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Of
the
finite
againl
the
holy Gho
f
.
67
c
which'
continually bdileth
and
fometh
vp
the
filthy fcumme
ofwicked thoughts
and blafphemous
imaginations
;
and
of
the
malice
of
our fpiritual
enemie
Satan, who
is
fill
ready
to
tempt
vs
by his fuggeftions
to the
moli horrible and
outragi-
ous finnes,
ifnot
in hope to
ouerc,ome
vs,yet
at
leaf}
to
vexe
and
trouble
vs. As
wee may
fee
in
the
example
of
the
hoh e
Man
Iob,
whom
hee fpared
not to
tempt vnto
fearefujl
blaf
phem'ie.
Butthough
Wee
cannot
keepe
the
diuell from affaulting
vs
let
not
this
difcourage vs, nay
rather
let
vs
bee
mooned
hereby with
inore.care
and
watchfulneffe
to
withftand
him,
forif
we
refit
hirn,hee will
flee from
vs,Iam,4 y.But
in
this our
tsm.4.7,
refiltance,two
things
efpeciallie
mull be
obferued
:
the
firfi
is
the
meanes
whereby
we mull giue him
thelepulfe
;
which
is partly by the fword
of
the fpirit,the word
of
God,
where-
by
we
beatebacke the temptation,by prouing the
wicked
-
neffe
thereofby
forne
teftitnonie
of
Scripture,
according
to
our
Sauiours example
;
and partlie by
lifting
vp
our
minds
vnto
God
in
praier,defiring flrength to withiland the temp-
tation:
Secondlie,wee mull take heede
that
we
doe
not
re-
uólue
the temptation
in
our minds,
but
prefentlie repell
it,
left
tilde
hellifh
fparkcs
taking
hold
of
the tindar
of
our
corruptions, doe at
length
inflame
vs
with horrible wicked
neffe;'which at their
ftrfi
falling
might
eafiliehaue.
been
ex
tinguifhed:
And
ifwee
thus fpeedilie
repell
thefé
horrible'
blafphemtes fuggeffed
by Satan, they
fhall neuer bee im-
puted vnto
vs,but
vnto
him from whom they proceede, and
that both
inrefpe
tofthe
fault and.puriifhmept,
.
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CHAP.
XIII.
ArQurnents
to
proue
th;
certaintie
()fourperfeuerancegroxn9-
deavpon
gods
bill
and
imrntrtadilitig,
Nd
thus haue I
anfvrèred Satans
temptations
,which
concerne our
fan6lification.Now
in
the
lafl
place we
Satans tcmp-
are
to intreate
ofour
erfeuerance
which
lie.im
uo-
tatton
+rauing
p
p
lriitian
to
netlá
with
no.
leffe
.fiibLiltie
and
violence.
For though
the'dbec
doJtÚt
of
l7:s
Chritl'zan
ferfctccranse<