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Of
thegenerall
meaner
to
rt
ithfi'and ottrfpiritraall
etremiès.
to
take
poffe(fion
ofour
heauenlie
inheritance;
we are
to an-
fwere
that
our
Sauiour
Chri
fl
bath broken
the
bonds
of
death,and
lead
captiuitie
captiue;
that
hee
is
rifen
againe,be..
ing
the
firfl
fruiter
ofthem
that
flept,
and
is
afcended
into
Iohn.r4.s;
heauen,
to
prepare
vs
a place
there.
Ifhee
obieo`l
that
Chri
all his
benefits
doe
not
appertaine
vnto
vs,
for euerie
man
(hall
liue
by
his
owne
righteoufleffe,
and
the
foule
that
Ezech. iS.
finneth (ball die the death
;
wee are
to
anfwere
that
by
the
fpirit
ofGod
and
aliuely
faith,Chrifl
is
become our head and
we his,inembers,fo
that
he
is
ours
and
we
his,and
our
fins
he
bath
taken
vpon
him,& bellowed on
vs
his
righteoufnes; he
is
become our husband
andwe his fpoufe, and therfore'as
he
'bath
cómunicated hirnfelfvnto
vs,fo
likewife
al
his-benefits,
his merits,righteoufnes,fan&ificatió,& eucrlafling happines.
But ifSatan will not
thus be
anfwered,we
are
not
to
en-
tertaine
any
further difputation
with him,but to
fend
him
to
our
Sauiour
Chrifl who hath taken
vpon him
to be
not
oiilie
our
redeemer and our
mediatour and
interceffor vnto
God
his
father,
but
alfo
our aduocate to
pleade
our
caufe
and to
4.Sea.g.
anfwere
all fuites
made againfl
vs
both
by
Gods
iuflice and
That
to
auoide
the
handwriting
ofthe
law,
and
alto
by Satan and
all
his
satansimpor-
adherents,
as
it
is
i,Ioh.z.i.
Seeing therefore our
'Sauiour
tenity,irerauff
roué
to
i
pure
Chrifl who
is
the wildome
of
his
father,
hath
taken vpon
kith
him
nd
him the
defence
ofour
caufe
in
all
our
fuites, Iet
not
vs
our
fend
him
to our
felues
be
ouerbufie
in difputing
with
this
wrangling fophi-
aduocate.
lier, but
fend
himfor
an
anfwere
to our
Sauiour
Chrifl
who
Ioh.s.r.
hath
fullie fatiffied his fathers iuflice
in
all
.which
it
had
a-
gainf}
vs,and
cancelled the
handwriting
of
thelaw,whereby
we
were
obliged
and
bound,and
therfore
much more able
is
he
to anfwer
al
accufations
which this cauelling
acculer
bath
againfl
vs.
Neither
are we
to
doubt but that
our
Sauiour
will
be
our
aduocate to pleade our
caufe, efpeciallie
confidering
that
it doth
principally concerne himfelfe,and his
owne
glo-
rie
and
i
1fficiencie.
For
the'queflions and
caufes
controuer-
fall
betwene
vs
and Satan, are
not
about
our owne
worthi-
neffe,merits,
riighteoufnefhe,and
fatifraólions,all
which
wee
renounce
and
cal}
away
from
vs as
polluted
cloutes,
in
re-
fpe6t
ofbeing
anie
caufes
ofour
iufliificationandfaluation:
Ii
but