1 54 Of.turni7lg{rom o~r e'Vill wayes. of -finne; I will be mercifu/L andforgive them. As if hee had faid,nnuember, that you are worthy to bee defiroyed, and.not able to ply the leaftfarthi_og'. But it is of my mcere piety> that thou art forgiven. So that the matter we havtrinhand, is agtacious promife of mercy. and forgiveneffe, which of all points elfe I fall mofr willingly upon, which will make men come in, ,ifanyr.thingwiHdo it. It is the ·proclamation of:pardon)that mufi bring in pirates; when as theproclamation of rebellion drives them away. Men are more eafily overcome with kind– . · neffe then wirh threats ; it is the Gofpell melts and . . · ma_keth men vile in their owne eyes. · of,Jel1!~:, .But then fome will fay, that it IS not nece1fary, • that the preaching of the Law !h0uld goe before, ~ if the Gofpell cloth it. r..;tnfw~ Yes, thepreaching ofthe Law isnotwithhanding as a prepanitive. In all chat are brought up i · ~the Church,- there is ft>me knowledge in the Law that p;~cedes, but it is the Gofpell that foftneth the heart firft j as ice is broken in peeces with hot water as well as with hammers, fo i~ the heart with theGofpel,as .well as with the hammerofche Law, ' and indeed maketh-that knowledge: pf the Law that . proceeded to bee operative,and fets it aworke : fo as the Law in .its true working cannot bee without the GofpeH, nor the Gofpeii without the Law : fo as toaperf.@ct worke of che Gofpell the knowledge . ofthe Lawmull: precede. · J D18. . 'fVht~t[oev~r "'m~tnsfimuJ ,,t, ifhee bettruly humb/(J for them 111~forfoke them, -theyjbA!Jbtt{Qrgive!l him• . This ------------~-------·--------·/ )'
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