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Prefirttatiatesagaìnf
delperat
ion.
tires in
the
huer
them
out
ofthe
hands
oftheir
enemies,
they
would not
tilteo¡our
receiue him
;
nay they continuallie
aflii
&ed
and perfecuted
Sauiour
chr
fl
him, theymocked
and
reuiled-
him, they
haled him before
the
iudgement
fente, and caufed
him
to
bee
condemned who
came
to
iuflifie
and
acquire
them;they
buffeted
and whipped
him,
and preferred
a
wicked murtherer before him, who
preferred
their
faluation before
his
owne
life: laflly, in
moil
ignominious
fort they
crucified
and killed
him.
After
all
which outragions
wickedneffe offered
againfl
the
Lord
of
life,
they
continued
in
their
hardneflfe
of
heart
and
impeni--
tencie, neuer
acknowledging their
fault
nor
defiring
par-
don
;
nay
rather
as
they
had
,perfecuted
the head
our
Lord
and Sauiour
Iefus
Chrift,
fo
when
they
could
offer
no more
wrong
vnto
him
in
his
owne perfon, they
were
roadie
to fa.
tisfie
and
glut their
malicious
rage
in
perfecuting
his
poore
members.
Now
what more hellifh impietie
was euer
corn
mitred
?
what
more
outragious
finne
was
euer heard
of?
who
would
euer haue
imagined
that
there
was
any
hope
of
pardon for
fuck
rebellious
bloudie wretches?
But
O
the
in
nite
and bottomleffe
depth
of
Gods, mercy
l
w
hilefl
their
wickedneffe
was frefh
in
mèmorie, and their hands
ftill
inì.
brewed
in
the gui'tleffe
blood ofthis
innocent Lambe:whert
as
they continued
in
their
courfe, and
ran
headlong
forward
in
their «
ickednes
without
any
fenfe
elfin
or
delire
of
pares
don;
the
Lord
fnt
his Apoflles
vnto them
to bring
them
to
repentance,
and to
affure
them
that their
finnes
were
par-
doned,
Seeing therefore thefe
obtained
the
remiflìon
of
their
finnes,
who
needs
to doubt ofpardon who
earnefllie
defires
it
?
for did
the
Lord
gratiouflie
offer
forgiueneffe
to
filch
rebellious
wretches, and
will hee
not
grant
it
to
lefhe
offènders,
ifthey
delre
it?
did
hee offer
them
tncrcie
before
they
fought
it and
will bee
deniemercie
voto
any,who
ear
neullie feeke
and
fire
forit
?Doth
he feeke
to
drawmen
to
repentance
and
to turne vnto
him;
and will hee
not
receiue
them when they
doe repent
?
was
he
fo
exceedingmercifull
in
times
pail,
and (hall wee
now thinke
his
arme
fhortned or
his mercy abated
?Nay
affuredlie
lice
is
immutable
euer
like
hinifelfe. one,
and the
fane,mofl gratious,
moll
rnerciful,and
fuff
Aft