452 \TERSE+ Cm% TheTrieflboodofChrill. of workingsofhis Spirit ii our hearts ; but wee dare not troll in them, as that by which wee hope to fland or fall before the tribunallofGods Iuflice,becaufe they are at belt mingled wit: our corruptions, and therefore doe hemfelves tLwd in needofa high Priefi to take offtheir iniquity. Wee kvriv enough in Chria todepend on,we nevr can finde enough in our felves. And this confi- dence wee have, ifGod wouldever have had us juaified by workes , hee would have given us grace enough to i flilfll the v, hole Law , and not have left a Prayer upon publike record for us every day to repeat , and to regu- late all our owne Prayers by forgive us our treipaffes. For how dares that man fay , I {hall bee juaifiedby my workes, who muff every day fay, Lord forgivemee my [inner, and bee merciful! moo mee ajinner. Nay though wee could fulfill the whole Law perfeolly, yet from the guilt offinnes formerly copecked wee could no ocher way bee juaified , than by laying hold by faith on the farisfaClion and fufferings ofChrifi. Secondly, it may teach us confidenceagainfi all finnes, corruptions, and temptations. Who!ball lay any thing to the charge of godsdell ? It UGod chat juftifieth,who is. be that condemneth r It is (brill that died, &c. Satan is the blackea enemie, and iliac is thewort+ thinghee can al- leage againfi mee, or my foule isor canbee fubjeaunto ; for Hell is not To evill as firm. In as much as Heil isof Gods making, but finne onely of mine. Hell is made a- gaina mee, but finne is committedagainfl God. Now I knowChriacame to defiroy the workes and to anf,ver the arguments and reasonings ofthe Devill. Thou mit not Band before God,faithSatan,for thou art a grievous finner,and he is a devouring fire. But faith can anfvvere, Chria is able both to cover and to cure my finne,to make it vandh as a mifle and to put it as farre out ofmine owns fight, as the EMI is from the Weft. But thou haft nothing todoe with Chrifl , thy honesare fomany and fo
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