Of turning from our elJifi 1Vayes·. "' And I wHl be mercifoll t.otheirfinnes, &c. . TfJefe that follo~ here are the panic.ular mfiances whcrem hee would efpecully . heare rheir prayers·. . If they humble themfelves and pray, whatfoever their fifmes are, God will be mercifllll un– to them. Now the reafons why fue fayes he will be ·mer– cifuU to their finnes (for fo according to the for– . mer tranflation I rather reade ic.) Tfuat the Lord hereby might takeaway all obz jectioas : for fome might fay, theirfir.nes were ex– ceeding-great and many,andmany times reiterated; why but all thefe arebut fit objects for mercy, wch triumphsover them all, as amightySea f wallowes · them up as molehills. · · To take away that conceit, that all their hum. 2 bling themfelvesand prayers, and newobedience here·required, is not required as a condigne faris– fad:ioh for·their fins: no faith the Lord, I will doe ' it meerely out ofmercy ; ~houghnot without,the[e, yet not forthefe. There-isa fecret popery to th:nk fomething mufi be 'given, fome fatisfaetionmufi be made, as if Godelfe would not forgive, unleife they fatisfie for themfdves, &c. and fo ballance their fins. No, it is meere mercy:) free forgiveneffe. 1 .To fet an high priceupon this gifr, the p:udon 3 of
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