113z, f.l p4tableExpofition 6. P E;TITIoN. poynt, namely, how Satan tempteth vs. The fine And I altogether put my felfe vponyour dire diem, yet withthis note by the temprattm way, that the lèlfe fame temptations may belaid to proceed from Satan , thato- may come therwifehaue been faydto come fromGod. From Satan in malice , from God from God e5- in mercy. From Satau,as they vrge and perfwade vs to any will contrary to the Satan in di- word. From the Lord as they opento vs out weakenes irr Faith,audfuudry cor- uerrref2'sth ruptions, driuing vs to his fdfe, as to our true flrength and fupport in all our weakenes. Which beeing remembred, then fay wee concerning. this diuifion, that the temptations of Satan are infinite, and cannot bee named of any man, albeit felt ofall tutu , as the Lord will giue him leaue to ihew his malice, Tép- tudg- of Come more, of fomc lelfe, and ofeueryone(omewhat Hee tempteth in tati -mete judgement to error and hercfie, bec tempteth in life to Ínne and impiety , and ät in Lift. what infinite branches haue thele two heads The errors and Heretics that haue beene of old, what an heaps are they, If I Ihould take this count, or who cantell what cuen yet dailie hee worketh in this behalfe throughout the world, fluffing mens heads, and filling their hearts with great vntruths. The frff Some hee bath perfwaded heeretofore, and (lill no doubt will perfwade,ifGod temptation permit him, that an eflateof thetrue Church heere on earth is to bee expefted concerning " more perfit and holy than in deed is true. And bee telleth them , that if any the Chroch. Church bee fo feparated from the world, that therein indeed and truth all mens hues be framed according to the word of God, that is *true Church, and if any Church be not fo feparated from the world, but that in it arc found Come without repentance which hue not according.to the word of God, but haue their blots and fpotr, both in Faith to God, andlouc to man, that is a falfe Church, from which the children of God mull feparatethemfelues,.lealithey fhouldbeperta- leersof other mens Mmes. So that the i mperfedionsofa Church, and the faults of fome in the Church, not remooued by and by from the fame, (hall vtterly takeaway both name and nature of a Church from that place. A great and grieuousvntruethfurely, and filch aswe may fay ofwithSaintHihrie,. change.. li nefciunt , angels non audiuerunt, propheta nen fen1 r, pint ipfe nonedulit. The Arch- angels know it not, the Angels haue not heard it, the Prophet hath not felt it, the Son of G O D himfelfe bath reueiled no filch thing to vs. For was not Ind s a Matt wicked theefe in the company of the Apoflles, and yet they for all thatthe 3 47 flockcof Chrr(1? Hath not the Lord defcribed the cflate of this true Church militant here on earth by the fimilitudes of a draw netcall into the Sea,that in- clofeth and compatreth fifh of all forts, yea, flickes, and flones, flume and tnudde, without any. feparatic n till it come to the fhoe? Of afield, wherein with the good Wheat fowen by the Husbandman come vppe tares fowen. by the enuious man; and fo intermingledthat no cleare feparation can bee made. but with danger of plucking vppe the Whcatc, allo till the baruch come? Of 1ìMath.3.1 2 a floore whereon licth much good Wheat, but couered ahnoll and hid in an heape of chaffe intermingled with it, till the Fanner come with his fanne in his hand to purge the. fame, and make deane his floore. Nath.22,1. Of a great wedding, wherevnto as good and bad are bidden; fo come there force and take their places, that yet haue no weddinggarments, fitting With the bell till the Piing come into fee the guefles , and difplace them ? And are not thefe plaine proofes, what manner of Church net mull content Our felues with all heere on earth,till the day of perfeéhon come, namely, tuen with fuch a one, asthoghconfrdered.inChrifl, it bee cleane and without fpot & wrinkle: yet confrderedinitfelfe it is not fo, before it come to the marke it fhooteth at, but
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