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Comfortable Preferuittioea agginft delperation.
uen the rcmedileffe
con
fumption,the
dead apoplexie,and
the
filthy leprofie
of
the
foule,
as
forne
finali
maladie, or little
faintneffe
?
Neither
is
he only
able,
but
alto
as
willing to
vn-
dertake
fuch
defperate
cures
as
the
leafs
infirmities,
becaufe
his skill will be
the
more
manifef1,and his praife
the more
ex-
tolled,
for the more defperate
the
difeafe
is,
the more
it argu-
eth
his
cunning who helpeth
it,
and the more commendati-
ons
he (hall
receiue
who
efle6leth
fuch
a
cure. And
therefore
though
our
difeafes are
mofi dangerous and
dcfperate, yet
let
vs
refort to this our heauenly
Phyfition
,
for
the
more defpe-
rate the
cure is,
the more
fit
occafion !hall
he
haue
of
!hewing
his neuer
failing skill,
and
of
aduancing
his
immortallpraife.
He
is
our heauenly Surgeon ,
euen
the
good
Samaritane
'which
powreth
the foueraigne oyle
of
his
grace,and the
pre
tiousbalme ofhis
blood
into
our wounded
foules,
and there
-
fore
the moregriílie our wounds are,the
more
praife and
glo-
ry
he
getteth
in
curing
them,the
more
is
the vertue
ofthe
fo-
ueraigne
falue
of
his
blood
inanifefled
to
all
the world
by
healing
of
them.
Though
therefore
our
foules are
moil
filthy
and
polluted,
yet
if
we come
to
Chrifl,he
will furely wafh and purge
vs,
for
to
this purpofe
he fuffered his
precious
water
and
blood
to
iffue
out
of
his fide,
that
thereby
as
with
a
liuing
and cleare
flreame,iffuing
from
a
moll
pure
fountaine,
he
might
cleanfe
VS
from
all
our
fins,
and
wafh away
all
our filthycorruptions;
though
we ate moll
defperately fiche,
let
vs
come
unto our
fpirituali
Phi
tion
for he can cure
the moll'
remedileffe
dif-
caf
rs
as
perfectly and
as
fpeeelily,
as
the
mofi fmall
infirmitie
and faint
`veakeneffe:
though
our
foules
are
wounded euen
to
the
death, with the
deepe
piercing and
deadly
impoyfo-
ninë
fling
of
finie,
yet
let
vs
feeke
helpe
of
this our hcauenly
Surgeon,
wwhó
with the
precious
balme
ch
lais
blood,
can as
Gaily
heal_
the moll
dangerous
wounds,
as
finali
fcratches
or
little
cuts.
Neither
is
he
more
able
then
wiliing,for hereby
his verrue
and
power,his
loue and
bountie,
is
the more
=pi-
fetled
to
his
endleffe
and immortall
praife.
That
rhofee
trha
:
But
if
we
thinke
our
foules
fo
filthy
that
he
cannot
purge
du
t
of
them
*what
doe
live
elfe
but
derogate
from the
vertue
of
his
blood,