Yentationtarif:ng fromblafhemomfsggefions,anfvered.6S5 fuge he vfeth this diuellifh policile; to prefent vnto our co . gitationsmoll odious and hellifh blafphemics, that fj bee maypoffeffc our minds with horror and feare, and may caufc vs tomake aflay in our Chriflian race,and to turne our backs in the fpirituall fight, that fo wee may auoid thefehorrible fuggeflions,andmofi inhumane impieties. Now thefehis hellifh fuggeflions are of' two forts; firfl, Sef.2. fuch asfeeme tohaue fome ground in corrupted reafon, for ofb1aj hemous the fuggefling whereofhe oftentimes vfeth our fnfttll llefh fergc(iions as his wicked inflrument. And there arife fomtime from ouer vvhich jceme great profperitie,wherebymen are not onelybrought to for- to bauclome get andneglec`1 the Lord but euen like pampered honks to wlJCrtce $ b ; p p tiieyrije. kickeagainfl their mafler whobath fo bountifully fed them: fotnetimes from the grieuoufhcs ofafl?iaions,wherebymen are mooued to murmur againfl God, and to repine againfl his iudgements : fotnetitnes from Ionic offence vniufily ta- ken fromGodswordor workes ; as namely from the hmpli_ citie ofthe Scriptures, the foolifhncffe of the Gofpell prea ched,the vnequall adntiniflrationbothof Godsbenfits and punifhments; from whence are fuch temptations, as the-fe; that there is no God, or ifthcre bee, yet noparticular prom dente; that he hath not: eies to fee all things, nor power to rule them; that Lee'is not iuft in his iudgements, bùt an ac, cepter ofperfons; that his word is not true either :in his pro milesor.threatnings; that hee maketh little account ofver- tuetoreward it, or of finne topunifhit; -neitheryet hath provided either a hcauen for the godly,or a:heli for the wic- ked:,that Ict men take what courfe they- will, yet in the end either all or none £hall b.e.e faued, and a thoufand fuch like. For the.vitliflanding ofwhich tentations wee arc totake this courfe;lríl we are as footle as they arc fuggefled to reie & them as abotninable,fa ying in our hearts, Godforbid that I lhould entertainc filch a blofphemous conceit of the. mofl mighty, wife; ilia,and moil- gratious God of heauen and earth; efpeci allyhauingno reafon to perfwademehereunto but thefalls fug;eflion of the di uell, who is a liar froth the l eg nning;andby,htslies fceketlhmydefirulion; orthe fln- 4.SP6r47v Hovvvvc azâ te refi(i the former kinda$ blalphemaus (!'ggt-jim11A
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