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Of
the
me.tnes
whereby
otsr
faith
may
be
flreyTthen.eti.
s
treble
\.raight to
the alreadie.intollerable burthen
of
finne,
which
Iieth vpon our confciences,vntil
they
be
preffed
down
into
the torments
of
hell.
Euerie
one would ellceme him
a.
moll
defperate
wretch, who halting
offended
fuch
a
gratious
Prince,
.as,.would
moti
furely
forgiue him vpon
his
vnfained
forrow
for
his
fau.lt,fhould
iii Plead
ofhumbling himfclf
and
asking pardon,
defperately
refufe his
Princes
mercy,& with*
all
denie his
truth
in his
promifes,his mercie,iutlice,and cuen
difauow him
for
being
a
lawful]
Prince. But
fuch
and much
more
wickednetfe doe
they defperately commit,who halting
offended
God
by their gricuous
fins,
-.who
is
fogracious and
merciful],
that
he
would moll
catainely
fogiuethem
vpon
their true repentance,in
"fleád
ofhumbling
themfelues.by
vn-
fained
forrow,
doe defperatelie
refute
to
bee partakers
of
his
mercy,and not
onlie
fo
but
deny the
infinitenes.ofhis mercy,
iuflice,truth
in
his
promifes,and confequentlie
his
Godhead
and
being.
And therefore when (the
'«
aight
of
i
nne
pref
Ping
vs) Satan
perfwadeth
vs
to
defpaire
ofinercie and
for
-
giuenes,
let
vs
inanycafe
refill
this
temptation,
&
boldly
fay
vntö the tempter;
It
is
enough and
too
much that
I
haste
of-
fended
my
gratidus
God
widin-Tot-her,
finhes,though
I
doe
not
ad
thereunto this
fin,which
is
greater then
al
the
rell;the
-i
aight
ofiny other
wickednes
is
already
toe.
tooheauy
vpon
my
confci:cnce,
and
therefore
farre
bee
it
from
me
to loads
it
with
a
farre
more-
vnfupportable
burthen;
I
hate
already
too
much dishonoured my
good
God
by
my
horrible
finnes,_and
therefore
I
will
iii
no
cafe
more difhonour
him
now, then in
committing
all my
other limes,
by denying
his
mereie,
flice,triith
;and
eueri
thee
Godhead it
1elfe
;for
what
were
this
but being
alreadie in
a
burning
fcauer
to
call
my
felfe
into
the
fire;
or being gone
ouer
the
fhoóes
in
the filthie
puddle
of
finrc to
plunge
my
feife
-our
head
-and
cares, and
euen
to
drowue
my
feife
in
the
bottomleffe
guile
ofdefperation?
nv
rather now
I
wil
breake offtny
fames
by vnfained repen-
tance,and
tiirnevnto
the
Lord
whom I
haue offended,
afftr-
ring
myfelfe
that
his mercies arc
infinite,and therefore
he
is
readie to forgiue,and
the
merits
of
Chrifl
a
full
fatisfaC?
ion
for,a1i
my
fn
e's,
though
many
andliainöus,and
therefore
in
him