TheSoulesepluall talling toChrist. whena (inner feethand feeleth the burdenofhis iniquities, he dares not goe toa Saviour this is the courfe ofSatan, and herein hee is marvellous cunning : but this fhotald not beany difcourage- menrto our hearts from comming to the Lord Itfets Chri(r : for I befeech youobferve it, for whom did Chtift come into the world? for whom did Chtifr die? when he carne,it was not for the righteous, that neededhimnot; but for the fin- ners, teat had condemned them (elves; and hee came tofave thofe thatcouldcot fave themfelves: i Ties. r. s 5. leis afaihfall fyin, C.iriff came to fave nners, wherecfIam thechitfe: Zachatp a 3. r. There isa Fóu;itainefaopenfor allpeople to with in, allforts offs{ones, and all forts ofinners ; there is a foun- tame fet open for them, bee theywhat theywill be, he they what theycanbe; their fins never fo great, the time never fo long, and the hainouf. mefï'e never fo vilde, come they that will come, come and welcome. There was a fierySerpent in the wilderneffe,and there wasabrat-en Serpent to cure them that were Bung fo if thou beet( filingwith the fierySerpent offinne,Chrift is the braten Serpent that will heale thee. Efay43.24. When the/emu hadtyredGodwith their wiekednefe, and wearied himwith their dLffempers, yet theLord fertile owns Namefakepardoned aS their iniquities, andremembred theirfins nomore: I fay this,though our trines bee never fo hainous, never fo vile and abominable in themfelves : if the foulecan fee thefe,andbe burthened withtheft, they doe not hinder the workeoffaith, and theworke of mercy.
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