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Slitant

to

mptations

irnproue`not

our

Redemption.

3ó7

-Nay,in

truth

he

is

not

angry

with

vs

at

a:'1

as a

Iudge to

pu-.

nif°h,but

as a

Father

to correct

and amend

vs:

and

it

we will

fpeake

properly,he

alwaies

loueth and

delighteth in

vs;for

as

he

is

well pleated

with Chrift

our

head,

fo

is

he alwaies

well

pleated

with

vs

in

him,

as

being

members

of

his

body

:

not

-

withfianding

as a

tender

Father

when

his

Sonne offendeth,

maketh

femblance

as

though

his

wrath

were

kindled, to the

end

that

he may

be

carefull in

the

time

to

come,

to

auoyde

the

likcfault,and to amend;

fo

the

Lord

who

is

our gracious

Father,

feerneth

oftentimes

be grieuoufly difpleafed

with

his

childrenwhen

they

haue

finnea againft

him,hiding

from

them

his amiable

lowing

countenance,and

fhevving

nothing

but

lignes

of

wrath,not that

he

hath

in

truth

cart

them

out

of

his loue and fauour;for

he

neuer

falleth

out with

thofe

whom

Chrift

'lath

reconciled vnto hian,neither

can

he

ceafe

to loue

the

members

of

Chrift, nor Chrifts

members

ceafe

to

be

his

members

after they

are

once

ingrafted into

his

bodie by

his

holy

fpírit

and

aliuely

faith: onely like

a

wife father he

frow-

neth

vpon

them

and feemeth

angrie,

to

make

them

in

the

time to

come forfake

their

finnes,

whereby they

haue

incur-

red

his difpleafure.

Fifthly; the

tempter will

obie&

that we

are

not

freed

and

§.Se

.7.

deliuere

out

of

his

power

and iurifdieiion, feeing he

doth

That

though

often

aft

Cult

and

ouercome

vs

with

his

temptations, and

lea-

Satan tempt

Beth

vs

captiue fait

bound

in

the fetters

of

finne.

To

which

reli'ffte

we

muff

anfwere,

that

our

Sauiour

Chrift by.his

death

hath

vve

art

redee-

defiroyed

him

thathad

the

power

of

death,that

is

the

diuell;

that

mid.

he

might

deliuerall

them

which

for

feare

of

death

*ere

all their

Hcb.t.z:4.

life

time

fubiell. to bondage,as

the

Apoftle

fhewethlieb.2.14.r5.

That God

bathdeliveredvs

from

the

power

of

darkeneffe,

and

hath

tranflated

vs

into the

kingdome

of

his

deareTonne,

as

it

is

Co1.1.13.That our redeemer Iefus

Chrii'lath

[toiled thegrin_ Col.i.t

j.

cipalities

and

powers,

and

Lath made

a

them

of

them

openly,

and

bath

triumphed-ouer

themvpon

his

crofft.,

and

that

not

onely

for

himfelfe,

but

for all his members,'Co1.2.15.

That-he

hath now

COL

:.I

ç.

broken

the

Serpents

head,

fo

that

well may

he

hiffe

againft

vs;but yethee

cannot.f

}ingvvs.

And whereas

heretofore

hee

wasthcprince ofthe

world, who

-did

rule

acrd

rouerne

vs

at

X

,z

-his