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blood;
if
we will
not
goe
to
this heauenly
Phyfition
to
crane
their
row;
his
helpe, becaufe our
fickneffe is
gricuous and
dangerous,
deY9
ate
fro!!
what
doe we
elfe
but
call his
skill
into queflion?If
we
will
not
lb".
etue
t
thew
our
wounds,
becaufe
they
are
griflie,
what
doe we
elfe
¿f.'ràßs
rrer:ts..
but
notably
detraó
from
the
cunning
of
this our fpirituall
Surgeon,and.doubt
of
the vertue and
eff-icacie
of
the
pretious
bahne
of
his
blood
?
whereas on
the other
fide,
if
we
fee
out
polluted
filthineffe,
and
yet goe
vnto Chrifl,
that
we
may
be
wafhed
and cleanfed, we
acknowledge the vertue and
excel
-
lencie
of
the
fpirituall
lauer
of
his
blood.
If
we
plainely dif-
cerne
that
our
fickneffe
is
defperate, andyet goe
to
our
foules
Phyfition, not doubting
of
recouery,
we
thereby extoll
our
Phyfitions skill:ifour wounds
be
in
thernfelues griflie
and
in-
curable,and
yet
we
refort
to
our heauenly Surgeon
to
be
hea-
led of.thern,we cannot more
commend. his al-fufficient
cun-
ning. And
therefore fceing
it
is
in thefe
our extremities to
our
Sauiour
Chrifl
moil
honorable
and acceptable,and
to
our
felues
moll
profitable and
full
of
comfort,
if
we
come
vnto
Chrifl, not doubting
of
his
helpe, let
vs
not
pretend
excufes,
either
becaufe
we
are vnfit,
vnworthy,
or
in
a
defperate
ílate,
for by
thus
aggrauating our
owne
renwdileffe
miferic,we ex-
termate.and
call
into
queflion
Gods
mercy, and Chrifls
all.
fufficiencie,
we
fpoyle
him
of
his
honour
and
glory,
and
our
owne
foules
of
all
ioy and confolation.
Secondly, we
may
gather
firme affurance
of
the
pardon
of
4
Self,
5,
our fnnes,
from
the
offices
of
Chrif
},
for
firl}
he
is
our
Pro-
That
the
offi-
phet who hath
revealed
vnto
vs
all
the will and
counfell
aces
of
Chrifl,
his father, hee
hath
declared
vnto
vs
the myflerie
of
our re-
glue
vs
a,
ffa-
demption, and
the
meanes
ofour
faluation,
how
we may
at-
rance
of
taine
vnto the remiffion
of
our
f
nnes,
and how wee may
ur
fnnes,
come
out
of
that
miferable and
wretched
eflate, in
which
,,gndf'fJin
wee are
by
nature, and
attaine vnto eternal'
happineffe; hee
that
he
is
or
it
is,
who
by the
bright
beames
of
his
word
doth illuminate
0pt.
Our
vnderflandings,
and
by the
operation
of
his holy fpirit,
doth
caufe
the
fcales
of
ignorance to
fall
from our
eyes, Gi-
tting
knowledge
of
falteatton
to his
people, by
remi]on
of
f
nres.
Luk.1.7
7.79,_
He
is
that
glorious
and
bright
fhining
day
flarre,
which
from
art
high.
bath
vifited
vs,
togiwe
light vnto
them
ti'ho
fit in darke-
Gg4
Tee