486 / 772
Heb.
Q,
t
6.
and7.s5.
g.
Reafons
drawn
from
Chrifis
kingly
office.
1tilartli.t
Iohn
458
Comfortable
Preferuatiues againii
d
Aeration.
beare,fineealrmies,
&c.
And therefore confidering
Chrifis
merit
in
deferuina and
Gods
mercie
in
granting,
Chrifis
iTnportunitie
in
asking,
and his fathers facilitie
in
yeelding;
feeing hee
that
intreateth
for
vs
louéd
vs fo
intirely
that
hee
died
for vs,
and will vndoubtedlie bee moll
carnal
in foli-
citing
our fuite,and
hee
who
is
intreated
fo
heartilyaffedleth
vs,that
he
fpared
not to giue vnto
vs
his
onelie
begotten
and
dearelybcloued
fonne,that by
his
death,
hee
might
purchafe
for
vs
euerlatling
life;
let
vs
(hake
off
all
doubting,
and
Igoe
boldlie
veto
the throne
of
grace,
that
wee
.may
receive mercie,
and
fande
grace
to
helpe in
time ofneed,
as
the
Apofile
exhc,rteth
vs,
Heb.4.i
6.
For
Our
good high
Pricfi
ableperfedly
to
faue
them,who
come
veto
godly
him,
Peeing bee
ester
/Meth
to
male
intercegion
for
them, as
it
is
Hcb.7.25.
Thirdly,as
our Sauiour
Chrifi
is
our
Prophet
and
Priefi,fo
likewife
he
is
our King,
and this alto may
affure vs
ofthe
par-
don
and remiflion
of
our
fins
if
we will come
unto him,
for
hee
who
is
our aduocate,is
alto
our foueraigne,
hee
that
is
our mediatour
is
our Iudge,
hee
that intreateth
for
vs,
hath
power
in
his
hands,
both
to obtaine
and
grant
his owne
fuite,
hee
that
gaue
his life
a
ranfome for
our
finnes
hath
all
.
power
in heauen and earth
committed vnto
him,
fo
as
hee
is,
able
to remit
all
our
limes,
and
to
blot
out
all
our
iniquities,
for (now)
the
father
iudgeth
no
man,
but bath
commmitted all
iudgement
vnto
the
fonne
:
as
himfelfe tefiifieth
Ioh.5.222.
and
euenwhen
he was vpon
the earth,
he excercifed this
autho-
ritie,
as
appeareth,
Matth.9.2.
whereas
hee
faith
to
the fick
of
the
pallie
:
Sonne
bee
of
good
comfort,
thy
fsnses
are
forgiuen
thee.
For which
being challenged,
hee defendeth
his
regali
priuiledges,
affirming,
verf.
6.
that
the
Tonne
of
man
hath
authoritie
euen
on earth to forgiue
fumes.
Now
what
can
be more
comfortable vnto
any
foule
wounded with
finne,'
then the confìderation
of
this
vndoubted
truth?
Forfeeing
our
Sauiour,who
fo
tenderlie louéd
vs,
that
hee fpared not
to
giue
his
owne moll
precious
blood
for
the
price
of
our
redemption, hath
all- fufficient
power in his owne
hands
to
faue
and
deliuer
vs
out
ofthe
hands
of
all
our
enemies,
vho can
imagine
that
hee
will
fuffer vs
to
bee
loll
whom
he
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