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396 of divers forts of temptations. hypocrite by aliaion. Hath the Lord therefore laid any croffe upon thee e confider that he bath done it to try thee. Examine therefore thy felf if the Lord hath let thee fee thine own weaknefre : let the fight thereof humble thee, and make thee more carefull for the time to come,and labour to approve thy felf unto the Lord by thy humble , patient, thankfull and chearfull bearing of the crofpe. For as james faith, chap. 1.12. Bleffed is the man that indu- reth temptation : For when he (hall be found approved, he fhall receive the crown of life which God hath promi- (d to them that love him. Thirdly, thus God alfo trieth his fervants by fuffering herefies, and permit- ting the wicked to live among them : i .Cor. i i . r 9. There mull be herefies,that they whichare approved may be known, Dent. 13. 3. Jud. 2.22. Seeing therefore all thefe trialls of God are for our good,Deut. g. '6. we are not to pray that we may not be tried, but ra- ther contrariwife, that we may be tried, and being tried may be found approved , Pfal. 26. 2. and 139.23. Of tentati- Temptations which be for evil are either provo- ons for and cations unto evil, and therefore evil or puni(hments canto evil. > > of evil, and therefore juf}. In the former fenfe ten- tation is the provocation of a man unto evil: And that proceedeth from one of thefe three fountains, the Flefh, the World, the Devil. 1. As touching the fle(h, James faith chap. r. r 3, 14. Let no manfay that is tempted, I am tempted of God: for Godcannot be tempted with evil; neither tempteth he any man( namely,to evil.) But every man is tempted, when beis drawn away by bis own .coincupi fcence and is entifed. I. Of the ßelh.