PrefrUatíues tokeepevi from the infe!lion of fanne. Gr ' therebyhemight fatisfie Gods iuflice for my tranfgrefiîons? Should 3 bepert-waded to commit !ìnne,with thebare hirecf vncertaine riches,feeingChrifi bath redeemed me, not with.1;1- i,Pcr,r.i8,t9 user rorgold,er anyother corruptible thing;but txith. the ineflima- bleprice ofhis molt precious bloud?Shouldmy fenfuall tafte and curious palate, moue me to finne in drunkenneffe and glut- tonic, feeingChrift to redeeme me hath hungred and thir- fled, and in headofdrinke hadoffered vnto him gall and vi- neger ? Shall I bemowed to finby anger, and to feekevniuft reuenge,feeing Chrifl being injuredopenednot his m.outh,6ut Era. S ;.. likean innocent lambe. /uferedhimfelftobe led to the !laughter? Farre be`fromme fuchadelire ; nayratherbecaufe my Saui- our Chrift hath fuffered.all this for me,toredeeme me out of myfpirituallbonda-ge,' will refolue rather tobe depriuedof al wórldly benefits,and endurepatientlythe greatefl miferies and afliióions, than by wilful! falling into finnemake my felfe-againethe flaue olSatan. And thus haue I(hewedhow theremembrance of Chrifls, death and pafïìon is a notable corrafiue tokill our corruptions : and as men areaccuflorned tofhew.vnto Elephants the iuyceof theGrape or Mulberie, tomake th6more fierce,and encourage them toamore cou- ragious fight.; ;fohaue Ibyoffering to ourview the precious bloodof this immaculate Lambe, endeuoured to redouble our valour in fighting thisbattell oftemptationsagainfl our fpirituall enemies. Fourthly,letvsremember the vnicnthat is between Çhrifl "4.Sea.7. and vs,wherebyhe is become our husband,wehis fpoufe, he Thefourth our head,andwee his members. The confideratiòn whereof reafon,taken mayferue as a forcible argument to refirainevs from falling fro. l i it be on willingly into any finne; for ifweebee the fpoufeof Chrifl, tLvyxtCbrift farre be it from vs to behaue- our fettles- like Satansarum- and vs. pets,prof}itutingourfoules to finne tha wemay receive the gaine offome worldlie vanities,andtolreurre the grieuous difpleafure ofour moti louing husband, for the pleating of our camall lullsand fenfuallappetite's: ifwe be the members ofChrifls bodie, farrebe it ,froînvs to make his members the infirumentsof fin tie - and- 1etuants of vnrighteoufneffe; fox what were.thiS,rbut as dinchas in vsdoth lie,todraw our E.Cos.jótfi r4 ioly
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