The·Nature of Con:V~rfio"n: · 3~ to the correCtion of theStocks;as the bird thatha'ft– eth to..- the prey, and knoweth ~1ot ~hat. it is for his life. No fooner couldSatan btd h1m he, but pre• fently he had it .upon the top of his tongue, Act. ;· 3· no fooner couldSatanoffer:.a wanton objeCt, but he was1unq ·with luft. The Devil could do morevvith him that~God could: If the Devil fay, Away with thefe Famjly-duties, be fure they fhall be rarely e– nough performed in his houfe: If the Devil fay_, A~- ·· way with this firiB:nefs, this preci[enefs, he will . keep far enough from it : If he tells hitn, there's no need of thefe Clofet-duties, he fl1all go from day t() day, and fcarce perform the1n. But now he is con- ·· verted, he ferves another Mafter, and takes quite another courfe) 1 Pet. 4 · 4· he goes and comes at Chrifr 's beck, Col. 3· 24· Satanmay fometiLnes catch- .. his foot in a trap, but hevvill no longer bea willing .- . captive : He watchesagainfi the fnares and baits of ·-f • Sat1n, and frudies to be acquaintedwith his devices:: . He is very fufpicious of his plots, and i,s very jea-– lous in what com~s ·athwart him ~ left Satan ihould>, have fon1e. defign upon him: · He wreftles again~- · principalities and. powers, Ephef. 6: · He entertains the metfenger of Satan, as n1endo the melferiger of– death : Hekeeps his eye upon hisenemy, 1 Pet.;. g.,. and ·watches in his duties, left Satan ·fhoukl put in ·. his foot. . Thi1~dly, The l f/Qt .ld. B;!foreafound faith, a tl'ltUl ·: 1so·verco1neof the J17orld ; either he bows down t» · · lvfammon, or idolizes his reputation~ or is a lover of ., _ pl~af~1re, rnore th.an a loyer of God, 2 Tim. 3· 4, .. · Here·s the root of n1an's m1fery by the Fall; he is ·.: . tt~rned a-Gde to the creature, inft-ead of God, and,· g1ves that efteen1, contl.den::e and affection to the . ~reature, that is due t? hin.1 alone, Rom. I . 2 s. · M.u" · ~ . l o . 37· Pro-:o. I 8 · -LL _':let. 17 . ) .. ' . - ~ . ' ; j l . J nr~eraole ~··1an! \Vhat a deforrx~ed Ma;.1fl:er· .' ·. - .. . h1lt? .
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