itom.ó,sg. acriz z. 300 rentationsagainfl thedoEirineofredemption infwered. delire to leaueour fintnes, and to ferue the Lord in the duties offan& &ification,andhaue an endeuor ofmortifyingour fns, and rilingagain tonewnes oflife;our of e6 ionsalfo are pur- ged from their corruptions, fo that wee lone, feare, trul} in, hope,and expec`l all goodfrom him, who is the fountainof all goodnes; our bodieswhichweregiuenas f riantsvntofin, arenowbecome theferuants of righteoufnes vnto holines; In a word,both inbodie and foule wee are freed from finne,and made feruantsvntoGod. But ifour vnderftandings are Rill blindand ignorant,our wilsbackward to imbraceanygood- nes, andmot}prone vnto all euill,our affectionsas corrupt as euer theywere,andour bodies the readie infruments toall all finandwickednes, thenhaue we as yet no fruiteofthe re- demption wrought by Chrift, for it is not a titularie but a powerful! redemption,which indeed and truth deliuereth vs, euen in this life, fromour fpirituall enemies : fo that though theymay affault,and grieuoufly vexe vs,yet they (hall neuer goucrne and raigneouervs;and therforewhofoeuer feelenot the redemptionwrought by Chrif, powerfull in this lifeto free them in fotnemeafure, from the rule and iurifdiótion of înne,Satan,theworldand the flefh,fhall neuer find it fruitful and effec`luall to free and deliuer them, from condemnation hell anddefruólion in the life to come. 4.Se 1.T. That it is not repagnantto Gads iu(lice to punifhCbriIi for vs. CHAP. XVI. Ofthofe temptations whichSatan vfethagainfiz thefaith.fitld concerning theirredemption. Nd thus' much concerning thofe temptations which Satan fuggefleth into mens mindes to nourifh in them carnal! fecuritie. Nowwe arc to confider ofthofe which he vfeth tomouemen to -`--- doubtingariddefperation.Firft therefore heob- ieð that it is a thingvnreafonable, and vtterly repugnant toGods iuflice,that Chrift whowas innocent fhouldbe pu- nifhed forvs who are gtliltie, that wee fhould deferue the blame,andhe fuffereth theflri es, thatthe righteous fhould be
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