CHAP.24. t,A`Cornntentarie von the s t a nothing elfe,but a voluntary putting of amans (elfevnder the will and power offtnne: and thus hethat committer?, f 'pre that is , giuech him- toh.R. ;* (rifeunto it , is thejcroant of finne. To this purpofe alto we heare the Apofle often (peaking ofthe raigne and dominionoffn in the mortal] body,and of thelaws off-nine in the members rebelling again(} the law ofthemind, andof rbe lawe olcuill which is euer preferir with the bet. But who is it that feelethnot withinhimfelfe the wofull finites of this captini+-y ; how arc we bound hand and foote in chaines of darkeneffe, further then the Sonne by lettingvs free bath enlarged vs ? how are we fiript flarke naked ofour cloathes of innocencie and holynefïe, further then we arewrapped in the garment of this our elder brothers righte- oufnes?how feruill are we,and at the becke of curry Clone ,euery temp- tation , entry lut and fuggcf ion, further then the Sonne bath refcued vs out ofthe hands offuch hard Lords ? who Teeth not this tyrant thru- sinerretemb. ring himfelfe by force or fraude intohis bell holds foto (boulder our t;t.,atyrant the right owners? who percciucth not this tyrant lecking himfelfe one- manywaies. ftonws.at. ly, andcareth not for blood andmurtker, but rAignerh vnrodeath in fo many ashe bath fubdued ? who findcth not this tyrant overturning all lawes and confitutions,and makinghis owne will his onely law, to the whichwhofoeuer are fubieéted,what flattery can be compared to theirs? And is much Uwe confider the Iewec oppreffion in Egypt for 400. ycares together, wcremany waus. even when their taskcswere moll encreafed :If the vnmcrcifull intreaty of them iii Babylon, when (range Lordshad rule ouer them 7o. yeares: Ifthe cruell and bloody perfecutionofAntiochus,ofwhich Daniel pro- 1 phefied , that be tore it neuer was the like, nor fhouid be after it : If the mifery ofthe Turkifhgaily flaues;yet is there no mifery, no bondage to I this. For there the enemy was exrernall, here within a mansbreaft and a bowels :there the loffe ,.vas outwardof goods,lands,liberty, or life; but hereofGods image,his fauour,the foule,&lifeeternal:thete might they 3 in time looke to change theirMafer,or to flie,or with the ende oftheir lines at the leali toende their mifery; but here no man can flic except he I can flit from himfelfe,nor end by death,but beginne rather his bondage 4 in comparifon of what it was before. And wheras there is noother bon- dage wherein aman cannot at leaf with his freedome,here menwill not beleeue they are in inch fnares,but reioyce in them, & are neuer fo mer- Ìryas when theyarefrengthning their bonds vpon themfelues :ofwhich thraldome ifwe would moredifinttly conceiue,in one word thus it is; Original] finne inihralls vs to aauall,preceding aauall Pinnesto confe- quent as iut punilhments ofthe former :ptcfent finnes are prcfidents to other men,and fo we are intangled not onely with our owne but other mens tranfgrefiions alfo.Byall theft we are liable to death,borh tempo- rall 1
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