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The
third
rea-
fan,takcn
f
ona
the death
and
fifferings
of
our
sauiour
Chri
fi.
6i
4
Preferuatiues
to
lepe
vs
fam
the
e
in
fec`fion
of
finne.
prophaning themwith
our finnes,but
rather
vfe
them
as
in..
couragementswhereby
wee may
bemoued with
all
cheere..
fumes_
to
feraefo
bountiful'
a
mailer.
In
a
word,as the gifts
offGael are infinite
which
concerne this
life and
the life
to
come
z
fo.are
the
reafons
drawne
from
them
infinite,
which
may
ferue
to
reflraine
vs
from finne, and
containe
vs
in
the
courfe
ofholie
obedience
:
the which
if
wee continually
re-
taine
in
memorie (euen.thofe
benefits
which
are
common
to
all
true
Chriflians,
and thofe which euery
onereceiueth
in
his
particular placeand
calling) wee will
not
(vnleffe
our
vngratefulnes be
intollerable)
eafily
hearken
to
Satans
ten
-
tations, nor for
the
vaine pleafures, vncertaine riches
and
momentany honours
of
this wicked
world
be
hired
to
com-
mit
finne,which
wee
know
to bee
difpleafing
and odious
in
the
fight
of
God,
who
in his
endleffe
louee.
hat.(
.bellowed
vpon
vs finch
innumerable benefits.
Thirdly, when
wee are
tempted vnto
finne,
let
vs
call
to
minde
the death
and
fuffering
of
our
Sauiour
Chrifl,aud
fay
unto our
.owne
foules,Hath Chrift my redeemer paid
fox
my
redemption
euen
his
deareft
blood,and
fhall
Ifell
my foule
to
finne
againe
for this
vaine pleafure
or
bate
commoditie?
Hath
hee
not
fpaxed
to powre
out
the
full
[treat-lies
of
his
moll
precious
blood, that
in
thispure
lauer.I
might
b.epur-
ged
and
deanfedfrom
thelthie(
pots
of
finne;
and
fhall
the world
caufe
me
with
her.Syrens
Tongs.to.leape againe
into
this filthïe
puddle
?
Should he
fuffer
himfelfe
to
be cru-
cified
that
by his death
he
might
kill
finne,,
and
fhall
I
now
put life into
it
a.gaine, reuiuing:
that
which hee
bath
t
torti
fied.?
Did
hee
in
his infinite loue.giue himfelfe
for me,
and
fhall
I
trample thisprecious
.
gift
vnder
foote, preferring
be-
fore
it
the
trifling vanities
of
this
w
icked
world?Should
ho-
nour aliureme to commit finne,feèing the glorious fonne
of
God.
hath:.abafed himfelfe
and
undergone ignominious
fhame to
free
mee
from it?
Should
pleafures
intice
nie
to
breake Gods
çomnmandenents, feeing
my Sauiour
,Chrift
left
the
bofotne
of
his
Father, at whole
right
.hated
there is
fumes
of
pleafures
and
ioyes for
euerntore, and indured
the
griefe,and
miferies
of
a
wretched
life
and
turfed
death,
that
thereby