Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

And how should the consideration of this fetch us in to the righteousness of Christ, make us fall down and adore that mercy which spared and pitied us when we were his enemies. Consider but two things; First, what an ungrateful thing? Secondly, what a foolish thing it is to be Gods enemies, as every man is that continues in sin without returning unto him? First, how ungrateful? He is our Father, (Adam the Son of God, Luk. 3. 38.) and therefore there is due unto him Honour: He is our Master, and therefore there is due unto him fear and service: He is our Benefactor, He left not himself ¹without a witness; All we are, All we enjoy, is from him: He is the Fountain of our life; It is his mercy that we are ²not consumed, his compassions fail not: Therefore there is due unto him Love and Reverence: He is our Purchaser, He bought us out of bondage, when we had sold ⟨p. 257⟩away our selves; therefore there is due unto him Fealty and Homage, nay, he humbled himself in Christ to be³ our Brother, to be our Husband; He took our rags, our sores, our diseases, and pains upon him, and therefore there is due unto him all Fidelity and Obedience.

And how should the consideration of this fetch us in to the righteousnesse of Christ, make us fall downe and adore that mercie which spared and pittied us when we were his enemies. Consider but two things; First, what an vngratefull thing? Secondly, what a foolish thing it is to be Gods enemies, as every man is that continues in sinne without returning unto him? First, how ungratefull? He is our Father, (Adam the Sonne of God, Luk. 3. 38.) and therefore there is due unto him Honor: He is our Master, and therefore there is due unto him feare and service: He is our Benefactor, He left not himselfe ¹without a witnesse; All we are, All we enioy, is from him: He is the Fountaine of our life; It is his mercy that we are