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?hat

finnes

after

repentance exclude not

from

pardon. 647

reafons, and partly

by

examples.

For firfl,the gracious

pro

-

mifes

of

Gofpellconcerning

theremifìionoffinnes,

-are

indefinit and

without limitation,oftime,

or

firmes,

whether

committed before

or

=after

repentance.

So

Matth.

i

t.

28.

MSCh.ci.

:8..

Come

vnto

mcc

all

yr.

that

labour and

treht

auie

laden

,and

11iß.11

Mohcc

eàfi

you

and

i

John

2:1.2.

If

any

man

f

nre, we'hane

an

aduc-

catètb

rh

the

father,

&c.

In which and

in

many

Other ,places,

the Lord

alfureth

vs

that

he

will

receiue

to merde

all

repen-

tant

fanners:

of

what

nature and qualitie

foeuer

their

finnes

are. Secondlie,in

the

law were

facrifices

appointed

for

the

finnes

of

the

peop'e,not

onely thofe

who

were newly

recei-

tied

into the' Lords

c©uenant

for-their

fnnespall, but

alto

for thofe

fames

which were

dailie

cone

nirted,after that

they

had long been therein.

Thirdlie,the Lord

inioyneth

vs

that

we forgiue our

brother

feuentie

times

fet.e_ì

times,

if

fo

of-

ten

hee offend

vs

and

repent

of

his

fault;

and therefore

himfelfe much

more,

whofe inercie

is

infinite, and

more

ex-

ceedeth ours than the whole feaa little. droppe, will pardon

vs,ifas

we

often

finne,fo alto wee

often

turne veto

him

by

vnfained repentance.

This

alto manifefflie

appeareth`by

ex-

amplesiforaidnot

the-Prophet Dautd

after

his true

conuer-

fion

fall

grieuouflie by

committing murther and

adulterie,

theApoflle'SPerer

by

denying his Lord and Sauiour,Noah

bydruA

enrseffe,

Lorby

iucefl

?and

yet

afterwards they

tru-

ly repented againe

and were receiued

to mercy.

So

that

this

pointisrleere

and manifeff,

that the

deare

childe

of

God,

after-his

true

conuerfion and

vnfained repentance

may-

fall

into

pinions

fumes,

and yet

truelie

repenting

of

them, may

haue them remitted,

and bee

receiued againe

into Gods

wontedloue

andffäuour.

But here' the tempter-will

obie61

that

the

Apoffie

affir-

1.Sec7.2

meth,Heb.6.4.5.6.

That tt

is

impof

ble

that

there

Soho

haue

yin obicEfion

been

ance

inlightned,

&c.

if

they

fall

array,

(hould be

renewed

by

"anf

red.6.

repentance :

tieing

by

fo

finning,

they crucifie

againe to them-

.q

relues

the

Sonne of God,

and

make

a

mocke

of

him.,

And there-

fore

whofoeuer finneth after

his

true conuerfion,

can

neither

repent nor

receiuen2ercie.

To

which

we

mull

anfivere;

that

the

Apofile in

this

place

doth

not

fpeake

of

euery

falling

in-

Tt,4

tea