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entdtions
ariying-
front
blaf
iheneus
r
(ef
ionr,anfavered.
full
imagination
of
mice;
ovine
corrupt
flefh
blinded
and
tniflead
with
Satan,
Inhofe flaue it
is.
But
if
wee
cannot
bee
thus rid
ofthefe temptations,
let
vs
flee
vnto
the Lord
by
earrefl
prayer,defiring him to
inlighten our
minds with
his
fpirit,
that
wee
may
clearely
difcerne
his
truth,aud
the impi-
ous
falfehood ofSatansblaf'phetnous
fuggeftions;
and
that
he will
incline and
rule
our hard
hearts that
wee may fub-
mit
our
iudgement to
his
truth,
andreie61
Satans
damna-
ble
lies.
And for
as
much
as
the
Lord regardeth
not the pray-
ers
of
the idle,' but
of
fuck
as
víc all
good
meanes
to
at-
taine vnto
their defies;
we
mull
in
the next
place
endeuour,
to
inrich
our
minds
with
fuck
a
nteafiire
of-knowledge,
as
may enable
vs
to
anfwere
all
Satans
cauils.
To
this
end we
are
diligentlie to
fludie and
meditate
in
the holy Scriptures,
which
are all-fufficient
to
make
vs
wife
vnto
faluation, and
ftifiicientlie
skilful' to confute
all
Satans
cunning fcphiflrie.
And
ifhe
impudently
call
this
truth
of
God
in
ducflíon,
let
Lib.
z.
Chap vs
feeke
to confirme our
faith
in
the
full affurance
thereof by
19.20.
all
thole
reafons which
I
haue
before
alleaged.
To
thefe wee
may adde
thofe arguments which
haue
their ground
on
the
light
ofnature
:
for how
focuer
through
our
fall
it
be
much
darkened
and
corrupted,
yet the
finall fparkes
which re-
maine doe
faficiently
difcoucr
the
palpable
falfehood
ofSa-
tans
blafphemies,and teach
vs
to
conclude
that
there
is
a
iuf}
God
who
made heauen
and
earth,
and
to
thinke
reuerentlie
of
him
who vpholdeth
all
things
with
his
power
and
good.
nefle.
With
this
light
of
nature
We
may alto
ioyne
the
light
which
we haue attained
veto
by our
ovine
experience,and
out
ofthe
diligent
obferuati4
ofGods
workes
and the
ad-
miniflration
ofhis
mercies
a
iudgements,both
inrefpea
of
others,and
efpecially
our
1èes,w
e
may
eafily
beperfwa-
ded not only
of
Gods'being,but
allo
ofhis
infinit wifedome,
-
power,
iuflice,mercie,truth.,goodnefTe,al
-
ruling
prouidence,
and
the
roll
ofthe
diuine
attributes.
Or
if
we
bee
not
able,
through
our ignorance and fimplicitie,or
becaufe our minds
are
a!Ionifhcd
or
diflrac`led
through
the violence
of
Satans
blafphemous
fuggcflions;tovfe the meansbeforc
fpoken
of;
-then are
we.to
lay
,open
our. .eaate.tofome_able friend,
who
may,,
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