Cr,fPz14 ci1Conrnentarievponithe 516 a trifling debt,ifit were but tonneor twentie pound,ifour flues for in- fufficienciewere call in prifon ? we could neuer forget fuch loue. Con- fider now how great thofedebts of thine were; how weake and final' thine abilitie was to fatisfte,if thou had(' had the power of all men and angels; how ruinous and rufull thycafe was every way :& thus the more louewill appearetobe due vino Chrifl,.and the more thy finne, if thou returne not loue for loue. EewareefGn 3. It mua worke in vs a detefcation and watchfulnes again(} all finn, abich br ;ngetb whichbringeth fuchvaffaledge vpon vs : for (hall Chrifi take vpon him bab the for. our debts, that we like lefperateprodigal's fhould do nothing but aug- ment them? (hall heranfome vs, and giue vs perfe6Ifreedome, that wee with thevnthankfull Ifraelites,fhould runne backeagaine to our former bondage? (hall we with Salomons foole , make but a mocke of finne, which coil: Chrifi fo deare to expiate? heneuer knewewhat this greatefì benefit of Chrig euer meant, that can take his pleafure in the courte of any one (inne. Chrifl having relored the blind manhis fight, bad him rob.tar. geeand/inne no more: and to the adultreffe, goeand /enne no more: fo the vie that we fhould make ofhis redemption is, to ceafefrom euill,and de- part from iniquitie,leaP a work thing befall, and our ende be worfe then our beginning. And herc'is it not to beomitted, how thePopifh doEtrine is in this point an vtter enemie to this redemption purchafed by Chri(t;not only in magnifying their ovinemerits,but jn extenuating finne, fo as men cannot come to a ferious fenfe and hatred of the fame: for many (tines are (mall, and (carte (rimes; many are venial, and there is no danger in them: original! (inne which is the mother (inne of all, is no (inne at all in the regenerate. They turnemany of the commaunde- ments into counfels,which tylilnaygifle care vnto for cóuenience fake, but not of neceflitie , and in doing chefe, they doe more then he lawe bindeth themvnto. By all which dreames of theirowne braines, as by thicke clouds ofdarkenes, they obfcure the brightneifeof this o-tr funue ofrighteoufne(fe, and ltren the merit ofhis fufferings. For if fo many finpes are in their ovine nature fo venial,Chrill might haue fpared much ofhis pairies; and if they were fo flight as they make many, the Chrifli- anmight forbeare muchofthat watchlulneffe againfi them, veto which we are fo often exhorted by the Apo(ile. Pull ti. 4. Hence all() is minifired no final' confolation to thefaithful!: for if on to the godly Chrifl haue redeemed vs from alliniquitie, who can lay any thing to our from the former charge a jivingChr,JJ hack iu/Liified who cancendemne ? Let Satan nowob- doQlrne. Rom.ßy ;.;q, ie6t the greameffe of ourdebt, our owne infufficiencie and weakee- (fate todifcharge ; we may plead that we neede not greatly difirad}our thoghts toprocureany fatisfabìió,befids that which is made on Chrifs part ,, 1
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