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That

rphOm

Chriff redeemeth,them alfo

he

fant1i

fieth.

29I

Gives;

for

firfl,we are

to know,

that

none

haue

part

in this

redemption

wrought

byChrift,but thofe only who

are

made

partakers

thereofby

a

true and liuely

faith

;

which

is

neuer

feparated from

the

fruites

thereof,true repentance and

holi-

neife

oflife

;

neither

is

it

poflible

that

any

íhould

bee allured

ofGods

loue,but

this

affurance will

make

them to loue

God

againe,and

this loue will worke in

their

hearts

a

zeale

of

his

glorie,and

a

care

to

glorifie his

name,by

caufing

the

light

of

their godly

lines

to

fhine before

men;

it

is

not

poflìble

that

any

who

trulie beleeue

that

they

are

redeemed

with

the

pre-

cious

blond

of

Chrifl,fhould

not

highly

e(leeme

and be ex-

ceedingly thankfiill

to Chrifl

for

this ineflimable

benefit,

which

none can doe

who

tread

the blood

of

Chrift vnder

their feete,and voluntarily

call themfelues

into the

bondage

of

linne,

out

ofwhich

wee

are

redeemed

with

fo

precious

a

price, and

fo

fcorne this benefit

and defpite our Sauiour

who

bath bellowed it

;

it

cannot

be

that

any fhould be

fo fooliflh

as

to

fell

their

foules

vnto

finne

for euery vaine pleafure

and

trifling commoditie,

if

they be allured

that

Chrift redeemed

them

with the

price

ofhis

precious

bloud,which

was

ofmore

value

than

many

worlds

;

and therefore whofoeuer make

no

confcience

offinne

haue

no true faith,

and confequently

the

worke

of

our redemption

wrought

by

Chriíl, doth

not ap-

pertaine vnto them.

Secondly, whomfoeuer

Chriíl

redeemeth

with

his

blood,

4.Sea.2.

thofe hee fanelifieth

with

his

fpirit;

and

in

whomfoeuer his

That

whom

death

is

efleóluall

for the

taking away

of

the

guilt

and

pu-

Chrili

redee-

nifhmentoflnne,in

them it

is

effedluall

for

the

mortifying

lint

folebe

of

their corruptions and

the

finne

it felfe;for,being

the

mem-

bers

of

Chrifl,we

aregaaftedwith

him into

the

(imilitude

of

his

Rom.6.

5.6.

death

and

refurre

Lion,

andouroldmaniscrucified

pithhim,that

the

bodie

offinne

mkht

be

degroyed,

that

hence

foorth

wee

fhould

notferuefinne,asit

is

Rom.6.5.6. And

as

our Sauiour

Chriíl

is

our

trimdome,righteou

fneffe

and

redemption

,

fo

hee

is

our

lanai-

r.Cor,

t.3O,

facationalfo,as

it

is

i.Cor.i.3

o.So

that

whomfoeuer

he redee

-

teeth

and iullifieth,thofe

alto he

fan

&ifieth,

as

it

may

further

appeare

by

many and

euident te.ftimonies.Tit.a.14.he

is

faid

to

haue

giuen

himfelfe

for vs,that

he

might

redeeme

vs

from

all

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