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Part I.<br />
RedentftioH £nd jMjfificatitn diered.<br />
Bythefcfcntcnccsout<strong>of</strong> M. Cahim wee may fee chacChrifl<br />
was deeply touched with the fear <strong>of</strong> death , for he wept and<br />
groaned io fpirit , and trgublcd himfelf with forrow for the death<br />
oi Lakjivus : I cannot apprehend that he was afraid <strong>of</strong> the wrath<br />
<strong>of</strong> God for our ^m% in the night bclorc hisdeath,for thrn he could<br />
not have (aid as he did : I have Jet the Lord ai^ayis heftre mtne<br />
eyes, he is at my right hdndtherfore I Jhtill not be moved: Pf.i6.%,<br />
I cannot apprehend tnat his troubled feare did exceed the<br />
bounds <strong>of</strong> true naturall fear.<br />
Mr. Calvin laith that we mttfidifiingul/h between the infirmities<br />
<strong>of</strong>onr Saviours fiejh. and onr infirmities : for in m ( faith heJ<br />
there u no affe!^ ion without fin<strong>net</strong> bteaufe all men dot exceed the<br />
meafure <strong>of</strong> a right moderatiom , hut Chrifi ( faith he ) Wm fo<br />
troubled with Corrow and fear, that he never murmured airainfi<br />
God, but remained ftedfaji to the rule <strong>of</strong> tem^eranee : Hec wat<br />
pure without all fpot , and therefore his affecSiions were pure and<br />
iinfj>otted, and yet his affePere framed wholly to obey Gods will : fo that it you<br />
center his palfions with ours , they will differ no IcfTc then clccr<br />
water from filthy puddle.<br />
<strong>The</strong>fc fentences <strong>of</strong> M. Calvin, may advifc us how we doc attribute<br />
(iichakinde<strong>of</strong>feartoChriftasraight diforder his pure naturallaffcdions,<br />
which-doubtlcfTe would have fallen ufxin him , if<br />
he had undergone the pain <strong>of</strong> l<strong>of</strong>Te for our fins j<br />
fiich as the damned<br />
doc feci in hell, as the common do