Areferuotiues to 1 ecpe vsfrom the infealonoffine. 6T And thereand fuch like are Satans baites,vvherewith he al- jjrethvs to intangle our felues in the fiiares of finne : into 'Se"`3' which we are more readie to fall through the corruption of T; Fb' 7;'" the flab, which naturally louing innne, doth, with the cuill far;tt,c, !be motions and delires thereof, further Satans temptations ; former trmp. and the infii gation ofthe worldwhich pricketh vs forward, tatiort. and drawéth vs on into the fleepe defcending wayofvvic- kedneffe, into which we are readie torunne headlongofour Owneaccord ; partly alluringvs with pleafures, riches, and worldly glorie, thedefired obie6lsofour carnali delires;and partly drawingvs with euill examples, firfl to a liking, and then to the pra6tizingofthofe finnes, which we feecommit- ted by others. Againflall which temptations that wee maybe thebetter armed, let vs in the next place propound Tome arguments whereby wee may bec withheld from falling into Sa.tans fnares offinne,intowhichhis fuggeftions,theworlds allure- ments,-and our ovine corruptions leade and drawvs :and then being hereby mobued to a true deteflation of our fins, and an earneft delireOf hauing a diuorce fued betwixt vs and them, I will 'afterwards fct downe forne meanes, by the carefullvfewhereofwe may be inabled to fland in the day oftemptation, and preferucd from falling into thofe finnes whichwe alreadie condemne in our iudgements, and diflike inour affe ions, ß,Sef .4, The reafonswherebywee may bee perfwaded to refill fin Theprtrertu- are oftwo forts : the firít, tyingvs to holy obedience in the times to keepe bands ofloue : theother, binding vsfrom falling into finne vs fromfirm, with the cords offeare. Of the former ranke are :there and oftwo forts. fuch like holy confederations. TheOft reafon Firfl, wee are to let before vs the infiniteloueofGod to- taken from wards vs, bate and vile creatures, altogether vnworthie of Gods Coke to- his leafs fauoiti by reafonof our finnes; thewhich his loue as vsards w. it plainly appeareth in all other his inercies `and manifolde benefitsbellowed on vs, foefpecially in fending -his onely begotten and dearely beloued fonne;nót'onely tò fuller fornefinall miferie, but euen'deathit fclfe, yea, that curled ignominious and crtiell deathofthe cróffefor vs, whowere it r -,2 not
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