4(6 Comfortablepreferuatiuet apingde jJeration: thinketh moll fit ; NNhy then fhould wee: not-commit the difcerningofour eflate to the Phyfitionofthe foule no 1efí carefull,and in this refpe&-muchmore fkilful?For the.others, rules in famepatients may fallehim, but the grounds where.. upon the fpirituall Phyfitionbuildeth,aremof_.infallible, be- ing the vndoubted truth ofGod..Why fhould we not rather beleeue their often approoued iudgernent then our owne ti- morous phantafies, or Satans teflimonie,who is our !naliti- ous manic ? 4 Stc`1:3. Thirdly, the affliaed foulemay-gather affurance ofthe re- The;.7teafbn mi(íron offinnes fromxhe contrary te.fl<imonie ofthe diuell. drawnefrom For7Arhenthere.isany ftrggeflion calf into our mindes which the contrarie is repugnant to:the word ofGad and the teftirnonie ofGods tegionic of fpirit in the heartsof the faithfull, wee may aifure our felues that it is the fpeeech of-Satan, or-nf our corrupt flefh the meflengerofSatan ,b.othwhich.come to one end; butthofe motiues and fuggeflions, that God -will not receiue ,vs to mercy, that our .Gnnes are vnpardonable, that iwee are re- probates and caflawayes, that now it is too late to turne vn to God, proceed not front.Gods fpirit, for they arc quite contrary to that which the fcriptures teach vs, namely, that the mercies of God are infinite, and-hce alwaiesready to re- ceiuevs to grace when we turne vntohim; that ifwe ail ear- neflly repent, and in the mediation ofChrift fue for merde, hee will- trrake our: fcarlet finnes as white as fnow, that it is neuer too late to turne vuto.God ; for ifwee repent, bee hath prornifed to remit our fins, and to receiuevs into his fauour. Neither arewee to imagine that the-teflimonie ofGods fpi- rit in our confciences is contrari.e to the teflirrronie, of the fame fpirit in the holy fcr"iptures:and _therefore feeing thefe fuggeflions are flatly repugnant to the word of God and tellimonie ofthe fpirit, wee are to.affitre our felties that they are the temp.tatìons.of Satan, either immediatly fuggefled ,by himfelfe, or niedìatly.b.y his -meffenger, our corrupt - a<,iA:s.s. flfl saran either Seeing then thefe fug eflions come fromSatan who is tietbor elf our nìalitious enernic,and a liar from the beginning,yea the /244-4 faller ofIies,we are not to be.,eere.thein,.nay rather we may gate
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