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That

whom

Chs-ifi

redeeneeth,themhealfo

jntlfieth.

tempts, and giue them the

eternall

peace

of

his

kingdome

But thofe who haue

not

their part

in

the fecond degree,

that

is, thole

who continue

in

theirblinde ignorance,

and in

the

naturall

pollution

of

their

will and

affe

&Iions,

willingly fub-

ie6ing

themfelues

to

the

feruice

of

finne

and

Satan,

and

flubbornely withdrawing their

ftiffe

neckes

out

ofthe

yoke

of

holy obedience vnto

Gods

commaundements

;

they

can

neuer

haue any

affurancc

that

Chrift hath

redeemed them

by

paying

the

price

of

his

blood, nor

will deliuer them at

his fe-

cond cornming

out

of

the bondage

of

Satan, in which

they

haue

liuedall their

life

time, with

pleafure

and delight

;

for,

whomfoeuer

he

ranfometh with the

price

of

his

blood,thofe

he freeth

out

of

the gouernmcnt

of

their

fpiritnall enemies,

finne,

death,

and the diuell

;

and therefore

they

that

Bill

liùe

in

finne

with

plcafure.and

delight, they

are

(till

the

feruants

John8.

34.

of

finne,

as

our

Sauiour

faith,

John 8.34.

yea

the

feruants

of

t.lohn

;.8.

Satan

alfo,as

the

Apoflle

teacheth,

°

John

3.8. For their fer-

Rom.6.r

6,

asant.i

roe

are

to

Vehorn'e obey,trhether

it

be

of

finne

vnto death,or

of

obedience

vnto

righteotifreffe,

as

it

isRom.6.t6.

and

thofe

who ftillremainein

the

feruice

and

flauerie

of

time

and

'Sa-

tan,

haue no

part

in

the

frl+

redemption,

wrought by the

Ihedding

of

his

blood,

nor (hall

haue any

part

in the

laí1

re-

demption,.at

his fecond

comming

to-iudgement.

15.5eí

.5.

Laffly, we

are

to

knoxv

that

aril}

Bath

redeemed

the

That

cbri2

whole man,body,and

forale,

and bath

freed

and deliucred

e.

bash redeemed

uery

part

and faculty

of

them,out

ofthe

bondage

ofour

fpiri.

Ike

'Pboleman.

tuai enemies,that

all

and

euery

ofthem

mayperforme feruice

vntoGod.

For,exampie,

our vnderffandings

were

captiued

in the

darke prifon

of

ignorance

and blindneffe,

as

appeareth

Eph.4.17.18,

Bphef.4.t

7.18

but

our

Sauiour

Chrift

redeemedvs,and

hath

difpelled thefe milts ofdarkeneffe with

the

preaching

of

the

Gofpcil,

which like

a

glorious

funfhine

hath

appeared

vnto

vs,and by the operation

of

his

holy

ípirit,hehath

caufed

the

fcales

of

ignorance

to

fall

from

the

eyes

ofour

vnderfcanding,

fo

that

we can fee

the

myíferie

of

our

redemption,and

worke

Luk.r.77,7a.

ofour

faluation

wrought

by him,

as

it

is

Luk.i.77.78,79.

Our

vils

which

were

fo

inthralled

that

we could

not

fo

much

as deftre

any

thing

pleafiHg

and acceptable unto

God,

asap

-

peareth