({the [reede. Triumph. flittcring motions in the heart. For fo foone ' A ofthe debt which we lhould haue payed, and as the croffe is remooucd,rhey rcturne to their r~quiring the acqu~rrancc,takcth rheceremoold byas againe, and become as bad and as maiiiaw,.andthe curfe ofthe morall law, and backward as euer they were: bei•g like tothe nailes them to the cro{fe. rree that lies in the water,whicb for a while is Furthermore,in the lhew ofconquefr, the greene but afterward withereth. Andtherechariotisthecro!fe likewife : for it wa> nor fore:: w~ for o~ltpa.rts,whcnany_go?d motions only a~onurnenr.ofvitlorie, ~ut alfo a·chari~ comeinro our hearts asrbe begmmngs offurot·of trmmpl). And the capnues bound ancl ther grace,wee(I tay)mull not qu.enchthe~, pinio.n~d which followed Cl]tifl,are.the prin· · butcheri01 and preferue t)lem,. remembrmg cxpaht!es.nd powers, that JS, the d1~ell and Ma<h.•J· thatthe kingdomc of bcauen, ,1s hkeagrnm< I h1s ~ngc!s,hd! ,death,and condemnatiOn: a!I p,p. ofmufterdfotde,whicb when itis fowne,Isthe which are as It were taken prifoners, their leafr ofall feedes: but afterw~rd it groweth armour ~n~.weapons are taken froin them, vp into atree that the foules of heauen may and they chamed and bound eacb to other. build their uefts in it: and like to this are the The meditation ofthis point ferueth toacfirlt motionsofGods fpirit,apd'therfore they monilh vs eoabandon all manneroffinne,and mufr be cheriOJt,d andmaintained. B to make confc1ence of<uery good duty, ifwe And thusmnch for the featien /ignes ofthe will aright profeffe the Gofpell of Chrifr ; for power of Chrifrs Godhead. Now followsthe when we finne, we doe as it were pull Chrill fccond part oftherriumph of Chrifi, whl,ch out of his chariot of triumph, and vmie Sacontaincth /ignes ofhis vi(!oric vpon the tans bonds, and giue him weapoGs, and (as croffe, notably exprcffed by l'4Hl when hee mu~has we can) make him valiantand llrong f•ith,C•'·•· 14,15 ,Andputtmg•~•ththandwr.· •~Jam•: Now for any ll)an to make Satan and ting ofor~innnces which WMagainftvs,which w.u fin vahant and llrong againll himfelfe,whererontr4ryto tu, heeuentcok! it out oj'thew9, and as ~hrtfi ha~h weakened him, and euen brui- .jlcntdit7.!ponthecro/Je,& hathJoiledtheprin. fed his,(lea~,is no better then to become an ecipnlities & powers,andhath m4 ajhewofthem ncmy to the croffc of Chri{l. Againe,hercby ;;: 1 3· •penty,.ndbath triumphedoptnlJmthtfomt. In W~eare taught (O pray vnto God, that our which wordshe alludes to the manner ofheablmdeey<s may be: opened, tha.t we may difthen trinmphs: for it waschecufrome ofthe cerne aright of thepatSion·of Chrifr. ,Jt is a heathen Jlrinces,when they had gotten the viwon~erto fee howmen arecarried away with ttory ouer their enemies, fir£1: to caufe apillar a likmg ofvainelhewes,game.s,& enterludest offronc,or fomc great oake to be cut downe, c h?w they fpend euen whole daies in beholand fetvp in the place ofvi(!ory, vpon which dmg them , & their money alfo thatthey may either the names of the chicfe enemies were come to the places wherethey are: oh the.n fet,ortheir heads werehanged,or words were how exceedingly ought our hearts to berauiwritte in the pilbrto tefrifie thevic!Tory. This lhed with this mofr admirable lhew, in whico being done, there followed an open lhew; in the Son ofGod himfelfe rides mofr gloriouOy which fir{! the conquerour prepares for himin his chariot oftriumph, and leads his & our fe!fe achariot ofVIctory,wherin he was himmoO curfc:d enemies captiue, yea treads them felfe to ride;and thenthcchiefe ofhis enemies vnder his foot I This triumph is fet forth vnto bound and pinnioned, were led openly after vs in the preaching ofthe Gofpel,111d may be !urn, Now on the fame manner vpon the feeneofvsallfreelywichoutmoney,ormonycro!fe there was a p1rched field;che conquerer worth. What wretches then !lull we be ifwe on the one fide was Chrill; his enemies on th.e ~Ifferour hearts to be filled with earthly deother fide w<rethe world,the fleO•,hel,death, hghts, &mthe meane feafon haue littleorno damnation , the diuell, and all his anjlels: all de.fire to behold with the eyes of our minde wluch, bandmg themfcluos agam£1: htm, were this goodly fpec!Tacle that is to be feene in the all fl1bdued by him vpon rhe f4mc cro!fe: and D pafsion ofChri£1:, thatferuesto reuiue and re..' he himfelfe gau< rwo fignes of his Triumph, fre{h our foules to life eternal! 1 one was a monument ofthe vi(!ory,the other Thirdly,if Chrifr when he was moll weake Glpen 01ew ofhis conquefr. Now the monuand bafe in the eyes of men, did mofr of all ment ofChnll:s VIctory was the cro!fe 1t feffe triumph vpon the cro!fe: then euery one ofvs whereon hec !layled the obhg':non or bdl mu~ learnc to f,y with the Apollle Paul, God Whtch was agumlt vs; whereby .:>atan mtght forfnd thnt 1jiJQH!dreto;ce. inAny thing, bltt in tbe Gal.6.r 4• haue accufed and condemned vs before God. cruffiofChrifll<fo• o11rLord. Thatwe may f 4 y For we mufr confider, that Godthe Father is tlus truly, .lid\ of all wee mufr labourto haue a credit?"' and wee all debters ynto him : l~e the b~ne.fi~ofthe cro!Te.ofC:hrj(\ 1 notonly in bath abtll of our hands whiCh Is the law, lll the rem1fswo, butalfo1nthe mortificationof that it giucth telhmony againltys; firll, by our finnes : fccond!y, we mufr nor be difcomthe legal! walhing, which did lhew and ligni- . forced·but rather reioyce and.trittmph there- / fie,that wee were altogether d~filed and vn- . In. A Chnfhan '.""" can n<uer haue greater ckane :. fccondly, by thef~cr~ficesthat were honorthen to fi1fter for the Gofpel ofChlifl, l daily oft:rcd forthe propmatwn of our fins. when God cals himthercunto:.tnd thcrforeS No1v Chri(\: wasour fureti::, & plid euery iot Paul fttteth forrh anorhermofi:gloriousfhew ~.Cor•'*• V 3 which
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