Cl Inftruaiont fir A rif,ht comfOrting ;rconceitsofthe moll holy,pure and ever glorious God His W.ord,divine Truths,the.Lord le[ m, bleffed fo~ ever;or fome way, or other:. about fpirituall and heavenly things; framed immediately by Satan himfclf, and with furious violence thrown into our minds, infinitely againfr our wils, at the grieOineff: wher- ·cof,not only Religion;but alfo Reafon; nay, even corrupted Nature, and common fenfe, fi:and afronilht; Jhrug and fhrink back at the borrour, and abhorre them extreamly: Some of Gods -dearefi: Children, and thofe that love him bell, (Would you think it ? ·yet it· is too true) are.fomtimes fo pefrreii with their -irkfome intrufions; that wbatfoever they fpeak, do,hear,read,or think upon, is wrefi:ed,perverted~and .!1elliilily impoyfoned with this temptation of blat: ph~my. And they are ·ordinarily prefi: upon them with moll importunity and impetuoufi1es , when they are befr bufied, and exercifed in the holiefi: duties,as in prayer,bearing or reading theWord, fing.. ing ofl'falms,dayes ofhumiliation,&c. i" Cur~ in this cafe In thefir!l: place: For a comfortable fupport in fpeBculauv 6 e. . fuchaCafe,perufe,ponder well upon, and apply fuch 1. y con derat&on, fid ·· d r.1 h r. . r.OfChrdt v:vhu .felt con 1 er~tton~ an coun1e .s as t e1e: ~ · ~he like.. 1: .In thts ternble ternptatton alfo,thoubecomefi: but conformable to thy Lord andMafrer, which bought thee with his dearefr blood,.and to matJy ofhis ble£:. fed Saints. Was ith~e ever fuggefHon in conceit,or word,or any poffibility ofbeing like unto this in ex· :ltevei. 11'•1• ·Cololt~.g. .ecrablene«e and horrour:That the K itt,t of S 11inu, in whom dwel!eth4fl the fo!ltJej{e of the God-head bodily, fhou1df41ldowmand worfoip the Prince of Hell, and vildl: of Creatures? And yet this rriofl: horrible blafphemy, was injeC\:ed into the mofl: holy imagi- ~atio~ ofiejUJ Chrift; with which ~t was infir:itely more 1mpoffibleto be any wayes tamted or framed, ~hen the fairell Sunne-beam Wiith the foulefl: Dirt-.. lSut he endured it and .conquered : And that for ottr · · fakes
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