Satans temptationsalluring vs to commit ßnne. 609 but not perfeaed till the life to come, as it is notably fet downe, z.Cor. 5.1.1.3 4. s.Cor, &c. tomommaawas CHAP. IIII. Satans temptations,zvherebyhe làboaereth to intice vs tocons- mitfinne, anftrered. Nd fo much for the do61.rine offan ification: 4.Se17. r. the right vnderftanding wherofferueth much ofthe kinds of for the anfvvering ofall contrarie cauils and Satans tewepta- obieetions, which are fuggeí+ed into our chi ns,trbereby mindsbyour fpirituall enemies. Nowhauing be indder our Y P b to binder osr íhewed the truthof this do&rine, let vs in the next placefanaificatiost. propoundSatans temptations, which he commonly vfethto hinder thisworke offantification : to theend that theweak Chriftian maybe thebetter inabled to anfwere them in the day oftriall. The temptations which Satan fuggefleth tohinder our progreffe in godlineffe are oftwo forts : eitherallurements to intice vs,to goe afide out of the narrow path ofholi- neffe,into the broade wayof finneand wickedneffe; or dif- couragcments todilbearten and wearie vs,in trauelling this fpirituall iournie.:B thefirfl, hee fweetneth the bitterpill offinne that it may feemepleafant to our carnali appetites, to the end thatwee may greedilie fwallowit to our euerla- fling' bane ; by the other bee laboureth to make holfome godlineffe loathfome and altogether vnpleafant toour fen- fuall,tafle. Thofe hee commonly vfethbefore wee haue fin- ned,tocaufevs prefimptuouflie tofall into it : and thefe af- terwee haue finned and wounded our confciences; to the endheemaymoouevs defperatelie to furceafeóúr labour in theworkes offandification,asbeing not untie difficult,but altogether impoffible. 4.Seé2. The firft fort of his temptations wherebyhe laboureth to OfSatans ten- drawvs into finne, he inforceth by extenuating the finnevn- tatirn,where- towhich he allurethvs by putting vs in minde ofthe mer- by be aliureth cies of God and merits ofChrifI and by hiding from vs vs tofall into fnne. R r the.
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