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'
'Óft`.,
renerall
meaner to
uithAtnd
enemies.
I
r
3
Apoflles, guided and infpired
with
his Spirit
:
for
either bee
fpeaketh the
truth
to
gaine
credit vnto
his lies,
or
propoun-
deth
true preludes
that
hee may
foph
iflically
gather
out
of
them
falfe
conclufions. And hence
it
is
that
our Sauiour
Chrill
did reie&
his
te(límonie
though
true, and inioyned
him
filence
when
hee confe
fed
him to
bee the
hohe
one
of
God,Mark.1
.24.2
5.
And the Aponte Parsiwouldnot
fuffer
the diuining maid to giue
theme
her
approbation
though
the
fpake
truth,in
confeflîng them
the
feruants
of
the
moll high
God,
which did thew vnto
vs
the
way
offaluation. Act.16.
i
7.18.
becaufe Satan did
it,
either
to
this
end,
that
by
his
teflimonie and approbation
he
might
cause
them the
rather
to bee
fufped
}ed
and reputed
inrpo(lers and
deceivers,
who
did their
miracles by
the
helpe
offome
familiar
fpirit;or
that
he might
afterwards-by
telling
this
truth,
bee
the rather
cre-
dited
when he did belie
and
flander
them.
Eightly,if
we
would with(
}and all
Satans
temptations,we
mu(}
auoide
two
extreames
the
one to
defpife
them, the
Other
too
deepely
to
apprehend and
too
greatly to
feare
them.
For
ifwee
fecurely
contemne
Satans temptations,
we
will
neuer
arme
and
prepare our
felues
to
make refinance,
and
fo
hee
Will
ouercome
vs
before we
be
aware;
ifwe
take
Mark.t.tq.25.
Aä16.17.18.
The eight
meanes,neither
to
defpife
Sa-
tans
trmpta.
tioxs,nor
too
deeply to
ap-
them...
them
too
much
to heart
continually
meditating vpon their
prebend
1}rength
and violence,
and
vpon
our owne
infirmitie
and
weakneffe,theywill
fill vs
with
feare, and
plunge
vs
into-de-
fpaire; ifwee
defpife
the
temptation,
Satan
will
eafly
fub-
'due
vs:
for
there
is no enemie
fo
weake
and
feeble
which wil
not
preuaile
againe}
thofe
who
fecurely
contemne
them,
though
exceeding
rnightie;
becaufe
they negle&
all
meanes
-of
their
preferuation, and
neuer
eland
vpon
their guard
for
their
defence
;
and therefore
much more will 'Satan pre
-
uaile
again;} vs,
if
wee
regard
not
his
temptations,
hee
be-
ing (bong
and
mightie,and
we feeble
and weake.
On the
o-
ther
fide,if
we
fo
feare
his
temptations
as
that
we defpaire
of
vidorie,Satan
thall
not
neede
to fight againfl
vs,
for
we
will
ouercome
our
felues,
fainting before
the
fight, and calling
away our
weapons
as
Toone as
Satan
doth
but
mußter
his
forces and
march
againf}
vs.
And therefore
let
vs
fo
much
I
fe
are