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2Comforts
for
theft
:rho
Peand
feele
their
imperfcc`tiint;
That
our
fl
is
Lord
to
reieci and
call
vs
out
ofhis
loue
and fauour:
for wee
vvill
í7Jí-
nue
are the.
Lords children, and
hec
our
gratious
father:
now
we
.
the
vs.
co.'e-
icfi
at
know
that
a
louin
g father
will
not
reie& his child,
becaufe.
heis
facke,
lame,
or
in mifcrable eflate,
but
rather
he
is
more
tender,ouer
him,
till
hee be recouered
ofhis
infirmities
:
but
what
are
our
fìnnes
but
the
&knefle,
wounds and
miferie
of
the foule,
with which
wee are vexed and
turmoiled
whilefl
:ye
continue
in this life
;
and
will
our heauenlie father,whofe
loue inñnitelie
furpaffeth
the loue
of
the
rnoli tender mo
--
ther,
cal} vs
out
ofhis
fauour,
bccaufe
our
foules
are
f
cke
in
finne,
and
molefled
with
many
miferies
which
doe accom-
panie it
?
It
is
impoflîble;
efpeciallie
conldering that
we
de-
lire
nothing
more than
to
bee cured
of
thefe difeafes,
and
to
be
rellored to
perfe&
health. The Lord
is
our heauenly
huí
bandman,
and
wee his
husbandrie; now
wee
know that
the
good
husbandman
Both
not
forfake
his
land,
becaufe
it
bringeth foorth
thorn
es
and thifiles,
but
rather
is
fo-much
the
more
diligent
and
paineful in
weeding
and
tilling
it,that
it
may
be fitted for
good
feede
and bring
vnto
him
plentifull
increafe;and fo the
Lord
«il
not
call
vs
off,becaufe we
natu-
rallie
bring foorth the
weedcs and thifllcs
of
finne and
corr.
ruption,but
in
his infinite
loue
he
will with the
operation
of
his
holy fpirit,plow
vp
the
fallow grounds
of
our hearts,
and
weed our corruptions,
that
fo
wee may like
good
ground,
well husbanded,
bring foorth
the
ripe
fruites
of
holineffe
and rightcoufileflé
Fourthlie,
let
vs confider
that
the Lord
our
God,
who
could
eafilie
ifit
had
pleated
him,
haue
throughly
purged
vs
from
all
finne
and
corruption,
and
indued
vs
with
perfe&
rightcouf
effe
andholineffe,
hash
notwithflanding
left
re-
maining
in
vsfotne relikes offinne,
and
manyimperfeóions
in
our
lanaification,bothfor
the
manifeflation
of
his
owne
glarie,andforthe
furthering
ofour
owneeternall
faluation.
For
fira hereby it
commeth
to
paffe,
that
the Lord bath the
whole
praife
of
Out
faluation,
feeing:hee
faueth
vs
of
his
meere
mercie,
and
not
for
our workes and worthineffe.
Whereas ifour-righteoufneffe and
fan&ification were per
-
fe
&,we would be
readie
tQ
!hare
with
God
;afcribing part
in
the
§;seY.9.
The
favi
calife,
the nrauifella-
tion
of
Gods
t
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