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Of
the
manncrofSatansfight
God;
fo
much
leffe
canwe difcerne
betweene the
ggeffi-
_.
onsofSatau
and
our
owne
flefhly
thoughts,
becaufe
they
are
both
corrupt
and
alike
wicked.
By reafon
whereof
it
commeth to
paffe
that
Satan
wanteth
no
opportunitie
of
cir-
cumuenting
vs,
becaufe
we
can
put
no
difference
betweene
his
temptations
and our owne
carnall
defires
:
and therefore
he
hauinggotten
(as
it
wvere)our
owne
watchword,
wee are
readie
to
open
the gates
ofour
fouies
when
he offereth
to
enter,
and
to yeeld
to
his
temptations
as
foone
as
he affaul-
teth
vs,
whereas
no man
almoft
is
fo
outragiouflie
defperat
that
would w'ittinglie and willinglie entertaine
Satans fug
-
geffions,whom
he
knoweth to
be
a
ccinmon
enemy
to
man-
kinde,
continuallie fecking
their
cletAru
&cion,
though
hee
íhould
intice him
hereunto by
offering much riches
and
great
preferments. Yea hence
it
is
that
after Satan
hath
ma-
ny times deceiued and circumuented vs,yet
cannot
wee
be-
ware
ofhim,
nor auoid
his deceits.
For
whereas
if
aman
doe
giue
vs
euill counfell, or anie
way
cofen vs,
yet
after
he
hathonce
or
twice
come
vnto
vs,wee can
take heed
of
him,,
and though
he make faire fhewes
of
honeffie and
friendfhip,
we
will notwithPranding
be
very jealous and fiifpitious left
againe
hee
ouerrcachvs; when
Satan
commeth to
vs
this
day
and tempteth
vs
to
filch
groíie wickednes,
that
we
can-
not
chufe
but
difcerne
them
to be
his
fuggeffions,yet this
is
no-impediment to him
but
that
he may
come againe
to
mot--
r.ow,and deceiue
vs
with
fome
more fubtill policie, becaufe
we
cannot
difcerne
betweene
his
fuggeffions and our owne
thoughts,
and therefore doe acknowledge no other
author_
ofhis
temptations
but
our
fclucs.
Hence alto
it
is
that
bee
will not
flicke
to tempt the
molt
godly vnto the
groffefl
impictie, and the molt
learned
and
found
in
iudgement, to entertains
the
abfurdcff herefie or
error,For
ifhe
preuaile
(which fometimehe
doth,
as
we
may,
fee in
the
example
of
Daasid,
whom hee tempted
to
adulterie
and
murther,
though
hee
were
a
man
according to
Gods
.
owneheart;.
and
of
Peter whom,
he
tempted to
denie
and.
forfweare
Chrit,
though
he
were
a
moll worthie
Apo-
ale)
then
hee
getteth
a
great
viaorie,
and
giueth
them
a
fin-
gulas