The S;ales ef&u4/taltiny ro Chrift. 129 hearefi,and prayeft;thou wilt lye too, and coulen toa,and fwcare too,thou art naughr,and this bot- tome will never beare thee up. When they fee all this will come to norh'ng, 5 then they makea fhift to plead mercy, and they hope that will (land then in (lead, and doe them good,when nothing elfe will, and therefore you fhall heare carnal) wicked men confeffe them- felves naught, theirfinnes many, and they vie, but there is merde enough in God to releeve them, and they hope that will fave them. Bre- thren, I confLfíe merde is able to fave thee, and if thy hope can lay hold upon it,it will fave thee, ifthou be fowithin the reach ofinercie,mercie is able to five thee, and will lave many other be- fìdes;but thou art nLt capableofthis mercie,thou art not within the roome and compatre ofmercie, what availeth it to talke,and fpakeand hope for mercie , and to fee a great d: ale of mercie in Chrift, a great deale of merit inChrift, a great deale ofvertue in Chrift, able to five thee and a thouíhnd more, and yet thou not in the compaffe of mercie, not capable ofmerde, but finkell in thyovine flnnes, before thou getteft anymercie fromGod, Ifa. 27. r t. hee that made them will have no merdeupon them, as who fhould fay, it is true, here is abundance of merde , merde enough, merde that faved a Poore company of poore jewes , that crucified the Lord jefus Chrift ; merde that faxed P vi a perfecutour, Mania fee an Idolarer, bot Iwill thewno mercie unto thee, he that confetfeth and forfaketh his finnes,
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