He that hath
Christ hath all things that are Christ's. He is our preservation from
damnation; he is our comfort; he is our help, our remedy. When we feed
upon him, then we shall have remission of our sins: the same remission of
sins is the greatest and most comfortable thing that can be in the world.
O what a comfortable thing is this, when Christ saith, _Remittuntur tibi
peccata_, "Thy sins are forgiven unto thee!" And this is a standing
sentence; it was not spoken only to the same one man, but it is a general
proclamation unto all us: all and every one that believeth in him shall
have forgiveness of their sins. And this proclamation is cried out daily
by his ministers and preachers; which proclamation is the word of grace,
the word of comfort and consolation. For like as sin is the most fearful
and the most horriblest thing in heaven and in earth, so the most
comfortablest thing is the remedy against sin; which remedy is declared
and offered unto us in this word of grace and the power to distribute
this remedy against sins he hath given unto his ministers, which be God's
treasurers, distributers of the word of God. For now he speaketh by me,
he calleth you to this wedding by me, being but a poor man; yet he hath
sent me to call you.
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