remptatío?s hindring v,rfrom hearing Goceword. le;9 earneftly and fincerely labour after the knowledge of the truth,and withgood Cortreliuscontinually implore theaft fiance and direelion ofGods:fpirit,wee (ball bee lure toob. taine our deLire, for the Lord bathpromifed it,and bee will vadoubtedlybeas good as his word. CHAP. XXV. Satan' temptations takenfrom our vn:rorthinefeandvnfiteet to heare,anfwered. Nd fomuch concerning the temptations ofSa tan,which he draweth fr6 the Miniilers,to.dif- credit the Gofpell, and to diffwade men from ..., the hearing thereof; but if hecannot thuspre- uaile,hee will Ieauethe Miniflers, and come to the parties themfelues,fuggefling into theirminds that they are vnworthie,in refpeCÌ ofthe innumerable numberof their fins,to be hearersof the Gofpell, which is fo pure and excel- lent; and that their corruptionsare fogreat, their vnderflan- dings foblind, their memories föflipperie, theirwils fo per- uerfe,their heart and affcilions fowicked andprophane, that it is to be feared inrregardofthis their vnfitnes to heare, that theword ofGod,w.hich in it felfis thefauour oflife vnto life, will become vnto:thé the - fauour ofdeath to their more deep condemnatiorî For theanfweringofwhich temptation,wee are toknov',ftrfl, that ourfins and vnworthines fhouldbefo farrefrQMhindring vs from the hearing ofGodsword, that they.fhould rather ferue as forcible arguments to moue vs r more attentiuelyand diligently to heare it : becaufe it is the meahesordained ofGod topull vsout ofour fins,topurgevs from our corruptions, to worke in vs true fane}ification, and tomakevsofthe Ionsofwrath the children bfGod. Moreo- ucr, thoughwee want faith and all other fane2ifying graces, yet we are to heare thewordofGod : for therefore the-Lord bath .ordained-the miniflerie ófÿ word,nor only to increafe grace where it isbegun,but alfatò beget andbeginit where t is wanting; fo that we!manoronly hearé-becaufewe are ¢.scff.r. That ourfnres and vnwinth{- neJftfhouldaot Eiinder vs from hearing Geds werd.
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