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Satans tentattons
concer,zing
vnr
epentaneïe,
force
one
teare,
whereas
for any
worldly
loffe,
or temporarie
affïi6lion,which indeed
toucheth thee with
true griete,
thou
cans
without
any diflìcultie weepe more
bitterly
then
the A-
po(ale
Peter,
and
(heel
as
many tcarcs
as
'¡Llar,e
Magdalene.
Befdcs,
v
hereas thofe
who repent,
turne from their
finnes
with
true and vnreconcilable hatred
of
them, and
fpend
the
re(}
of
their
life
that
remaineth,
in
the
feruice
of
God;
whereas
they haue
their
hard
flonie
hearts
mollified
and
tur-
ned into hearts
of'
fleíh,
which
are flexible
veto
holy obe-
dience,
and
full
of
alacritic and
chearfu1ne(f:
in
performing
feruice to
God,
thou through
thy
hardneffe
and heart
that
cannot repent
liuefl
Bill
in
thy
finnes,
and
fpendef+ a
great
part
of
thy time
in
vanitic and worldly
delights, thy
heart
as
hard
as
the Adamant
is
ready fooner to
breakelhen
to
bow
to Gods
will;and
when
thou
force(
thy
felfe
hçi.cunto,
thou
canfi
not
but
difcerne
the blindnes
of
thy vnder(landing
in
fpiritual
things,which
is
fo
fharpe
and eagle- lighted
in
mat-
ters concerning the
world, thy
fpirits
fo dull and
blockiíh,&
thine
affe.6lions fo
glutted
and tired
in
performing
feruice
vnto
Gcd,
which
arc
fo
full
oflifc
and
alacritie
in
following
worldly vanities.And
therfore
it
is'
itnpo(íïbIc
)tr
tkiou
fhoul-
deil:haue
any
truc
repentâ.ce;for
how
can
repentance
&
hard-
nes
ofhart,a
hart offlefh
&
an
hartoff
}one
be
at
once
in thee?
4.Setti.2.
Again(}
which
tentation
of
Satan,
if
we
would
arrne
our
For
the a;:-
felues,
it
behooueth
vs
to bee verie careful'
that
wee doe
not
fweatingthat
runne
into two
dangerous extrcatnes;
the one
whereof
is
former tent
a-
fecurely
to
flatter our
felues
with
an
opinion
of
our
good
e-
twn,tmoex-
uuoidcd.
'late
when
as
in
truth
it
is
moll dangerous
and
damnable: the
{reamer to
bee
other, that
we
doe
nottoo
much
fuWer
our
felues
to bee
de-
ieélcd
and
call
downe, though
wee
haue
not
as
yet
attained
Tvvo
forts
of
`to
fo
great
perfc
uion as
our
heart defireth.
And
to
this
bardneffe
of purpofe,.we are
to
know,that
hardneffe
of
heart
is
of
two
ism-
aheart.
,vhicd
I.
tbat
forts; the
färíl
is
of
them,
who being moll
hardhearted,
¡ufrblr,
notwithilanding
doe
not
fede
nor
percei.uc
tt
:
the
other,
of
thofe
who
feeling their
hardneffe
of
heart
are
greened
therewith,
and
delire
to
haue
it
mollified,foftened, and
eucn
refolued
into tearer
of
vnfained
repentance.
The
fin1
fort
is
damnable, or at
leaf}
molt
dtaungerous; for
it
lulleth,
vs
afleepe