Captives bound in chains, made free by Christ their surety

Qu. 1. What it is that we have not a liberty from by Christ the Redeemer? There are many things that Christ did not come to purchase or proclaim liberty from while we are in this life.

1. None of God's Elect are freed by Christ from being born in original sin; we are not born free, but are made free; even those that are descended from free men in Christ, are by birth in spiritual bondage: for grace doth not come by blood, but by the will of God, Joh. 1.13. No man since the Fall, except Christ the Redeemer hath been free from this sinful contagion that hath infected all mankind, Rom. 5.12.17, 18.

2. Christ doth not free us in this World from the indwelling of sin: Christ doth free all Believers from the reigning power of sin, Rom. 6.14. but not from the conflicting power of sin, no, nor altogether from the captivating power of sin; the Lord's freemen ⟨p. 178⟩might sometimes be overpowered with a temptation, and with a corruption, and in a particular combat be carried captive, Rom. 7.23. nor doth Christ free us at all from the indwelling of sin. As God did not presently free the people of Israel from the Nations that did vex them, nor drive them out at once, but by degrees, he left some of them to prove them and to humble them,