B07431:44
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lords Supper. / Written by T.W..Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..
London: printed for I. Harison, 1610
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and as we have multiplied our sins, so we pray thee to multiply thy mercies: and although we have by continuance in them, so soaked our selves, that thereby we are not only lightly stained, but also have gotten as it were the Scarlet and Purple die of them: yet let them all (we pray thee,) being washed in the blood of thy dear Son, be made as white as the Snow in Salmon, & as the Wool of the Sheep which come from ⟨p. 77⟩washing.
and as we haue multiplyed our sinnes, so wee pray thee to multiply thy mercies: and although we haue by continuance in them, so soaked our selues, that thereby we are not onely lightly stained, but also haue gotten as it were the Scarlet and Purple die of them: yet let them all (wee pray thee,) beeing washed in the blood of thy deare Sonne, be made as white as the Snow in Salmon, & as the Woolle of the Sheepe which come from ⟨p. 77⟩washing.
And to conclude as our sins have magnified them selves in an infinite length, breadth, depth, and height, so let thy mercies (which pass all understanding,) of all sides, and all assays, out-reach them. Therefore also we most humbly desire thee, ô Lord, that the sin being pardoned, thy wrath, which is already declared, may be appeased towards all the Churches of our profession, and especially towards us, that the manifold breaches of the Churches and Common wealths may be made up, that those being received into the bosom of the Church, which belong to thy election: ⟨p. 78⟩the rest of the Papists & Heretics, may be utterly rooted out; and that the enemies in religion, being slain, we may to the uttermost think all one thing, in the honest and peaceable government of the Common wealth. Upon which uniting of us in all trueth and honesty, the curses of the Plague, and barrenness being removed, a way may be made to thy blessings; which (as the Hills do the Valleys) may make our land wholesomely fruitful. And that not only the wrath which is already kindled, may be quenched, but that which hath been lately threatened, may be caused to retire. For the grant whereof unto us, we