Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

. He4rt-Treajure.' c · ~~?~ fort is ·bound up in the Covenant of Fr_ee- . , ! • · gr 11 ce, ."Jot in that,of work.! : Stick to t~is, fii~k~e . r ·' tor ch1s, let all go, rather than let ch1s go, lt 1s it. thechief Article ai1d principle ot our Religi• .Artitulru 011, upon which the Church frauds, without Jlantu _tz11~ which it fals, as Luther faith : 0 therefore let t_;d~~~s no muddefile this ble[ed~rea·m, ftudy free cc eJ• .-~ grace , afcribe all to free-:- grace , · lay. up · thoughts-of undeferved difi:inguiiliing grace~ , Remember \vhat our blefled Redeemc:r hath done and endured , let the dolo~rs of his foul be the folace of your beans ,·.: fetch your onlie comfort fr0m his bittercrofs·: confider, how fully Chrift hafi: fatisfied divine Jufiice, how large and liberal the Gofpel-. proclamation is, how ·our dear Redeemer opens his.a.rmes and bofome eo eml?race re• pentiogprodigals, howhe bids all welcome; and never yet call: off any that came unto him : how he hath pardoned. infamous fin• ners, and bath received gifts even for rebelliw- · .ous: roH thefe in thy minde,clapthe propli.. fes..warm to. thyheart; let the hyfopof faith fpnnklc Chnfts blood upon thy confcience, . for generals afford ,no comfort ; particular application is theorilymeans of confolation: . an httngrie man takes little pleafure in ga· zing upoa ,a feafi, while he taftes not of it~; David's Table fpread with dainties in the midfi of his -Enemies , rather vexed than pleafed rho{e envious Spe6l:ators : .'tis ableffed thing to think of pardonof fin, jufiityinggrace, adoption, reconciliarion, bur what ,.< comfort can we ta;k~ therein, except we, cat~ ( · · ' fay, I "' I • ,,

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