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7hat
rrromChriff
redeemeth,them
dlfo he
fant'fi
fieth.
Zq
ç
and punifhment
of
finne,
hee
cloth
alfo
purge
and cleanfe
them
by vertue
of
the
fame
blood,
from
the
fmnes
and cor-
ruptions themfelues; and feeing
he
hath
redeemed
vs
out
of
the hands
ofour
fpirituall enemies,to the
end'weefhould be-
come his feruants,
worfhipping
him
in
holineffe
and
righte-
oufneffe all
the
dales
of
our
life
:
let
vs
neuer be
perfwaded
by
Satans
temptations, foolifhly to imagine
that
wee may
the
more
fecurely
hue in our
finnes, becaufe
Chrifl
Iefus
bath
paid
a fufficient
price
ofour
redemption
:
for
firfl,
what
hor-
rible ingratitude
is
this vnto
God,
to
take occafion
by this
ineflimable benefit
the more to
offend
him
?
what
a
blafphe-
mous
imagination
is
thisagainfl
Iefus
Chrill,to thinke
that
he
came
into the world,
to
be
a
bolfier:whereupon
we
may
more
fecurely fleepe
in
fin
ne;
and
that
hee flied his
precious
blood
to
purchafe
libertie
for
vs,that
wemay
line
in all
wic-
kednes;
that
bee
reconciled
vs
vnto
his
father by
his
death,
that
wee
might
the
more freely
offend
him; that
he
bath
re-
deemed
vs
out
of
the
bondage
ofSatan,that
wee may
more
diligentlyferue
him.;
that
hee
bath
with
his
blond wafhed
vs
from
the
filth
offinne,that
we
may
more
fecurely
wallow
in
this
flunking
puddle againe
?
for,
what
were
this
but
to
make
Chrifl another
Snip/ow,
who
affoone
as
he
hath ended
his
labour
is
newto
begin
againe?
what
is
it but
euery
day
to
crucifie
the
Lord
oflife
afrefh, &
to
tread
his
precious
blood
under our
feet
as
an
vnholy
thing
?what
is
it
but
to contenne
and bafely
to-efleemeof,the
ineflimable price
of
our redemp-
tion,if
%xe
wil
not
flick to
fel
againe our
foules
vnto
fin,for
e-
uery
beaflly
pleafizre
and
bale
commodity,which Chrifl
hath
purchafed
at
fo
high
a
rate
?Secondly
as hereby
we
íhall
thew
horrible
ingratitude
againfl
God
and our Sauior
Chrifl,fo
al-
fo !hat
we
be
moll
injurious to our own foules,feeing we
can
neuer attaine vnto
any
true
affurance
of
our redemption,
till
we findour
felues
freed
in forne meafiire
from
the power
cf
fin,&
lanlified
byGods
fpiri
t,for
ÿ
Lord who
is
truth it
felf
bath
Paid
it,&
ifthis be
not
enough
he
bath
folemnly
fworne
it,
that
all
tho
fe whom
he
bath
redeemed out
of
the hands
of
their
fpirituall
enemies
jhailrvorg,ip
and
f
rue
him in
holineff
e
and
righ-
teoufnef
je
allthe
daies
of
theirlife
;
and
therefore
as
well
may
y
4
God