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Comforts
for
them?rhofefinnes
Satanaggrauateth.
643
to
come,
that
hee euer
liueth
to
make interceffion for
vs;fo
that though
we
finne,yet there
is
no feare
ofcondernnation,
feeing
wee
bane
aî.ß
aditocate with the
father,
Iefus Cbrisi the
who is
the
reconciliation
Pr
ourfinnes,
I
.Ioh.
But
here
the tempter will obie&
vnto
the
w,reake
Chri-
flian,
that
thefe promifes
of
the Gofpeli'can
yecld vnto him
no found
comfort,
feeing
they
are
relirained to thofe onelie
who
are
members
of
Chrifl leius,in which
number
are
none
but
thofe
who
are
regenerate, renewed, and gouerned by
Gods
fpirit,-according
rothatRom.g.i.
Therersnocondem-
nation
to
tho[
which
are
in
Chr
:ft
Iefus,
*hich
tba/k`e
not
ai`ter
the
ilefh
hut
after
the
fpirit.
But thou (will
hee fay)
art not
in
Chrifl,
for
being
ingrafted
in
this vine,
thou
wouldefi
bring
foorth
the
grapes
ofgodlineffe,whereas there fpringeth
no-
thing
from thee
but
the
briars and brambles
of
iniduitie;
neither
walkeft thou after
the fpirit,
for
then
in
thy
life
thou
wouldeil
Phew
the fruits thereof,
but
after
the
flefh,
which
wholly ouerruleth thee
and cafleth thee
headlong
into
all
fin
and wickedneffe.
For the anfwering
ofwhiich
temptation
wee are
to
know,
that it
is
not
the
committing
of
a
finne
or
ofmany
finnes,
which prooueth
that
wee walke
not
after
the
fpirit
but
after
the
flefh,(for
fo
fhould
all
the children
of
God
bee carnali
and notfpirituali,
yea euen
the
Apofile
Paul himfelfe,who
complained
that
he
did the
euill
which
he
hated, and found
no
meanes
to
doe
that
which was
good, but
when
he
would
doe
good,euill
was
prefent
with
him
:
and
that
there
was
a
law in his
members
rebelling
againft
the
law
of
his
miede,
which
led him
captiue
vnto
the
law
of
finne)
but
to walke
after the
flefh
is
willingly
to obey
it
in
the
lulls
thereof;
to
commit
finne
with
pleafure
and
delight;
to
embrace
that
which
is
euill
with
full
content
of
will cheerefully
aid
with
all readineffe;
to runne headlong
into
wickedneffe
flubborn-
lie,
prefumptuouflie and
fccurc!
e;
to
haue
finne
not
onelie
,dwelling, but
alfo
raigning
in our
mortáll
bodies; to
liue
therein
without
repentance,ncuer
gricuing
for
it,
nor
ende-
uouring to
forfake
it,
nay
rather greatly louing
and
making
..fi:ch.high
account
ofit,
that
wee
had
rath.cr
part
with
Our
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a,
hues
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a.1.2..
§.Sea.3.
sat
ans
tunpta-
tion
perfiva.
ding
vs that
vve
aPe
fittl
the
ftfh.
Rona.
B,
t.
4.Sec7.4m
Vt'hat it
is
to
vvall¡e
after
the
flcfhand
after
the
kirk.
Rom.
7.