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62

That

Satan

tempteth

vs

to

negligence in

hearing the

word

we

finde

our appetite weake and our

flomacks indifpofed

to

cateof

this heauely

food,let

vs a

little

force

our

felues

againfl

the

appetite

or

vie all

good

meanes

to

quicken

&

fharpen

it,

and

fo

wee fhall

finde

that

the oftner

we

Bate,

the oftner

we

(hall delire,

the

More wee

heare the word

ofGod,

the more

wee

fhall

defire

to

heare,and the

greater

benefit wee

fhall

re-

ceiue

by it. Whereas negle&

of

hearing

will make

vs

euery

day more

vnfit

to heare,

euen

as

long

ábllinence doth quite

fpoilc

the

floinacke.

111

CHAP.

XXVI.

Hots

wee

muff

arme our

felues

aping

Satans

temptations,

-

.tbhereby

he

laboureth

to

make

the word

of

Godfr-uitlefje.

Nd

thefe

are

the

temptations

which

Satan

vfeth

to

diffwade

vs

from hearing the

word; but

if

wee breàke thefe fnaresand

cannot be

with-

held from

frec;ucntingGódsholie

affemblies;

then bee will labour by

all

meanes

to

make

the

word

of

God

which

we

heare,

fruitleffe

and

vncffec'uall for

our

conuerfion and

faluätion;

and to

this

end he will

labour

to

work

in

vs a

negligent

carelefieffe in

hearkening

tothofe

things

which

are del

iuered;

and

this

is

vfually

accompanied

with

dulneffe

of

fpirit, drowfine% and

fleepineffe

or

if

we

let

our

feluès

to

heare the

word,

with

any care and confci-

ence

to

profit

thereby, then

hee will

feeke

to

diflraél our

mindes;With

vvandring

thoughts,

either

by offering

and

fuggefling

to

our confïdcration and

memorie

the

world,

and

-the vanities

thereof,

as

our

affaires

and

bufineffe

and,

thofe-

pleafures

wherewith

wee are

moll

delighted;

or

if

this

will

not

preuaile, by calling

into

our

mitrdes

things

in their

ovvne

nature

good

and

religious,

if

they were

thought

vpon

in

time

couenient, to

the end

that

wee may

beer

diflraeled,

and

bee made

-vnfit

to

heare'

the

word

with

profit.

Which

temptations

wee

are

to

withfland

as

being;

moll

dangerous

and pernicious:

andato

this

purpofe

there

is

tome-

thing

Setri`,

r.

bat Satan

.

tempted)

vs

to

eartlef

fe neg-

ligence in bea-

ring.

That

to refill

Satan

vve

muii prepare