theEpiile to theC,tlatimu. Chaps. , 451 his brotherswife. Iudasa dikiplcof Chrift,yet a carnal! man : bccaufe he was carried away with the inordinate lufl.of couc- touines. The third point , is touching the officeof a Chrifiian man. s And that is, to crucifie the fefb, with theaffeelions and funs. For the better conceiuing of this, Crucifying muff be diain guifhed. It is either the aetion ofChril, or our aelion. Cs uci tying, which is the aftion ofChrift, is threefold. The fin i is, vpon the crotte, where Chrift flood inour roome , and bare /0 the burden ofourfinnes , and made anExpiation of them. In thisreipcft wearePaid to be crucified with him.Ga1.2.19. The fecond is,invs,when Chriff conuaies the vertueofhisdeath in- to the hearts ofthem thatare ioyned tohim,for thecantingand effcaing ofthe deathoffinne.The third is,inbaptifine where- is lay Chrit fcales the two former to than that belceue. Rom. 6.6. Thecrucifying, which is ouraetion,is nothingels but the I. mitationofChrift crucified, on this manner. Hewasfirft atta- ched : fo mull we bringour felues into the prefence of God. 20 He was arraigned: fo mutt we let our feluesat the barre of Gods judgement. He wasaccufed; fo muff we indite and ac- cure our felues ofourowne finnes, at the barre ofGods iudge- ment. He was condemned : and fo muff weiudge our felues, that we benot iudgcd ofthe Lord. After judgement, wemtifl d`5 proceedeto execution of the flcfh : and that is to viemeaner to crucifie it : and theyare three. The firft is, by faith to applic toour (clues Chrift crucified: and that isto beleeuenot onely that Chril was crucified for vs , but that we alío were crucified with him. Where this faith is, (lone (hall no more haue domi- 3o on. The fecondis, tobeatedowne theHealby the (wordof the (pirit: and that is done,bya ferions application ofthe cometan- dements,and the threatninys ofGod, to our feuerall affetiions andmuffs. Thethird is, to file the occafionsofeuery finne, and l to cut offthe firfl beginningsofeuiill. 35 The vie. This doarine (ernes to condemn the drowfie Protetlantsofour time ,whoprole%Chrift without makin .;t any changein life, and conuerfation. For they are Saints in the Church, but in their common dealings they are as world- ling:. I I Secondly, they are here reprooued , that haue many Lim z good
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