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Satans
tentations
msning
men
to defpaire.
CRAP.
XXXII.
Of
Satans
tentations
which
he
vfe
th
againfithofe,which
are
,
ca
lled,
to
bring them to
defpaire.
Nd
fo
much
.
concerning
thofe
tentations
of
Sa-
.tan,wherewith he
affaulteth
them who
are
not
yet
effe6lually
called,to
-the
end
that
he
may
keep
them
from
turning vnto
God
by
vnfained
repen-
tance,and
cotnming
vnto
Chrifi by
a
true and
liuely
faith.
Now
we
are
to
fpeake
of
thofe
tentations
which
he vfeth
a-
gainl
thofe
who
-are
called.
And
firfi,when
as he
perceiueth
that
he
can
no longer
blind themwith ignorance,
nor keepe
them
í
}il
in
carnali
worldlineffe,and
prefumptuous fecuritie;
when
as
he feeth
that
they
are refolued no
longer to
deferre
their
repentance,and comming vnto Chrifl
by
a
true
faith,
neither
can,bee
perfwaded
to content
themfelues
with
fuch
faith
and
repentance,
as
are
falfe:and
counter-fait;
then, and
not
before
bee appeareth
in
his
ownelikenelfe,
and
lhew-
eth
hiwfelfe
a
diuell
indeede;
for
then
hee accufeth
them
of
their
manifold and outragious
finnes,
wherein they haue
long
continued
then
hee
telleth
them
of
their finnes
pall
and prefent corruptions, whereby they
are readie
to
fall
into
the
like againe
;
.
then
hee
reuealeth
vnto them their
finnes
of
ignorance, and
calleth
to
their
remembrance,thofe
finnes
which they
haue
committed
againfi
their
knowledge
and
confcience<;
thenwillhee
aggrauate their finnes,which
in
themfelues
are
but too:
too háinous, and
fet
before them
the
iullice
of
God,
the
fearefull
threatnings
and
terrible
curie
of
the law,the wrath
of
God,
and the intollerable and
eternall torments
of
hell fire,
which by
their
(lines
they
haue
iy(liy deferued
; all
which
terrible
fights
being
in
one
view
reprefçnted
to
their-
álreadie timorous
thoughts,
hee taketh
occafion
of
them
all,to
mooue
thetas
to
diaruti ofGods
trier-
cies,
and Chrifis
merits,
and
fo
to
plunge them into vtter
,defperation.
Wouldefi thou now
vile
wretch
(will
hee
fay)
tunic
unto
God,
hoping
to bee receiued
to
grace and mer-
çie
§.Secá`.1.
Hovv
Sathan
tempted)
tho
fe
vvlhict)
are
ealled,to
de-
,Maire.