And ye when ye were dead through synne and through the vncircumcision of youre fleshe hathe he q••ickened with hym, and hath forgyuen vs all oure trespaces, and hath put out the hande wrytyng, that was agaynst vs, contayned in the lawe wryten, & that hathe he taken oute of the waye and hath fastened it to his crosse and hath spoyled ru∣le and power, and hath made a shewe of them openly, and hath triumphed ouer them in his owne persone.
This kynde of vncircumcision, I saye, was to both sortes of vs comen, whiche god hath with his holy spirite cutte of and taken away forgeuing vs all oure synnes, and in suche sorte forgyuyng them, that we are oute •••• the ieopardie of hauyng the same offences any more hereafter to be layed vnto oure charge, because we haue aduisedly sworne to be obediēt to Mo∣ses lawe, for breache wherof oure aduersary the deuyll myght haue an ac∣tion agaynste vs, as agaynst men bounden by theyr owne hande wryting.* 1.1 yea the olde obligacion, by ryght wherof the deuyll sued vs, hath Christē rased oute, assone as we professed the fayth of his gospell, through whome the offences of our olde lyfe are forgyuen, so that the same are layed to no mannes charge. For whatsoeuer myght of vs by ryghte of this wrytyng be requyred, that same hath Christe for our sakes payed vpon the crosse, where the wrytyng was rente, torne, and vtterly cancelled. Nor haue we nowe anye cause to feare the tyrannye of Satan, synce Christe hath in the crosse by his death vanquyshed the authour of death, and thereby deliue∣red vs, triumphantly subduyng all the powers and rules of deuylles, ca∣rying vs into his heauenlye kyngdome, as thoughe we had bene a ryche price or botye. For then declared he them freely and playnly to be ouercō∣men and vnhar••ysed▪ when that in sight bothe of men and aungels, he ca∣ryed vs about as it were in a triumphe, shewyng that our enemyes were subdued and put to ••lyght, not by the ayde of aungels or men, but by his owne myghty power, what tyme he vpon the crosse hanged vp so royall a sygne of victorye, and that in suche a hyghe place, whereas euery manne might see it. Onely take hede to this poynt, that ye no more fall into youre olde synnes.