Comfortsfor thole thatfeeandfeele theirimperfet1ions. 6 : g ARd to the end that we may not be difcouraged in thefe 4,S 1.5. our holy indeuours, with Satans temptations drawee from That our rt.- the relikes of our finnes, the flrength of our corruptions, likes offnne and the imperfe&ions and finali meafure ofour fan&lifica- tedunto tion; let vs furtherconfider, firfi, that thefe relikes of fanne (hall not bee imputed vnto vs, nor corne in iudgement be- fore God toour condemnation,becaufe by faithwe arevni- `ted vnto Chrifl,and fomadepartakersof the vertue andme- rits ofhis death andpaffion,whereby he hath fatisfiedGods iuflice for our finnes,fo that they cannot now condemne vs, nor-draw vpon vs any punifhment; and likewife wee are mad; partakers ofhis perfeCIrighteoufneffeand obedience to the law, which as a rich robe Both couer and hide our patched ragges ofimperfeC}ion. So then though we fee the relikes offanne and our manifold imperfeaions, let vs not be difcouragedherebyfrom labouring in the workeof fan- aification, but rather firiue and endeuour to mortifie our ,finnes, and afpire tomore and more perfef?ion. And ifbe- fides our purpofe we be led captiueoffinne,lct vs remember that we hauean advocate with thefather Iefus Chris the aunt, andthathe is the reconciliation for our finnes; To that though theymake vscondemne our felues inour owne confciences, yet they fhall neuer condemne vs beforeGod. And this the Apófile Paul theweth vnto vs; for halting in the feuenth Chapter of his Epifile to the Romanes declared, that the faithful! haue-remaining in them the flefh and relikes of their old corruptions, whichpowerfulliehinder them from doing thegood they wotild,and moue them to committhe euill which they would not, left any hereby should be dif- eóuraged in the fight andfenfe ofhis corruptions, hee pre- - fentlieaddeth in the beginningof the eighth Chapter,that notwithfianding the flefh and the corruptions therof,which beforehe hadfpokenof,remained invs,yet therewur no con- demnation to thofewho were in Chrifl JeJ c : and he ÿeeldeth this reafon, becaafe the law o f the fpirit oflife which is rn Chrsl t lefus,had freed themfrom thelawof(inne andofdeath, that is, becaufe the powerand vertue ofthe fpirit ofGod(which is theauthor oflife Eßÿ vnitipg vsas members unto thebody S f 3 of
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