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THE

SECOND

BOOKE

INTREATING

-OF

SATANS

fpeciall

andparticular temptations, which

hee

fug_

geffeth againif

the

feucral

caufes

of

our falua-

tion;

and

of

the

anfivers

whereby they

are

to be

refuted and repelled.

CHAP.

I.

infwers

to

thofe

temptations

o

f

Satan,where6y

he

perf.:cadeth

carnall

men

to

prefume,and

true

Cbriilians

to doubt

of

gds

loue.

That

Satans

temptations

npugne

all

the

.

caujes

and

mean

es

of

our

faluatiou.

Nd

fo

much

concerning the

common

of

fe

&ions

ofthe

Chriflian

co.:flidt,

+tame_

ly,

his manfull

with(landing

Satans

-en-

counters,and

alfo

his

fainting

&

failing

into finne.Now

we are

to fpeake-of

the

fpecial

temptations

themfelucs,and

the

meanes whereby wee may

be-

firengthe:

-ned againf}

them.

Where

firft

wee

are

to

confiderthat

Sa-

tans

temptations

are

not

alwaies one and the

fame,

neither

impugn

one

or

two

points onely

of

our faith and

religion;

but

as

the

caufes

and the

mean

es

of

our

faluation

are

mani-

fold,fo

alto

doth

he

gather

manifoldobie6tions

again(+

eue-

rie one

of

thcm,if

they

truly appertaine

veto

vs,

that

fo

hee

:nay

impugne and

race

our faith; or

els

doth

fil

vs

with

vaine

prefumption,perfwading

vs

that

all

the

caufes

and

rneanes of

faluation concurre.together

in vs,

when

as

in

truth

wee are

voide and

dellitute

of

them

all.

Let

vs

therefore

confider

ofthe

feuerall

caufes

ofour

fal-

uation, and

obferue

what temptations

Satan

fuggef}cth

in

our