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CHAP.
X
I I I
I.
Satan:
temptations concerning
our
redemption, wherewith
he
moweth
the
wordlin,
to
prefimption,anfrcered.
Nd
thus haue
I'hewed
vvhat
our
redemption
is
:
Now let
vs
confider
ofthofe
temptations
ofSatan
vvhich
he
fuggelleth into
the minds
ofme-, whey.
by
he
laboureth
to
dcpriue them
of
this
greatbe-
.nefit,and
to
keepe them
Rill
in his
captiuitie, or to
pull
them
back
again
when they
are
efcaped.And
thefe
are
oftwo
forts,
the
firf
leading
to
fecuritie
and prefiimption, the
other
to
doubting
and defperatiö.
For
if
he haue
to
deale
with world-
ly men
;
who were neuer truly conuerted
veto
God,
he lab
o-
reth
to perfwade them
that
they
are
redeemed by
Chrift,
and
therefore
though
they hue
in
their
finnes,yet they
be
fa
ued,for Chrift
came
into
the world to
fauc (inners:
but
when
he
affaulteth the
true Chriflian,who is indeedethe redeemed
.of
the Lord
;
then
he
moueth him
to doubt
and defpaire,
ei-
ther
of
the
fufficiencie
or
of
the efficacie,ofthe
worke
of
our
redemption wrought
by
Iefus
Chrift.
That
he
may continue the
worldly man
in
his'carnall fecu-
ritie,and
fond prefumption,
he
vfeth
two
principali reafons
;
the firfl,that the redemption
wrought
by
Chrit}
is
vniuerfal,
and
erfnedtuallfor
the
faluation
ofall the
world;
out
ofwhich
hee
frameth this temptation
:
atria
bath
fhed
his
precious
blood,
and
fuffered
death for
all
the
Nvorid,
and
hath redee-
med
all
mankinde which were loft
in Adam,
out
of
the
bon-
dage ofSatan death
and hell
;
why therefore fhouldeft
thou
be
fo
flriel
in
flying
finne,
with
which
thou art
fo
much
de-
lighted?
why doetl
thou
ilriue
againft the tlreame
ofthy
cor-
ruptions
?
and wherfore fhouldeft thou take any
great
paines
in
the
works
of
holineffe and
righteoufnes,which
arc fo
bit-
ter
and vnpleafant
to thy
tafte and
appetite
?
for Chril}
came
into
the world to
face
all
men,and
not thofe
only who
are fo
ftrici
in
their waies;
hee came
to redeeme the wholeworld,
and
game
himfelf
as
a fufficient
ranfome
for
all
men:and ther-
fore
4.Sea.r.
The tempta-
,tiau.