656 / 772
g Sec7.6.
That
the
t.crd
in
the
GoJpelt
requireth not
per
f
íi
obe-
dience
to
the
laziv.
63o
Comforts
for
thofe
that
fee
and
feele
their
imperfe&riiots.
of
Chrift
in whotn:w'e_1ine,
and by fprinkling our
confcien
ces.with
hisprecious blood)
had deliuered them from the
force
and power
ofuìnne and
death,
fo
that
now
it
could
not
condemne
them,
nor oblige
and
bind
them
to guilt
and
punifhment
as
in former times. Seeing therefore the fling
of-lime
is
taken
away
that
it
cannot condenine
vs;
let
vs
not
fo
feare
it
as
that it
fhould mooue.vs defperateiy
<to
caf}
away our weapons
not daring
to
encounter
it;
for.
though
this our enemie may
affault
vs,.
yet it
cannot
ouercome
vs
;
though
it
may
wound
vs,
yet
it
cannot
kill
vs
;
though
it may
One
vs
a
foyle,
yet
inthe
end
wee
are
Pure
of vidorie, ifwee
manfully
refillandlabour to
fubdue
it..
Secondly,
let
vs
confider
that
the
Lord;dotIr
not
require
ofvs
wider
the Gofpellfuch
exa6±.and
perfe& righteoufneffe
as
was
required
vnder the law; which
is
altogether
impof-
fìble
to
our
corrupt
nature,'and
.was
neuer to
be
found in
a,-
ny man (our Sauiour
Chrifh-
excepted)
but
onely
that
wee
firitie
and
labour.
to
maim:
vnto
it;heedoth-:<ñot:
require
of
vs
that
wee,3hoúld at once
free
our
feints
from
the
flefh and
the corruptions thereof,
but
that
wee endeuour
to
mortifie
it,
according to
the meaftue
ofgrace
and flrength which
we
haue receiued from
him
;
he
dot
not
require ofvs
that
wee
bewithout
:{inne,
but that
finne
doe
not
rule
in
our mortal'.
bodies,
that
wee fiiould
<like
flaues
obey
it willingly in the
lufis
thereof; and
that
alto wee
hating
and
abhorring
it,
doe
continuallymake warre
againfl
it,
and
fubdue
it by little and
little,feeing
wee
cannot
at once wholly vanquifh
tt.I-
e
doth
not
now require
ofvs
that
we
flionld perfortne
perfe&
obe-
dience
ro the
law,
w
hich
Chrifl
hath performed for
vs,
but
that
we,doe our
befl
endeuour,
and
though
we
cannot
at-
saine to
o;ir
c
cfire,
yet at
leaft
that
we
be
delightedtn
the
14w
of
God
c nccrnino:-theinner
man,and
cortrnt veto it
that
it
is
rood.
hol}
a
ra
iNp
iì1
aword,.this;isthe-Chrifliàn
mates
righ=
teoufnes
Which
God
requireth
;.that:he
hate
.fìn-ne,
and loue
vodlines,
that
_he
deGre
and endeuour to:mortifie
theflefh
and corruptions
thereofand
labour
to
lead
a
new
life
in
holy
obedience
;
and
if
contrarie
to
his
deGre
and
pur-pole
he
doe
the
.euil
which
h
hateth,or
leaue
undone
the
good
which
he
loueth;