v -282 7emptd.tiens;restndedvpónvnisterfg red nption. CHAP. X I I I I. Satan: temptations concerningour redemption, wherewith he moweth thewordlin, toprefimption,anfrcered. Nd thus haue I'hewed vvhat our redemption is : Now let vs confiderofthofe temptations ofSatan vvhich he fuggelleth into the mindsofme-, whey. byhe laboureth todcpriue them of thisgreatbe- .nefit,and tokeepe themRill in his captiuitie, or topull them back againwhen theyareefcaped.And thefeare oftwo forts, the firf leading to fecuritie and prefiimption, the other to doubtingand defperatiö. For ifhe haue to deale with world- ly men ; who were neuer truly conuerted vetoGod, he labo- reth to perfwade them that they are redeemed byChrift, and therefore though they hue in theirfinnes,yet they be fa ued,for Chrift came into the world to fauc (inners: butwhen he affaulteth the true Chriflian,who is indeedethe redeemed .ofthe Lord ; then hemoueth him to doubt and defpaire, ei- ther ofthe fufficiencie orofthe efficacie,ofthe worke ofour redemption wrought byIefus Chrift. That he may continue the worldly maninhis'carnall fecu- ritie,and fond prefumption, he vfeth two principali reafons ; the firfl,that the redemptionwroughtbyChrit} is vniuerfal, anderfnedtuallfor the faluationofall theworld; out ofwhich hee frameth this temptation : atriabath fhed his precious blood, and fuffered death for all the Nvorid, and hath redee- med all mankinde which were loft in Adam, out of thebon- dage ofSatan death and hell ; why therefore fhouldeft thou be fo flriel in flyingfinne, with which thou art fo muchde- lighted? why doetl thou ilriue againft the tlreame ofthycor- ruptions ?and wherfore fhouldeft thou take any greatpaines in theworksofholineffe and righteoufnes,which arc fobit- ter and vnpleafant to thy tafte and appetite ? for Chril}came into the world to face all men,andnot thofeonly who are fo ftrici in their waies; hee came to redeeme the wholeworld, and gamehimfelfas a fufficient ranfome for all men:and ther- fore 4.Sea.r. The tempta- ,tiau.
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