Part.~. Cbap.l9• eAffiiRed (onfciencel. ~------~-~--------- fakes only and fafety, even for fuch excellent ends as tbefe; firfi,That when we are fet upon by Satan in the fime kind, and fo hideouOy afiimlted, that upon_ the firfi fenfe, we are.ready to fink under the fud<ien' fright ; and to think that, none in the world are fe . brit we; yet in cold blood, we may comfortably recoYer our fdves, and prefently conceive, that oUr r B'afphemoas Cafe is ~ot {ingular, and incompatible with a faving thoughts not confenn. f( h " fG d h' r, lf ~ rt: d ted tobyus, ~re not nate; or even.t e .)on o o ·1m1e mrpaue ourfins,bur.. the divds. us in the ~e fuffering. Secondly,. That he mtght Men · mull not fearc tak~ the veno.rp,fring ang guilt from this hatefull and thofe kind of thoughts hornbletemptation,forallhis, to the \iVorlds end. ovcr-much····Bmufe Thirdly, that having himfelftafied the Divels ma~ though indeed thc:ybe lice herein he might out ofhis own feelin~ and ex- their cl'Ofles, · yu are o they not their perfo. penence,more tenderly ta-ke to heart our troubls and r--A---"' . terrors that way,more mightily fortifY,and free our 2 of learned mewho fpirits againfi the invafion and furprizc of all fuch make fuch thoughts if prodigious injeCl:ions and fla'ihes ofHell. we d 1 t_fltkbe thcm3~ . not . h J d f l d our tns ut cro cs 2. lust e concurrent u gement o r came -"----v·--· .J , . n:tll fins, tor wbich thev !hall incurr the wrath and difplcaf.ure af God, Perkint Ca:fir oj Confcien,e, Lib, 1, C4p. I o. Sen. 1, We: ttre to knovv and confider, that they arc not our ovvn thoughts, btit Satafls fuggdlions; and therfore they fhall not be: laid ro_ our charg<:'• as bei(lg our fins 1 but !hall be fet upon Satans fcou, unto vvhom of nght they do appertain,togcthcr wtth the punifhrnent due unto them•••• If vvc: vvithfbnd and: ab. horre them as wicked and diaboilcall,fuevving no kind ofllkrng of them,thcy1ball nevet· be impttted onto us,aa our fins, but unto Satan who is the Authour ot them. 2>6W"' warn Chrift: warf:l.ib 3 Cap u. Thts may comfort thofe,that being vexed with fear,. fntl fuggeftions oJSatan, as to thinl~eamifleofGodhimftlfe, (!Ye , do thcrfore thinlC amill'e of themfel ves, ~s if they vvcrc: thcrtore moft vrlc wretches. But they mull: rcmembu,that this is no more their Gn, tf they prefcntly beat it back; then if a mart like them,lhou!d vvifnthe to the like.Satan muil: anfwer for this flim[elf.2>aniel?Jy~ in bu Mhhael and tbe 7Jragon,at his 7Jofl.A0 temptations are notfinnes i(l the tempteJ. The true believer deteOsfo the Divcls motions,npon the fudden injection lomewnes. that' he is VYtthout t.iint of fin by them ; yet tt is an afl11etion with viCtory, as it was with ours~ V!OUI' te-mpted by the Divel,to whom God Cent Angels for his cornJo•t;yet our corruption corfid, r~d,it is a pre thing Wil{on in bu helper to [aitb,~g.15o; In illil 'o.z.itationifur,qu.e teptgnal'lti & invito animo(aggmmtur, qu.'bur mtr.s {Urn horrore · qu?dam renititur a&refiJJit. ·Non eft pm;atum fine con(enfu men tu AuguH. Epdt 141. Cun ille infotiabilis homici.-la ab exteriore(i!r{ualitate[e videt exdu[u,interioracolle6/iJ viribut t1£t,reditur. Sedjf,!rituatis bomo,qui omniCJ iudi,at,illius aflutitU non ignorat. R.eprimi: and.
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