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A10659 Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life of Christ. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne: by Edward Reynoldes, preacher to that honourable society, and late fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford. Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1631 (1631) STC 20934; ESTC S115807 428,651 573

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adam_n sin_n may_v be_v thus_o far_o say_v to_o be_v unto_o posterity_n impute_v as_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o it_o they_o become_v obnoxious_a unto_o death_n namely_o to_o a_o eternal_a dissolution_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n without_o any_o reunion_n and_o a_o eternal_a loss_n of_o the_o divine_a vision_n without_o any_o pain_n of_o sense_n yet_o that_o death_n which_o to_o adam_n in_o his_o person_n be_v a_o punishment_n be_v not_o so_o to_o his_o posterity_n but_o only_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o nature_n three_o they_o say_v that_o contr_n that_o which_o be_v call_v original_a sin_n be_v nothing_o else_o at_o all_o but_o only_o the_o privation_n of_o original_a righteousness_n and_o that_o concupiscence_n be_v 〈◊〉_d contract_v and_o bring_v upon_o nature_n by_o sin_n but_o be_v original_o in_o our_o nature_n suspend_v indeed_o by_o the_o presence_n but_o actuate_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o that_o righteousness_n four_o they_o say_v 122._o that_o that_o privation_n be_v not_o 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which_o circumcision_n be_v the_o shadow_n we_o be_v the_o circumcision_n who_o worship_n god_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o rejoice_v in_o christ_n jesus_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 3._o they_o boast_v in_o the_o flesh_n they_o have_v a_o concision_n but_o we_o be_v the_o circumcision_n because_o we_o have_v the_o fruit_n and_o truth_n of_o circumcision_n the_o spiritual_a worship_n of_o god_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o external_a ceremony_n joh._n 4._o 23._o second_o from_o the_o plenitude_n and_o all_o sufficiency_n of_o christ_n which_o stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o any_o legal_a accession_n to_o piece_n it_o out_o and_o this_o the_o apostle_n show_v by_o his_o own_o practice_n and_o experience_n what_o thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d to_o i_o those_o i_o count_v loss_n for_o christ_n because_o they_o be_v thing_n that_o keep_v he_o from_o christ_n before_o and_o he_o repeat_v the_o same_o word_n confident_o again_o that_o he_o may_v not_o to_o be_v think_v to_o have_v speak_v they_o unaduised_o 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do_v of_o thing_n which_o be_v excellent_a in_o themselves_o and_o use_v as_o a_o merchant_n throw_v his_o ware_n out_o of_o the_o ship_n when_o yet_o he_o dear_o love_v the_o and_o delight_n in_o they_o but_o he_o show_v what_o estimation_n he_o have_v of_o they_o i_o count_v they_o dung_n that_o i_o may_v win_v christ_n i_o count_v they_o then_o filthy_a carrion_n so_o the_o word_n signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d garbage_n and_o filth_n that_o be_v throw_v out_o to_o dog_n thing_n which_o dog_n such_o as_o he_o describe_v these_o false_a teacher_n to_o be_v may_v delight_v in_o but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o a_o sincere_a hart_n can_v relish_v nor_o savour_n in_o comparison_n of_o christ._n and_o may_v be_v find_v in_o he_o when_o i_o shall_v appear_v before_o the_o face_n of_o god_n or_o may_v find_v in_o he_o all_o that_o i_o lose_v for_o he_o that_o be_v a_o most_o plentiful_a recompense_n for_o any_o legal_a commodity_n which_o i_o part_v from_o for_o his_o sake_n not_o have_v i_o own_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n here_o the_o apostle_n distinguish_v of_o a_o twofold_a righteousness_n legal_a which_o be_v a_o man_n own_o because_o a_o man_n must_v come_v by_o it_o by_o work_v himself_o rom._n 10._o 5._o and_o evangelicall_n which_o be_v not_o a_o man_n own_o but_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n rom._n 3._o 21._o 22._o free_o give_v to_o we_o by_o grace_n through_o christ._n that_o i_o may_v know_v he_o etc._n etc._n that_o i_o may_v have_v the_o experience_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o mercy_n in_o justify_v i_o free_o by_o faith_n through_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o suffering_n and_o resurrection_n here_o than_o we_o have_v these_o two_o thing_n set_v down_o first_o the_o pretiousnesse_n second_o the_o nature_n of_o