g Sec7.6. That the t.crd in the GoJpelt requireth not per fíiobe- dience to the laziv. 63o Comfortsfor thofe thatfeeandfeele their imperfe&riiots. ofChrift in whotn:w'e_1ine, and by fprinkling our confcien ces.with hisprecious blood) had deliuered them from the force and power ofuìnne and death, fo that now it couldnot condemne them, nor oblige and bind them to guilt and punifhment as in former times. Seeing therefore the fling of-lime is taken awaythat it cannot condenine vs;let vs not fo feare it as that it fhould mooue.vs defperateiy <to caf} away our weapons not daring to encounter it; for.though this our enemie mayaffault vs,. yet it cannot ouercome vs ; though it maywound vs, yetit cannot kill vs ; though it may One vs a foyle, yet intheendwee are Pure of vidorie, ifwee manfully refillandlabour to fubdue it.. Secondly, let vs confider that the Lord;dotIrnot require ofvs wider the Gofpellfuch exa6±.and perfe& righteoufneffe as was required vnder the law; which is altogether impof- fìble toour corrupt nature,'and .was neuer to be found in a,- ny man (our Sauiour Chrifh-excepted) but onely that wee firitie and labour. tomaim:vnto it;heedoth-:<ñot: requireof vs that wee,3hoúld at once free our feints from the flefh and the corruptions thereof, but that wee endeuour to mortifie it, according to the meaftue ofgrace and flrength which we haue receiued from him ; he dot not require ofvs that wee bewithout :{inne, but that finne doe not rule in our mortal'. bodies, that wee fiiould<like flaues obey it willingly in the lufis thereof; andthat alto weehating and abhorring it, doe continuallymake warreagainfl it, and fubdue it by little and little,feeingweecannot at once wholly vanquifh tt.I- edoth not now requireofvs that weflionld perfortne perfe& obe- dience ro the law, whichChrifl hath performed for vs, but that we,doe our befl endeuour, and though we cannot at- saine to o;ir ccfire, yet at leaft that webe delightedtn the14w of Godc nccrnino:-theinnerman,and cortrnt veto it that it is rood. hol} a raiNp iì1aword,.this;isthe-Chrifliànmates righ= teoufnes Which God requireth ;.that:he hate.fìn-ne, and loue vodlines, that_he deGreand endeuour to:mortifie theflefh and corruptions thereofand labour to lead a new life inholy obedience ; and ifcontrarie tohis deGre and pur-pole he doe the.euil whichh hateth,or leaueundone the goodwhich he loueth;
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