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Preferuatittes
to
kvepe
vs
from
the
infeElion
ofñnne.
6!
3
and
Creator
:
and therefore feeing
wee haue
our being
from
Aft
.
him,let
vs
in all
our a5tions feeke his
glorie
and
auoid
finne,
whereby
hee
is
difhonoured.
Yea
hee
hath not
made
vs
the
vilef}
of
his creatures
,
but
reafonable men according
to
$pis
owne image
and likenes, and therefore
let
vs
not
deface
this
glorious workmanfhip with the
filthie fpots
of
finne.
He
bath
redeemed
vs
out
of
the cruell
bondage
of
our fpirituall
enemies,
by giuing his
fonne
to
be the
price
of
our redentp-
tion;and
therefore
feeing
we°arebought with
a
price
fo
ine-
f}imable,
let
vs
not
wilfully again make our
felues
the
bond
-
flaues
of
finne
and
Satan,
but
glorifie our
redeemer in
our
bo-
z.
Cor.6.2o.
dies
and
in
our
foules,
firming
Kira
in
holineffe
and
righteou
fneffc
Luk
i.74.7
S.
all
th
daies
of
our liues.He
hath
effeé}ually
called
vs
and
fele-
zCor.,.
i
5.
fed
vs
out
of
the
corrupt
maffe
of
mankinde, and there
-
R
om.ó.6.8.8.
fore
let
vsWalketvorthieeur
vocation
;
for
God
h4th
not
called
1.Thcf.4.11.
Vi
vnte
vncleanireffebat
unto
holineffe.
He
bath
freely
iuf}ified
vs
imputing
veto
vs
Chrif}s
righteoufneffe, and
pardoning
all
our
finnes,
both
in
refpeh}
of
the guilt
and
punifhment;
and
therefore
being
made
free
frot,,
finne,
let
vs
no
longer
hue
therein,but
now become the
feruants
of
righteoufneffe;
and
feeing
he
hath
forgiuen much, let
vs
an
loue
much, la-
Luk.7.47.
touring to
manifefi
our loue by
the
fruites
of
holie
obedi
'ence.
Hee
hath reconciled
vs
vnto
himfelfe in his
Sonne,and
therefore let
vs
not
by
our
finnes
make him
our enemie,
nor
againe build
vp
this
wall
of
feparation which
Chrif}
our
Sa-
-uiour bath broken downe. Hee hath
adopred.vs in Chrií}
to
011.21.11.
be
his fonnes
and
heires
ofeuerlafting life;and therefore
fee!
Epluf.
;a4.
ing
wee are the
fonnes
of
God,let
vs
yeeldobedietrice
to
our
heauenly
father,
and
not
liue in our
finnes
like
the
flaues
of
Satan,
lea
prouoking
his
iuf}
difpleafure
a
ainRvs
by
our
rebellious
wickednefl'e,
wee
fhould
bee difinherited
of
our
heauenly
patrimon'ìc.
Hee
bathgranted
veto
vs
the
peace
of
confcience
and
ioyes in
the
holié
Ghof},'
and therefore
let
vs
not
by
our
finnes
diflurbe our
peace and
wound our confci-
ences,
turning
our fweete
joy and
comfort
into
griefe and
.bitter
heauinefïe.Finally;
he
hath
added voto
thefe
fpirituall
gifts,innumerable
temporaricbenefits, health,wealth, liber-
tiefoode,apparell;
and-
therefore let
vs
not
abufe his
gifts
by
";l
r
3
prophanir
g