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,ftmolle
Of
Swots
ftratttgbvts.
°of
alines,
he
will moue men
to
propound this end,
that
they
may be
fcene
of
men;
in
doing
ofgood
works,he
will
tempt,
them to forget
Gods
glorie,
and
to
fet
before then,
as
their
twine
end
of
all
their good
a6tions,the
meriting ofheauen
ihstiol
and
ifinen
will
needcs appeare
vertuous and
religious,
Ilea
will intice them
to
vfe
outward
vertues
as
a
cloake
-to
hide
their inward vices,
&
religion
as
a
faire
vizard
to
cotter
their-
foule
impietie. And
thus
he
tempteth
men
to
vfe
all
outward
íhewes
of
humilitie, to
the end they
may
the-better difguife
their
hidden
pride and
ambition,
as
we may
fee
in the
exam.
pl
e.of
Abfalnn
;
and
all
complements ofcurtefie
and loue,
as
a
maske
to
hide
their
enuie
and
malice.
And thus
heafureth
men
to
profeffe
religion,
heare fermons, and
vfe
glorious
fpeeches,
that
they
may(feeming religious and
men
of
good
confciences) haue
their
íhopsthe better
cuflomed, and
their
words credited, and
fo
haue
the fitter opportunitie
of
decei-
i4ng:thetn,who
for
their
profeffion repofe
trufl in them..
A
fifth
policie whereby
hee
feeketh
furprife
vs,
is
by
4.Sec.2.
'tempting
men
to
vfe
wicked
meanes for
the,accomphthing
Hom,Satau
ofgood
ends,and
to
doe euill
that good
may come
thereof;
morirrh
vs to
and
thus hee
tempteSaul
to
tranf
;reffe
Gods commande-
z
fr
eurfl
pted
referuing
the fat.of
the cattell,
to
the.end
hee.mi g
ht
gtold
facrifice
therewith vnto the
Lord;
and Iftac
to
fay
that
Pe-
.ends.
becca
was
hisfifler
to
flue
his
life
;
and
Peter
to
vfe
diffi,nu-
-lativthat
he
might not
offend
the Iewes.And thus
he temp-
Galath.z,
.
teth
men
to
tell
officious
and profitable
lies
for the
auoiding
of
greater
culls ;:hee
tnoucth feruants to giue
their mailers
goods to the poore
without
their
priuitie_orhking.
,and
fo
to
commit
theft that
they
may giue
alines; he
tempteth
nonre,-
fidents
to
poffeffe
many
.linings
that
they
may keepe good.
hofpitalitie,
and
fo
flame
the
foule
to
(cede
the
bodie
;
and
citizens
to
vfe
all
fraud and deceit
that
they may
prouide
for
their.
familie.
Which
policies
of
Satan are
exceeding
dangerous
for
hardly
can wee
efcape
them
both,
namely
doing good things to bad
ends,
or
vfing
of
cuill
meanes for
the
atchieuing
of
good
purpofes
:
but
the more
difficult
the
thing
is,
the greater
mufl bee our
care; the
more
fecret
and
dangerous
Satans
ambuíhments are,the
more diligence and
w,atciz...