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w,

why

Cod

fi4

f ereth

his

ferudntt

to

be

tempted.

And

as

the Lord

fuffereth Satan

and

his

impel

to

trie

his

children

for his owne glorie,,

fo

alfo

for their

fpirituall and

euerlafling

good:

for

fïrli

hereby

he

chaf{ifeth

the

for

their

-f;nnes

pafi,and recalleth them

to their remembrance,that

fo

they

may truely repent

of

them. And

this

caufe

lob

fpcaketh

lob.

r3.2.6,

of':

Iob.i

3.26.

Thou

lbritell

(faith he) bitter

things

again(

me,and maheff

me

topofe

ffe,

the iniquities

of

my

youth.

Secondly,hereby hee manifefleth unto

vs

our fecret

and

hidden

finnes,which

the blind

dies

ofour

iudgement would

notdifcerne,iftheir

fight

were

not

quickned with

this (harp

water

of

temptation.

For

fo

long

as

we line in peace,our fe-

cure confciences

neuer

fummon

vs

to the

barre

of

Gods

iudgement

;

but

when wee

are

roufed

vp

by temptation,we

enter into

a

more

f{rait

examination

of

our

felues,

and

íearch

what

fecret

fumes lie

lurking

in

the hidden

corners

of

our

hearts,

that

fo

we may

repent

of

them and

make our

peace

with

God, without

whole

aflif{ance

wee

can

haue

no

hope

to

f

}and in any

temptation.

Thirdly, the Lord

hereby

preuenteth

our

finnes

to

come

t

for when

we

haue experience,that the moll lharpe weapons,

which Satan

vfeth

to

infli61

deepc wounds in our

con

fcien.

ces, are

our

fnnes

;this willmake

vs

moll

careful!

to

abflaine

from

them,

lefi

thereby

we

firengthen him

for our owne

o-

uerthrow. And

as

thefe

temptations

of

Satan

are

in

this

re-

gard

fo

many bridles to

refkraine vs

from

Gnne

;

fo

alto they

are

fo

many pricks

to

let

out the wind ofvaineglory, where-

with

like

bladders

we

be

puffed vp,as wee

may

fee

in

the

ex-

ample

of

Pahl,

who

left

hee

fhould

bee

exalted

out ofineafure

through the

abundance

of

reuelations,

received

a

prickein the

I,

COL 11.7.

flefh,themeffen

.

er

of

Satan

to

buffet him

:

2.Cor.

i

2.7.

Fourthly, the Lord

fuffereth

Satan

to

affault

vs,that wee

niay

hereby

come

to the fight

ofour

owne weakenes and

in

firmities,when

wee haue receiued many foiles; and learne

to

relie

vpon

his helpe and

affiflance in

all

our

dangers;

for

fo

proud

we are

by nature,that

before

we come

to the fight

we

think that

we can repel!

the

f{rongefi

affaults,and oucrcorne

all

enemies

which

oppofe themfelues

againfi

vs

by

our owne

power,;

but

when

w'e.e

fee Cur

felues

vanquifhed

and

foiled

with