\ \ Cbap. 5. A Commentarie vpo" ------- ---------- the mcafureofgr.accreceiucd. · The fecond partofChritlianJaberti:.is If Frudomc in good things: and it is fourefold. The firfi, is afreedomc in th~: vo– lunt.arie.fcruiceafGod. Lt.1k. 1.74·W~aredrliHeudfrom Of1r e.· nemieJ , that we ma.; (erue God in righteoufnuand ho/inubtjore him all the daies efoHrliunwithoHtj{are. Paul faith, that the'""" ~ i1 not gium to ther;ghteomm.tn, t.Tim. t ·9· bccaufe he is alaw to him(elfe, ;md freely does good duties,as ifthere were no law to bind him. The caufc ofthis freedom(, is the G1ft anddona tionofthe frcc.fpirit ofGod. The-refore Dauid praies.StaM{h I() me.wit!Jthyfree_(pirit. Pfal.5 .1. And Paul faith, Where rbe/pirit is~ the"ulibmie. 2.Cor. 3. 17. And, Thefpirit uflifewbicl~ ;, in ChY>if!(isa Law.to vs,and)freeswfro~ tbeptn:r.er cffnne,ana dettth. Rom. 8. 2. It·marbeobietled, thatthisfrudom~ ind1evoluRtaricfer- If uice of God. is bondage: For Chrifl faith, Matth. r 1. 1.9. Ta·k.! mJ yof?.! vponyuu. And we are as fir~ightly bound to the obedi· c:nce of the lawof God, as Adam was by creation, naymore firaightly. by reafonof our redemption by Cluill. An[. The more we are bound f(i) obedience, the freer weare: bccaufc the 10 1 fct·uicc ofGod is not bondage, bur perfea l1bertie. · I The (ccond freedorne , is in the free vfe of all the creatures . of•God. Tit. I, I 5'. To tht pure,n/1things are pnre.Rom.14. T 4• And the reafon is, ·becaukthc dominion oucr the creatures, lofl by Adam,is rcflorcdhy Chti!l. 1. Cor. 3· 2 2. Andhence it '1) . ·is,-that Paul calls the forbidding of m;u:riagc, and of meates, with obligation of confcic:ncc," doClrint•of deHii/J. I. Tim. 4• I, - The third freedomc, is a.Libutiet·ocomc vnto God the fa· thcrin thenameofChrifi, and in praicr tobe hcard.Rom+z· lel Eph. ;.x 2. Whereas according ·to our natural! condition, our Gnncs are a wall ofpartition betwecnc -vs and God ,,and-caufc vs toHie from the prefenceof God : and thou);h we crie'Vnto · · God, and fill heauen and earth with our cries,fo long as we are in our finnes, we arcnot heard,ofhim. - 3) The fourth freedorne, is aLibcrtie to enter intobeauen in ,the day·afour death: Chrift by ~is bloodhauing made away. I Hcb. 1 o.-t 9· · Thus we fee what Chrifi.ian Iabertie is. The vfc foilowes. · ' The Anabaptifis gather hcpce , that among Chrifiians ther-e .J - . • _.muR_ ____ .... - -
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