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Satansßratagemt.
79
would
not
befow
fo
great and manifold
benefits
upon
vs,
as
pawnes and pledges
of
his
loue.
If
VC
be in
aducrfity,then
he will
labour to
perfwade
vs
to
vfe
vnlawfull meancs
for the repairing
ofour
eflates,
diflru-
fling
in
Gods
al-
ruling
prouidence and neuer
deceiuing
pro=
nrifes.If
webe
poore,he inticeth
vs
to
(leale,defraud and' op
preflë our
brethren,that
fo
wee may
become rich
by
others
Ipoiles.
If
weehaue loll
any
thing
by
themes or
:other
ca=
fualtie,he tempteth
vs
to
goe
to witches
and
wizards,that
fo
we
may
hazard our
foules,
which are.ofrnore
value
than
the
whole
world,
for
therccouerie
offorne earthly trifle.
If
wee
fuller
any
great
croffc
or
aß?idlion,
hee will perfwade
vs
that
God
bath
forfaken
and hateth
vs,or
els
he
would
not
fo
grie-
uouflie
aflliác vs;
and hereby he
mooueth
vs
to defpaire,tnur
Inuring and
repining againfl
God.Which
temptation'he
fin-.
deth
fo
forcible,
that
he confidently prefumed
that hecould
thereby
haue caufed
lob
to
haue
141afphcmed
God
to
his
face.'
Yea
hee
thought it
a fit
weapon
to
vfe
againfl our Sauiour
Chrifl;
for,wanting ordinary
meanes
to
fuflainehis
hunger,
Satan tempteth him to diflrufl
Gods prouidence,
and
to
fl:iftfor
himfelfc,by
turning
Hones
into
bread,Matth.4..
Now
if
wee would
v;
ithfland Satan
in
this
his
cunning
prauife,wee
alfo
are
carefully
to ebferue our
elates,
and
to
armeour
felues
againfl
thofe
temptations, to which
that
e
Hate
wherein we
liue
is
moll
fubied.
In the
time.ofprofperi
tie we
are
continually to meditate,
that
whatfoeuer
we
ha
tte
it
is
the
gift
ofGod,
bellowed
on
vs
not
for our
dcferts,
but
of
his free
mercie
and goodncffe,
that
by
the
confideration
hereof
we
may be
furred
vp
to
true
thankfulnes,and
as
often
as
wee
looke
vpon the gifts may
thinkevpon
the giner, and
praife
his
name for
his
benefits,
and
imp;loy
them
to
his
glo-
rie,and
the
good ofour brethren
the pooremembers
of
Iefus
Chrifl. Let
vs
remember
that
wee
are
but
flcwards
of
thefe-
earthly treafures,and
therefore mull
one
day
be
called to an
account,
and confequentlie
the
greater
our receits bce,
the
greater
will be our
reckoning
;
that
thefe
earthlie things
are.
-
momentanie
and
mutable,and
We
alto
mortali,
and therfore
thereis
no
rcafon
that
wee
fhould
be proud
of
them,or con-
-
tenrne<
Matth:4:
§.Seei.2.-
How we
are te
defeate
Sßlaxs
former
ait..