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That
all the
godly
are
afrasslted
with
tentation.
foone
as
we haue
giuen
our
names
vnto
God,
and taken
vp..
on
vs
the
profeffion
and
praáife ofChriftianitie,
«rhich
are
the
liuerie and cognifance
ofour
heauenly Lord andMafier.
And this
is
manifefl
by the
example
of
Gods
children
from
time to
time,who although they
liued
in peace and
fecuri
tie
before they were intertaincd
into Gods
familie,
yet
no
foo-
ner
were
they admitted to bee
ofGods
houfehold
feruants,
but
Satan and
the world haueraged againfl them, laboring
both
by inward
temptations and outward
furie,
either
to
withdraw them
from
Gods
feruice
by
flaming
inticements,
or vtterly
to
deflroy and
ouerthrow them by
open
violence,
Gen.s.
No
fooner had Abel
offered
a facrifice
of
fweete finelling
fauourvnto
God,
but
Satan flirreth
vp
Cain
to
become
his
butcher
:
Mof
s
was
contented
to bee
reputed the
fonne
of
Pharaohs
daughter
he
enioyed
all
profperity,but
as
foone
as
hee
ioyned
himfelfe
to Gods
people
and
Church,
Pharaoh feeketh
his life:
as
long
as
the
Ifraelites worfhipped
the Egyptian Idols,they
fat
by their
flefh-pots
in
peace,
and
quietly
enioyed
the
fruites
of
the
land; but
as
foone
as
they
made
but
a
motion offeruing the Lord,
the King furred
vp
by the diuell,doth rage
againfl them with more then
barba-
röu§
crueltie':
whilell
fail
perfecuted the Church
of
God,
Satan
did not
fo
much
trouble
him either outwardlie
in
bo-
die or inwardly
in
mind; but
no fooner
was he
truely
con
-
uerted to the faith and
preached
the Gofpell, but pretend
ie
he
fetteth
his
wicked
impes
on work
e
to take
away his
life
;;
which
the
Lord not
permitting,
he
mooueth
them
to
perfe-
cute
him
by imprifoning,whipping,
and
flouting
him
;
and
not
content with
thefe
outward atfliaions,
hee fendeth
his
a
tor.
i
z.
tneffenger to buffet
him,
that
he
might
be no
leffe
vexed
in-
wardly
in
mind then outwardly
in
bodie.
Yea
he (pared
not
our
Sauiour
Chrifl
himfelf,
but
as
foone
as he
began to
flew
hinifelfe to
be
the
fonne
of
God
and
Redeemerofinankind,.
in
performing
the duties
ofhis
calling, then
efpecially
he
bendeth
al
his force againfi
him,he tempteth
and
affaultéth
1aah.4,
him fortie
daies
together,
and
taking
the
foyle
himfelfe,hee
flirreth
vp
his
wicked initruments to
perfecute
him,
and
at.
_length to take
away his life,
Whofoeuer