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our iufl
f
catïon.
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Church andpeople
?
I
f
read
my
skirts
ouer
thee,
and
cowered
thy
filthines.9.Then
I
wa
bed thee with
water,yea
I
w.
fhedaway
thy
blood
from
thee,
and
anointed thee with
oyle.
i
o.
I
clothed
Ramat
s.
thee with broydred
worke,cc.Whereby
he fignifieth
that
hee
and 8.33.
purged
it
with the blood
of
Chrifi
from
all
fin,
and adorned
it
with
the
rich
robe
ofhis
righteoufneffe.
The
Apoftle
like-
Plalen.PP.4
wife
faith,
that
it
is
God
who iuflifieth,him
who
in
himfelfe
was
vngodly.
Rom.4.5.and
8.3
3.
It
is God
who
iutifieth,
who
fhallcondemne
?
The
reafon
hereof
is
manifefi, becaufe
it
is
the Lord
againfi whomwe haue finned,
as
Dauidfpeaketh,
Pfal.
5
F
.4.
And
hee alone
is
our
fupreme
Iudge,
who bath
'authoritie
to
abfolue
or condemne
vs,
and
therefore he one
-
ly
can
glue vnto
vs
the pardon and
remiffion
of
our
fins,
and
accept
of
vs
as
iuft and
righteous.
And
this
worke
is
not
peculiar
vnto
any one perfon,
but
in
common
to
the whole
Trinitie.For
God
thefather being
fully fatisfied
by the
full
fatisfalion,righteoufneffe,and obe-
dience
of
ChriU the fonne,applied
vnto
vs
by theholy
fpirit,
doth
pardon
and forgiue
vs
all
our
finnes,
and
pronounccth
and
accepteth
ofvs
as
innocent, and indued with
perfea
righteoufneffe.
The
motiue or
impulfiue caufe,
which mooued
the Lord
thus to
iutlifie
vs,
was
not
any
thing
in
vs
or out
of
himfelfe;
but
ofhis
meere mercy
and
free
good
will, wherewith
bee
bath
loued
vs
from
the
beginning,
as
it
manifef+ly
appeareth
Rom.3 .24.
Where the
Apoile
faith,
that
we
are
iaflified
free-
Ram.3.2.4,
ly by
his grace,through the
redemption
that
is in
Chrif
lefus.
And Tit.3.5.7.
Not
by
theworkes
ofrighteoufneffewhichwehad
Tit,3.5.7.
done,
but
according to his
mercy he mired
vs,
by
the
wafhing
of
the
nehb
birth
and
renei
ig
of
the
holy
ghofl.
y.
That
being
iu-
fltfaed
by
his 'ace,
ve_Mould
be
made
hives
according
to
the
hope
opt
ernalllife.
The
infir.umentall
caufes
are
of
two
forts:
firfl
on
Gods
part,the
word
and
the Sacraments,'whereby the Lord
of
fereth,
canueigheth,fealeth,
and affureth
vnto
vs
his
mercie
and
grace, Chrift
Iefus
with
his
inerits,
righteoufneffe,
and
obedience, the
remiffion
of
our
Gnnes,
and euerlafling
life.
Secondly, on
our
part
a
trite
and liuely
faith,whereby
we
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recetue