662Teltatiow4rifilfromli fpbem wfuggetiónr,anfiwered. only that being affaulted by the diuell we:make refifance; iam.4.7. and that - putting on the whole fpirituall armour,we fight va- Ephcf:6.to. liantly in this fpirituall confli :t againfl the enemies ofour fauation. Neitherhath the Lordpromifed that we fhall not 'be tempted(yea contrariwifehe hath giuenvsmanifold war- ning ofthe malice,furie,anddangerous affaults ofour fpiri- tuall enemies) but onelie that hee will giue a good iffue to the tentation, and not fuller vs to bee tempted aboue our r.Cor,1o.t3. power. §Se`9 But here the weake Chriflian will be readietodemand, Hovv vve trayhow he maybe affured that bee hath refitted thefblafphe- be a(Jured that mous fu eftions andnot faintly eeldedveto them feein vve rcfft thrfc gg y g blafpherús, his mind is continuallie troubled and molefledwith them ? I anfwere, that inrthe outwardman wee reff `them, whenas we doe notIb a4Iually yeeldby our words or deedes,as that our yeelding.is fubiee} toour_lenfes; and inwardly werefifl them,whenwe neither approue them in our iudgement, nor incline veto them in. our affeelion, with the leaft. likingor delight. And -therefore when in our iudgement wee con- demne there blafphemous fuggettions, as falleand damnably. wicked, and when in our affeeiion weeabhorre anddetefl '- theiii and are much vexed and grieued that. fuch horrible tentations fhould enter intoour minds,when we are affrigh- tedand aflonifhed at, their firft appearance, and delve aboue :211 things in the world to bee freed from them; then doe wee make that couragióus refilance which God requi- reth, and (hall in the end find that gratious promife vere- fled vntovs, that thus reffling the diuellhee wí1 flee fromvs, Tam 4.7 Iam.4.y. Lafllie, let themknow to their comfort, that there fata- 4. That !held nicall fuggeflions with which they are fo much,vexed and b14fphemou5 - nnolefled,howfoener they are to Satan mofldammnable and fnggeflions tae outragious finnes, yet to them who thus refill them they are not frnner to not euill; or (ifeuill at all the euill of unifhment andnot thefaitbfall p JJutirojiis, the euill of finne, which the Lord in his infinite wifedome and goodieffeturneth to thegood ofhis children.Forwhen thofew'ho belong to Gods election, fecurely liue in their -.fi!ntes, andput offthe time AD' taue conuerfion;theLord fuffereth
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