Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

The SodesefjeEistall calIinJtoChrift. JS teft not ofGods mercy,and the pardonofthy fins; under whofe feale haft thou this pardon ? did it' come from a right Office, and from aright Seale? then it isgood, elfe the Lord will flop thee with thypaffe in thy hand, and hang thee with thy par- don about thynecke. But then y-ou will fay, howmay wee discerne 4.ye f, the notice of the Spirit of the Lord, from ano- ther notice, andhowmay the Saints of God dif- cerne it. Doffers in three threeparticulars : Firtt, in the r. TriaU. fpecialitieof i t,it is anevidence that coneshome particularly to the fòule. Looke as it is in the conveyance oflands and leales, by joynt inheri- tance therein,haply tl e leale was made before the man had a chide, now ifafterwards hehave LIfe adozenchildren .everyone in particular bath a ti- tle to it, intereft in that land, as though theywere mentioned in particular. So the Gofpell pro- pounds grace and mercy to all humbled foules, broken hearted tanners are m_,de joynt heires, and inheritors of evcrlafting mercy : you that will come out of your finfull courfes, and will touch no uncleane thing, thou haft particular inte- reft inGods mercy,as ifthou wert called by name Robert or Richard,&c.Nowmark al the nor:ce and evidence that any hypocrite under heaven hith of the freeneffe of Gods mercy, is this, hee bath only fame common inkl:ngand heare-fayoffalva- tion, they arewithin the hearingof the promifes made toothers, and they either n-)t rightly ap- prehend, orelle mif-applying the feule and mea N 2 ning

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