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Areferuotiues

to

1

ecpe

vsfrom

the

infealon

of

fine.

6T

And

there

and

fuch

like

are Satans

baites,vv

herewith

he al-

jjreth

vs

to intangle

our

felues

in

the

fiiares

of

finne

:

into

'Se

"`3'

which

we

are

more readie

to

fall

through

the corruption

of

T;

Fb'

7;'"

the

flab,

which naturally

louing

innne,

doth, with

the

cuill

far;tt,c,

!be

motions

and delires thereof,

further

Satans

temptations

;

former

trmp.

and

the

infii

gation

of

the

world

which

pricketh

vs

forward,

tatiort.

and drawéth

vs

on

into

the

fleepe

defcending way

of

vvic-

kedneffe,

into

which we

are

readie

to

runne headlong

ofour

Owne

accord

;

partly alluring

vs

with

pleafures, riches,

and

worldly glorie, the

defired obie6ls

of

our carnali delires;and

partly drawing

vs

with

euill examples,

firfl

to

a

liking,

and

then

to the pra6tizingofthofe

finnes,

which we

fee

commit-

ted by others.

Againfl

all

which temptations

that

wee

maybe

the

better

armed, let

vs

in the next

place

propound

Tome

arguments

whereby

wee may bec

withheld

from falling

into

Sa.tans

fnares

offinne,into

which

his

fuggeftions,the

worlds

allure-

ments,-and

our

ovine corruptions

leade

and draw

vs

:and

then

being hereby mobued to

a true deteflation

of

our

fins,

and

an

earneft delire

Of

hauing

a

diuorce fued

betwixt

vs

and them,

I will 'afterwards fct

downe

forne

meanes,

by the

carefullvfe

whereof

we may

be inabled to

fland

in the day

oftemptation,

and preferucd

from falling

into

thofe

finnes

which

we alreadie condemne

in

our

iudgements,

and diflike

in

our

affe

ions,

ß,Sef

.4,

The

reafons

whereby

wee

may

bee perfwaded

to

refill

fin

The

prtrertu-

are

of

two

forts

:

the

firít,

tying

vs

to holy obedience

in

the

times

to keepe

bands

ofloue

:

the

other, binding

vs

from

falling

into

finne

vs from

firm,

with

the

cords

of

feare.

Of

the former ranke

are

:there

and

oftwo

forts.

fuch

like holy confederations.

The

Oft

reafon

Firfl, wee

are

to let before

vs

the

infiniteloueofGod to-

taken from

wards

vs,

bate and vile

creatures,

altogether

vnworthie

of

Gods

Coke

to-

his

leafs

fauoiti by reafon

of

our finnes;

the

which

his

loue

as vsards

w.

it

plainly appeareth in

all

other

his inercies

`and

manifolde

benefits

bellowed

on

vs,

fo

efpecially in

fending

-his

onely

begotten

and dearely

beloued

fonne;nót'onely tò

fuller

forne

finall

miferie,

but

euen'death

it

fclfe,

yea,

that

curled

ignominious

and

crtiell

death

of

the cróffefor

vs,

who

were

it

r

-,2

not