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rt;iO4tionsdrifing from
Glafphemous
fuggegions,dnfvered.
66S
prefcntly quench
them at
the
fira
entrance,
that
they doe
not
inflame
our
cotrcupifcence..with the
leafs
liking
of
them.
Secondly,feeing
Satan
will often
terrifie
and aiionifh
vs,
9.Secr1,13.
by
laying
thefe blafphemies
to
our charge,
as
being
our
fins;
mu
¡t
wee
are
often
toappeale vnto
the
Lord,
the fcarcher
of
the
appeal('
to
God
heart
and reines
as
our
fupreame
Iudge;
and
haul ng
the
te-
protetling
eur
inonie
ofour
owne
confciences
to beare
witnefl'e
with
vsy
snnacertcte.
.f
we
are
to
protef}
our innocencie.; and
fo
to
di
fauow
thefe
vvjcked
fuggeflions,to
profeffe fuch
hatred
of
them
that
wee
would rather
die
a
thoufand deaths,then
yeeld
vnto them the
lean
affent
or
approbation. Andfo.this often
clearing
ofour
felues,will
cafe
our
minds
ofthe. burthen
of
Satans
flauders;
inflame
ourhearts
withtrue
loue towards
God,when
we are
not
guiltie
to
our
felues
that
we
haue thus defperately offen-
dedhim,andinally
preferue
vs
from
the
leaf}
liking
of
thefe
hellifh
blafphemies.
Thirdly,we
are
not
to
ouer
value,or
fo
much
to
efieeme
of
§:Se1.14.
thefe diuellifh fuggeflions,
as
that
thereby our
-vnderfian-
3.
VVe are
not.
-dings
fhould
be
dulled,our
minds diflraafed,our
feafes
afio>
to
a
áetoo
nifhed,
and our hearts vtterly difcouraged, and
fo
be
made
of
:bete
b!af
'vnwilling,and vtterly
unfit
to
performe
any
good-duties
of
phemom Jug
-
pietie towards God,as
prayer,
reading, meditation
and
fuch
gefions,
like,the
duties
ofcharitie
towards our
brethren,
and
the du-
ties
of
our owne particular callings. For at this marke
Satan
principally aimeth
in
thefe his fuggef
}ions,
and therefore
if
we let them
fo
farre preuailc
with
vs,he
hath
attained
his
de-
fire.
But
contrariwife
reiehing
them
as
abominable,and
not
worth
either
the thinking
on or
anf
vering, let
vs
with
a
peaceable
& refolued
mind go forward
in thefe
holy
and ho
-;
nef
exercifes.
Yea the more violent and importune
Satan
is,
in
vrging
and preflìng
vs
with
thefe
blafphemous fuggefii-
ons,that
therebywee
may
difhonour Gods holy name,
the
more
earned
and
frequent
let_
vs
bee
in
performing
thefe
-
Chriflian duties,
and
the greater zeale,let
vs
labour to
Phew
in
glorifying our
gratious
God; hom
Satan
feeketh thus
maliciouflie
to difhonour. And
thus
when
we (hall
with va-
daunted
courages continue.all
atif}ian
duties, and take
oc*
_
cafion