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itom.ó,sg.

acri

z

z.

300

rentations

againfl the

doEirine

of

redemption infwered.

delire

to

leaueour

fintnes,

and to

ferue

the Lord

in

the duties

offan

&

&ification,and

haue an endeuor

ofmortifying

our

fns,

and

riling

again

to

newnes

oflife;our

of

e6

ions

alfo are

pur-

ged

from

their

corruptions,

fo

that

wee lone, feare,

trul}

in,

hope,and

expec`l

all

good

from

him, who

is

the

fountain

of

all

goodnes;

our

bodies

which

were

giuen

as

f

riants

vnto

fin,

are

nowbecome

the

feruants

of

righteoufnes

vnto

holines;

In a

word,both

in

bodie

and foule wee are freed from finne,and

made

feruants

vnto

God.

But

ifour

vnderftandings

are Rill

blind

and

ignorant,our

wils

backward

to

imbrace

any

good

-

nes,

and

mot}

prone

vnto

all

euill,our

affections

as

corrupt

as

euer theywere,and

our bodies

the

readie

infruments

to

all

all

fin

and

wickednes, then

haue

we

as

yet

no fruite

of

the re-

demption wrought by Chrift,

for

it

is

not

a

titularie

but

a

powerful!

redemption,which indeed

and

truth

deliuereth vs,

euen

in

this life, fromour fpirituall

enemies

:

fo

that though

they

may affault,and

grieuoufly

vexe

vs,yet they (hall neuer

goucrne and raigne

ouer

vs;and

therforewhofoeuer

feele

not

the

redemption

wrought

by

Chrif,

powerfull

in

this

life

to

free

them

in fotnemeafure, from

the

rule and iurifdiótion

of

înne,Satan,the

world

and the flefh,fhall neuer

find

it

fruitful

and

effec`luall

to

free

and deliuer them, from

condemnation

hell and

defruólion

in

the

life

to

come.

4.Se

1.T.

That

it

is not

repagnantto

G

ads

iu(lice

to punifhCbriIi

for

vs.

CHAP.

XVI.

Ofthofe

temptations

which

Satan

vfethagainfiz the

faith.

fitld

concerning

their

redemption.

Nd

thus' much concerning thofe temptations

which

Satan

fuggefleth

into

mens mindes

to

nourifh

in

them

carnal!

fecuritie.

Now

we arc

to

confider

of

thofe

which he

vfeth

to

moue

men

to

-`---

doubting

arid

defperation.Firft therefore he

ob-

ie&eth

that it

is

a

thing

vnreafonable, and vtterly

repugnant

to

Gods

iuflice,that Chrift who

was

innocent fhould

be pu-

nifhed

for

vs

who

are

gtliltie,

that

wee

fhould

deferue

the

blame,and

he

fuffereth

the

flri

es,

that

the

righteous fhould

be