.AB finnes pardo!z:ed uJ tbe ·a"m_~t~~ ~59 · che Lord ,n'o'twitbH~nding- is juft; :~ndthis t:~rrifies you and pots youoft : even from t-his we mayfetch an· argument lo-fireogtl~cn our faith herein ; for Rnow: t•hatcthe·Lord.'istherc.: for~ ready~nd willing , ro:.fotgive;"' bec~U:fe' ~e ~ ~S jcft•. I ~ohn I.SJ. !f 'wce : . confif!e e.ur jimtes, het ufatthfuHAndJu fl t~jorg1'1Je 114. : This is theground ofall our comforr, that bee is : jufbmd faithfull, f~r is heenot engagedbypromife, ' ~nd is hee-not faithfuH to keepe his promife ~ A– gainr_, hath hce not beene {arisfied and paid for our ftnnes by C H RI s T -: and his juHice will not fuf– fer him to require afecond paymenr. It is fufl now ·with him toforgive, faichfulndfe .harh reference to , -. hisprotnifes, juflice [0 [hat bJoud Of , c · H a t $ T the ran(ome rc.ces'VeJ, which tleanftth 114 (r1.m •U sur · jin11es. _ · · )"Ifall thefe will not ferv~toperfwade our hearts to believe, the Lord defcends a little lower, and helpes us out with an argument of his readineffe to pandon, from theconftdcration of what is in our felves, ·confider how you would dealewith your children.Pfai,IoJ. 13. Lilce 4J ~t{Atber pittiethhu children, f, the L~rdthem that fiare him. If a child that is yours') off~ndyouanhundred times, yet ifhc . - orne inandhumblehirnfelfe ou will ~ardonhim: ~ ·"And will nor G o D, whenhis eo · lehumble themp J~ /v. felves ~ We 1.1fe but fuch arguments as God him· 1 () - felfe cloth ,and do but fee himand your confciences :·togerher, to-reafon the cafe: But you will objeCt a- ' gaine, andf~ y) it is poffible fur a child fo to offend' , as that a father will not nor cannot' forgive him. · ' True>bur the Pfalmifis meaning is, not as if G o »·_\ · S , _ would_ J>, r . D, 1 cma ov ,
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