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§.Sea.Y.

Satans

tempta

lien

to

per.

fvvade

men

to

all

licentieuf-

net.

29

a

7liat

whom

Chriff

redeemeah, them

alf

heArtifieth.

vertue and

force

than

Adams finne,in

that

it

bringeth

vnto

vs

farre

better

things

than

we

loft

in

Adam

;

for

wee loft

by

A.

d

as

but

earthly benefits,

but

wee haue deriued

vnto

vs

by

Chrifl

heauenly glorie and cucrlafling

happineffe

;

madam

call

vs

out

of

the

poffef

ion

of

the earthlyparadife,but

Chriít

giues

vs

poffeflìon

of

the heauenly

Ierufalem

?

Adam made

vs

ofthe

feruants

ofGod

the

bondflaues

ofSatan, but Chrifl

made

vs

of

the bondflaues

of

Satan, the

fbnnes

ofGod

and

heires

ofhis kingdome.

The

anift,vere

CHAP.

XV.

That

all

u-ho

are

redeemed

are

alfo

fangifaed

Nd

thus

I

haue

taken away the ground ofSatans

fira

temptations,

whereby

hee

moueth carnali

men

fecurely

to continue

in

their

fins,becaufe

Chrifl hath

redeemed and

will

faue

the

wicked.

'

as

well

as

the

godly,

by

proouing

that Chrifl

bath

redeemed

the

faithfull onely.

The

fecond

temptation

which

he vfeth

to

the

fame

purpofe,

he thus

frameth

;

Chrifl bath redeemed

all, at

leafl

who

be.

lecue

in

him,be their

firms

neuer

fo

many

and

grieuous

:

and

therefore

thou

maifl continue in

thy

finnes

with

pleafure

and

dclight,and

fatisfie

the

lulls

ofthine

owne

flefh;onlybe-

leeue and

thou (halt

be faued,

for

Chrifl requireth

no

other

condition. Neither

is

there

any

other

end

of

Chrifls

com-

ming,but

that

he

fhould

by

his fuffring

take

away

thy

finnes;

and therefore why íhouldeft

thou

vexe

and

torment

thy

felf,

in imbracing

bitter

mortification and

newnefle

of

life,and in

fhunning

thy

fweete and pleafing finnes,feeing

Chrifl

redeen

meth the

greate(1(inners

as

well

as

the leafl?

To

this we

are

to

anfvere,that

there

arc no fumes

fo

innu-

merable

in

rnultitude,and

fo

hainous

in

their

qualitie and na-

ture,which

will exclude

vs

from

the

benefit

of

our

redemp-

tion

wrought

by

Chrifl,

fo

wee applie

his

death and

merits

.

vnto

vs,

by

a

true and liuely faith

:

but yet notwithflanding,

.

this

can

be no

encouragement

for any

to

continue

in

their

finnes