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The mannerofSatane
fis;
ht.
rvt-
our Sauiour
calleth
him
by
his
name,faying,
Get
thee behind
Match,
t6.13,
arse
Satan,
thou
art
an
offence
to
mee,
Matth.i6.23.
And thus
i
now
adaies he vfeth profeffors,yea preachers
of
the Gofpell,
as
meanes
to
tempt
men
to
(inne,
both'
by their
words and
euill examples
:
which temptation
is
farre
more dangerous
and
of
greater
force,
then
if
all
worldlings:
íhould
combine
themfelues
together,
and
labour
both
by
perfwafion and
example
to
feduce
them
;
for
when they
can fay,
I
am a
profeffor
as
\ti'ell
as
thou, I
am
a feruant
ofGod
who
make
"ing'13'
t8.
zconfcience
ofmy
waies
as
well
as
thou,.
I
am a`Prophet
as
well
as
thou,
and
therefore thou
needeit
not
to make
anie
doubt
or
fcruple
in
following
my
counfell
or example;
it
is
a
moll ílrong temptation to intice
vs
to
finne
:
for like fheepe
we
are
mofl
apt to
follow after when
2ny
of
our
owne
corn-.
panic leade
vs
the way. And therefore
if
We
would
reffl
this
temptation,wee
muff
labour
after true
knowledge, that
we
may
not
depend vpon others for our dire&ion,
but
vpon
the
word
ofGod
alone, and
not
liue by example,
but
by
precept;
for the
flraitefl
rule
that
euer was
of
the
moil holy
mans life
lour
Sauiour
Chrifl
excepted)
is
often
and in many places
crooked (forwho
is
it
that
hath not
erred and
gone
aflray
?)
and
therefore
if'
we
aiwaies
follow their
examples in
all
par
-
ticulars,we
íhall
erre
with them
betides
all
our owne errors.
So
alto
he vfeth
the
helpe
ofour
owne
flefh
to betray the
§.Setf.g;
fpirit,and leadevs captiue
into
finne
;
and
that
fo
cunningly,
That Satan
that
wee
can
hardlie
difcerne
betweene
Satans
fuggeflions
vfetb the
helot
and
our owne
corrupt motions and
deliires
:
for
being
a fpi-
elh
owne
lit,
he
doth not
appeare in
a
corporal! fhape
and perfwade
iìngvs to¡in,
vs
to finne
with
reali words, which
are conuaied
to the heart
by
the eare,
but
he
commeth
to
vs
after
a
fpirituall
manner,
and
fiigggefleth
fecretly his
temptations into
the
heart and
minde dire&lie
and irnmediatelie,
fo
as
wee
can feldome
di-
dlinguiïh
his
motions
from
our owne
thoughts.
For
as
the
fpirit
ofGod
doth
fo
mooue
vs
to
all
vertuous and holy
a&i-
ons,
as
that
in
the
meane
time
we
would thinke
his
motions
z.Cor.3
s;_
to
be our
owne
godly
cogitations,but
that
we are fufficiently
inlru6led
out
ofGods
word,
that
wee
cannot
ofour
felues
,fo
muchas
thinke
a
good
thought
vnleffe
it
proceede
from
H
3
God
:
;