I ï98 Thatwhom Chs-ifi redeeneeth,themhealfo jntlfieth. tempts, and giue them the eternall peace ofhis kingdome But thofe who haue nottheir part inthe fecond degree, that is, tholewho continue in theirblinde ignorance, and in the naturall pollutionof their will and affe&Iions, willingly fub- ie6ing themfelues to the feruice offinne and Satan, and flubbornely withdrawing their ftiffe neckes outofthe yoke ofholy obedience vntoGods commaundements ; theycan neuer haue anyaffurancc that Chrift hath redeemed themby paying thepriceof hisblood, norwill deliuer them at his fe- cond cornmingout of the bondage ofSatan, in which they haue liuedall their life time, with pleafure and delight ; for, whomfoeuer he ranfometh with the price ofhisblood,thofe he freethoutof the gouernmcnt of their fpiritnall enemies, finne, death, and the diuell ; and therefore they that Bill liùe in finnewith plcafure.and delight, they are (till theferuants John8. 34. of finne, as ourSauiour faith, John 8.34. yea theferuants of t.lohn ;.8. Satan alfo,as the Apoflle teacheth,° John 3.8. For their fer- Rom.6.r6, asant.i roeare toVehorn'e obey,trhether it beoffinne vnto death,or of obedience vnto righteotifreffe, as it isRom.6.t6. and thofe who ftillremainein the feruice and flauerie oftime and 'Sa- tan, haue no part in the frl+ redemption, wrought by the Ihedding of hisblood, nor (hall haue any part in thelaí1 re- demption,.athis fecondcomming to-iudgement. 15.5eí .5. Laffly, we are toknoxv that aril} Bath redeemed the That cbri2 whole man,body,and forale, and bath freedand deliucrede. bash redeemed uerypartand faculty ofthem,out ofthebondageofour fpiri. Ike 'Pboleman. tuai enemies,that all andeueryofthemmayperforme feruice vntoGod. For,exampie, our vnderffandingswerecaptiued in thedarke prifonofignoranceand blindneffe, asappeareth Eph.4.17.18, Bphef.4.t 7.18 but our Sauiour Chrift redeemedvs,andhath difpelled thefe milts ofdarkeneffe with thepreachingof the Gofpcil, which like a glorious funfhine hathappearedvnto vs,and by the operation of hisholy ípirit,hehath caufed the fcales ofignorance to fall from theeyes ofourvnderfcanding, fo that we can fee themyíferieofourredemption,and worke Luk.r.77,7a. ofour faluation wrought by him, as it is Luk.i.77.78,79. Ourvilswhichwere fo inthralled that we could not fomuch as deftreany thingpleafiHg and acceptable unto God, asap- peareth
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