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R..IO,
%phefiatta,Chap.
6.
7
19
der
the
(hew
of
good
:
thus he will
make us
under
the
pretence
of
difcretion and moderation, be like thofe
who
were neither
hot
nor
cold,
fit
for nothing
but tobe
fpucd out of.
Gods mouth
:
He
will
with
a
(hew
of
zealefetch
us
off
to
murther,
Luke
9.
54.
He did the
Difciples
,
and
thus he beguileth
fuch
who will reforme without
au-
thority,
and
the Brownifls
who
beguiled with
a
falfe
fpirit
of
zeale,
make feparation
:
fo
by perfwading providence,
he
doth
fill
the heart
with
covetoufneflè
:
fo
by perfwading
perfection, he foileth
in
will
-
worfhip
:
fo thofe
datrines
of
Devils
forbidding meats,
marriage, re-
ligioufly, are
broached
under pretence
of
chaftity,abftinence; invoca-
tion
of
Angels
and
doubting, under pretence
of
humility.
col.!,
and
unwritten truths with
curious
queítions, under pretence
of
profound
learning
:
fuch
like
doctrine, Revel.z.z4.
fo ¡tiled,
is
called
therefore
the depth
of
Satan.
Fourthly,by
diffwading
that which
is
truly
good,
as
if
it were
a
vice
:
thus repenting,
and leading new lives, and
taking
up the orders
of
God,
this
is
new- fangledneffe, and
levity
:
thus
doing
any duty
that
is
not
fo generally received, it
is
di(fwaded
as
fingularity
and
pride;
thus zeale
ismadneffe,
as in
Chrifts
praQife cenfured,
Mar.3.1I.
And Paul was
thought to
be mad
through
much learning
:
thus the
lawful¡ remedy
is
calumniated
as
uncleanneffe; depending
on
Gods
providence
is
countedtempting him:as
in
that
example
ofAhaz,
Efay
7.12.
Particular faith
is
pride,&c. And thus
he
doth
fee fine
co.
lours on
foule cloathes
,
and like an
Angell
of
light doth beguile
us.
3.
He taketh on him
the
perfon
of
Saints departed
:
as
apparitions
for
the confirmation
of
erroneous doctrines,doe
fully
alive
us.
Thefecond
¡effe
apparent
alien
is,
his
di(fembling
of
his
fireagth;
fometime elevating,
le(fening
his
power
:
as
when
our
Lord hath toy-
led him
in
us
, he will make
as
if
he were eafily
withftood that
we
might after
a
fort command
him,that then
we might waxe fecure,and
be
betrayed. a.
By diffembled flight,
like
the ftratagem
ufed,
/of
7
lade
zo.
He
will feeme
as
fled,
but
then he playeth
the Parthian, he
fighteth moft
dangeroufly
:
Thus
many
that
have beene prodigal",
given
to women,
are Browne
better
husbands, and becomenew
men;
the Devill
feemeth
to
be
fled:
but
if
they be
not
newcreatures indeed,
having new hearts, hungring after righteoufneffe,
and
the knowledge
of God,
in
Chrift,
the Devil¡ bath
them
far furer
then before.
So
in Saul,
when the
evil! fpirit
came upon
him; when David
play-
ed,
the Devill
feemed
to
be
gone,
but
alas
nothing
Idle..
So fome
have beene troubled
in confcience, and
they
have skinned all over
in
their
manner, all
is
quiet now
:
but
let
them beware, for
if
they
have
not
met with
the right
cure, theDevill by lying
(till,
and diffembling
flight, will
make
them
fecure
to
their deftruction.
Now,
we cannot finde
them out
better,
then
by
confidering
of
warlike
ftratagems, to
one
whereof the holy Ghoft
here hath
refe-
rence.
NOW
thofe are divided
into three bands; forthey
are either
in
prying
out,
or
in
concealement, or
in
matter
of
attempt. For the firft,
the
devil¡
dothpry
into
us,
and
knoweth
us
but too
well, he
is
named
from