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4

Old

Igoe

s

doe

net

ïmproosa

orsr

re

firm.

3

Scco

ly,he

obieaeth,

that ifChrifl

had redeemed

vs

out

omr

Jatrrrg

`in-

ofthe

thraldome

of

finne,

!then

we

thould not

fill

be

otter-

to

fro."

t

"a-

come

thercby,nor

fo

often,will we nill

we,tranfgreffe

Gods

1

Sat

:erg,

>,enot

conimandements,

To

which

we are

to

anfvvcr,that our Saul-

reds

rr,

eat.

our

Chria

hath.deliuered

vs

from

our

fins, firíl

in

regard

that

CCol.1

4

I.

for

his

merits and

fuisfaetion

fake, the

Lord bath pardoned

and remitted them,

fo

as

they

alai

newer

be imputed

veto

vs,,

nor

arife

vp

in

iudgement to

our

condemnation, neither

iit

this world

nor

ÿworld

to come:fecondly,he

doth

deliuer

vs

from our

finnes,

while

+

he

doth

giue

vnto

vs

his holy fpirit,

whereby

our

finnes

are

in fome

meafure

mortified, and the

íirength

of

them

abated,

fo

that they

do not raigne

and rule

in

vs as

in former

times,although

wee

cannot

wholiyexpell

them

from

dwelling

in

vs,according

to

that

Roan.6.

i

a.Sznne

Romer,.

'hall

not raigne

in

your

mcrtall

bodie

that

you

fhould

obey

it

in

the

,o

duffs

thereof.

And

though

we cannot vtterly fubdue this

Ca-

nanitifh

brood

of

our corruptions,

but that

fhll while'{ wee

continue in this life, they

are

as

thornes

in

our

fides,

alvvaies

-vexing and

grieuing

vs

:

yet by the

helpe

of

Gods

fpirit

affi-

fling

vs,we

weaken

their

force,abate

their

courageand

make

them become tributaries

;

and

if

at

any time

they

rçrbel,

we curbe them in,and giue them

the overthrow; yea,though

fometimes they gaine

ground,

and giue

vs

the

foile,

Yet

we

rife

again

by

vnfained

repentance,and

recouer our felues,be-

ing

affifled

with

the

frefh fupply

of

Gods

fpirit,tiIl at

laf}

by

death

we

obtaine

a

finali

vi

&orie.

Thirdly,he

obie6teth

that

wee

are ftill

under the law, and

Peel

.5.

tied to

the

obedience thereof; and therefore

Chrili hath

not

That

our

obe-

"freed

vs

from

it:I

anfwer,that

though

ChriP

bath not

freed

vs

thence

to

the

from the obedience

of

the law, yet

he

hath

freed

vs

from

the

no

h

t

we

are

curfe

andmaledi&ion,as

it

is

Gal.3

.13

.

fo.as

though

we

doe

net redeemed,

not

performe

it

in

that

exa-

maner and

meafure

which

God

G41.3.13°

requireth,yet our tranfgreffion

(hall

notbe

imputedvnto

vs;

for

he hash

perfe6ly

fulfilled the law for

vs,that

his righte_

oufnes

might

become our righteóufnes,

and

he

hath

fuffered

.death,that by

his blood. he

might

waft;

away

our

fins.

And

Rcm2

.3.4.

thus

'rhea

the

la1%

was

irnpáf

ble

to

be

performed,by reafon

of

the

we

&nes and

corruptions

of

our

flefh, the

Lord

Pent

his

Son in

the

X

fmiliu«k