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If
wevvill4.
uoide
Sataas
importunitie,
we mull
imploy
our
relues
in
holy
exer.ci
jes,
vlaab,
z
s.4
716
Of
thè
genera!1rneanes
tarvitht
and our
f
iirituall
enemies.
but
concerning Chrifis righteoufnes,merit,and the
fufficien..,
cie
and
efficacie
of
his
death
and
obedience,
for
the faluation
of
all
repentant
(inners
which doe applie them vino them
-
1
felues
by
a
lively
faith:and
therefore we
may
affure
our
felues
he
\,rill
defend
his
owne
cattle
againfi
all Satans
obie &ions
and
imputations.
But
if
Satan continue his
importunitie,
and will admit
of
no-
anfwere,we areas
much
as
in
vs
lieth to
banifh
his
temp
tations out
of
our mindes, and
not
to thinke
and
meditate
on
them
:
and
to
this end
wee are
continually to
exercife
our
felues
in
feruent praier,defiring the Lords gratious
affifiance
whereby
wee
may
be
inabled to withfiand
ail
the
affaults
of
our enemie,
as
alto
to
heare, reade and
meditate in
Gods
word,and
diligently to
vfe
holie
conferences
with
our Chri
f}ian
brethren,
and
painfullie
to
imploy
our
felues
in
the
worker
of;our callings,that
fovvemay
haue
no
leafure
to in-
tertaine
Satans
temptations.For
as
a
veffell
which
is
alreadie
full
can receiue
no more,
and whatfoeuer
is
powred there-
into
fpilleth vpon
the ground
:
fo
when our
mindes
are
re
plenifhed with holie
thoughts,
and occupied in godlie and
hone(+ exercifes ,
there
is
no roome
left for
Satans
fugge-
fiions, and therefore
as
bone
as
they
offer
to
enter,
wee pre-
fently reie&
them.
Whereas
on
the other
fide
ifwee
fpend
our
times in idlenes,and do
not diligently
exercife
our
felues
in the duties
of
Chriflianitie, and
of
our
feuerall
callings;
then
are
our minds
fit
grounds to
receiue
the
feeds
of
Satans
temptations
and to nourifh them till they
bring foorth
the
,
fruites
of
finite
:
and
if
Satan
finde
vs
like emptie houles
cleane fwept
and voide
of
all
holie meditations and
godly
exercifes,
hee will
eafily
enter,and
if
himfelfe
be not
lirong
f,
enough
he will take
veto
him
feuen
other
fpiritsworfe
than
himfelfe,that
fo
hee may
be more
firongto
keepe poífeflion.
Ifthereforewee
would
not
be ouercome by
Satans
tempta-
tions,let
vs
beware
ofidlenes;
for when
the
minde
is
emptie
of
that
which
is
good,,it
is
moil
fit
to
receiue,that which
is
euill.
But
if
Satans
temptationsb'e
atany
time entertained
into
our
mindes,
let
vs
moll
carefully
take heed thatwec'doe not
fifer