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The second thing we have to note in his promises is his mercy which exceedeth all his works. For God, though he have given a curse of the law against sinners, yet seeing Christ for the penitent hath borne the curse, whereby his justice is not impaired: he is content to accept our weakness as our strength, to recompense our imperfection with reward of greatest perfection, and that which we can perform but in small part he is content to accept as whole, not for any desert of ours, but in the satisfaction of his son, who paid with the seal of his own blood, the ransom for our sins, he hath cancelled the hand writing that was against us. Wherefore we are to pray unto God, that whensoever our sins shall come in question before him, that he would look upon Christ Jesus the true looking glass, in whom he shall find us most pure and innocent, and to shine most clearly in the righteousness which he had given us by faith: so that we appear not in our own righteousness, but in the righteousness of the lamb, who having taken away the sins of the ⟨image 16⟩world, and having made us as white as snow, though we were as red as crimson, saith, he will be merciful to our iniquities, and will remember our sins no more. Of him do all the Prophets be are witness, that through his name all that believe shall receive remission of their sins. Again, Drink ye all of this, for this is my blood which is shed for the remission of sins. Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the curse of the law, even according to the will of the father. Christ bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being delivered from sin, might live in righteousness, by whose stripes we are healed, for we were as sheep going astray, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of our souls. It is no more but believe, & be saved: believe, and receive remission: believe, and lay off thine own righteousness, and invest thy self with the righteousness of the unspotted lamb.

The second thing wee haue to note in his promises is his mercy which exceedeth al his workes. For God, though hee haue giuē a curse of the law against sinners, yet seeing Christ for the penitent hath borne the curse, whereby his iustice is not impaired: he is content to accept our weaknesse as our strength, to recompence our imperfection with rewarde of greatest perfection, and that which we can performe but in small part hee is content to accept as whole, not for any desert of ours, but in the satisfaction of his son, who paid with the seale of his owne bloud, the ransome for our sins, he hath cancelled the hand writing that was against vs. Wherefore we are to pray vnto God, that whensoeuer our sinnes shall come in question before him, that hee would looke vpon Christ Iesus the true looking glasse, in whom he shal find vs most pure and innocent, and to shine most cleerely in the righteousnesse which he had giuen vs by faith: so that wee appeare not in our own righteousnesse, but in the righteousnesse of the lambe, who hauing taken away the sins of the