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'rogation'
from
blafpheinous
fivef1
tonr,anfxrered
667
them in
obedience
to
Gods
cornmandemenr. And
fo
in
the
end
we
fhall
find,that
.howfoeuer
for the prefent
thefe exer-
cifes feeme
not
onely vnprofitable vnto
vs,
but
allo
hurtful!
and
f
nnefull,yet the
Lord
will gratiouflie forgiue
our infir-
rnities,and
walk them
al
away in
the
blood
of
Chrifl,he will
accept
ofall
our
imperfe&
indeuours,and glue
filch a
bleflìng
vnto themwith
his
holy
fpirit;
as
that
they
(hall
bring
com-
fort
and ioy
to
our hearts,
and eternal!
peace
to
our
troubled
confciences.
Fourthlie,
ifwee
would be
freed
from
thefe blafphernous
fuggeflions,
wee
mull
not
much
xeuolue
them
in
our
minds,
nor
fuffer
thé to
haue
a
continual!
reídence
in
our
thoughts,
but
forcible
withfiand them,
euen
when
ww-ee
find
them en-
tring
into our
mninds,lifting
vp our hearts
vnto
God
in
pray-
er,
!hewing our deteflation
of
them, and defiring the
aííì
fiance
of
his
good
fpirit
to
confirme
and flrengthen
vs
again!!
them
;
or
if
they be at vnawares entred, we
are
prefently
to
reiea
them and
not
fuffer
them
to
lodge
in
our
hearts;
and,
hafting giuen
them a
repulfe,we
are
to
harbour
in
our minds
force holy and heauenly
meditations,
which hauing taken
vp
the roome,
will keepe
.them from
making
fo
eafie
a
re-
entrance.
Fiftlie,we
muff haue a fpeciall
care
to
auoid
both
idlenefhe
and
folitarineffe.
And contrariwife we
muff fpend
our whole
time,partly
in
the religious
duties
of
prayer,reading,and ho-
lie conferences, and partlie
inthe
honefl worker
ofour
law
-
full
callings,frequenting asmuch
as
conueniently we can,the
-companie
of
fuch as
being
indued
with
Chriflian wifedom,
are
readie
in
time
ofneede
to minifler
a
word
of
infiruttion
-or
confolation. For
idlenefl'e
prepareth
vs
for
all
tentations,
and
maketh
our
hearts
like
vnmanured grounds
fit
for
no-
thingbut
for
the
weeds
of
Satans
impious
fuggeflions;
and
folitarines
in
this
cafe,ifin
any,bringeth
an beanie
woe
with
it;
for
as-much as
the
weake
Chri than
being
fallen
and foi-
led
in
the
confliól
oftentations,
bath
none
prefent
to
helpe
him
vp
againe, but,receiueth
in
his confcicnce
one
wound
after another,
.being
altogether
vnable
to
make any
reC-
flance,
Lafllieg
§.Seíi
a
6.
4,
Vve
mk
fi
net
renolue
tbefe blafphe,.
mies in
our
minds.
§.Seg.
rq.
S.YYe
muß
auoid idleneffi
and(ólrtarines.
Eccicf4.ro.