The Soudes efettuallealIing to Chrif, 89 unto the foule, that theSon hath fatisfied for the neglet ofwhat God ever required at our hands, and for the committingof what ever Godhath forbidden now the foule is fully fatisfied : As for example. ;. Take a creditor , to whom the debtor oweth money,haply the debtoris arrefted forhis, not paying thedebt; the furety he comes and layesdowne the debt : now the debtór is un- acquaintedwith this, unlefTh therebe a mefFenger that brings a certificat under the handof the credi- tour that he is paid, and the furety bath difchar- ged thedebt, and hee is quitted ; when=he heaves this, his heart, is fullyquieted : Sohere the Lord: Jefus is the Surety, the Father is the Creditour, our foules are thedebt; now the SpiritofGodhe is the Mefiènger, and hebrings under the hand of God, of God the Father, and the Lord Jefus Chrift, an acquittance to our foules, that what ever finnes wee have committed, are pardoned throughChrift ; and this fully contents the foule. Marke, i cot.. 2. to. yea, the deepe thing; ofGed; as who thould fay, howcan you tell that Gods * minde is towardsus, and that hee will pardon ?, why, thefe are ferrets; aye, but the Spirit of the Lordknowes, and fi archeth the deepe things of God , that which eye never faw, that which the Angels in heaven cannot tell you thatwch all the men in the world cannotreveale untoyou, with- out God bewith them, that your names are writ- ten in the BookeofLife, you (hall bee accepted, thefe are deepe things, but the Spirit reveales them : This is the eft R.eafon, theSprit onely M 3 kgowes,
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