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 and when at any Time we have grieved ſo good and ſo gracious God, by ſinning againſt him, the remembrance of our redemption ſhould encourage us to return unto him, ſeeing he, as our Saviour, hath redeemed and bought us with ſo great price, therefore we ought to acknowledge him as our Lord, in right of Redemption, and our ſelves not to be our own, but his Servants; for therefore Chriſt died and roſe again to life, that he might be the Lord of the quick and the dead, Rom. xiv. 9. And if we acknowledge him to be our Lord, we muſt be careful to do his will, or else we in vain do call him ſo, as did thoſe be reproved, ''viz. Why do ye call. me Lord, and do not the things that I command you'': Luke vi. 46.

CHRIST died for all, that theſe who live, ſhould not henceforth live unto themſelves, but unto him who died for them and roſe again. 2 Cor. v. 15.

THIS Conſideration cauſed the primitive Chriſtianis to feel this Teſtimonies with their Blood, running violently to the flames and tortures, and not accepting any Deliverance that might render them unworthy of the Riches and Mercy of their Redeemer, who had ſo freely laid down his life to purchaſe them Glory and Immortality, in a kingdom that laſts as long as God is God, and that is end leſs