CxAP.I.15. c.4 CorYamentarìe vponthe 306 3 Pfal.ró.s. Eph,:.xs. Galz.aç. ColofCx 14. )Prerogaúnesof faith. vntoor fromChrirl.And what moreproper caufe can we gine,whymen to corrupcthemrelues in outward thi'ngs,then this,that they make there a aoppe and refifng place, whence they fhould make a fteppe to climbe further towards heauen. 3, Iudge thy felfe and others not by abundance ofoutward things , no not if thou couldc(l.pafle Midas or Cræfiis in wealth: for thou arrherebybut morebound, laden, and entangled but by thineor their portion in Chrid:that man bath gottêabundantly,that with his content in Chrifl,can manfully defpife thefe outward things :he wanteth nothing that wanteth not faith: for what can he want who pof- feffechChrifr,in whom is a!1 things ? thinke then with thy felfe;Is Chrift mine, or I his ? then I fha.i beprouided for fufiiciently, for he (hall not want CO whom Chrift bath promifed that nothing ihall be wanting: bee' cannot hunger and thirfi,who bath once tatted of this bread & water of life : he can neuer be found naked, who bath put on Iefus Chrift : he can want nopleafilre,who poffetl'eth him at whole right hand are pleafures for euermore. I will therefore make Chrilt my foode, my raiment, my riches, my recreation, and reioyce that myliues are fallen Powell: as for other things if I can haue them with him, and vie them for him, fo it is: but if not, all fhall goe before the pearle, naked Chrift is wealth e- nough, tire. x. A fecond vfe ofthis doélrine, that all things are pure to the pure, is to take notice what a priuiledge beleeuers haue obtained by Quill, that to them all things beeing pure, they may without icruple of confcieuce vie their libertie in any indifferent thing, fò it be vied aright: becaufe that (aweofcommandements which flood in ordinances is ab- rogated through the flefhof Chrif?,that bondage which beleeuers were put vnder before Chritls appearing, lafleth nowno longerfeeing faitlsis come, the impotent and beggerly rudiments are vanifhed, and taken out ofthe way: the hand-writing by which they fubfcribed to their owr.e guiltineffe and condemnation, and that fooften as they vied the cere- monies ofthe lawe ,isfa/lenedvotothe crop. Nay more, finne which robbed vs ofall, is (poyled, thepowers and principalities to which our finne deliuered vs are vanquifhed, Sathan, hell, death, deuills , and all hoflilitieare glorioufly led caprine, and triumphed ouer, that we might feeour full viólorie,by our captaincand head ofourprofefhon:whoha- uing thus let vs into the freedome of fonnes , and thereby giuen vs pre- rogatiue to all the priuiledges of heauen it felfe, which are confiant and not fading;canhe grudge vs, ¬ giue vs much more right to the creatures whichare but corruptible? Oh how fhould this vrge vs to la- bour for the precious gift offaith,which as a cheife inIlrutnéc fealeth vp to the foule pof effîng it,all the former priuiledges acheSaints:isbrin- -aeth
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