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g_oa

Of

the manner

orSatattsfight.

quám man;fekt

quee

perpetro

?dam,

clans

enim

pecco

new

me

redarguit.7V

bi

aurem

reprehenfio

now

metucnda

ef,

t61

tentatori

vet

ad

t-us

liberrimus,

peccatum cum

voluptate

admtttitur:

Earn

more affraid (faith

he)

of

my

fecret,then

ofmy

open

finnes

;

for

if

I

finne

fecretly there

i$

noman

to

reproue

me

and where

reprehenfion

is

not

feared,

there the

tempter

hath

.

molt

free

acceffe

and the

finne

is

entertained with pleafing

delight...

In

a

word,

feeing wee

are

more

eafilie

drawne

into

thefe

finnes

;

and after

we are

enthralled with them,make

no-

haft

to

get

out

ofour

captiuitie

;

therefore

let

vs

bee

much

more

vvarie

and

heedful

in difcoueringand auoiding

thefe

hidden

fnares

and fecretfinnes,into which we doe

molt come

monlie

fall

vnwittingly,and being

fallen,doe

molt

willingly

continue in

them.

§.Sect:$.

Secondlie,

Satan affaulteth

vs

fometimeby

his deputies

now

saw

an,

and

inftrurnents

;

efpecially.hee

imploieth

in

thefe feruices,

fault

eth

vs

by

the world

and the

flefh..

In

theworld

he

doth not

only make

the

worl

choice

of

our

enemies and ro hane irreligious rnen,which

world

and

p

P

g

the¡lei%

he

flirreth

vp

to

of

lia

and

perfecute vs,

to

the

end

wee

may,

bee difcouraged from

the

profeilìon and praelife

of

true

godlineffe;

but

alfo

of

our

deare friends and

acquaintance

and our

neere

kindred

:

fometime our

brother or

fitter,

our

parents and children,yea fometimes

a

mans wife

which

lieth

in

his

boforne, plaieth the part

of

the tempter.

As

wee

may

fee

in

the

example

of

fob,

who

was

notfo

much vexed

by

all

his

outward

afflillions,

as

by the temptation ofhis wife,and

three

friends.

The

fame

is

euident

in

the

example

of

Ese,

whom

Satan vied

as

his inftrument to inticeAdam

to the

breach

ofGods

commandement

:

and

Iefabel,who was

the

1iuels

deputie,

in

prouoking

her husband

to

oppreílion and

horrible murther.

Neither doth heeonelie

vfe

to

thefe ends

our

carnall

friends,

but

alto our fpirituall

kindred

in

Chrift,

who

are

of

the

farne

religion,

and make the

farne

profeflion

with vs;

and thus

by

the

old

Prophet,

he

inticed the

young

a,áng.;i3 Prophet to

tranfgreffe

Gods

ccrnrnandement,

i.King.a3..

And

thus

het

tempted our

Sauiour

Christ

to

negle61

the

worke

of

our redemption,

vfi

gg

the

Apoftle Peter

as

his

in-

flruxnent;

a

ndxhetcfoke.láecaufe

he fupplied the

diuels

place,

our,

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