Slitant tomptations irnproue`not our Redemption. 3ó7 -Nay,in truth he is not angrywithvs at a:'1 as a Iudge to pu-. nif°h,but as aFather to correct and amend vs: and it we will fpeake properly,healwaies loueth anddelighteth invs;for as he is well pleated with Chrift our head, fo is he alwaies well pleatedwith vs in him, as beingmembers ofhis body : not- withfianding as a tenderFather when his Sonne offendeth, maketh femblance as though his wrathwere kindled, to the end that he maybe carefull in the time to come, to auoyde the likcfault,and to amend; fo the Lordwho is our gracious Father, feerneth oftentimes töbe grieuoufly difpleafedwith his childrenwhen theyhaue finnea againft him,hiding from themhis amiable lowingcountenance,and fhevvingnothing but lignes ofwrath,not that hehath in truthcart themout of his loue and fauour;for heneuer falleth out with thofe whom Chrift 'lath reconciled vnto hian,neither can he ceafe to loue themembers of Chrift, nor Chriftsmembersceafe to behis members after theyare once ingrafted into his bodie by his holy fpírit andaliuely faith: onely likea wife father he frow- neth vpon themand feemeth angrie, to make them in the time to come forfake their finnes, whereby theyhaue incur- redhis difpleafure. Fifthly; the tempter will obie& that we are not freedand §.Se .7. deliuere out of hispower and iurifdieiion, feeing he doth That though often aft Cult and ouercomevswith his temptations, and lea- Satan tempt Beth vs captiue fait bound in the fetters offinne. Towhich reli'ffte wemuff anfwere, that our Sauiour Chrift by.his deathhath vveart redee- defiroyedhim thathadthepowerofdeath,that is thediuell; that mid. hemight deliuerallthemwhich for feare ofdeath*ereall their Hcb.t.z:4. life timefubiell. to bondage,as theApoftle fhewethlieb.2.14.r5. That God bathdeliveredvs from the power ofdarkeneffe, and hath tranflatedvs into the kingdome ofhis deareTonne, as it is Co1.1.13.That our redeemer IefusChrii'lath [toiled thegrin_ Col.i.t j. cipalities andpowers, andLath madea them of them openly, and bath triumphed-ouer themvponhis crofft., andthat not onelyfor himfelfe, but for all his members,'Co1.2.15. That-hehath now COL :.I ç. broken theSerpentshead, fo that well may hehiffe againft vs;but yethee cannot.f}ingvvs. And whereas heretofore hee wasthcprince oftheworld, who-did ruleacrdrouerne vsat X ,z -his
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