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The
meancs to
zvitb,/land
the
former
tempta-
tion;arc
rc-
nevvcdfaith
and
repo'.
taüóe,-
2.Cor.7.9.
rn,
arts
ort
em
n, o
e
:ones
Satanaggrarsateth.
may defperately
cal}
off
all care
ofcontinuing
in
his
former
courfe.of.
godllnelfe,
as.
if
now
it.were altogether
in
vaine
and to no purpofe.
The
which
temptation
if
Wee-would
withaand
in
the
day
of
trial.],
it behooueth
vs
not to
ref
#
-in
the
remembrance
of
our former faith and repentance,
but
as
wee haue renewed
our
fintre,fo
allo muff we
renew
ourforrow
for
it,
bewailing
our corruptions,, which
haue
fo
preuailed againíi
vs as
to
Inooue
vs
to
tranfgreffc
Gods
commandements,hating and
detefiitig
our
f
nne
into
which
wee haue fallen,and
purpo-
fing
for
the
time
to
come
to
leaue and
forfake.it,and
to.ferue
the
Lord
in
holinef
e
and
newneffe
oflife. And
this
ourre-
pentance
wee
mull
approue
to
be
vnfained
by
thofe fruites
thereofwhich
the
ApofUc
mentióneth,2.Cor.7.9.Io.ir.that
is,wee muíi
fludic and
endeuour to amend,
confeffe
our
fn
vetoGod
in
all.humilitie, and moli
earnefilie crane
remit_
lion both,
of
'the
fault and punifhtnent,
haue
a
godlie in-
dignation againfi our
felues becaufe
weehatw
fnne_d,
and
a.
fonnelike
fcare,not
fo
much in
refpeEt
of
the
puniíhnient,
as
of
offending and
difpleafing
God
our
moll gratious
lo-
uing father
;
and
an-
earnefi delire
that
we
may
he
fo
renued
that
we
be
not againe
fo
ouertaken
a
more feruent zeale
irr
lowing
God
'and
keeping
his
:.
commandements
-than
before,
our fall;
and
lalilie,
wee
muff take.
aholié
reuenge
of
our
felues,
that
thereby wee
may
fo
tame our flefh,
that
it
may-
not
hereafter be
fo
powerfill
in.vs,ás
tö
ouercotneand
leade
vs
captiue.voto
fn-zne.:
And thushauing-rcnewed our
repetance,
wee
muff.alfo
renew.,our
faith;by
applying
veto
our
felues
all
the
gratious
proinifes-
of
the Gofpell, concerning
.life
and laluation
in
Chrift
Icfus;made
veto
all
repentant-
inners;
and by calling
to
our remembrance
-that Chriftthe
iuft
bath borne thc.pu-
ni(lh:ncnt.
due voto
vs
«ho
were
vni
tit}
;
that
with
is
death
and
merits
he
bath
fully fatisfied
Gods
iufiice, appeared
his
wrath
,a
.d
walked
ayoar
fiancs
with his-blood; that
bee
°lath
fiditiiedthe
la..y
fhr
vs,
arid-taken
vpon'him our
curie,
that
we
in
him
i
ght
be bleffcd
;
that by
fufering
for
vs,hee
bath..fieed
vs
from ail
puniillments
of
this
life
and
the.
life
to