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',fifes coniY-

imed

by

expe-

rience.

Muth.

t

t.m8.

lohn

;.;6.

:and

6.37.,

3)datth.9.

Luk.t9.

lohn

4.

Wohn

6.

;lohn

9.

46o

.

Comfortable

Prefsruatiues

againfl

defperation.

blot

out

all

our wickedneffe,

if

wee

repent

and

tome

vnto

him,

fo

alfo hee

hath bound

himfelfe

hereunto

by

moll

free

and

faithful!

protnifes,Matth.

i

r

.28.

Come

vnto

me

all

yee

that

labour and

are

beanie

laden,and

I

will

eafey

oft.

Iohn

3.36.

Hee

that

beleeueth in

the Sonne

hath

euerla/lin

life.

And

Ioh.

6,37.

g3e

hath

a{furedlie

promifed,

that

whofoeuer

commeth

unto

hire he

mill

not

ca

f

away.

Thefe

and

many

fuch like

gratious

promifes

he

hath

made,

of

the performance

whereof

we need

not

to doubt,efpecially

codering

that

he gaue continual!

experience

in

hispra6life here on

earth,

ofhis

loue

good

-

neffe,mercie

and

;

for

who

euer came

vnto

him

with

any lawfull

fuite

and receiued

a

repulfe

?

who

euer intreated

hìs help,and

was

abandoned

?

who

euer asked any

thing

of

him which

was

profitable for

him

to

receiue, and did

not

ob.

-mine

his

fuite.?

whatfoeuer

ficke

came

vnto

him receiued

their health,whatfoeuer

laine defired his

helpe receiued

their

lims,

whatfoeuer

blind

reforted

vnto

him

receiued

their

fight,

whatfoeuer

firmer

implored

the

forgiueneffe

of

his

finnes

receiued

full

remiflion

and

pardon. Yea

fo

gratious,

mercifull and

lowing was

this our King

and

Redeemer,

that

he preuented

his

poore nùferable

fubiecls

with

his

grace,

and fought

all

occafions

of

extending

his

loue

and

mercie

tòwards

them, giuing

vnto them

more

then they defired;

theficke

of

the

paifie

coinming

vnto

him

not

onelie was

cured

ofhis

difeafe,

but

ago receiued

the remiflion

of

his

f

tines,

Matth.9.

Zacheut

defired

but to

fee

his face, and

he

offereth

vnto

him his

coinpanie,and therewith

eternal!

fal-

uation,Luke

19.

The woman ofSamaria requefled

but

ele-

mentali water, andbee

offereth

veto

her

the

Water

of

life,

Iohn 4.

The people followed him to

bee

fed

by

miracle

with

corpo

rail

foode,and Chrifl

offereth

vnto them the bread

of

life,

Iohn

6.

The

poore blind

man

defired

that

hee

might be

by Chriíl

reilored to

his

bodily fight,and Chrifl

alfo

illumi-

nates,the

eies

of

his

foule,

fo

that

as

with

his

bodilie

eies hee

4ifcerned

hi

ru

to

be

a

man,fo by the

eie

offaith

he

knew

him

to

be

his

Redeemer and Sauteur.

By all

which

it

çlearely ap-

peareth that,there

was neuer anie

more readie

to

aske then

bri

to

giue

ray

fuch

was

his,goodnefieand

loue,

that

bee