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Doct. 1. Every regenerate Christian, is a victorious Christian, a conqueror of the world.

Doct. 1. Every regenerate Christian, is a victorious Christian, a conquerour of the world.

Every Christian be he never so poor that hath but the least pittance or shred of true grace, hath a mighty power in him to overcome the world. It was a famous thing of old to be but conquerors of the world, as the Babylonian and Roman Monarchies were. But St. John testifies here, that every Christian is Lord of the whole world, 1 Cor. 3.22, 23. He hath it there by gifts, but here by conquest, he overcomes the world viz. so far as it is an enemy to grace. Indeed, in themselves the comforts of the world are good and useful but as far as they have a snare in them, he overcomes them, 1 John 4.4. The honours of the world have a snare in them to puff up our hearts, 2 Chron. 26.16. Profit of the world choke the good seed of the Word, Mat. 13.22, 23. So the pleasures of the world they make the Word unfruitful, Luk. 8.19.

Every Christian be he never so poor that hath but the least pittance or shred of true grace, hath a mighty power in him to overcome the world. It was a famous thing of old to be but conquerors of the world, as the Babilonian and Romane Monarchies were. But St. John testifies here, that every Christian is Lord of the whole world, 1 Cor. 3.22, 23. He hath it there by gifts, but here by conquest, he overcomes the world viz. so far as it is an enemy to grace. Indeed, in themselves the comforts of the world are good and usefull but as far as they have a snare in them, he overcomes them,