The Churches Marriage.· 45 ----------:----~.- -- Canaan, that bee is not fent to fuch a ·dog as\ thou arc ; but ifthou perft.ft as the did, and keepe clofe to this word of prvmife, then after thou {halt receive the fame anfwer that thee did, thy faith bath faved the~e ~beofgoodcomfort. . Bur youwill fay, i.fit be ~bus , this feemeth to be averyeafie thing.. Is there no more todoe? · · Ianfwer, yes: and thou inull: marke diligent. Iy, th~t th<?~ runne not away with a falfe conceit · now. . · Firfl:, thou mu Cl: take out this pardon. You knowa pardoH in Law though the Prince give it; ifir be not taken and fued out, it will do a·man no good. · , .. , . ' Againe, tbis_pardon bath certaine condition~., · t:hou muft remember the conditions ; if thou wilthavethe pardon, thoumuft obfervetheco– ' veriants and conditions• .LatHy.,. know.th~t this pardon tnay.be. f0r a ·· certainetime ,after which the pardon maybe out ofdate. . Forthe Frllofthele; you will fay, what 'is ·H: .-to t~ke 'out the pardon? · , , . · .. · Beloved~ it is this·, when a man bath feene ,his _ finnes and knowes his need, and his rebellions ! (.for that is firll: required) as you know· whofoever pleads -a pardon., muft know·himfelfe,guilty, . and then feeketh a pardon, prayeib earnefl:ly·day · i and night& giveth not over,befeechetb the Lord : to forgive his finnes ~, and.allo ifhe flay long (as · fome times.h'e doth, as we fee in that Parable of · :1the man that .was·in.bed with h'is children, and l . loath I •.
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