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Satans

temptations

alluring vs

to commit ßnne.

609

but

not

perfeaed

till

the

life

to come,

as

it

is

notably

fet

downe, z.Cor.

5.1.1.3

4.

s.Cor,

&c.

tomommaawas

CHAP.

IIII.

Satans

temptations,zvhereby

he

làboaereth

to intice

vs

to

cons-

mit

finne, anftrered.

Nd

fo

much

for the

do61.rine

offan

ification:

4.Se17.

r.

the

right

vnderftanding wherofferueth

much

of

the kinds

of

for

the

anfvvering

of

all

contrarie

cauils

and

Satans

tewepta-

obieetions,

which

are

fuggeí+ed

into our

chi

ns,trbereby

minds

by

our

fpirituall enemies.

Now

hauing

be

indder

our

Y

P

b

to

binder

osr

íhewed

the

truth

of

this

do&rine,

let

vs

in the

next

place

fanaificatiost.

propound

Satans

temptations, which

he commonly vfeth

to

hinder

this

worke

offantification

:

to

the

end

that

theweak

Chriftian maybe

the

better

inabled

to

anfwere

them in the

day

oftriall.

The

temptations which

Satan

fuggefleth

to

hinder

our

progreffe in godlineffe

are

of

two

forts

:

either

allurements

to

intice vs,to goe

afide

out

of

the narrow path

ofholi-

neffe,into the broade

way

of

finne

and wickedneffe;

or

dif-

couragcments

to

dilbearten

and wearie vs,in trauelling

this

fpirituall

iournie.:B the

firfl, hee

fweetneth

the

bitter

pill

of

finne

that it

may

feeme

pleafant

to our

carnali

appetites,

to

the

end

that

wee may greedilie fwallow

it to

our euerla-

fling'

bane

;

by the other

bee

laboureth

to

make holfome

godlineffe loathfome and

altogether

vnpleafant

to

our

fen

-

fuall,tafle.

Thofe

hee commonly

vfethbefore

wee

haue

fin

-

ned,to

caufe

vs

prefimptuouflie to

fall

into

it

:

and thefe af-

ter

wee haue

finned and

wounded

our

confciences;

to

the

end

hee

may

mooue

vs

defperatelie

to

furceafe

óúr

labour

in

the

workes

offandification,

as

being

not

untie difficult,but

altogether

impoffible.

4.Seé

2.

The

firft

fort

of

his

temptations

whereby

he

laboureth

to

Of

Satans ten

-

draw

vs

into

finne, he

inforceth by extenuating the

finne

vn-

tatirn,where-

to

which he allureth

vs

by putting

vs

in

minde

ofthe

mer-

by

be

aliureth

cies

of

God

and merits

of

ChrifI and

by

hiding

from

vs

vs to

fall

into

fnne.

R

r

the.