J A t :tanstemptations improue not our redemption. 3 oq like danger, becaufe the citizens will carefully fortifie their walles and.increafe their bulwarkcs;and as hewho hathbeen once robbedbytheeues,will euer after ride better prouided tomake refiflance, that hee doe not againe fall into their hands ; fo thole who arebefieged and affaulted by their fpi- rituali enemies, will euer after more carefully arme them- felues againa themwith thegraces ofGods fpirit,that they maynotbee ouercome nor foiled by them. Wee know that whilefl men.quietly enioy their poffef ions and inheritance they ref} fecure,keeping their writings in aboxwithout euer lookingon them from yeere toyeere, but when their title andright is called into queflion, and force man labours to thrufl them out of their poffeflion, then they perufe their writings and deeds with all diligence ; and not fatisfiedwith theirovine iudgement they refort to skilfull Lawyers, cra- uing their counfaile how they may maintaine their right, andanfwere the plea which their aduerf<arie makes again1 them;wherbyoftentimesit commeth to paffe that they make their titlenot onely much tnore'firong in it felfe, but alfo morecleere andeuident vnto all others, fo that afterwards none dare once aduenture to trouble them againe, or call theirright into queflion : fo whilefl wee neuer doubt of our heauenll inheritancewe ref+ fecure,and let thebookofGod which is our belt deede and euidence,lie vnder our cupbords till itmouldfor want ofvfe; but when Satanbyhis temptati- oi's doh cal our title into queflion, andpleades that we haue no right tö Gods kingdome,then doe we mof+carefully and diligentlyperufe thebookeofGod, then doe wee goe vnto GodsMiniflers, defiring their counfaile howwe may anfwer Satans`plea andcleere our title,then doewee moll carefullie vfeall goodmeanes to encreafe our knowledge, that there- by wee may thronghlie informe our felues ofour right, and confirme our affurance againf+ all cauils and obieélions.. And hereby it comtneth to paffe, that thofc who before hadvery weake titles to their heauenly inheritance, whilcf+ they remained retchleffeand fecure,andbut flender affurance euer toenioyit; now, by their care, pines and diligence, hauefo confirmed it vnto themfelues, and fo.cleered it toall X 3 the
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