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646 Satan:

temptations taken

fromf

me

fpeciall

ftrinel.

fasatified,let

not

Satan perfwade vs-that we

are

fill

in

the

flefh

and

vnregenerate,becaufe

nill.we,we often

fall

into

finne,

if

in our manner

offinning

wee

can find thefe

di#ferences.which

weneuer, difcerned in former times.

.

"'

CHAP.

X.

Satans

temptations to

pen

from

particular

f

irzes i

to;xvhich

wit

harre

f,illen,anfu,ered.

Nd

ßfó

much:

concerning

thofe temptations which'

Satan fuggefleth, in

refpe&

ofour

firmes in

ge,

nerall.Now

we are

to

fpeake,of

fuch;

as

eoncerne

particular

finnes,

and_thefe

areoftwo.forts.;

for

either

Satan

feeketh.to

Quertttrow

our faith,

and

to

difcou.:

rage

vs

from

going

forward

in

our

courf,e

of

.gódlineffe,

by

fitting

before

vs

and..

exceedinglie

aggrauati

lg. thole

finnes

which

indee:de

wee

haue.committed,

or;

by

perfwading

vs

falfely

thatwe

haue

cotnmittçd,fuch

finn.es, as

being

vnpar-

donable are .not.incident

to the

child

ofGod.

The

.,former

fort

of

temptations

are

taken

either

from

forte

hainous

fnne

once

commited,or

from the

oftenfallinginto the

faine

finne.

Concerning,the

6r41,

bee

aggrauateth

the finnes,óf

the

faith.,

full

two

efpeçiall

waies,eitherbecaufethey

haue,.beencom-

misted

after.

repentance,

or.voluntariiie:againfi knowledge

and

confcience.In

the

fortrter

,refpe&

he

is

roadie to

fuggef

},

that

the chidren

ofGod

doe

not

commit

äny

linne

after

they

haue

truclie

repented

of

it;

and

ifany

doe,

dither hoe

neuer

trulie repented, or

ifhe did,yet

after his

fall

there

is

no

place

to

a

fecond,,repentance, nor

lope

of

Gods

mercie. For

an-

fneri

r,

g

\.vhcrc.of ee,ar

tnitnow,zhat:

howfoe

rer:thefate

of

tltefe

who

thus

fnne

is

forew.hat

dangerous,.

and.

they

more hardlie recçuered

than

others.

(alai

as

thefe

difeafes

ate

perilous and hardly cured,

into

which

wee

fall

by

a

re,

lapfe

after the

recouerieof

heal

th) yet

this

is

incident

to the

children

of

God

who.

haue truely

repented,andnotwithflan,

dingthis

grieuous kinde

of

falling they

are

not

debarred

of

Gods

n2crcie

in

Chrifl;

Icfus.

A.:d.

this appeareth

partlie by

reIfons)

.

,

§.Se

.r.

That

'tines

committed

af-

ter

repentance,

Exclude

vs

not

from pardon,