The Solder efPuall calling to Cltritt. preffe me, I have áheart not only that dothnot, but thatcannot mourne. I anfwer, this hinders not neither, providedA4. thoubeett troubled, becaufe thou canft not bee troubled; provided thy heart bewearyof it felfe, becaufeit cannot be weary ofits finnes ;ifthis be thy temper and frame,this hinders theenot from the mercieofGod which isoffered and thou nee- deft : for that Chrift that freely pardons finne, can;.andwill,and that eafily,breake thy heart,and fit it for pardon : Micah 7. 18. The Lordpardons June%, and fubduei ; not becaufe thou pleafeft him, but becaufe mercie pleafeth him t wherefore did the Lord ¡hew moft mercie to sax/ when he ¡hewed moft hatred againft him; sax/ is pofting to Damafcus, and breathing out threatnings againft Chrift ; the Lord is oppofed by saut, and the Lord in the meane time pities and ¡hewes mercie to Saul; Saul perfecutes him, and he makes his moane to Saul sad, Saul, why perfecutefl thou mee ? the bloody jaylour that op- pofed the meanes ofgrace, the Lord overcame him by themeanes of grace; he that relifted the meanesofgrace, was broughthome by the power ofthemeanes to the Lord JefusChrift. But the foule faith, this is that which over- Objeci, throwes mee, you are now come to the quicke, this very word is like a mil¡tone about my neck, that will fluke my foule into.difcouragcment for ever; for this ismy mifery, the meanes doth not better me, though Saul and the jay!our were bad enough, yet they were bettered by the manes, Zz z 2 but S43 iÏ
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