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fortable
Preferuatàue.t
again,Piz
del
eration.
473
af'furance,
that though
our
fmnes
were
as
grieuous
and
hai
nous
as
any
of
theirs before named, yet
if
w
ith them wee
turne from our
fnnes
by
vnfained
repentance,
and
goe
vn-
to
Chrift by
a
liuely
faith,
wee (hall allo
with
than
receiue
the pardon
of
our
Dunes,
and be entertained
into Gods loue
and fauour.
And thus haue
I
Pet
dovvnc
moD infallible
reafóns,
vpon
()sag,
which
as
vpon immoueable
firme
grounds,the
aflli
&ed
con-
That vnrepeat
fcience may
lay
the
foundation
of
found comfort.
Now
if
rant
Pruners
any
abufe the
Gofpell
of
lefus
Chrift,
and
gather out
of
this
ho
do
othi
be
heauenly do&rine this diuellifh
vfe,
that
becaufe
Gods met-
forme> confo.
cies
abound,
the efore
they will
abound
in
their
Cali-1es
with-
lation.
out
repentance, and
11111
more and more
prouoke
the wrath
ofthe
Lord againfl.thém
:
to
thefe I anfwere
with the
Apo
-
Ran.
;.
84.
file,
that
their
damnation
is
iuf
},
in
that
they
abufe
Gods
mercy,
as an
occafien
to
finne,
which fhould
ferue
as a
for-
cible
argument to
lead
them
to repentance
:
neither let
fuch
flatter
themfelues
with
vaine hope
of
Gods
mercy,
for
de
fpifing
the riches
ofhis
bountifulnes,patience,aud long
fuffe__
ring,and
continuing
in
their hardnes
ofhait
and
vnrepen
tan-
cy,
they
treafure
vp
vnto
themfelues
wrath againg
the day
of
wrath,and
®f
the declaration
of
the
iuf
errdzernent
of
God.As
the
Apoí
}le
plainely
fpeaketh,Rom.2.4.5.Neithher letthem
foci-
Rom34-
lifhly
boliler
vp
themfelues in
their
fins,
by putting
vnder
their
elbowes
the
fweet foft
pilloyves
of
Gods
mercifull
pro-
miles
:
for
as
there
is
none
fo fpecial
which
doe exclude
the
moi
hainous
finner
that
repenteth and beleeueth
;
fo
is
there
none
fo
generall whichdo extend' themfelues
to
thofe
who
continue
in
their
vnrepentancie and vnbeleefe
;
and
therefore
though
there
be no
finne
16
grieuous,which
being
repented
of
and forfaken, will condemne
vs
if
we
refs
and relie vpon
our Sauiour
Chrift for our
faluation
by
a
liuely
faith;
fo
there
is no finne fo
fmall
and veniali
which will
not
plunge
vs
in-
to
the
bottone of
heli,ifvve liue
therein
without
repentance,
and
doe
not
delire
to
leaue and forfake
it.
And therefore
fo
long
as
wee liue in
our
finnes,
and doe
not
ferioufly
turne
vnto the Lord by
vnfained
repentance, let
vs
not
in vaine.
arrogateand
mifapply
vnto our
felues
the mercy
of
God,
the.,