- . . \ lo6 'Ihe Saints fore '------- -------~~------------------~---- 7 But,if by the grace and mercie of G-od, we ,Hcd\rives, if ibee cannot malce them to rfall totally and ,finally, that .they mayfall ,partially, and as frequently ,as..he.can, qtlit ourfel~ulike men, and hold on comfortably and conftantly in a fetled courfe of godlineffe.; yet,for all this,Sathan ha~h not done: though he can doe us no deadly hurt, y'et hewill (lilldoe hig · worll:; for his craft and fpight is endle!fe. Ifhe· · fee there is no hope of bringing us. backe agairie imo·bis bon~age,or making us any more vaffals · and flaves to finne; yet he will labour to lay fi:um– bling-blockes in our way, to bring us upon our knees : now and then, to turne usout of the right path; foinetimes,even to over-:-_turne us with fome greater and more dangerous fall; bee will layhi~ traines to intrap and intangle us, if it b:e poffible, s.~tbans poliin fome old fweet finne: Which, that hee may .Clc. bring about, bee will ufethe benefit and advan– tage of cufi:ome, becaufe before our calling, wee - have much practifed it; of the frailtie of our . owne corruptions, becaufe they have moll: de– lighted in it; of ouroldcompanie, becaufewee have formerly oftenefl: committed it with them. He will leave no opportunitie, advant~ge,or cir- .... cumftance omitted,and unaffayed,to hale us back' into orie or other fpedall finne, of our unregene– ration. If this will not fi:op, bee will follow all occafions,.enticemems,and temptations, the tide ofour owoe affections, the fireame of the rimes, if by any meanes bee can caft us into fome grotfe and fcandalous finne. · Thefe are_Sathans plots · and praCl:ifes againfl: thofe, who hold on inacon– fl:ant cotufe of holindfe : if they will not bee brought to tumble thernfelves againe in the myre of
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=