g_oa Ofthe mannerorSatattsfight. quám man;fekt queeperpetro?dam, clansenim /ìpecconewme redarguit.7Vbi auremreprehenfio nowmetucndaef, t61 tentatori vet ad t-us liberrimus, peccatum cumvoluptate admtttitur: Earn more affraid (faith he) of my fecret,then ofmy open finnes ; for if I finne fecretly there i$ noman to reproue me and where reprehenfion isnot feared, there the tempter hath . molt freeacceffe and the finne is entertained with pleafing delight... Ina word, feeing wee aremore eafiliedrawne into thefe finnes ; and afterwe areenthralled with them,makeno- haft toget out ofour captiuitie ; therefore let vs bee much more vvarieand heedful in difcoueringand auoiding thefe hidden fnares and fecretfinnes,into which we doemolt come monliefall vnwittingly,and being fallen,doemolt willingly continue in them. §.Sect:$. Secondlie, Satan affaulteth vs fometimeby his deputies now sawan, and inftrurnents ; efpecially.hee imploieth in thefe feruices, faultethvs by the worldand the flefh..In theworld hedoth notonly make the worl choice ofour enemies and ro hane irreligious rnen,which worldand p P g the¡lei% he flirreth vp toofliaandperfecute vs, totheendweemay, bee difcouraged from the profeilìon and praelife of true godlineffe; but alfo of our deare friends and acquaintance and our neerekindred : fometime our brother or fitter, our parents and children,yea fometimesamans wife which lieth inhisboforne, plaieth the part ofthe tempter. As wee may fee in theexample offob, whowas notfomuch vexedbyall hisoutward afflillions, as by the temptation ofhis wife,and three friends. The fame is euident in the example ofEse, whom Satan vied as his inftrument to inticeAdam to the breachofGods commandement : and Iefabel,who was the 1iuels deputie, inprouokingher husbandto oppreílion and horrible murther. Neither doth heeonelie vfe to thefe ends ourcarnall friends, but alto our fpirituall kindredinChrift, who are ofthe farne religion, and make the farneprofeflion with vs; and thusby theold Prophet, he inticed theyoung a,áng.;i3 Prophet to tranfgreffe Gods ccrnrnandement, i.King.a3.. And thus het tempted our Sauiour Christ to negle61 the workeofour redemption, vfi gg the Apoftle Peter as hisin- flruxnent; andxhetcfoke.láecaufehe fupplied thediuelsplace, our, 1#
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