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Ront.7
8.1
f.
z;.
§.geífil.4.
The fceoild
temptation
ta-
ken from the
euillíitses
of
14ì4itZers,ait-
jneredi
3
o7e,7;
ptationJ
taken
fron
the
euiillimes
of
MinelerfAnPered.
demned. But leaning
filch
far
fetcht
inflances,let euery man,
yea
cuen he
who
hath attained
vnto
the
greatefl
meafure
of
faith
and
fanaification,
enter
into
a
ftri61
and
due confidera-
tion
with
himfelfe,and examine
his ovine confcience
before
Gods
tribunali
feate;and then
let
him
tel me
whether
he
per-
forme obedience to
all
that truth
which
he
knoweth
and
be-
leeueth,or whether
he may
not
iuflly
complaine,yS
our
cor-
ruption
takes occafion
by the knowledge
of
Gods
common-
clement,
toworke
in
vs
all
maner
ofconcupifcer
ce
;
that
hee
doeth
thole things which
he
alloweth not,nay
which
he
ha-
tech and
abhorreth;that though
he
do
not
only know
the law
ofGod,
b tit
alfo
is
delighted therewith
in
the inner
man,
yet
that
there
is
another
law in
his
members which rebelleth
a-
gainl}
the law
ofhis
mind,and leadeth
him captiue vnto
the
raw
offinne,asitisRom.7.8.i
5.23. And
ifthisbe
the
cafe
of
Salomon;
Dauid,Peter,and
ofall Gods
children, who
haue
at-
tained to
the greatefl meafurc
of
knowledge
and
fantifi-
cation
;
let
not
Satan
perfwade
vs
that
wee.
may
fafelie
negle5t the
minifterie
of
the
word,
becaufe
the
minifters
thereof
feeme
not
perfwaded
that the
doórine
which
they
deliuer
is
true,in
that
they doe
not
pra
&life
it
in
their ovine
lines
:
for many
knowing
and beleeuing
that truth
which
they deliuer,
are
notwithftanding dellitute ofthe
fan&ify_
ing
graces
ofGods
fpirit,and therefore whollie
carried
away
into
all
licentious wickedneffe; and
many alfo
who
are
fan
-
61ified,being
not
whollie purged
from
their
naturali
cor
ruptions,
are
readie
to thew their
frailtie
and infirmities
to
all
the world,
though
they
know,
acknowledge, beleeue,
and
from
their hearts
embrace,
that truth
which
they
teach
and
profcffe.
But ifSatan cannot
thus preuaile,nor
caufe
vs
to doubt
of
Gods
truth,becaufe the miniliers
line
not
according
to
that
d6rine
which they
teach; then
hee
will
perfwade
them at
leali to
refufe
to
heare fuch
whole
lines are fcandalous,as
be-
ing
vnworthie to
take
the word into
their mouthes,
and
vnable
to concert
or amend
others,
feeitjg
the word
is
not
powerful]
which
they
deliuer for the conuerting
and refor-
ming
of
their owne
lines.
Which
temptation ofSatan
is
moll
dangerous