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Of

Satan:

Pat

agertss.

E;

his

fecret ambuf iments

to our

de

ltu6íón;

which

if

theq

The

pieti( *i

would

preuent

and

auoid, let them.confider

that

pietie and cparae.rrttz-

.charitable honefiie are

two

fuch

twinnes

as

are

borne,.liue,

and

die

both

together,

that

they

arc

the

life

And

foule

of

a

Chriiiian

which cannot

poffiblie

be

feuered

that it

is-

as pof_

,

fible for

the

good

tree

to bring

forth bad

fluke,. for the

fire

.,to

be Without hèate,and the

Sunne

without light;as

it:is

for

a

liuelie

faith to be void

of

good

workes,

_true

profeffìon

to

be

efeuered

from hoiie

pradife,

and iuflification

before

God

from

fanetification

and

holineffe

of

life

before

men

;

that

whofoeuer

braggeth ofhis

loue

to

God

an_d.loueth

not

his

.brethren

is

a

liar,

and there

is

no

truth

in

him,

i.Ioh.4.2o.

z.Iohn

4.0.

that though

they

profeffe

themfelues

the children

ofGod,

yet

if

theydoe not

the workes

ofrighteoufnes

as

well as

tire

workes

-of

piety,and loue

theirbrethren,they

are

in truth

the

children

ofthe

diuell,

as

appeareth

1.Ioh.3.io.'that

not the

t.Iohn

;.io.

hearers

ofthe

word,

but

the

doers

thereofare

iuflified,Ror.

Rom

2.13.

2.1

3

.that

net

ester]

one

Who

faith

Lord,

Lord,.Ìi

al

enter

into

the

Matt h. a

t.

kjngdame

o

f

heauen,but

they

who doe

the

trill

of

the

f

zther

vbhich

1'

is

in

heauen,

Matth.7.2

I.

that

they

deceiue themfelues

who

Tooke

to

be

faued

byhearing the word,

if

they praetife

not

Iam.i.zz:

that

which they heare,

Iam.1.22.

for

in fiead

thereof

they

flail

plunge

themfelues

into

deeper

condemnation

:

For the

feruant that

kno

veth his

matters

will

and

doth

it

not,

,¡hall bee

Luk412'47'

beaten

pith

many

(lripes,Luk,

i

z.47.And

it

(hall

be more

eafie

for

Tyre and Sidon,

Sodome and

Gomorrah,who had

not

Matti. zz.at

the

Gofpell preached

amonga

them, nor faw Chrifis

mira-

cles,

than

for

Corazin

and Bethfaida which enioyed

both,

Matth.z

i.2

i.for

there

as

the Lord foweth

much,he

looketh

to

reape

much,and there

as

he

giueth

great

meanes

ofknow-

ledge,there

he expe&eth

great

fruites in pra6tife,

and

as

he

will

be

honoured

in all,fo

efpecially

in

thófe

that

come

nigh

unto him

;

as

it

is

Leuit.t

o.3

.

Lafily,

that

the

fentence

of

fat=

Leuit.zo.;;

uation

and

damnation

hall

not

bee

giuen according

to our

words

and profefflon,

but

according

to

our

decdes and

the

holie

praaife

of

the workes

of

mercie

and

Chriflianiti'e,

which

are

the

infeparable

fruites and

vndoubted

f

gees

of

Matth.2

.

true

faith' And

therefore

let not

Satan delude

vs,

-by

per-

G

2,

fwading