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¶ For so muche as we be delyuered thorowe Christe from synne, we muste fassy on our selues to lyue as the serua••tes of God, & not after our owne iustes. The vnlykely rewarde of ryghteousnesse and synne.
WHat shall, we saye then? shall we [unspec A] contynue in sinne, that there maye be aboundaunce of grace? God forbyd. Howe shall we that are
deed as touchynge synne, lyue any longer therin? ✚ Knowe ye not that * 1.1 all we whiche are baptysed into Iesu Chryste, are baptysed to dye with hym? We are buryed then wyth him by baptime, for to dye: that lykewyse as Chryst was raysed vp from death by the glo¦rye of the father, euen so * 1.2 we also shuld wal∣ke in a newe lyfe. For yf we be graft in death lyke vnto hym: euen so shal we be partakers of the resurreccyon: knowynge this, that our olde man is crucyfyed with hym also, that the bodye of synne myght vtterly be destroy∣ed, that hence forth we shulde not be seruaun¦tes vnto synne. For he that is deade, is iusty∣fyed [unspec B] from synne.
Wherfore * 1.3 yf we be deade wt Christ, we be∣leue, that we shall also lyue with hym: know∣yng, that Chryste beynge raysed from death, * 1.4 dyeth no more. Death hath no more power ouer hym. For as touchynge that he dyed, he dyed concernynge synne, once. And as tou∣chynge that he lyueth, he lyueth vnto God. Lykewyse consydre ye also, that ye are deade as touchynge synne, but are alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lord. ⊢ Let not synne raygne therfore in youre mortall bo∣dye, that ye shulde therunto obey by the lu∣stes of it. Neyther geue ye your membres as instrumētes of vnryghtuousnes vnto synne: [unspec C] but gyue ouer your selues vnto God as they that of deade, are alyue. And geue ouer your members as instrumentes of ryghtuousnes vnto God. Let not synne haue power ouer you. For ☞ ye are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace.
What then? Shall we synne, because we are not vnder the law: but vnder grace? God forbyd. ✚ Knowe ye not, howe that * 1.5 to whom soeuer ye commit youre selues as ser∣uauntes to obey, his seruaūtes ye are to whō ye obey: whether it be of synne vnto death, or of obediēce vnto rightuousnes? God be thā∣ked, that thoughe ye were the seruauntes of [unspec D] synne, ye haue yet obeyed with hert vnto the rule or the doctryne, that ye be brought vn∣to. * 1.6 Ye are then made fre from synne, and are become the seruauntes of ryghtuousnes. ⊢ ✚ I speake grosly, because of the infyrmitie or your fleshe. As ye haue gyuen your mem∣bers seruauntes to vnclennes and to iniqui¦tye, (from one iniquitye to another) euen so nowe gyue ouer your members seruauntes vnto ryghtuousnes, that ye maye be sancty∣fied. For when ye were the seruaūtes of sine, ye were not vnder rightuousnes. What frute had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe shamed, For the ende of those thinges, is death. But nowe are ye desyuered frome synne, and made y• seruaūtes of God, & haue youre fruyte to be sanctifyed, and the ende uerlastynge lyfe. For the rewarde of synne is* 1.7 death, but eternal lyfe is the gyft of God, tho¦rowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
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