V ER.7. Ephe/1 ns,Chap.i. yogi arefree indeed ; What reply they We are theTonnes of Abraham, we were never in bondage ; Spirituals thraldome could not enter their thoughts. Looke as it was with thofe men Eti/h.s did lead to Samaria, thofe bands of the Syrians, fo fareth it with thefe; while the Devill leadeth them to hell, wherethey willdye without repentance,feethem- felves in the midit ofmurdring fpirits,they follow himas ifthey went to heaven it felfe, as thofe followed, being led with a miff depraving their fight,they followed to the city oftheir enemies,thinking theyhad gone to Damaf ue, their owne ftrength : Many fuch foules there are led in this fafhion, who yet willhave the Devill in their mouths, anddefie him in words, as having nothing todoe with him ; but as many profe!%in words that theydeny in deede, fo many defie in wordthat theydoe in worke. Take a young gallant, who now in his ruffe doth fwagger it, and runne the next why to the hofpitall5 tell him of being poore, he will defie that ever it rhould come neere him; but yet while he doth play the prodigall, he dothgo apace in the wayto beggery: fb thou doDdefie to be in bondage to the Devill, and follow him ; but while thy ignorant minde, thy lufts, thy paflions, cuftomes, corrupt example, while thefe guide thee hi thy courfe oflife, the Devill leadeth thee, as in a firing, toall he pleafeth. If thou didit never feele any fpirituall bondage, this is tigneenough thou art Dill inbondage ; even as deadly frckneffes are felt when now nature fomewhat recovereth : fobondage isfelt when nowGod refloreth in the beginnings,by workeofhisgrace, fome truc liberty, then aman findeth his unregenerate part yoake him, the things ofthis world too much prevailingover him,that he thinketh himfelfeeven fold under finne and captive to it. Obferve thirdly, that we have deliverance from our fpirituall thral- DGc7. dome by Chrift : Chrift for this is calledour Redeemer, or Redempti- onof his people, who doth deliver them from the hand of all their enemies : that theymay [erne the Lordwithoutfeare. Thofe whom God did raite up to redeeme his people, as tatofes,the Judges, &c. yea thofe who redeemed,as kinfmen,this orthat,were fhadowes ofthis ourgreat Redeemer, whowas in time to be revealed. Now redemption noteth fometime the a&ion ofGod working our deliverance, fometime the effe& of this aélion in us, who are redeemedand inlarged; thus it is here taken fora Date offreedome,whichbeleevers attaine through Chrift his redemption : and this Date is twofold ; eyther begunne onely in this life, or confummare, in which fenfe we have the redemptionof the body, Rem. S. and Chrift is faid to be made our redemption after our fanEtification ; where redemption noteth out that confummatedelive- rance from the bondage ofmortality it felfe, which thefe vile bodies of , Cor.r.3o.v. ours fhall be brought unto in heaven. Here hefpeaketh ofthe former, the word Re- which faithfull ones arebrought unto now believing : This may beam- dempriodnex- plifiedby branches correfpondent tothe contrary bondage ; for from Pouned what time weare inChrift, we are freed from beingunder the Law,and revenging juftice of God, there geingnocondemnationtothofe thatare in Chrift, Rom. S. t. Againe, this firong man is caft forth fromwhat time I a Chrift
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