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Pref
rUatíues
to
keepevi from
the infe!lion
of
fanne. Gr
'
thereby
he
might
fatisfie
Gods
iuflice for my
tranfgrefiîons?
Should
3
be
pert-waded
to commit !ìnne,with
the
bare
hire
cf
vncertaine riches,feeing
Chrifi
bath
redeemed
me,
not
with
.1;1-
i,Pcr,r.i8,t9
user
r
orgold,er
any
other corruptible
thing;but
txith.
the
ineflima-
bleprice
of
his molt precious bloud
?Shouldmy fenfuall
tafte
and
curious palate, moue
me
to
finne
in drunkenneffe and
glut
-
tonic,
feeing
Chrift to
redeeme
me
hath hungred
and
thir-
fled, and
in
head
ofdrinke
had
offered
vnto him gall and vi-
neger
?
Shall
I
be
mowed
to
fin
by anger,
and to
feeke
vniuft
reuenge,feeing
Chrifl being
injured
opened
not his
m.
outh,6ut
Era.
S
;..
like
an
innocent
lambe.
/ufered
himfelfto
be
led
to
the !laughter?
Farre be`fromme
fucha
delire
;
nay
rather
becaufe my Saui-
our Chrift
hath
fuffered.
all
this for
me,to
redeeme
me
out
of
myfpirituallbonda-ge,' will
refolue rather
to
be depriued
of
al
wórldly benefits,and endure
patiently
the greatefl
miferies
and
afliióions,
than by
wilful! falling
into
finne
make
my
felfe-
againe
the
flaue
olSatan.
And
thus haue
I
(hewed
how
the
remembrance
of
Chrifls,
death
and pafïìon
is
a
notable
corrafiue
to
kill our corruptions
:
and
as
men are
accuflorned
to
fhew.vnto Elephants the
iuyce
of
theGrape
or
Mulberie,
to
make th6more fierce,and encourage them
to
a
more cou-
ragious
fight.;
;fo
haue
I
by
offering
to our
view
the
precious
blood
of
this immaculate Lambe, endeuoured
to
redouble
our
valour
in
fighting
this
battell oftemptations
againfl our
fpirituall enemies.
Fourthly,let
vs
remember the
vnicnthat
is
between Çhrifl
"4.Sea.7.
and vs,whereby
he
is
become our
husband,we
his fpoufe, he
The
fourth
our head,and
wee his members. The confideratiòn
whereof
reafon,taken
may
ferue
as a
forcible
argument
to
refiraine
vs
from falling
fro.
l
i
it
be
on
willingly into
any
finne; for
ifweebee
the
fpoufe
of
Chrifl,
tLvyxtCbrift
farre be
it from
vs
to behaue- our
fettles-
like
Satans
arum-
and vs.
pets,prof}ituting
our
foules
to
finne
tha
we
may receive
the
gaine offome worldlie
vanities,andtolreurre
the grieuous
difpleafure
of
our
moti louing husband,
for
the pleating
of
our
cam
all
lulls
and
fenfuall
appetite's:
if
we be
the members
ofChrifls bodie,
farre
be
it
,froîn
vs
to make
his
members
the infirumentsof
fin
tie
-
and-
1etuants
of
vnrighteoufneffe;
fox
what
were.thiS,rbut
as
dinchas
in
vs
doth lie,to
draw our
E.Cos.jótfi
r4
ioly