§.5" 0.18. 6. Wemufl not tooearneft- ly Itriue againft the(e61afphe- viìes. 66$ Ofthe f nne ftgainfl theholyGhoff. Lafllie,ifby the vfe ofall thefe meanes we cannot bee rid of thefeblafphetnous fuggeflions, thenmuff we nottoo ear- nefly {trine againfl them,or bee overmuch vexed andBrie_ ued with them : but knowing that they are not ours,but the frnnes of the tempter (as -before bath. been (hewed) which íhal notbe laid toourcharge,who abhorreand (riceagainft them, but be put vponSatans reckoning, who is the chiefe author of them; let vs quietly goe forwardin our confiant courfe ofgodlineffe and righteoufneffe, and notlriueotter muchwith thefe fuggeflions,but let thempaffe astheycone without anygreat difmaiedneffe. For if we flop.-thepafl'age ofthefe furious wild beafls with too much-oppoftionand contention,theywillbe readie to runouer and fuppreffevs; whereas theywill not much molefl vs; ifwee Puffer them to' haue an eafie egreffe. Neither will Satanceafe toplievs with thefe lbatefull fuggeiions,fo long as he perceiueth that wee arevexed and turmoiled withthem; for he thinketh his la- bour well fpent,though he cannot ouercomevs,yet ifhecan by molefling and grieuing our afflicledmindes, hinder vs .from quiet performance ofall holy duties. -------ti----- ------' -,.w.+ CHAP. XII. Satans tentations perfwading the Chr f tan thathebathfirs- nedagainft theholy Gholl,anfvered. Nd fomuch for anfwere vnto thofe tentations which arife from Satansbláfphernous fugge-. flions.Nowwe are to come unto thofe,where- byhe endeuoureth topoi-Wade afilic edChri- ilians that theyhauecommitted the fin againft the holyGhofl; fortaking aduantagevpon the-ignoranceof \wake Chrifiians,- het mooueth them to beleeue that they haue committed this vnpardonable fin,,thatfobeingpall all hopeofrepentance or remiflïon, he may plunge them into defperation,and fovtterly àifcourage them from goingfor- ward in the courfe ofgodlineffe. The which his temptation isfo vfuall and common, that there is fcarce any who are ex- ercifed Ofthefrnne againfi thekw- lieGhoft. c
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