CHAPe%.1[} 514 The Sonne ha- uing let vs fret great is our freedome. Be(larm.lib.4. de pmnit.cap.z. Coneil,Trìd. fefEó.c.14. vsCommentarie Von the and talke with him ; but prefently make refiflance, for by inch degrees iniquirie comes into his chaire ; delay to talke with finne by reafon of our inclination breed; a certain delight in ir,delight begetsde(ire,de1:re worked) indeauonr, indeauour produceth the aót; the a& ingendreth, and is quickly iterated, and tnultiplycd; multiplication is the mother to a benummed confciente,a brawnedconfcience begets defence of finne, defence rifeth to boatingor gloriacion in it : and thus is flume brought into the chaireof efate,and thequifhou is datnnation.Now (inne is pro- claimed, crowned, and accepted of, andhath all loyaltie performedvn_ to him. Doffr. z. Secondly, out of the words we learne what a wonderfull freedome we haueobtained by Chrif. By naturewe are wrapped in the guilt of finne, fubie&ed to the fiipend of(inne, fubdued vnder the curie of the law, and lie right vnder the wholewrath,and difpleafure of God. Our finne proclaimedvs rebels toGod throughheauen and earth, bani- fhed vs out ofour ownecountrie, let hell gates open againl} vs, and gauc vs into the hands of Satan,asan hangman to executeGods fcntt ce of eternall deathpaffed agairìft vs ; yea further, hopeleffe we were in this woeful' condition : for Gods diipleafure was fo kindled againfl vs, asmen andAngels couldnot reconcile him; the lawwas fo rranfgreffed, as all men and Angels could neuer fatisfie,nor make vp the breach : the feutence was fo feuere,as all menand angels could neuer haue floodvn- der it : the execution focertaine, as the verie gibbet was euer Banding in our fight in the horrorsof foule, and terrorsof accufing confciences, and we fecund to walke and be left in the midtf of ten thoufand deaths. Nowwhen nomeanes was left topra6ife Godoffended, to fatisfie the law tranfgrelfed, to reuoke the fentencedenounced; the Sonne of the eternall Father muff come from the bofonae and glory ofhis Father and become obedient both to the performing of the whole will of his Fa- ther, as alto to the ignominious deathofthe croffe : that fo becomming a curie for vs (as that execrable kind of death betokened) we might baue Godwell pleafed with vs, as he is with him;we might prefent him his law perfe&lyfulfilled,notin our perfons,.but in his for vs; we might plead thepayment ofall our debts, both the principali and forfeiture, by this our furety,and fomight fueout our ful difcharge from all former claimes and fentenees, becaufe the vttermof farthing is fully paid and difchargcd. Yrs. t. If ChriB bath freed and redeemed vs fromall iniquity , then bath he madenopartiall redemption : he fatisfieth not for the fault,and 'cane vs to fatisfie for the punif anent : neither redeemeth vs from the eternall punifhment,but giucth vs leaue to fatisfie for the tetnporall:But if
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