ya Iw- ThatlehomChrifi redeemeth them he alfoÇnc`hfieth. 297 gouernment,but alto from the affaults and moleflations ofal our fpiritual enemies,arìd giueth vs eternal peace inhis king_ dome.The firfi was wrought immediatly byhimfelfe, when rr, as he paied afufficient price for our redemption, and thereby fully fatisfied his fathers iufiice;the fecond heworketh byhis owne fpirit,whereby hee doth difpell out ofour minds and hearts thedarke millsofignoranceand infidelity,andby the glorious light thereofdoth illuminate our vnderfiandings, with thebeames oftrue knowledge anda liuely faith,fo that weknow,acknowledge andbeleeue that Chrifi isour fauiour and redeemer,and areaffured that hehath freed vs fromthe bondage ofour fpirituall enemies : after whichaffurance hee begetteth invs ancarnal defire,ofbeingmore &more freed from themaaually,and anholy indeuour ofwithfianding al theiraffaults and temptations, whereby they labour againe to bring vs into their captiuity, and vvithall enableth vs with fome tneafureof flrength, to withfland andouercome them ; and reneweth and confirmeth this flrength receiued, when in the confli&oftemptation weare weakned,and haue receiued thefoile,that wemay rife vpagain and afrefh main- taine the fight.Lafily,our Sauiour Chrifi redeemethvs,when as heperfely freeth and deliuereth vs from our fpirituall e- nemies at his fecondcomming, when as weThal not only not be ouercome nor foiledofthern,but alfo not fomuch as once affaulted.Andofthis redemptionour Sauiour fpeakethLuk. Luk.21 18 21.28. When (faith he) thefe things begin to come to paffe,then look vpandlift vpyour headr;foryour redemption dran'ethhere. And thefe are the three degrees ofour redemption,which al- waies follow one another, for, for whomfoeuer Chrifihath giuen himfelfas theprice oftheir rede'ption, to thofe alto he giuethhis holy fpirit,whichdoth illuminate theeies oftheir vnderfiandingblinded with ignorance, andfantifieth their will and affe&&ions, working in them a delire and holy inde- uour offeruing the Lord in holines and righteoufnes,and of withilanding the temptationsofthe flefh,the worldand the diuell. Andwhornfoeuer he thus redeemethout ofthe pow- er andgouernment oftheir fpirituall enemies, thofe hee will perfeUlie redeeme and deliuer from all their malicious at- tempts)_
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