Clause 2

Testimonies out of the Prophetes and Apostles

The Lorde hath said to my Lorde, &c.¹ And Matthew 22. verse 42.43. Actes. 2 verse 36. Therefore all the house of Israel knowe for a suretie, that God hath made him both Lorde and Christe, this Iesus I say, whom ye haue crucified. The end and drift of these words is, that being entred into league with so faithful a Lord (who hath redeemed them from the power of darkenesse, neither with golde nor siluer, but with his owne blood, making thē his owne peculiar, and not onely he so purchased them, but he protecteth and preserueth them being so purchased, with a speciall care) they might safely and with assured confidence of minde committe themselues vnto him, yea; and yeelde vp themselues to be kept for euer.

Againe they are also admonished, that they are not in their owne power, but are bought with a price that both in bodie and soule which are Gods, they may glorifie God. 1. Corinthians 6. And to the ende all that are confederate and beleeue, shoulde willingly suffer them selues to be gouerned of such a Lorde, to wit, by his worde and by his spirit, who to the ende he might haue vs vnder his lordship & gouernment, was appointed of the father head of the Angels, and of all beleuers.

Footnotes

1. Psalm. 110. ↩