The thirdrea- fan,takcn f ona the death and fifferingsof oursauiour Chrifi. 6i4 Preferuatiues to lepevsfam theeinfec`fionof finne. prophaning themwith our finnes,but rather vfe themas in.. couragementswhereby wee maybemoued with all cheere.. fumes_ to feraefo bountiful' amailer. In aword,as the gifts offGael are infinite which concerne this life and the life to come z fo.are the reafons drawne from them infinite, which may ferue to reflrainevs from finne, and containe vs in the courfeofholie obedience : the which ifwee continually re- taine in memorie (euen.thofebenefits which are common to all true Chriflians, and thofe which euery onereceiueth in hisparticular placeand calling) wee will not (vnleffe our vngratefulnes be intollerable) eafily hearken to Satans ten- tations, nor for the vaine pleafures, vncertaine riches and momentany honours ofthis wicked worldbe hired tocom- mit finne,which wee know to beedifpleafingand odious in the fight of God, who in his endleffe louee. hat.( .bellowed vpon vs finch innumerable benefits. Thirdly, whenwee are tempted vnto finne, let vs call to minde the deathand fufferingofour Sauiour Chrifl,aud fay unto our .owne foules,Hath Chrift my redeemer paid fox my redemptioneuen his deareft blood,and fhall Ifell my foule to finne againe for this vaine pleafure or bate commoditie? Hathhee not fpaxed to powre out the full [treat-lies of his moll preciousblood, that in thispure lauer.Imight b.epur- ged and deanfedfrom thelthie(pots of finne; and fhall the world caufe me with her.Syrens Tongs.to.leape againe into this filthïepuddle ? Should he fufferhimfelfe tobe cru- cified that by his deathhemight kill finne,, and fhall I now put life into it a.gaine, reuiuing: that which heebath t torti fied.? Did hee in his infinite loue.giue himfelfefor me, and fhall I trample thisprecious . gift vnder foote, preferringbe- fore it the trifling vanities ofthis w ickedworld?Should ho- nour aliureme to commit finne,feèing the glorious fonne ofGod. hath:.abafed himfelfe and undergone ignominious fhame to free mee from it? Should pleafures inticenie to breake Gods çomnmandenents, feeing my Sauiour ,Chrift left the bofotneofhisFather, at whole right .hated there is fumesofpleafures and ioyes foreuerntore, and indured the griefe,andmiferies ofawretched lifeand turfeddeath, that thereby
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