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the couenant
which he
hath
made
with
vs.
For
lice
bath
net
oneiv made this his
couenant
with
vs
by word
of
mouth,
but
he
háth
alfo
committed it
to writing;
and
not contenting
hitnfelfe
heretiv
ith,that
there might
be no
place left
to doub-
ting,
lice
hath
confirmed and ratified
his
hand
-
writing
by>
adding thereunto
his
feales,which
áre
the Sacraments;
as
firlithe
Peale
of
Baptifine, whereby
he
affurcth
vs,that being
outwardly receiued into
thebodie ofthe
Church,
and
in-
wardlie ingrafted into the
bodie
of
Chril
},
wee
haue
all
our
finnes
and filthie
corruptions wafhed
away
with
his preci_
ousbloud,
as
the
outward
filth
of
thebodie
is
wafhed and
purged by
the wafhing
ofwater. The
vertue
of
which fpiri-
tuallwafhing
is
not limited
and refirained
to
the time
pat}'or
prefent,
asthot
gh
it wafhed
away onclie
our originall cor-
ruption,
as
fame haue
foolifhly imagined,
but
extendeth
it
felfe
to
the whole
courfe
of
our lines
:
fo
that
if
falling
into
many and grieuous
finnes
we vnfainedly
repent
vs
of
them,
and apply
Chrifa
Iefus
and
his
merits
vnto
vs
by
a
true and
liuely faith,we may be
affured
of
the pardon and forgiuenes
ofthem
all,
for
this
was protnifcd,fealed
and
confirmed
vn
-,
to
vs
in our Baptifme. Secondly,
the Lord hath further con-
firmed this
his
couenantby the
Sacrament
ofhis
Supper, for
he
hath thereforeinflituted
and
ordained
it,
that thereby
we
fhould
be put in
mind
of
our Sauiour
Chrif}s
death and
fuf-
frings, to the
end
that
we
may
gather
more and
more affu-
ranee,
that
our
Sauiour
gaue his hle
%d
bódie to
be
crucified
and
flied his
moll
precious
bloud, that
hee
might
take
away
the
curie
ofthe
law,
and naile
it
vnto
his cro
%;free
vs
from
his fathers
anger
by
bearing it
himfelf, and
by
his death
deli
-..
uervs
from euerlaf}ing
death, and by
his
bloodfhed wafh
a
--
way
al
our
finnes
and
corruptions.And
hence
it
is
that
the A
poí}le
calleth the wine
in
the
Lòrds fuppet,
the new Tefla-
ment
in
Chrif
}s
blood,
becaufe
thereby the'new Teffament
is
Pealed
and confirmed
vnto
vs.
And therefore
whenfoeuer
wee
receiue the Sacrament
of
the Lords
fupper;
the
Lord
doth thereby
certainely
af:f
tre
vs
that
our finnes
in
Chrifi
are
pardoned and forgiuen, and
that
hee
hath
receiued
vs
into
his
loue and fauour
;
yea
the.
Lord bath
not
onclie
ratified.
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