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Of
Satansßrettagenu.
77
he
vfeth in
tempting
vs
to
finne
;
which.
ifvc'ee
would with-
o
jibe
*wanes
(land
and
defeate, we
arc as
carefully
to
obferue our
own
na-
to
clefeate
sß.
ture
and
difpofition,that
we may
finde
to what
vices
wee
are
tan'
firmer
moil prone,and
fo
with greater
watch:tilnes
we may
auoide
peAcies,
them. For
as
when
a
citie
is
befieged, the inhabitants will
moil
(Ironglyman
that
place, which by nature
is
moil weak
and
affaultablc,,becaufe
they know
that
the enemie will
giue
the
onfet
there
where he
is
like
to
finde
the
eafrefl
entrance:
fo
wee
being
befieged
with
our fpirituall enemies, are
moil
carefully
to
obferue
where
our
foules are
weakctt to
make
refi(lance, and
otter
that
part
wee
arc
to watch
with
greateft
diligence,
alluring
our
felues
that
there
Satan will
plant
all
his engines
of
batterie,
that
ha
uing
made
a
breach bee may
enter
and furprize vs.And
becaufe
the heart
ofman
is
deceit-
Ierem.17.9.
full aboue all
thing';, and none
but
God
doth know
it,let
vs
funvnon
it
often before the throne
ofGods
iudgement, and
examine
it by
his
law,that thereby
we may feeour fecret
cot-
ruptions,and
after
labour
to
kill
and mortifie
them..
If
we finde
that
we
bee ambitioufly
areaed,w
e
are
to
vfe
all
good
meaner
that
true
humilitie
may
bee
wrought
in
our
hearts,and wheniöeuer(honorsbeing
offered)we
are
tickled..
with
ambitious
and afpiring
thoughts,
let
vs
fufpeo`}
that
vn-
der honour
Satan
hath
hid
a
hooke
to
catch
vs.
And.there-
fore before wee
accept
ft, we are
to
examine
our
felues
whe-
ther
we be
fit
for
fo
high
a
place,and
whether
we
can
attaine
thereto
by honefl and
law
full
meanes,and
whether the
place
itfelfe
be
fuch,that therein
we may
glorifie.God,benefit
his
Church,and
keepe
a
good
confcience...
So
ifwe
finde
that
we
are
addi
&ed
vnto
pleafüres,wee are
with
all care
to
(ludie
and
pra
&ife
true
mortification;
and
when any pleafures
arc
offered vs,wee
are
to
looke narrowly
into
thern,that
we may
difcerneifSatan bath not
laid
veder
them
a
fnare
to
in,
rap
vs,
either
by tempting
vs
to
pleafures
which
are
vnlawful,or to the immoderate
vfe
of
thole which.'
be
lawful'
;
and
as
we
loue the
fa
nation
of
our foules,
let
vs
auoide the baire when
we
fec
the
flare.
In
like manner
if
wee finde
that
we
are
prone
to
couetotrf
---
nes;let
vs
carefully
labour to weane our
felues
from this
vice,
l
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