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4.Sec

.3o

The

tbird

rea

-

foi,ta¢en

from

Gods

fierce an-

ger

againß

fin,

Jbevved in

hAs

'Careful

judge-

penis

execu

red

vpon

rsers.

618

.

Prefiwt

stiues

to

lvpe

vs

f

o

<rn

the infcElion of

finne.

with

faire

words, nor

ouercome him

by intreatie,

nor

flop

the

courfe

of

iuflice,

with the

intercefláon

of

friends. For;

hath

he

not

(pared

his

fonne, and will

he fpare his feruants

?

bath

he

punithed

finne

in his ovine child;

and

will

he

winke

at

it

in

a commonfubie&

?

could

itlier the

intreatie, nor

teares,

nor

groines,

nor

'Iron;"

cries,

ríor

bloodie

fweat

of

his beft beloued

fonne,

appeafe his

wrath

and

fatisfie

his

iuflice,

but that

(landing in,our place,

hee

muff needs

beare

our punifhment,

and

being

fitretie for finners, bee mutt

die

for

finne

?

and (hail they who are

the

principals

efcape,

who

in

'lead

of

pleading

his

paitnent,

doe

conternptuoufie re-

fufe

it,

and

as

it

were

treade

it

vnder foote

?`Itis

true

in-

deede

that Chrifl

fufered

for

vs

that

we

might

efcape,

and

paid our

debt that

it

might

not

be

required at our

hand;,

but

Teeing

all finners

have

not

their

part

'ofChrift

and

his

me-

rits;

but

onelie

thofe_that are

in

Chriil;

and thofe onelie

are

in Chrtti,

who walke

not

after the

flail,

but

after

the

fpirit

;

fceing

alto thofe

onelie-are

partakers

ofall

thegratious

pro-

miles made

in

him, who

.approue

their faith by

the

h

uch

e

fruit thereof,vnfained repentance; and

thofe

onelie doe

trulie repent, who forrow for

their

fins-

pafl,hate.

their pre-

fent corruptions,

and

defireand

inëleuour'to

ferue

God

in

newneffe

oflife;

how:

can

we

haue any

affurance

that Gods

iuflice

is

fatisfied

for

vs,

and

that

we

haue

efcaped

condem-

nation,if

we

quench

the good motions

ofGods

fpirit, and

obey the

fleíh

in

the lulls

thereof,

and

if

fiil

l

being

in

loue

with ouffinneskwe

refolue

to

goe

forward

in our

counfe

of

wickedne'fe?

Thirdly,let

vs

cal

to our

remembrance

Gods

fierce

wrath

conceiued

againti finne,and his

fearcfull

iudgements which

he

hath

executed vpon finners, and

that

not

onely particular

men,

but

alto' whole

flares

and

common-wealthes.

Let

vs

call

to

mi-nde

'the

g

enerall

deluge,in which

all

mankinde

ffuing eight

perfons,were

drowned

;

the defiru5

ioii

of

So-

dom and Gomorah

by

fire

and

brimfione; the

rooting

out

of

the

\,thole

nation

of

the

Cananites;'thereiection

of

the

Iewes; the ouerthrow

and

vtter

defacing

of

thofe

famous

.churches

of

the

Qòrinthians,Galathiañs,

Ephefians;Philip-