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A36315 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. Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1674 (1674) Wing D1880A; ESTC R26727 110,624 225

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than_o iron-fetter_n do_v not_o this_o lightness_n of_o thy_o heart_n plain_o prove_v the_o hardness_n of_o thy_o heart_n remember_v thou_o have_v better_o have_v thy_o body_n possess_v by_o a_o thousand_o devil_n or_o tear_v by_o a_o thousand_o devil_n into_o a_o thousand_o piece_n than_o to_o have_v thy_o precious_a soul_n lead_v captive_a by_o the_o devil_n and_o hold_v his_o prisoner_n by_o the_o reigning-power_n of_o any_o one_o lust_n whatsoever_o will_v thou_o think_v of_o this_o it_o be_v thy_o soul_n that_o be_v a_o captive_n and_o in_o bond_n 2._o this_o captivity_n and_o bondage_n to_o satan_n and_o to_o sin_n be_v worse_a than_o any_o other_o in_o that_o these_o
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freedom_n from_o suffering_n in_o their_o bondage_n than_o suffering_n with_o spiritual_a freedom_n 6._o christ_n do_v not_o give_v we_o freedom_n from_o temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o buffet_v by_o that_o wicked_a one_o christ_n himself_o be_v not_o free_a from_o temptation_n from_o satan_n nor_o from_o persecution_n from_o man_n resist_v the_o devil_n watch_n and_o pray_v against_o his_o temptation_n for_o you_o be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v free_v from_o they_o till_o you_o get_v unto_o heaven_n 7._o christ_n do_v not_o free_v we_o from_o the_o stroke_n of_o death_n the_o lord_n freeman_n must_v be_v bind_v with_o death_n bond_n as_o well_o as_o other_o our_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v not_o free_a from_o dissolution_n your_o body_n not_o free_a from_o putrefaction_n but_o yet_o we_o be_v free_v from_o the_o sting_n of_o death_n and_o death_n be_v not_o the_o same_o to_o the_o lord_n freeman_n as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n bondman_n q._n 2._o 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