694 / 772
§.5"
0.18.
6.
We
mufl
not
too
earneft-
ly
Itriue againft
the(e
61afphe-
viìes.
66$
Of
the
f
nne ftgainfl
the
holy
Ghoff.
Lafllie,ifby
the
vfe
ofall
thefe meanes we cannot
bee
rid
of
thefe
blafphetnous fuggeflions,
then
muff
we
not
too
ear
-
nefly
{trine
againfl
them,or bee
overmuch
vexed and
Brie_
ued
with
them
:
but
knowing that
they
are
not
ours,but the
frnnes
of
the
tempter
(as
-before
bath. been
(hewed)
which
íhal not
be laid
to
our
charge,who
abhorre
and
(rice
againft
them,
but
be put vpon
Satans
reckoning, who
is
the
chiefe
author
of
them;
let
vs
quietly goe forward
in our confiant
courfe
of
godlineffe and righteoufneffe, and
not
lriue
otter
much
with
thefe
fuggeflions,but let them
paffe
as
they
cone
without
any
great
difmaiedneffe.
For
if
we
flop.-
thepafl'age
of
thefe furious
wild
beafls
with too
much-
oppoftion
and
contention,they
will
be
readie
to
run
ouer and
fuppreffe
vs;
whereas they
will
not
much molefl
vs;
ifwee
Puffer
them to'
haue
an
eafie
egreffe.
Neither
will Satan
ceafe
to
plie
vs
with
thefe
lbatefull
fuggeiions,fo long
as
he perceiueth
that wee
are
vexed and
turmoiled with
them;
for
he
thinketh
his
la-
bour
well
fpent,though he cannot ouercome
vs,yet
if
he
can
by
molefling and grieuing
our
afflicled
mindes, hinder
vs
.from
quiet
performance
of
all
holy duties.
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-,.w.+
CHAP.
XII.
Satans
tentations
perfwading
the Chr
f
tan
that
he
bath
firs-
nedagainft the
holy
Gholl,anfvered.
Nd
fo
much
for
anfwere vnto thofe
tentations
which
arife
from
Satansbláfphernous
fugge
-.
flions.Now
we are
to
come
unto
thofe,where-
by
he
endeuoureth
to
poi-Wade
afilic
ed
Chri-
ilians
that
they
haue
committed
the
fin
againft
the holy
Ghofl;
for
taking aduantage
vpon the-ignorance
of
\wake
Chrifiians,-
het
mooueth them to
beleeue
that
they
haue committed this vnpardonable
fin,,that
fo
being
pall
all
hope
of
repentance or remiflïon, he may plunge them
into
defperation,and
fo
vtterly àifcourage them
from
going
for
-
ward
in
the
courfe
of
godlineffe.
The which
his
temptation
is
fo vfuall
and
common,
that
there
is
fcarce any
who
are ex-
ercifed
Ofthefrnne
again
fi
the
kw-
lie
Ghoft.
c