Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

We therefore should labour to show forth the power of the death of Christ in our dying to sin; for this is certain we have no benefit by his sufferings, except we¹ have fellowship in them, & we have no more fellowship in them, then we can give proof of by our dying daily to sin; For his blood cleanseth from all sin. Let us not² by reigning sin Crucify Christ again, for he dieth no more: In that he died, he died once unto sin; Death ³hath no more power ov•r him, to show that sin must⁴ have no more power over us, but that being once dead to sin, we should thenceforth live unto him that died for us. There is a speech in Tertullian, which though proceeding from Novatianism in him, doth yet in a moderated and qualified sense carry the strength of the Apostles argument in it, Si possit fornicatio & moechia denno ⁵admitti, poterit & Christus denno mori, If fornication and adultery may be again committed by a man dead to sin in that raging and complete manner as before, if ⟨p. 277⟩reigning sin after it hath been ejected out of the Throne, and nailed to a Cross, can return to its total and absolute sovereignty as before, Christ may dye again, for the sins of a Justified and regenerate man are Crucified upon his Cross, and in his body.

We therefore should labour to shew forth the power of the death of Christ in our dying to sinne; for this is certaine we have no benefit by his sufferings, except we¹ have fellowship in them, & we have no more fellowship in them, then we can give proofe of by our dying dayly to sinne; For his blood clenseth from all sinne. Let us not²