20 OfSamnI mdice. Num. zs.r.a. them. As wemayffee ifwe compare Num.25.r.2.with the and ; r.16. 3 I chapter and i 6.verfe, andApoc.2.14. And thus alto this Apocz.á4, wildboare would haue broken downe the hedge whichde- fended (o6,by tempting him to blafphemeGod.. And thus ourfiibtill enem,ie Sinon-like inticeth vswith deceiuing al- lurements, euenwithour ovcnie hands to breake downe the wall ofour defence, and to makean openpaffage for whole troupes ofGnnes to enter and furprize vs, while(! we (ouer_ come with afalfe ioy)glut and make ourfelues drunkewith thecupofvoluptuous pleafures, and lie fnorting in the dead fleepeofcarnall fecuritie, not fomuch as once dreaming of our approchingruine and deílru6 ion. And hereofhe hath thename oftempter giuen him, yea hee isnot onelie calleda tempter,but,xs. ? oxta, ó Preset kthe blatth.4.z. tempter, becaufe he isa temperoftempters, and ásit were a t.Thef 34e.. tempter by profeífìon.Mat.4.z. I.Thef.3.5, Theconfiderationwhereof Ihould makevs moll careful! to withftandalJ his temptations,wherebyhe allurethvs vnto. finne. For ifweyeeldvnto them, he will furely difarmevs of Gods favour andprotedion,and fo deadlywoundour fouler whenhehathmade them naked. There isnowife man will put offhis armour andcafl awayhisweapons in the prefence ofhis cruell enemie, thoughhe perfwade him thereto with many flattering fpeeches and faire promifes; and flu' we let Satan difarmevs,becaufe he allureth. vs.thereto, by promi fing fome vnlawfull profit or vainepleafure,efpecially feeing we knowhim to bean enemieno leffe treacherous then ma- litious ? But as he is a tempter to intice vsvnto finne, foalto hee is ouraccufer after that we hauefinned, requiringofGod that he willexecute hisiuflice vpon the offenders whohaue de- feruedpurifhment..Of this there neede no further. proofe Ich 3. .. thenhis ovine tef}imonie, Iob.Y.7. where heprofeffeth that hehadbeen compaffing the earthabout; like a promoter to fpieout faults,that heemight informe againf} theoffenders. But becaufewe will not refl inhis tellimonie,who is the fa- ther oflies, weewill adde thereunto another ofvndoubted .poc.t z.ao. authoritie;for.Apoc, i2.. io,it,isfaid,that theSaints reioyce,be- caf
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