Ofthe measreswhereby ourfaith may befiroTthened. 547 him,I mayboldly challenge forg.iueneffe visa thing ofright appertaining to me. And thusarc wee to refill Satans temptations, and though we be often foiled, yet to rife againc,in nQ cafe fuffering him toplucke out ofour hand the fhieldoffaith, thoughhe hath difarmedvs ofthe bref}-plate ofrighteoufhes; for ifonce we be dcpriucd ofthis part ofthis fpirituail armour,wee (hall Iie open to al hisblower and thrufls,vntil we be wounded to the very death. But roof} lamentable it is to fee the grieuous miferie of 4 Poore humbled finners, «hcrunto theyare brought through Though h' a theviolence ofSatans tentations; for. howfoeuer feeling the fl ó1e4 tonfcif heauywaight oftheir other fnnes they carnet}ly defire to be once abborrezv freed from them,howfoeuer being tormentedwith the Brie- otherfinnes,ytt eons Iinart oftheir other wickcdneíle theyhate and abhor it it eafi-P yet they eaG1 fuller themfelues tobe plunged into del erati_ ncth todelft. Y- Y p g P ration. onwith euery friuolous tentation, and quietly offer th it hands tobemanacled and bound in there giucs ofhell with- outrefit}ance. But let all fuch ilir vp themfelucs, and gather their oppreffed fpirits all together, Paying to their ownecon- fciences,I hate and deteff frommy heart my former wicked- nes,and(hall I now enrertaine a finmore horrible then al the ref}?theburthenofmyother fins opprefle me,and make mee earne(fly todefire eafe; andfhail I adde aloade farre more in-. tollerable tomy affiiOted confciencc ? I am filled with ( haine and confufion, becaufe by my former fumes I hauedifho- nouredmy gratious God? and fhal I continuemore to difho- n.ourhim by doubting of and denying his mereie, iuffice, and truth in hispromifes ? I haueheretofore with Judas be- traied my Sauiour Chrif}unto .the death, yea, andwith my finnes I haue whipped, mocked, andcrucified hita, and now Iteehauing made fill fatisfaó'ion formy.finnes,and calledme untohim that hec may cafe toe ofthis.intoller.able.burthen thould I with Iced s refute to tome, defperatlycafe offal hopt . etwereic,and become wine owoe hangman?be it farre from me, nayas I hate all other fin,,fo let me hate this aboue.all the ref},as.heingmore hainous therral.theref}; as I defire to'beç earedand freed from the heauyburthen-ofother Inv \nicked- Nn
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