee
could
yet bee
would not
;
for
«'ho
can
imagine
that
the.Lord
who
of
his bounteous liberalitie
giueth vnto
vs
more
then
we
can deferue
or deure,will
keepe
from
vs
that
which
ofright
appertaincth
to
vs
?
that
he
who
for his
owne namefake without
any
refpe6
of
ourworks
or
worthineffe
freely
multiplieth
his
-
benefits vpon vs,
thould
withhold out
rightfull inheritance
in his
heauenly
king-
dome
from
vs,
which
our
Sauiour-Chrifl
hath purchafed for
vs
by
his
pretious death and
bloodfhed
?and.therefore fecing
we
haue vndoubted
right
to the pardon
ofour
finnes
becaufe
Chrifl
Iefus
bath
fatisfied
for them, and
ha
title to our hea-
uenly inheritance which
our
Sauiour
hath
purchafed for
vs
with
fo
deare and
al-fufficient a
price,
let
vs
in
the
name
of
Chrift goe
boldly
vnto the throne
ofgrace,
defiring
a
gene-
-tall
acquittance
of
that debt
which
is
alreadie
paid,
nay
let
vs not
feare
to
approch
the throne
of
Gods
feuere
iuflice,
.and
to
claime our heauenly
inheritance which
Chrift
hath
fo
dearly purchafed.
Furthermore
we arc
to
confider
that-
our Sauiour and re-
pa.
.
deemer
is
fo gratious and
bountifull,
fo
rich in mercy, and
That
Chr:ßls
fo
full
of
all
power vertue and
perfeaion,
that
our
finnes
povver,
mercy,,
.Ihould
not
difcourage
vs
from
comming vnto him
;
for
the
and
merits
is._
more tniferable,wretched,and
fnful
we
are,the more
fit
fub-
moremarufe-
fled
by
for-
iecls we are,
whereupon
he may exercife
and
thew
the
in-
giuipg
gee.
finite riches
of
bounty,
mercy, vertue and
all fufficiencie.
If
uous fsnnens.e
we were
but
a
little
foiled
with.finne,
it
were
not
fo
great
a
matter
to
make
vs
cleane,but when
we
are
mofl
filthily
de-
filed, and
our pollution
is
ingrained
in
vs
as
it
were
with
a
fcarlet
die; when
ourvncle.ane
corruption
flicks
as
fall
to
our
foules
as
the
7ïthiop
an
blackneffe
to their
skins,
then
is
the
vertue
of
the
excelle
nt lauer
of
Chrifts
blond
fufñcientl.y
,manifef
ed,
when
as
he
purgeth
vs and
maketh
vs
cleane,
tvaf?7ing
away
all
our filthy
corruptions,
and making
our
'
fcarlet
finnes
as
white asfnow.
Our SauiourChrift
-is
our
fpi
-.
$itual
Phyfition who
can.as.eafily
cure .defperatc
difeafes.e
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