DIAL. II.
Verse 2. For the law of the Spirite of life which is in Christ Iesus, hath freed or deliuered me from the law of finne and of death.
WHat is the drift and purpose of this Scrip∣ture?
It is a proofe and confirmation of the former verse, and of the latter part of it, (as some thinke) by a reason taken from the efficient and begetting cause of holy conuersation, to wit; the Spirite of Christ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the faithfull, who hauing communion with Christ, haue also fellowship with his Spirite. But I rather take it to bee the proofe of the former part of the sentence, confirming to vs, that there is no condemnation to such as are in Christ; which is confirmed by this reason, because the Spi∣rite of life which is in Christ the head, being allowed vnto his members, doth quite abolish sinne and death, that though sinne remaine in them, yet it shall haue no force to condemne them.
What then doe you thinke the summe and substance of this verse to be?
This verse together with the three following, is to be expounded of the third part of our iustification, to wit; of the perfect holinesse of Christs humane nature, imputed to vs, as the remedy and couer of our most de∣filed nature, of the deliuery of our impure nature, by the imputation of Christs sanctified nature.
What be the parts of this Text?
The parts be foure: First, what that is whereby we are freed (for the law of the Spirite, &c.) Secondly, what manner of thing this freedome is. Thirdly, to