Certainly the devil strangely wrongeth many a poor troubled soul, that he can bring them to have hard thoughts and suspicious thoughts of Jesus Christ. How can they more contradict the office of Christ? How can they more contradict the gospel description of Christ, than to think him a destroyer of his creatures, one that watcheth for their haltings, and one that hath more mind to hurt than help them? Away, away with all prejudicate opinions! Resolve, O my soul, to throw thyself on him for life and salvation; why, if thou wilt but come, he hath promised freely to make thee welcome: all the day long he stretcheth out his arms, and would fain gather thee and others into his sweet embraces.

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