458 VERSE 4, ThePriejlhooclofChrill. 401,...1180RAMIROIZIOMMOMIN. 4111114003900011111111111.1L comers ,.and appliable to all particulars, lob. 3.16. Hee is not willing that any fhould perith , but that all Aoteld come to repentance, 2 Pet.3.9. Hee taileddeathforevery max, He6.2.9. But all this is not beneficial! unto life,but onely to thofc that receive him. Onely thofe that receive him are by there mercies of his made the Sonnes of God,fob.a.i 2*without faith theyabidehis enemies flill. God in Chrifu publifheth himfelfe a God of peace and unity towards us, Gat.3.20. And fetteth forth Chrift as an all-fufficient treafure ofmercy to all that in the fenfe of their ownemifery will fly unto him,Revet 22.17. But till men beleeve,and are thus willing to yeeld their owne contents, and to meetehis reconciliation towards them, with theirs towards him , his wrath abideth upon them flillfor bybelceving onely he will havehis formesdeath effeauall , though it were fufficient'befoie. 0 therefore let us not venture tobeare the wrathofGod, the curie offinne,the weight ofthe Law,upon our owne fhoulders, when wee have fo prefent a remedie, and fo willinga friend at hand to cafe us. Secondly, we fhould labour to feels the vertue ofthe Prieflhood and Sacrifice ofChrift working in us, pur- ging our confciences from dead vvorkes , renewing our nature ' cleanfng us from the power and pollution of finne; far when by the handoffaith ' and the i'Weeteope- ration oftheSpirit wee are therewithall fprinkkd, wee than then make it al our fludy to hate , and to forbeare finne, which fqueezed out fopretious bloud, and wrung fuch bitter criesfrom fo mercifull a highPriefl;to live no longer to our felves, that is, lecioultim hominem, as men, Cor.3.3,Hof.b.7. Mierour owne lufls and wayes: but (as men that are not their owne , but his that bought them,) to live in his fervice,and to his glory, a Cor.6.1 9, 20. 2 COr.5.14. 1 Pet.4.2. All'that wee candoe is too little to anfvvere fo greatlove. Love CO ernptic himfelfe, to humble himfelfe, to bee God in the fleib,tobee God on a
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