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Satans
t
antat
ions
concerning vnrepentancie.
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485
-CHAP.
XXXVIII.
Satans
tentations obiearng
to
the
rveake
Chrifirian
vnrepen-
tancre,and hardnef]"e
o
f
heart,
anfìoered.
Nd
fo
much for answering
that
generali
temptation
of
Satan,whereby
he
labou-
reth
to rob
and depriue
the poore hum
-
bled firmer'
ofall
the
hope and
comfort
which
he
might
reapc in
applying vnto
himfelfe
the gratious
promifes and
fweet
comforts contained in the
Gofpell,
by
perfwadingtiim
that
he
is
not effeaually
called.
Wherewith
if
he
cannot
rétaile,he
defcendeth from
the generali to the
particulars,and hauing
as
it
were
a
far off difcharged
his
(hot
ofdangerous temptations,without
infli&ing
desired
hurt and
deflru6
ion,
he
approcheth neerer, and fighteth
againf.l
the
poore
Christian with handyblowes,
ÿ thereby
he
may
beate
him
downe
into
deepe
defperation.
Let
it be
granted,will
he
fay,that thou art called,yetit followeth
not hereofthat thou
are
ele6ted and
(halt be faued;
for
Chrifl
lefus himfelfe
hath
faid,that
many are
called,but
few are
chofen,and why maieft
not
thou
be
in
the greater
number
?neither
is
the calling
thou
fpeakeít
offufficient
to
make
a
Chriflian,vnleffe
it
be accom-
panied
with
vnfained
repentance and
a
liuely faith.
And the
promifes
ofthe
Gofpell,wherein thou
vainely hopes
},are
not
made
vnto
all
thofe who
are
called,
but vnto
thofe
who
are
indued
with
a
true iuflifying
faith,
which
is
alwaies
ioyned
with
the fruite
thereof,vnfained repentance. But
if
thou
ex-
amine
thy
Idle
aright, thou
shalt
find
that both
thefe are
wanting
in
thee
:
for to
begin
first
with
repentance
which
is
moil
fenfible,and
to
be difcerned
with greatefl eafe,ifthou
fearch
thine
hart without
any affeelionate
partiality or
vaine
conceit, thou
(halt
find
that thou art altogether deflitute
thereof. For
is
not
thy heart
fo óbflinately hard, and
fo
flub
-
bernelie rebellious,
that thou
cant}
not
bewaile thy
fumes
with
any
vnfained
forrow,
nor'
feat-cc
with
much Braining
Ii
3
force
§.Seas.
How Satan
perfiadeth
t1
e
weake
Chrilli-
an
that
he
hatea
no
repentance.