Chap.9. secerdi ig t ® S` M A r r II fi VV. ;15 him ll lick., tn far fortle while after. ichold, Ye whom rhost lovefl : faid they ofLazarus, Joh.i 1. We mutt make a new Bible, ere we can neceffarily conclude, that God is heavily offended,becaufe weare heavily afflicred. He that efcapes affiction,may fufped his adoption, `Prov.3. I a. Verfe 3. Thiswan blasJhemeth.] True, had he been but a man, AS.Lr r,; . and had taken upon him to forgive fins by his own authority, as cerrl tes p Popilh Priefts do, to the fubvertingof fme mens fouls. I have 145' F y known one (faith a reverend Divine) who neither by education nor afeeion was difpofed to Popery ; who having the ill hap ( when his confcience was perplexed) to fall into thehands of a Pop* Prie Papal ~ea- Prie íl gefed) that religion morecomfort fbr th con- fcience then curs; and therefore more comfort, becauf it had,and exercifed a power to pardon (in, which our Minitlersneither did, nor durft affameunto themf Ives. Verfe í.. Wheref re thinke ye evil, &c,], Chrifl confutes their calumny, and proves himfelf to be Ged, and to have power to pardon fin, by difcerning and condemning their evil thoughts. P. the Lore fearch the heart, J er.17. Satan may give a flhrewd gueffe: and fo may men too c as Bartelres writes ofDoc`lour Gabriel Nele, Bier./ 1 de vero that by the only motion of the lips , without any utterance, he ®61'g' underfiood all men, perceived and read in every mans counte- nance, what he meant, &c. But none can certain.y know the thoughts ofman, but God alone. It is his royalty to knowAlb& is in man, J oh. a .2 5 . Verfe S. For whsther is it eafier,&c.] q. d. It is work of one and thefame Almighty power to pardon fin, and, with a bare word only, to heal the lick, filch as arecounted paft cure efpecial- ly. Think the Earned the fouls íickneu:s, and fay with that An- cient, Booadzrif, D orraine,unde to damnarepates men frdtunon anti uncle tna 2lvare poses me, Verfe 6. That the 'inne of ma» bath power, &c.] And therefore: is more then a man. The Rhensifir tell us ofone man that Cool f ; remove mountains. But none but the man Chrifl J . fds could ever remit finnes. He only it is that blots oat the cloned,; and the thick cioud too, enorm'ties as well as infirmities : for this is a° {a true Axiome, Peccata non mi» ntnt jaaffifa.arioner, though fins be different, Juflifaeation is not. lakeheed yeenterlinenot, Gods Covenant..fc.
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