t86 Chap.3. c 4Cornrrientarie upon confider withme, that at thy firfl Purpofe to amend and tco tame unto God, thy finnes are pardoned in hearten.. Dauid faith, Pfal. 3 2.5.1 thought i willconfef jeray ( inner againfi rr,y f Ifc, and t oíijorgauefi á3;e. Marke the fpcech, I tboatQht. Theprodi. gall child, Luk. t 5. vpon his purpofe to returne to his Lather, (beforehe had indeed humbled hirnfelfr in word)r,vasrcceitted 5 to mercte. When Dauid faíd, Ihaue fii,.c&l,Nathan in thename ofGod faid, Thyfitneis forç,iaters thee. It may be , thouwilt fay, ; the curie is abfolute. Aì f The threatnings of the lawmull he vrtderflood with an exception, which the Gofpel makes, on Ye this manner : The Law faith , curled is the tranfgreffòur : and theGofpel faith, Excepthe repent. Ionas preached , yet fourtie dales, and Niniuie (hall be de(Ircled: yet withal' he addcs an exception : It may be the Lord will repent of We fierce wrath. Ion. 5.9. Againe, thou wilt fay , my limes are very gricuoas, is therefore I (care I !hall not eféape the curie. An¡Forgiuenes is promifed without any limitation , to anynumber or kinds -of finne:(onely the finne againfl the I-I.Gho(I cxceptcd.)There- fore appeale with boldnes in thy heart to the throne of grace, intreat for forgiuenesas for life and death, and thou (halt e- 10 (cape the curie. Thethird point is , when is a firmer accur fed ? Anf In pre- lent, in the timeof thislife. For the Lord faith not , he 'bailbe accurfed: but,beisaccnr/ed.Therebeamongvswhomenofer- mons or exhortations will amend : and (Lich perfons thinke zf thernfelues without the reachofany danger. For they thinke the time is very long to theha judgement. But they arc decei- ued touching themfelucs. For God withhis owne mouth bath .giuen the fcntcnce, that they are accurfed ; there remaines no- thing but the cxequution. The halter is alreadie about their 30 neckes: and there remaines nothing but the turning of the ladder. Nay theexequution is alreadie, in blindnes of minde, andhardors of heart.fic that beleeucs not,is aheadie condem- ned. Ioh. ;. Laflly, a memorable conclufion ofPaul is here tobe obfer- 3I. ued. That it is innpo(fible for any man, within hinrfelfe, for the itime ofthis hie , to fulfill tha lawof Gad. ForPaul here takes it for a confefied and 12-Jaunted conclufion: otherwife his argu- ment will not hold :whichmuPbe framed onthis mariner. He whichfulfills notthelaw, is 'turfed : hewhich is ofworkes, fil- fills.
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