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Satans
temps
Who's,
grout/.
dui
vpon he
vncbaugeab'e
mire
of'Gods
predeftirtatión.
'That
,thtor-
act
temprati-
.on
is both
foe-
.lífhand ridicu-
''
lexs,falfeartd
4r:rpioNs...
Ito
Satanr
temptations
concerning
gods
r
&Won
avfivered;
bitter
and
vnpleafant
vnto thee
?
for
Gods
decree
of
prede..
flination
isfure and
mot}
vnchangeable
as
himfelfe
is
with
-
out
change, and therefore
if
thou
art
eluted of
God
thou
maiell follow
thy
deli
ghtes,goe
on
in
thy
finnes,liue
as
thou
lift, yet furclie
thou
fhaltbee
faued,and
hee wil
giue thee
re-
pen
tance, though it
bee deferred to the
laft
gafpe.
But
if
on
the
otherfide
thou art
a
reprobate,
reieed
of
God
in
his
eternall counfell, then take
what
paines
thou
wilt,make
thy
throate
horce with
praying,and thy bagges
eniptie.with
gi-
uing
almes,be neuer
fo
diligEt
in
Gods
feruice,neuer
fo care
-
full
in
mortifying
thy
fins,
yet
all
is
in vaine,for
thofe
whom
he
bath reprobated
Thal
be
conderned.And
therefore much
better
were
it
to
take thy pleafure and
tofollow
thine owne
delres
whiléf}
thou art
in
this
life:for
the punifhments
ofthe
life
to
come will be
enough,though thou
addefl
no
torments
of
this
life
veto them.
And thus
Both Satan reafon
in the minde
of
a
carnali
man,partly to continue
and
increafe his fecurity
in
the
courfe
of
finne, and
partlie
to
difcredit the
hohe
do&rine
ofGods
eternall predeftination,
as
though it
opened a dore
to
all
licentioufneffe. But
ifwe
confider
of
this temptation
aright,
and
found
it to
the
bottome,
wee fhall
finde
firf}
that
it
is
moll foolifh
and ridiculous,
fecondlythat it
is
molt
falle
and
impious.
That
it
is
moll fóolifh
it
will
eafili"e
appeare,ifwe
vfe
the
like manner
of
reafoning
in
worldlie matters
;
for
it
isall
one
as
if
á
man fhould
thus
fay
:
thy
time
is
appointed,
and
the.
Lord in
his counfaile
bath let
downe.how
long
thou
fhaltliue;
iftherefore
it
be ordained
that
thy
time (hall
bee
fhort,
vfe
what
meanes
thouwilt
ofphyficke and
good
diet,
yet
(halt
thounot
prolong
it
one
day; but
if
God
bath de-
creed
that
thou
fhalt
hue
to
old age, take
what
courfes
thou
wilt,runne:into
all
defperate
dangers,
vfe
furfetting
and
all
diforder
ofdiet,
nay ease
no meate
at
all, and yet
thou
(halt
liuc
till
thou
art
an
old man.Or
as
if
he
fhould
fay
;
God
bath
decreedaireadie
whether
thou
(bait
be
rich
or poore, and
if
hee:hath
appointed
thee to
bee
poore, take
neuer
fo
much
paines, follow
thy
calling
as
diligently
as
thouwilt,
abflaine
fr4tial1
Wailfuinek
and
prodigalitie; yet fhalt
thouneuer
get'