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Captives bound in chains made free
Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle.
London: printed by A.H. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. II.
The Doctrine. Showing also wherein unconverted men are resembled unto Captives.
The Doctrine. Shewing also wherein unconverted men are resembled unto Captives.
1. Doct. Unconverted men are the Devils Captives, being fast bound with the chains and bonds of their own iniquity and sin.
1. Doct. UNconverted men are the Devils Captives, being fast bound with the chains and bonds of their own iniquity and sin.
Presently after the Creation of man, there was a spiritual war, conflict, and combat betwixt man and the Devil; the place where this war began was Paradise, in which sight the Devil overcame, and did prevail, not only against our first Parents, but their posterity also; Then was man first carried captive and ⟨p. 12⟩taken prisoner by the Devil, and doth remain so till he is rescued, redeemed, and delivered by Jesus Christ the Captain of our salvation. Thus wicked men are said to be taken captive by the Devil at his will, 2 Tim. 2. 26