101 / 772
%
Of
Sottans
firatAgemf
73'
are
moil inclined, either
by nature,
or
by
prefent.
oeeafion,.
and to
thole
he
inciteth
vs, thruf}ing
vs as
it
were
downe
the
hil,
where we
are
apt
to
renne headlong
of
our owne accord;
and feconding
his affault
with
the
aide
of
our corrupt flefh,`
which intertaineth willingly
his
fuggeftions, and
vrgeth
vs
violently
to
yeeld
to
his
temptations.
So
that
Satan
neuer
f}riueth againi}
the
f}reame,
but
vfeth
the tide
of
our
affe-
6tions
to
Barrie
vs
fwiftly
into
a
lea
of
finne.
For example,
ifhee
find
a
man
ambitiouflie
affec}ed,then
he
couereth
his
hooke with
the
baite
of
honours
:
and thus
he
tempted
Abimelech
to murther
all
his
worthie brethren,
Iudg.9..
that
he
might obtaine the
foueraigntie
:
thus
hee
tempted
Ioab.to
í}áb
traiterouflie
46nerand
eflmafa,
that
he
might
Rill
be
Captaine General]
:thus
he
tempted
tAbfolon
to
vfurp
i,Saimi+
the
kingdorne, though it
were
by
the vtter
deftruótion
ofhis
owne father.And thus
he
tempted
our Sauior
Chrif}
to wor-
flip
him, by
offering
him
all
the kingdomes
ofthe
world,
thinking
belike
that
he was inclined
to
ambition,feeing
hee
profeffed himfelfé
a
great King, and had
no worldly
king-
dome
in
his
poffeffion. So
in
our
daics
bee
tempteth
the am-
bitious
fubie&
to
afpire,
without
iuft
title, to
the Crowne
of
their
lawfullPrinces
and
thole who
are Kings
alreadie
to
affect
a
Monarchie,by vfurpingwrongfully their
neighbour
kingdomes
:
fo
hee
tempteth the
Spiritualtie
to
come
by
Church
-
preferments,
rather commended by
the gifts
ofthe
purfe
then
of
the mind
;
and
the
Laietie to buy
great
offices
.
at
fo
high
a
rate
that
they cannot
liue
of
them,
vnleffe
they.'
fell
iufticeby taking bribes
to
betray
the innocent, and
their
honeifie alto by
vfing
all
cxtorfion.
If
he
find
that
men are
addicted to
voluptuoufnef
e,
then
he
tempteth them to
finne
by
offering carnali pleafures;
and:
thus
hee
tempted
Noah
to
drunkennes, Dauid
to
adulterie,
Salomon
to idolatrie
and
all
wickedneffe.
And
thus now hee
tempteth
forne
to
good
fellowfhip,
that
is,
to
fpend
their
whole
time
in
drunkennes,belly-cheare,and
all
riotous
ex-
ceffe
and
Epicurifhne
;
force
to luff,incontinencie,and
all vo
luptuous
pleafures
of
the fiefh.Or
if
he
cannot
bring
them
to
fetch
carnali groffenes, hee
will
intice
them to
vie
lavvfull
re-
creations.