6 2 a Speciallnneanes tokeepe vsfromfiding intofinne. itbringeth the bodie to death and corruption, and in the world to comeboth bodie and foule tocondemnation, and endleífe deflru6Iion ; it depriueth vs ofourheauenly inheri- tance, and the eueriafling ioyes of Gods kingdome, and plungeth vs into the lake whichburnethwith fireand brim- ¡lone. In a word, there is no euill which can bce imagined which doth notproceede from this euill affirm; andthere- fore though it feetne neuer fo fwccte to our carnali appe- tites,yet being mixedwith this gall and wormewoord of in- numerable euils,let vs loathe and abhorreit; when thevaine and vncertaine benefits which itpromifeth moue vs to im- brace it, let the miferable euils which accompanie it, and the mollaffured and furpaffing ioyes which it depriueth vs of,rnakevs to auoide it as adeadly flinging ferpent. CHAP. VI. Of foanefJecrafl mcanes, wherebyweemay beepreferuedfrom falling intofinne. {iefrrlt. lteGnen is to auoide theoc- (alien offimu. Nd thefe are the reafons whereby euerieone may be armed againíl Satans fuggeflions, tempting himvnto finne ; and bemooued vntoaChtiflian refolution, ofpoffeflïngbodie and foule inho- lineffe and puritie. Nowwee are to fpeake offome fpeciall rneanes, whereby the Chrithan thus refoluedmay be prefer- ued from falling into fuch grieuous finnes; as wound the confcience, and hinder him in the courfe offanetification. Firí, he that would auoide finne,mufl carefullie alfo auoide the occafions thereof, which- are ilrong inducements to draw him vnto finne; for as it is great folliefor aman who dreadeth burning tobe al wales medling with'ñre and gun- powder:; fo is it no leiTe madneffe to thinke that we can pre- ferue ourfelues from finne, and yet intertaine,all occafions thereof, continualliefuffering the fparkes of Satans temp- tations to fall as it were into the tindar -ofour corrupt af- fe6tions.:Itis.notpofftble that Lice who is inclined to.glut- tonic
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