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Furthermore let us mark well, that his saying in Jesus Christ, is too send us back too the corruption which we have by inheritance in Adam. For we can never find in our hearts too yield our selves guilty, till we feel it proceed in our selves. And moreover it serveth too show, that this benefit is not common indifferently ⟨p. 79⟩to all men, but only to those whom God hath chosen, accordingly as we have seen already, that we were chosen before the making of the world. Now then this extendeth not generally too all Adams offspring, but only too so many as are renewed in Jesus Christ. And therefore it is all one as if S. Paul should show, that we had need of a remedy, for so much as we be already forlorn and damned, at such time as God by the means of Jesus Christ plucketh us out of the dungeon wherein we were. And this serveth too confirm yet better the thing that we have seen heretofore, which is, that we can not be faithful, except God make us new again, so as we hold of him all things that belong to the heavenly life, and all the spiritual goods which we have. Now seeing we be created in Jesus Christ, it is all one as if it were said, that all the righteousness, all the wisdom, all the virtue, and all the goodness that is in us, we draw it from out of that fountain, and that God scattereth them not abroad at adventure, but hath put the fullness of all things belonging too our salvation, into Jesus Christ, insomuch that when we be once made members of his body,¹ we be also made partakers of all his benefits, and that without him, we be cut of from all parts of our salvation, as though we were rotten and stinking wretched carcasses, and that there were nothing in us but filth, as I have declared before. Thus ye see what we have too mark further, when S. Paul sayeth, that we be not only Gods workmanship, but also created in Jesus Christ.

Furthermore let vs marke well, that his saying in Iesus Christ, is too sende vs backe too the corruption which wee haue by inheri••unce in Adam. For wee can neuer fynde in our heartes too yeeld our selues giltye, tyll wee feele it proceed in our selues. And moreo•er it serueth too shewe, that this benefyte is not common indifferently ⟨p. 79⟩