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O,
f
Satans,/i=rgtagettnr
i.Tim.6.9.to,
by
confidering
that it
is
idolatrie, and the roote ofall
euill
Epilef 5.1.
that
the
rich(that
is,fuch
as
Pet
their hearts
vpon riches)
fhall
A4atth.i9.14.
as
hardly
enter
into Gods kingdome,as
a
Camell
thorow
an
needelseie;thatriches
are
momcntanie
and
mutable,
and
Luis,
ta.:o.
wee
mortall,and
therefore
haue
no afl
trance
ofthcm
for
the
.fpace
ofone
day.And when
any
commoditie
is
offered
vs,we
are
to looke twice on it before
we accept
thereof,examining
whether
wee may
compaffe
it by
honefl
and
good
tneanes,
and
without
the hurt
of
our
brethren,
and
then
we may
take
it
as Pent
from
God;
otherwife
we may
afhure-our
felues,
that
how
pleafantly foeuer
the baite
looketh,
yet
Satan
bath
hid
under
ita
deadlyhooke,and
therfore
if
we fwallow the
baite
the
hooke
will
choake
vs.
And
thus
alfo are
we to behaue our
felues in
refpea
of
all
other
finnes,to which
we finde
after
due
examination
we
are
addic`Ied,ifwee
will
be
fafe
from the
diuels
malice and cun-
ning
furie,
knowing that
where we
are
moll
weake, there he
will giue
the moti violent
affauits.
Hom
Satan
fit
-
teth
bis
temp-
tations
to
our
worldly
eftate,
CHAP.
XVIII.
How
Satan
fitted,
bis temptations
to
on?.
fate
and
conditions.
Vt
as
Satan
fitteth his temptations to
our
na-
ture and
difpoítion,
ío
alto
to
our
Plate
and
condition
:
for
this
al&
he
òbferueth,and
ac-
cording to the qualitie
thereof
bee
tempteth
vs
to
fuch
finnes,
as
by
reafon
thereof
wee
are
moil
inclinable
:
and this
he
loth
both
in re-
fpe&
ofour
worldly
and
allo
our fpirituall
eine.
In
regard
ofour
worldly
ef}ate,he
obferueth
whether
we are in
prcfpe-
ritie or aduerfitie,Ifwe be
in
profperitie,then
he
tempteth
vs
to thofe
unties
whereunto
that
eí}ate is
moil
fubieóó,namely,
to
pride and forgetfulnes
ofGod,
-to
contempt
of
our poore
brethren, to
the loue
ofthe world,to
coldnes
in
religion
and
carnall fecuritie
;
for
he
willperivade
vs,
how
wickedly
foc-
ucr we
liue,thatwe arehighlie
in Gods fauour,otherwifehe
would