miies\)f forg!>'eneife, is a conceit of tht·i.r want-of 1 h\1miliacion; as if they werenqr humbled enough; ! ·b_i-11: if it be fo·muc has brings thee ~1om'e to ChrHY, . , it thou thir{l: for Chriil:; fo as nothingwil[ confen-r . {hee' tillthou haG: him; feare not'to 'lay ho1,d;'this is tnough,-!bnd not t1pon the meafure. · , · · : LafHy; it m.1y be thou hJfr not ·prayed enougli " for a'ffurance of forgivendfe, and therefore\va~r: · dl ir. Iris here put in ·as a condition, if 1ft} Jit'op_le prAy, and amongotherthi.qgs for this, fc( forgl ve· your finnes ~ aod to give them rhe affurance of it. . 11 thearguments in the world ca"nnot:' per-fw~de rhe---lleart'of this, nothingb~t the fpidt {)f 'ariopd: . on; and c~n fo great a mercy beobra:incti\vicho-uf · ferve~t prayer~ therefore go to God, ~iid 'inrreat h:s favour, and though he deferres, yet continue in pray~r : for it may be the tord alfo with-holds it, becaufc he would hav~ thee fer an high prize upon ic: which thou wouldft nor do, if thou !houldfi ob– caine it eafily : but be nor difcouraged , -continue , thou to pray fiill, and in the eud chou llulrhave it with a full hand. . H~ are you me, all ye that ;tre upright and fin– cere in heart, here is your comfort, continu~ thus to feeke Gods face, ·and all your finnes lhall' be as if they had never beene committedbyyou: and whar is faid of the linnes of lfr•et and Iudah, Ier. 5o. zo ~' The iNiqttity of laceb }hali be 1ught for, and there jhaUno1:1e be f~und: fo !hall thine be in theday when they fuall be foughr for:' Is nor this a great and unfpeakeable mercy~ A tnan iliall bee as if hee had never committed finne ; even 2s if bee / 11 ., "'1 I ,.._6 .were .
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