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Of
therner411
means
to
withf
and
our
f#irìtuàll
enemies.
>opportunitie,
when
as
we
might
lawfully be exercifed
in
the
f
duties
of
our callings.In a
word,when
we
are
tempted to any
vice,we
are
to take
occafion
thereby
of
doing
the contrarie
vertue
;
in
the meane time carefully auoiding the policie
Of
Satan,
before fpoken
of,whereby
hee
laboureth to draw
vs
,
from one
vice
to
his
contrarie extreame. And
fo
like valiant
fouldiers we (hall
notonely
auoid the danger
and violence
of
Satans
ftrokes,
but
alfo wee
(hall giue
Satan
the foile
with
his
ovine
weapon,
yeaand make him
afraide
to
affault
vs
againe with
his
temptations,
left
when
hee
prouoketh
vs
unto
fiune,we
take
occafion
thereby toferue
God,and
more
conftantly
to
imbrace vertue.
§:Sef
.
3.
Fiftly,we
are
molt
carefully
to
withfland
Satans
tempta-
The
RI
Lions
when they
are
fir(t
fuggefted;
and
to
giue him the
re-
meane, to
pulle
as Toone
as
wee
perceiue
that
he
is
but
beg
nning
to
withßand
make an entrance.For this
gliding
ferpent
if
he can
but
thruft
temptations
in
his
head, will
eafily
make
roome
for his
whole bodie:and
when they
juggefled
rft
therefore
we mull nip and
brute him
in
the head, and
vie
is
,
temptations
like
the
ferpents
brood,
which
ifinen
defire
to
kill,they
doe
not
tread vpon
their
tailes, for
fo
they would
turne againe and fling them,
but
vpon
their
heads, and
then
they
haue
no power to hurt
them.
So
wee
are
not
fondly
to
thinke
that
we
can
without hurt
vanquish
Satans
tempta-
tions
in
the end when
wee
haue
long
entertained them
:
for
vnle(%
they
be nipped
in
the head,and with(tood
in
the
be-
ginning,they
will mortally poifon
vs
with
the fling offinne.
For
as
thceues
comming to
breake into
a
houle,
if
they can
'but
find
roome for the
point
oftheit
wrench
to
enter,
will
eaílie
by turning and winding about the
vice
make
the
doores, though
venie
ftrong,
flie
open and
giue
them
en-
trance;
fo
if
this cunning theefe
Satan can
finde
anie
en-
trance for
his
finII
temptations,
fo as
wee
can
bee content
to
thinke
vpon
them,
and reuolue them
in our minds
with
any
liking,hee
will
eafilie bur(}
open the gates
of
our foules,and
entring
further will
rcb
vs
of
all
Gods
graces.
Let
vs
there-
fore
if
wee
would
refill
Satan, follow the aduice
of
the
Flea-
.
then
Poet
in
a
farre different
matter: Princip0
obfrta:
ferò
me-
.dicina
paratur,
Cum
mala
per
longas
conssatluêre
moral.
Orraa-