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Satan
temptations
concerning Gods eleEtionanfireyed.
1».
pell
fo
generall, which
are
not limited with the condition
of
faith,
and the
finite thereofvnfained repentance.
Let
them
know,that God
who
is
not
onely mercitull
but
alfo
true, yea
truth it
Idle,
hath
in
his
word
reuealed his
will,
as
well
con-
cerning the
eternall
death
and
def}ru6tion
of
the
wicked,
as
the
faluation
of
the godlie
:
hee
hath-faid,that
many
are
called
Matth.tt.14.
and few
chof
n
;
that
the gate
of
heaven
is
fo
`f}rait,
that
an
there
are few
who
finde
it;thát
hee will
fay
to
the
workers
of
iniquitie,
Goe
your
waies
1
kno:v
you
not
;
that
hee
wig
make
a
feparation
betweene the
fhecpe and
the
goatcs,and
as
hee
.faith
to
the one,
Come ye bleTed
ofry
father,inherstye
the
%ing-
dome
:prepared
for
you
from
the
forundz tions
of
the
r-orld,
fo
hee
Mat.z
5.34
1L
will
fay
to
the
other,
l
epart from
mei'ee
turfed
into
tterlagi.ig
fire,
which
is
prepared
for
the
diueil
aÑd
his
an7els..Let them
U
knowthat
neither
fornicators
,
nor idolaters,nar
adt.-lterers,n
cr.
;v.vztons,norb<g
serers,northeeues,norco,setcus,nordrankards;
nor railers, nor
extortsoners,
,nor.any
that
liue
in
the
like
fins,
without
rcpcntance,(l a
i.
heritthe
kingdome
ofGod,for
truth
it
felfe
bath
fpoken
it, r.Cor.6.9. i o.but
they (hall
haue their
part
ire
the
lake
which
burneth
With
fire
and brimfone,
r
hich is
RcueLz
the
rconddearh,asitis
Reuel.
zi.8.
And therefore
let
not
`Sa-
tan bewitch
theta,
by letting before
their
eyes
Gods nïer-
tie
;
for
as
fare
as
God
is
iu{}
and true
of
his
word,
fo
furclie
(hall
fuch
as
continue in their
finn_es,without
repentance,
be
eternallie
condemned; neither
is
it
any
impeachment
to
Gods
mercie,ifhee
exercife his iu{lice
in
infliling
due
pu-
nifhment vpon
obí}inate and rebellious
finners,
:íeeing
it
is
fu#ficiently
manifeí
}ed
in the
faluation
of
thofe
who repent
and bcleeue.
The fecond
temptation
which
Satan
fuggetleth
into the
4,$eß
2;
minds
of
carnali
men,to
the end they may runne on in
their
defperate courfes,
and wallow
in the pleating
filth
of
their
corruptions, bee thus
franmeth;
Why
en.ioyef}
thou
not(faith he)thy
pleafures
?
why art
thou
afraid
to
fatisfie
all
thy
defires
?
what
needef}
thou to
take any
paillles
in
perfor-
ming Gods
worfhip and
feruice
and to what
purpofe
lhouldef}
thou
forfake
thy pleating
finnes,
fludying and
.
}riuing after.mortifica
tión and
:ticwneífe_of
life;
which
is
fo
N
Z
bitter