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Cosnfortarbte
l'referUatimeraptiñß
dellaeration.
401
was aiwaies
more readie
to
grant
then they
to intreat,
and
to
grant
more then
,they
euer
defired.
Now
wee
mull
not
thinke that
our Sauiour
is
altred
in
nature,
or
that
(as
it
is
vfuall
among(
men)
honours
haue
changed manners,
for he
is
God
immutable
in
goodnes,and
with9ut change or
fhadoro
of
change,
as
it
is
Iames
i
.
i y.
and therefore
wee may affure
our
Iimcs
L.
I
7,
felues
if
wee
turne from our
firmes
by
true
repentance, and
come
unto
him by
a
liuely
faith,we
(hall
be
receiued
to
grace
and mercie,and
receiue
the pardon
of
our
Pinnes
be they
ne-
ater
fo
hainous and innumerable.
La(ilie
the
vnion
and
communion
which
is
betweene
430.IOo
Chrifi
and'
all
the
faithfull,may giue
vnto them
full affurance
7teafans
ofthe
pardon
and remiilion
of
all
their
finnes
;
for
firfi
they
dravvnefram
are
coupled
vnto
him
in
fpirituall
matrimonie,
and
hee
be-
our
comm
uni
-
comtneth the
Sridearoine,they the
fpoufe, he
the husband,
on
z
-vitb
they the wife; now
we
know that
in law
there
will
no
aólion
Chrijt,
ofdebt
lie
aàainil
the wife,
whilefl the husband
liueth, be-
ratite
flue
is
under couert
barre,
and therefore
her
husband
who hath
taken
vpon
him to maintaine
and defend
her,
mull
anfwere and
follow
all
her fuites,and
his
goods
are lia
-
able
for
the
paying
ofher
debts. And
thus it
is allo
betweene
Clrifi
the husband
and the Church
his fpoufe
being
marri
-
edvnto
her,
he
hath taken
her vnder
his
charge
and
prote
-
&ion,and hath vndertaken to aufn
ere all
laites,
and
to
fatif-
fie all
her debts, nay,
he
bath
difcharged them alreadie, and
therefore wee neede
not to
f
care
any
a6lion which Satan,
the
Law,or Gods
it'll-ice
may
lay
againü
vs,
for our
husband
Iefus
Chrifl
bath
taken vpon him
to
follow
all
our fuites,
and
tofatisfie all
ourdebts;
fo
that ifeither
the
Law, Gods
iuflice,
or
our enemie Satan
doe
commence
any fuits
againfl
vs,we
are
not
now
to take
vpon
vs
the
anfnering
of
them
incur
ownc perlons,
but
wee are
to
fend
them
to
our
huf-
band
Iefus
Chritl,
who
hath
taken
our
califes
in
hand
and
will glue vnto them
a
fufficient
anfwere.
Secondlie, the faithfull
are
vnited
vnto Chrifl
in a
morerhe
faithfäa
neere
vnion,
for bee
is
their head
and they his members,
as
th11fl3
mum
-
appearetb,
Ephef.5: 3.30.
-'hee is
the truc vine, and
wee
the
Eeph.1.2
a.
branches,
as
hi:lifelfe
fpeaketh,
John
i
s
i
hee
is
the
fruifull
¡ohm
S
seo
Oliue