entdtions ariying-frontblaf iheneus r (ef ionr,anfavered. full imagination ofmice; ovine corrupt flefh blinded and tniflead withSatan, Inhofe flaue it is. But ifwee cannot bee thus rid ofthefe temptations, let vs flee vnto the Lordby earrefl prayer,defiring him to inlighten our minds withhis fpirit, that wee mayclearelydifcernehis truth,aud the impi- ous falfehood ofSatansblaf'phetnous fuggeftions; and that he will incline and rule our hard hearts that wee may fub- mit our iudgement to his truth, andreie61 Satans damna- ble lies. And for as muchas the Lord regardeth not the pray- ers of the idle,' but of fuck as víc all good meanes to at- taine vnto their defies; wemull in the next place endeuour, to inrich our minds with fucka nteafiire of-knowledge, as may enable vs to anfwereall Satans cauils. To this end we are diligentlie to fludie andmeditate in the holy Scriptures, which are all-fufficient to make vs wife vnto faluation, and ftifiicientlie skilful' to confuteall Satans cunning fcphiflrie. And ifhe impudently call this truth ofGod inducflíon, let Lib. z. Chap vs feeke to confirme our faith in the full affurance thereof by 19.20. all thole reafons which I haue beforealleaged. To thefe wee may adde thofe arguments which haue their ground on the light ofnature : for howfocuer through our fall itbe much darkened and corrupted, yet the finall fparkes which re- maine doe faficientlydifcoucr thepalpable falfehood ofSa- tansblafphemies,and teachvs to conclude that there is a iuf} Godwhomade heauenand earth, and to thinke reuerentlie ofhimwho vpholdethall things with his power and good. nefle. With this light ofnature We may alto ioyne the light which we haue attained veto by our ovineexperience,and out ofthe diligent obferuati4 ofGodsworkes and thead- miniflration ofhis mercies a iudgements,both inrefpea ofothers,and efpecially our1èes,w e mayeafily beperfwa- ded not onlyofGods'being,but alloofhis infinit wifedome, - power,iuflice,mercie,truth.,goodnefTe,al -rulingprouidence, and the roll ofthe diuineattributes. Or ifwe beenot able, through our ignorance and fimplicitie,or becaufe our minds are a!Ionifhcd or diflrac`led through the violence ofSatans blafphemous fuggcflions;tovfe the meansbeforc fpoken of; -then are we.to lay ,openour. .eaate.tofome_able friend, who may,, '1
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