THE SECOND BOOKE INTREATING -OF SATANS fpeciall andparticular temptations, which hee fug_ geffeth againifthe feucral caufes ofour falua- tion; and ofthe anfiverswhereby they are to be refuted and repelled. CHAP. I. infwers to thofetemptations o fSatan,where6yheperf.:cadeth carnall men toprefume,and true Cbriilians to doubt of gds loue. That Satans temptations npugne all the . caujes and meanes ofour faluatiou. Nd fomuchconcerning the common of fe&ions oftheChriflian co.:flidt, +tame_ ly, his manfull with(landing Satans-en- counters,and alfohis fainting & failing into finne.Nowwe are to fpeake-of the fpecial temptations themfelucs,and the meanes whereby wee maybe-firengthe: -ned againf} them. Where firft wee are to confiderthat Sa- tans temptations are not alwaies one and the fame, neither impugnone or two points onelyofour faith and religion; but as the caufes and the meanes ofourfaluation are mani- fold,foalto dothhegather manifoldobie6tions again(+eue- rie one ofthcm,ifthey truly appertaine veto vs, that fo hee :nay impugne and raceour faith; or els doth fil vs withvaine prefumption,perfwading vs thatall thecaufes andrneanes of faluation concurre.together in vs, when as in truth wee are voide anddellitute ofthemall. Let vs therefore confider ofthe feuerall caufes ofourfal- uation, and obferue what temptations Satan fuggef}cth in our
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