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Tentationr
etrifing
frók,
blaf
heriaou.r
f
<ggegions,anfà-ered,
fling
there
audacious boldnefíè,
thac°he
will
not
flicke
to
tempt
therm
Jc"f,
/(
11('
61af-
to
the tnofl hellifh wickedneffe)
Peeing
hee
cannot
draw
a
fit'"
1es.
prophane worldling
thus
farre
with
his
greateft
power
and
skill;
but
he chiefelie aimeth at
other
ends,
as
namely,
that
herebyhe
may
worke
in
them
fuch
allonifhment ofminde,
horror
of
conícience,diflraólion
in their thoughts,by
reafon
that
he
perfvvadeth
them to thinke
that
theyy
are
their owne
wicked imaginations,
as
that
they may
become
vtterly
vnfit
;
to
performe any
holy
exercife
or dutie
which
:they:
owe
vnto
Cod,as
namely
prayer,hearing the
word,
receiuing
the
Sa-
crament,reading,meditation
and fuch
like, knowing
that
if
either hee
can
mooue
them
hereby
to
negle6t
thefe
holy
duties, or
make:,
them
through
the
vnquietneffe
of
their
thoughts. altogether vnprofitable,
he fhall.fo
in
feeble them
that
hee
may,
quicklie ..obtaine.ouerthem
an eafie
vi&orie,
So
allo
becaufe
he
knoweth that the
affurance
ofour
falua-
tion,
dependeth
vpon our
ferious
and found
repentance;
therefore
he
mainely
by
thefe fuggeflions
indeuoureth to
hinder
them
in
this holy action:for whileft
he
wholly
exer-
cifeth
their
minds and
thoughts
.about there horrible
firmes,
which
in
truth
they neuer committed,
fo
much
as
in-the
leafl
approbation
and
affetat,he caufeth
them
to
riegleét the
fight,
fenfe
and forrow which they
ought
to
haue,of
and for thofe
fnnes,wherewith
índeede
,they
ham
offended
the.
Maieflie
of
God.
Againe,helaboureth
hereby
to
ouerthròw their faith,and
to
bring
them
to vtter
defpaire
of
Gods
mercy,putting
them
out ofall
hope
that
euer
hee will be
mercifull
vnto
them,a+nd
forgiue
them
fuck.
outragions
finnes,feeing they
doe
fo
i.tn
pìou(lie(as
he
perfwadetb them)
bláfphelne him
to
his
face..
And therefore
left
they fhould
by
their
longer
abode
in this
life
multipliethefe horrible
finnes,'
and foincreafe
the
feare-
full
me
alum
oftheir
iufl
condemnation,he tempteth them
to
lay
violent
hands vpon.themfelues,and
to
feeke.,the
mitiga
ti
on
oftheir
hellifh
tornents,byhattening
their
death.Laft4
lie after
hee
hath;by-
manifold
experience
learned,
that
by
thefe
fuggeftions
hee
little
aduanceth
any
of
thefe curled
ends.;
yet
fuch
is his
inveterate
malice
towards
Gads
poore
Saints,
.,