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¹In the 6 chap. he handleth that great and chief work of faith, to wit, the warfare & conflict of Christians betwixt the flesh & the spirit.² For the flesh fighteth against the spirit, and the spirit wageth war against the ⟨image 27⟩flesh, to the end that the desires of the flesh, & relics of sin, which remain in us after justification, might be quite suppressed, quelled, & quenched in us.

¹In the 6 chap. hee handleth that great and chiefe worke of faith, to wit, the warfare & conflict of Christians betwixt the flesh & the spirit.² For the flesh fighteth against the spirit, and the spirit wageth warre against the ⟨image 27⟩flesh, to the end that the desires of the flesh, & reliques of sinne, which remaine in vs after iustificatiō, might be quite suppressed, quelled, & quenched in vs.

1. 1Chap. 6.
2. 2The warfare of Christians.

And in this chap. the Apost. teacheth, that we are not so justified & freed from sin by faith that sin is quite taken away, and altogether abolished in us:¹ but that the relics of sin as yet remain in us. Nevertheless these remnants of sin are not laid to our charge, by reason of faith, which continually wrestles with the desires of the flesh. wherefore as yet, because we live in the flesh, that strife & combat endureth in us, & they that are already justified have enough to do, & have labour enough to turn them unto: yea all their lifetime they may toil until