The soidele easalcaaísg clirt& be fettled in thy it ficinities,and tohave thy foule fo difcourxged, as thereby ro bee driven from Chrift ; therefore fee thy finnes thou fhouldeft, that thou maifi apprehend them loathfome, andi finde them burdenfome to thy foule ; fee thy fins allo thou mufi,till thou fee an utter infufficiencie in all things under heaven, to helpe thee out of thy finnes ; fce thy finnes thou mutt alfo,till thou fee an abfolute ncceffrtie ofa Saviour, and of the merde chat is in the Lord jefus Chrift,ro recover thee out of thy finnes : and when the fouie hath done thefe three particularpafl`ages; When it hath feene finne loathforne, odious, and ugly : When it bath feene the helplefneffeof all na- turall meanes,and all things under heaven,to re- cover it: Andwhen it hath feene theneceffide of mer- cie, tohelp it out of finne: Away then for thy life to the throne ofgrace, there is pardon enough to remove the guilt that finne hath brought upon thee, there is grace enough to take away all chofe corruptions that bave defikd thy poore foule.What madneffe and extreme folly is it for a poore lick man, that is ova-taken with fome grievous difeafe, or fome forewound,notto goe to the Phyfitian beforehe be whole, becaule hee is afhamed the Phyfitian' fhould fee him fo diftempered or wouorded ? In reafon we thould rather goe& ft to thePh} ftian, that hemay Neale us,thanbe firft healed,ar d then goe to the Phyfitian andPhew our felves: fo it is Bbbb the té7 I a 3
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