Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

404 of the temptations of the devil, which, as 'Solomon faith, flay" eth fools, Prov. ï 32. Tentations The tentations of Satan touching obedience touching ferve either to withdraw men from good or to obedience: draw them to evil. Of the former there be fo ma- ny examples as there are duties to be performed:As namely, in the duties of piety and of Gods wor- I. in hearing (hip; as 1. Hearing of the word: Either he keepeth the word, men from coming to heere; or when they are come,he withdraweth away their minds by putting other matters into their heads; or when they have heard , he ílealeth away the feed of Gods word out of their hearts, or by the allurements of the 7.. in prayer, world choketh it. z. Prayer: Either he keepeth men from prayer, faying as Job r 2. 15. What will it pro- fit us to call upon him? or if they do, he laboureth by all means to withdraw their minds from that hea- venly exercife, by fuggefling other ( and for the 3. in theca- moll part worldly) cogitations. 3. As touching srament. the facrament; Either he nourilheth men in hatred, &c. that they are unfit to come; or when they do come, in (lead of examining and looking into them - felves, they bufie themfelves in looking into the fufficiencie of the minifter, examining the worthy- neffe ofother receivers, or prying into their beha- viours, whether they fit or kneel, or how they be- have themfelves. Tentations Of the latter fort there be fo many examples as drawing there are finnes forbidden: Whereunto he fome- men unto evii. times provoketh men by fuggeflion; as he did Da- vid, I. Chron. 2 r . 7. to number the people; and Judas, to betray his Mailer, John .13. 2. Sometimes all u reth