§.Sea.Y. Satans tempta lien to per. fvvade men to all licentieuf- net. 29 a 7liat whomChriff redeemeah, themalf heArtifieth. vertue and force thanAdams finne,in that itbringeth vnto vs farrebetter things thanwe loft in Adam ; for wee loft by A. das but earthly benefits, but wee haue deriued vnto vsby Chrifl heauenly glorie and cucrlafling happineffe ; madam call vs out of the poffef ionofthe earthlyparadife,but Chriít giues vs poffeflìon of the heauenly Ierufalem ? Adam made vs ofthe feruants ofGod thebondflaues ofSatan, but Chrifl made vs ofthe bondflaues ofSatan, the fbnnes ofGod and heires ofhis kingdome. The anift,vere CHAP. XV. That allu-ho are redeemedarealfofangifaed NdthusI haue taken away the ground ofSatans fira temptations,whereby hee moueth carnali men fecurely to continue in their fins,becaufe Chrifl hath redeemed andwill faue thewicked. ' as well as thegodly, by proouing that Chrifl bath redeemed the faithfull onely. The fecond temptationwhichhe vfeth to the fame purpofe, he thus frameth ; Chrifl bath redeemed all, at leafl whobe. lecue inhim,be their firms neuer fomanyand grieuous : and therefore thou maifl continue in thy finnes with pleafure anddclight,and fatisfie the lulls ofthineowne flefh;onlybe- leeue and thou (haltbe faued, for Chrifl requireth no other condition. Neither is there any other end of Chrifls com- ming,but that he fhouldbyhis fuffring take away thy finnes; and therefore why íhouldeft thou vexe and torment thy felf, in imbracingbitter mortification andnewnefle oflife,and in fhunning thy fweete and pleafing finnes,feeingChriflredeen meth the greate(1(inners as well as the leafl? To this we are to anfvere,that there arc no fumes fo innu- merable in rnultitude,and fohainous in their qualitie and na- ture,which will exclude vsfrom thebenefit ofour redemp- tionwrought byChrifl, fo wee applie his death andmerits . vnto vs, by a true and liuely faith : but yet notwithflanding, . this can be no encouragement for any to continue in their finnes
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