and care of, his Peopleunder Temptation. 255 fpeech and phrafe, and fo wicked men are not Paid to be tempted by Satan ; by their own hearts they are, but I freak ofSatans temptations, properly the wicked are not laid to be tempted by Satan. fie is Paid to rule in them, in the children of ditobedience; and he is laid to lead them captive at his will : but ifyelook into the new 1 etta- ment, yewill not ordinarilyEnd, that wickedmen are laid to be tempted by Satan. Aman does not tempt his wife, but whenhe folicitesanother woman, then he is Paid for to tempt that woman. As the Saints are married to Chrift, fowicked men, they are match't toSatan ; and he is not in proprietyofphrafe raid for to tempt them. Your men hea- lers, thofe that fteal children, they don't tempt their own children for togo with them, they naturally go with their father : but they come and tempt your children, they are other folkes children that they tempt. And fo Satan, he is properly laid to tempt thofe that are noneof his children. AMatter don't tempt his fervant, he is not Paid properly to tempt hisown fervant todwell with him, or to ferve him; buthe goes to anothermans fervant, and fpeaks to him to come anddwell with him, and to fervehim. As for wic- ked men, they are properly the fervants of Satan; and therefore when theDevil foliates them to do that which is evill, onto dwell with him, and to converfe with him, 'tis not I fay in propriety of fpeech a proper temptation : but for the fervants ofChrift, when he folicites them unto evil, then he is properlyPaid to tempt them. This for the form of a temptation. But now, take a temptation in theMateriality of it, for theMatterofit,which is a folicitation to evil ; and fo wic- kedmen are tempted by Satan ; yea, they are more temp- ted thanthe godly are; that is, they are more foliated un- to evil by Satan ; and the fame temptation that godlymen are tempted with, wicked men are temptedwith : and the .fametemptation that wickedmen are temptedwith, a god- ly "'flan is tempted with. As there is no Duty which a godlyman does perform, but a wicked man may do it, c c for
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