666TentationsetrifingfromAla phemousfuggeflions,a»Çwered, cationby fatans fuggeflions tobe more zealous and diligent inGods feruice,thenhebeing fruflratedofhisends will take nopleafure to labour,not onelyinvaine,but to Joffe; but wil voluntarilyput an end tohis owne tentations. And herein ourSauiour Chrifl,hath propoundedhimfelfeas an example for our imitation ; for whenhe was tempted by Satan to fall downe and worfhip him, he did not onely repell inflantliie this blafphemous fuggetlion, faying,auoide Satan, but alfo tooke occafionherebytobeput in remembrance ofthat true worfhip and feruice whichhee was toperforme tohishea- uenly father, asbeing properandpeculiar tohimalone,fay_ Matth.q.to. ing,Iris'tritten, thouJhalt worfhip the Lord thyÇcd, ndhim only'halt thou[rue. 4.Sea.15. But here the afllieled Chriftian will be readie to obie ,' That our unfit- that howfoetter thiswere-agood courfe indeede for men of nejfe to holyex- quiet thoughts ; yet it would littleauaile himwho isfodi- ercifesmujt not flra6 ed in all holie duties with thefeblafphemous fuggefli- difcouragevs ons,and fomolefled and troubled in his mind,: thathee can ,rm the vfe of neither pray,nor reade,nor conferre withany fenfeor vnder- fianding; but euer and anon he isdiflurbed in thefeholy ex- ercifeswith thefe hellifhtentations;fo that his hearing,prayy, ing and reading, doenot onlybecome vnprofitable,but all() are turned(ashe feareth)into fin. Ianfwere, that howfoeuer they cannotperfortne thefe duties as they would, yet they mull doe them as well as theycan; yeaand the more they are incuinbred and troubled, the more earnef} and inflant mull theybee in doingof them. Forthefe exercifes areour bell fpirituaIl weapons,wherebywee repell the force of the enemie:and therefore let not Satanperfwade vs,to call away our weapons inhope ofpeace, becaufe we cannot manage them according to our delire, forthen being vtterly difar- med,he will obtains an ealic-vi6torie, and makevshis flaues. They are the ordinance of God, and meanes of faluation, which he hath inioyned vs to vfe; and therefore though we find no prefent good,nor haue anyother reafon tomooue vs to fpend our time in them, yet let this be fufftcient,thatGod bath commanded them, and confequently letting allele all mannerofdifputation, let vs bee diligent inperforming Of them
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