Yenta,ions 'wiingfròtnbbtrhe sfeggellions,anfrered.óhl fciences,andaffurance ofGods loue,do him faithfull feruice, andglorifie his name by their. holie life and conuerfation : yea teeing our head Iefus C iÌ r t was the felfe famemanner Heb.4,c tempted like vs and is therefore touchedwith thefeeling of our infirmities, let vs not be difcouragedby thefe fuggefti- ons,but the more that latan feeketh todifhonour God inour hearts,themore zealous let vs fhewour felues in feeking the aduancement ofhisglorie;'arid the more furiouflie he affaul- tethvs,the more refolutelylet vs make refiflance,and with al thepowers ofourfoulesrepell thefe hellifh blafphetnies,and thenwemay allure our felues,that(like other ofGodsSaints whohaue gone beforevs) we fhall haue an happie iffue out ofall thefe tentations,and jnioya.calme peace afterall thefe dangerous flortites andblufteriug tempefts. Thirdlie, let themknow,that it is not a finne ftnplie to be 4,Sec .g tempted,ifwe donot yeeld to thetentation,butreßfl it with 3.rhatis isnot allour power.It is no fault in a chafle perfonifafilthieharlot aAnte to be fnticehim tovncleanhefí'e, nor in amercifull man ifheebee tempted to prouoked to commitfomehorrible tnurther; folongas they mié vere= real tentations, and thew their vtter deteftation of fR tbetenta thefefnnes : and fo in like manner, when as Satanbe xtga tion. fpirit,doth after a fpirituall manner,inwardly fuggeíi itnme- diatelybyhimfelfe into our imagination or vnderflanding his wicked blafphetnies againft God, as his euill inftruments fuggeft their tentations, according to their kind by theout- ward fenfes;ifwewithftandand abhorre them as wicked and diabolicall,fhewing nokindoflikingof them,they fhall ne- uer.be imputed vetovs as our .finnes, but vntoSatan who is theauthor ofthem. For euen thrift himfelfe was tempted after the likemanner, but was free from finne,becaufehee withflood the tentation and repelled the tempter. Neither dothour gratiousGodwho is mot} iuft, moll merciful!, re- quireany thingat our hands vAich is and euerhathbeen im- pofïìble vntovs;but not to be affaulted withSatans aloft im- pious tentations,was neuer in our power, no not in thehate ofinnocencie, before the fall; and thereforethelord loth not require that wee fhould not bee tempted at all, efwhich himfelfe alone hath the abfolute power and-na creature; but T v 3 only
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