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now
the
Chr
f
ian
being
foiledmay beraifed.
'be
freed from
the
(flares
offinne,
and when
wee
cannot
free
our
felues
byour own
.power;doe
as
it
were blëate, and
after
our
fheepifh manner implore
the
helpe
ofour
carefull
fhep-
heard;
crying out with the
Apoí+le
Paul(that
bleffed
fheepe
Rom 7.24.
of
Chrifl)
Wretched man
that Lon,
who
Jhall deliuer
me
from
the
bodie
of
this
death.? as
it
is
Rom: .24.then
will our
louing
Thep-
héard
Iefus
Chrift
in
his
good
time come and loofe vs,
and
ifwith'ílrugling
-in
the
briars
of
fiüne
we
are
fo
difabled
that
we
cannot goe,
he will take
vs
like the
ftraied fheep
vp-
on
his fhoulders,and
carrie
vs
by the
v,
aies
of
rightcoufileffe
into
his
fheepfold
of
euerlafting
happine(fe.
Neither
can
it
,pofiîbly
bee
that
our
heavenly
fhepheard, who
of
purpof1
came
into the
world
to
feeke
vs
rhilefl
wee were loft, and
fpent three and
thirtie
yeeres
in following
and finding
vs,
who
were
wandring
and
ftraied fheepe,
"crying
and calling
vnto
vs
euen
till he became
hoatce"with
loud
cries, and
paf-
fing
thorow the
thbrnie
waies
of
troubles
and-
perfecution,
till
he
had
fhed
his precious
Mood, and
finally
laid
down
his
life
for our fakes;
fhould
now turne
away his
eyes
and
flop
his
eares
when
his fheepe
defireto follow him,and
earneftlie
implore
his
helpe,lnding
their
owìte weakneffe and vnabili-
tie to come
fo
fwiftly
w
him
as
they fhould.
The Lord
is
our
Sauiour and
Redeemer,who
hath
not
fpa-
red
his
owne precious
blood, but
hath
giuen
it
to
his
Father
as
the
price
ofour
redemption,that
wee
might
bee deliuered
out
ofthe
captiuitie
ofthe
diuel,in
which
we
were
detained,
z.Tim.s.6. as
it
is
i
.Tim.2.6.
If
therefore
we haue
a fenfe
ofour
captiui-
tie,and
a
defrre
to
be let at
libertie,being
wearie
ofour
mife-
rie,and
vnwiHing
to
flay
any
longer
in this cruell
bondage;
our
Sauiour
Chrift
will
redeeme
vs, for
to
this
endhee
came
.Luk.4.jB.
into
the world,as
appeareth
Luk.4.i
8.And
though
like vnto
poore captiues
who
(hauing long time
been
clogged with
heauie
bolts
and
galled
with
thong
chaines) haue
their
liras
fòbenummed
and
fore,
that
they cannot goe after
they
are
freed
out ofprifon
;
fo
we, after
we
haue
long
been
detained
in
Satans
captiuitie,
feared
with
chaines
of
fume, and
clog=
gedwiththe
heauie
bolts
of
our corruptions,bee
fo
galled
and benummed,
that
wee
cannot f\vifilyfollow
Chriíi our
Redeemer