Downame - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133 .D76 C551 1608 v.1

646 Satan: temptations takenfromfmefpeciallftrinel. fasatified,let not Satan perfwade vs-that weare fill in the flefhandvnregenerate,becaufe nill.we,we often fall into finne, if in our manner offinning wee can find thefe di#ferences.which weneuer, difcerned in former times. . "' CHAP. X. Satans temptations topenfromparticular f irzes i to;xvhichwit harref,illen,anfu,ered. Ndßfómuch: concerning thofe temptations which' Satan fuggefleth, in refpe& ofour firmes in ge, nerall.Nowwe are to fpeake,offuch; as eoncerne particular finnes, and_thefe areoftwo.forts.; for either Satan feeketh.to Quertttrow our faith, and to difcou.: ragevsfromgoing forward in our courf,e of .gódlineffe, by fittingbeforevsand.. exceedinglie aggrauati lg. thole finnes which indee:de weehaue.committed, or;by perfwading vs falfely thatwehaue cotnmittçd,fuch finn.es, as beingvnpar- donable are .not.incident to the child ofGod. The .,former fort of temptationsare taken either from fortehainous fnne once commited,or from theoftenfallinginto the faine finne. Concerning,the6r41, beeaggrauateth the finnes,óf the faith., full two efpeçiall waies,eitherbecaufethey haue,.beencom- misted after. repentance, or.voluntariiie:againfi knowledge andconfcience.In the fortrter ,refpe&he is roadie to fuggef}, that the chidren ofGoddoe not commit äny linne after they haue truclie repented of it; and ifany doe, dither hoe neuer trulie repented, or ifhe did,yetafter his fall there is noplace to a fecond,,repentance, nor lopeofGods mercie. For an- fneri r, g \.vhcrc.of ee,ar tnitnow,zhat: howfoe rer:thefate oftltefe who thusfnne is forew.hat dangerous,. and. they more hardlie recçuered than others. (alai as thefe difeafes ate perilous and hardly cured, intowhichwee fall by a re, lapfe after the recouerieofheal th) yet this is incident to the children ofGodwho. haue truely repented,andnotwithflan, dingthis grieuous kindeof falling theyare not debarred of Gods n2crcie inChrifl; Icfus. A.:d. this appeareth partlie by reIfons) . , §.Se .r. That 'tines committed af- ter repentance, Exclude vs not from pardon,

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