294 rfhat whomChrifredeemeth, them alfoheAnîlifieth: iniquitíe,andpurge vs tobeapeculiarpeoplevuto.himfifzealous Luk.t.74.7f. ofgoodworks. Luk.i.7475.the Lord bindethit with an oath, that whom,focuer he redeemeth out ofthehands oftheiríftriuiall enemies,they fhallworfhip him in holinefeand r: hteoufnefealthe t.Pet.t.24. dates ofthetrlife. i.Pet.2.24. the Apof}le faith, )S our Sauiour bare ourfins inhis body. on the tree, thatwe 6èm deliveredfrom Rotu.&i!. fissileß ouldlrne in righteoufne11'e.And Pau/fhewethRon-1.6.18. that as foone as we are freed from the bondageof(nne,ta'e are Hcb.g.t 4. made the truantsofrighteonfrneffé. So Heb.9.r4.it is faid,that thebloudofChrif1 lothpureour confciencesfrorn deadtbor,'es, that we may f rue the lining God; neither are we only iuf}ified, but alfo fanólifiedby theofferingofthe bodie ofChrifl once Heb,to.toa4_ made,as it is chap.i.o.verf:io.i4. and as hee is appointedof God to bea Princeand Sauiour to giue remiffion ofGnnes, Aet.f.;t. fo all'o to giue repentance, as appeareth A&s 5.3'. So the Apof}le faith, that Chrif} gauc himfelfe for his Church, not that it might continue ail!' in pollution and the filthineffe EPh5.15. 16. offinne, but that hee might fan&ifìe it and cleanfc it by the wafhing of water through: the word, Ephef. 5.25.26. IF therefore we walke in the light as hee is in the light, their z toh.t.7. his blood purgeth vs from all our finues, r. Iohn i. 7. If wee are fprinckled in our hearts from an euill confcience, thenwee may draw neerc with a true heart in affuranceof Helmo.tt,, faith, Heb. r 0.22. But if wee continue inour finnes without repentance andcommit themwith delight and greedineffe, then let vs brag asmuchas we will that we areredeemed by Lloh.3a. Chrii,yct We are f}ilI in thebondageofthediuell; for Chrift appearednot only tofreevs out ofhis captiuitie,but alto that he might loofe theworker ofthe diuell,as appeareth 'John 3.8. Hechath redeemedvs out ofthe thraldomeofSatan,that we might become his ovine feruants, whom hee will rule and gouerne byhis,word and fpirit; and:therefore ifwee haue Rom.; 9a not this fpirit to leadevs, we arc none ofhis,as it is Rom.8.9, ifweewill not fubmi tour felues to the fcepterofhisword, weearenone ofhis fubieas, but continue fill" the feruants offinneandSatan. Seeingthen it is manifcf} byGodsword, that whofoeuer areredeemedare alfo fanaified, and whom- foeuer Chrif} hath wafhedwith.his blood, from the guilt and.
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