IV. Thus much I am fadly fenfible of, and do ftand

condemned out of my own Mouth. And thus far the Circumftances of all Mankind are the fame^ P/cxxx. 3,4. ^j^^j. jf Qq^ fhould be extreme to mark what ts done amifs, the very beft of us all could not abide it. But, bleffed be God, though Matters are deplo- rable, they are not quite delperate ,• for there is Msr- cy with him, and his Juftice is fatished. The Price and Purchafe of our Souls is paid ; Our forfeit Lives are ranfomed and redeemed ,• Our Ranfom in Value exceeds the whole World ,• even his own beloved and only begotten Son; who fpared not his own Life, but willingly poured out his Soul to the Death ; and is thereby become a Sacrifice and Atonement for the Sins of wretched Mortals. He hath publilhed glad Tidings of Reconciliation and Repentance, of Par- don and Peace. He came to fave Sinners, even the Chief of Sinners. Our God willerh not the Death of any ,* provided they believe, and llncerely obey him : Not according to the Shekel of the Sandluary, which requires unfmning Perfedion ; but after the Standard of the New Covenant, which allows for Human Frail- 'ties ; accepts Sorrow for the paft, Amendment for the Time to come ; a fervent Love of God, and ho- neft Endeavours to ferve him. This is a Saying wor- thy
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thy to beaccepced indeed ,• This is the Comfort and Confidence of poor recurning Sinners. And, while I can fee by Faith the Penalty of Eternal Damnation releafed^ by Virtue of the Blood of this Lamb of God flain to take away the Sins of the World, I will fub- mit with Patienee to the Temporal PuniOiments in- fiided by my provoked God ; and thankfully accept the Sickneffes and Afflictions of this prefent Life,, as fo many Warnings and Calls to Repentance.