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³Again, there is a freedom in sanctification, that is, when a man believes that Christ is his, and that his sufferings are his, then the same Spirit that discovers this to be mine, it works a change and alteration in my nature, and frees me from the dominion of sin. The obedience of Christ, frees me from the condemnation of sin, and the Spirit of sanctification frees me from the dominion of sin. This is the freedom of sanctification, which faith lays hold on, Whosoever hath not the Spirit of Christ, is none of his. Christ as a head, derives to me the holy Spirit, to sanctify my nature, and of his fullness, we receive grace for grace; so the Spirit of sanctification in Christ frees me from the dominion of sin and death.

³Againe, there is a freedome in sanctification, that is, when a man beleeves that Christ is his, and that his sufferings are his, then the same Spirit that discovers this to be mine, it workes a change and alteration in my nature, and frees me from the dominion of sinne. The obedience of Christ, frees me from the condemnation of sinne, and the Spirit of sanctification frees me from the dominion of sinne. This is the freedome of sanctification, which faith layes hold on, Whosoever hath not the Spirit of Christ, is none of his. Christ as a head, derives to me the holy Spirit, to sanctifie my nature, and of his fulnesse, we receive grace for grace; so the Spirit of sanctification in Christ frees me from the dominion of sinne and death.

1. 3In sanctification.

It is said here,¹ that by Christ we have spiritual liberty and freedom, not from sin, and death, but from the law of sin, and of death. It is one thing to be freed from sin, and death, and another thing to be freed from the law of them: for we are not indeed freed from sin, and death, but from the law of sin, and death; that is, from the condemning power of sin; that though sin be in us; yet it doth not condemn us: and though we die, yet the sting is pulled out, death is but a passage to a better life. So I say in Justification, we are freed from the condemning power of sin, and in sanctification, from the commanding power of sin. When we are knit once to Christ, we have the obedience of Christ, ours in justification: and the holiness of Christ is derived to us, as from the head to the members in sanctification, and so we are freed from the law of sin. To understand this a little better, the same Spirit that sanctified the natural body, the humane nature of Christ, whereby he became bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh: the same Spirit doth sanctify the mystical body of Christ, that it may be bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh. For before we come to heaven, Christ must not only be bone of our bone, &c. that is, in his Incarnation, but we must be bone of his bone, &c. that is, we must have natures like Christ, not only flesh and blood; for (so a reprobate hath flesh and blood, as Christ hath) but we must have