Ront.7 8.1 f. z;. §.geífil.4. The fceoild temptation ta- ken from the euillíitses of 14ì4itZers,ait- jneredi 3 o7e,7;ptationJ takenfron theeuiillimes ofMinelerfAnPered. demned. But leaningfilch far fetcht inflances,let euery man, yea cuen hewhohath attainedvnto the greatefl meafure of faithand fanaification, enter intoa ftri61 anddue confidera- tionwith himfelfe,and examinehis ovine confcience before Gods tribunali feate;and then let him tel mewhether heper- forme obedience to all that truthwhich he knoweth and be- leeueth,or whether he may not iufllycomplaine,yS our cor- ruption takes occafionby the knowledge of Gods common- clement, toworke in vs all maner ofconcupifcerce ; that hee doeth thole things whichhealloweth not,naywhich he ha- tech and abhorreth;that thoughhe donot only know the law ofGod, b tit alfo is delighted therewith in the innerman, yet that there is another law in his members which rebelleth a- gainl}the law ofhis mind,and leadeth him captiue vnto the raw offinne,asitisRom.7.8.i 5.23. And ifthisbe the cafe of Salomon;Dauid,Peter,and ofall Gods children, whohaueat- tained to the greatefl meafurc of knowledge and fantifi- cation ; let not Satan perfwade vs that wee. may fafelie negle5t the minifterie of the word, becaufe the minifters thereof feeme not perfwaded that the doórine which they deliuer is true,in that they doe not pra&life it in their ovine lines : for many knowing and beleeuing that truth which they deliuer, are notwithftanding dellitute ofthe fan&ify_ inggraces ofGods fpirit,and therefore wholliecarried away into all licentious wickedneffe; andmany alfowhoare fan- 61ified,being not whollie purged from their naturali cor ruptions, are readie to thew their frailtie and infirmities to all the world, though they know, acknowledge, beleeue, and from their hearts embrace, that truth which they teach and profcffe. But ifSatan cannot thus preuaile,nor caufevs to doubt of Gods truth,becaufe the miniliers line not according to that d6rine which they teach; thenhee will perfwade them at leali to refufe toheare fuch whole lines are fcandalous,as be- ing vnworthie to take the word into their mouthes, and vnable to concert or amendothers, feeitjg the wordis not powerful] which theydeliuer for the conuerting and refor- mingoftheir owne lines. Which temptation ofSatan is moll dangerous
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