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WHat man, O God, was so fettered in the snare of sinne, that he coulde not by any meanes delyuer him∣selfe, and therfore was for euer to lie bound with the chain of Satan in hell: it pleased thee ô Lord, to worke meanes of de∣liuerie,
by thine owne sonne to vnloose the shackles of sinne, that man might be set at liber∣tie. For this I giue thee moste hartie thanks O gratious God and father of mercie. For what a thing is this? Man was loste through his owne follie. Iudas for mony, but Adam for an ap∣ple forsooke thee, and so deser∣ued not onely to bee forsaken, but also like an vtter enimie and rebellious traitor, to bee executed in iustice and iudge∣ment. But behold O ye sonnes of men, where man was vna∣ble and angels not sufficient to worke recouerie of grace, and deliuerie from Satans slauery, hee spared not to shedde the bloud of his sonne for the re∣demption
of man, and satisfa∣ction of his iustice.
Behold and woonder: God hath but one soune, his deare sonne, his onely ioye, his owne image, his expresse substance, and yet doth he sende this one babe, like a Lambe in this euil worlde among foxes, to bee torne and cruellie butchered, that by the drops of his preti∣ous bloud he might washe the filthie face of our soules, and with ye wooll of his passion, the merit of his slaughter, so cloth vs, that noe storme of raging sinne might dismaye vs. The streames of thy sonnes bloud, vnlesse wee bathe our selues in them, vnles we wash vs in the poole of his bloud, his passion
O father of heauen, shall no∣thing auaile vs. Giue vs there∣fore good God a full and sound hand, that we may receiue the bloud of thy sonne Christe to our saluation. Increase our faith in vs, giue vs a winged faith, that wee may flie vnto Christ thy sonne and our Sa∣uiour, standing on the beacon of the crosse to purchase there demption of the whole world.
But especiallie in time of ex∣treamitie, when Sathan dooth seeke to choake vs with the smoothering smoke of sin, and like a wilie pyrate seeketh to sinke the shippe of our weake faith: then O Lord, when hee raketh our sinnes out of the a∣shes, and calleth a parlement
of his hellish aungels to accuse vs before thee and thine holie companie, that being conuin∣ced of trecherie to thy maie∣stie, wee may abide the rod of thy furie: euen then O Lorde, giue vs a feathered faith, that we may flie aboue the reache of Satan & rest in the wounds of thy decre•• sonne in safetie, without perill of shipwracke, be the waues of sinne neuer so outragious, or the winds of in∣iquitie neuer so tempestuous. Couer vs with the winges of thy fauour, garde vs with the hand of thy power, and pul vs out of the deepe mire of our secret sinnes, that being drow∣ned in thy mercie, we maye in a liuely faith spring out of the