..Allj;l.mes parclone~to tht ·Humb~e. . ~75 .'; I as ever : None were ruore wdcom'e to him than j'' , P14blic4Ns ahd harlots, tbaccame with repentlnce to fnim l and hee is.ars·ready t011e~eive us.now asohem ~ I then. \ : 'I doubt not butthat Chrifl:is willing, but wha't ·ohjell. I will God the Father do~ · If It is certaine,.. th~t he~.is not w.illing to have his Re 'P· Sonnes•bloud fpd~ m vame; wh'tch fhoml<d beeof none effeCt if fuch finners as youare tbould not bee faved : Hereby ,rhe bloud of _Chrill: is improved, I that ifi3fprinklcd on many for great finn$. Think _ not theref~r~that G.od.is-bac,kwnrdro_par~on ,Pfol. · 1 3.0·3~4· Thereare two argum~ms, more to' help~ us in this·, .Jfhee flould mArke whttt·isd~ne amijfe:~ who fboMd j/And ~ none.fi1ould be faved. Now ir.iS'n0t hi~ will that all fiefh\fhould perifh,.and ther.ef-Orc ne will not t.ake the advantage tocall: men cleane olf . lor their finnes l againe, none elfe would woriliip !him. There iJ mtr&1with thtt)that thou m11yejl be'fia.- 1 red : Itis his full purp0feto have fome·fe~vamst0 . 1 feare and .wor1hip him. Yea fhall Igoefurther~ I God is not onely ready to forgive, but defirous of j it, yea bee is glad at the heart when agreat finner doth come in: w,hicb is,nored tous,inohe Parablet ,. of the Jijl Shttpt, and the l1j1 groAt· : how' did t'he woman rejpyce for the finding.of he'r groat, ,and the Shepbeard for his She~pe ? And likewifc in theParable of the l~{i Sonnc, howglad was hee, when hee heard that his Sonwasc0mming home, ·! ::ha~ yet had lived riotoufly and'fpent his goods t 11t was to fi:ew, that ~0d wasfoaffeetedwhcn" :. . !great finner returnes to ~lln. Befides, hed.oth not \ 1 ; · ··~ T 2 _ _ onely_ 'I '
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