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c'ircumuent vs.
An
example
Whereof
we haue in
our
6rf
pa-
rents,
who though they
were more wife
by creation
thane
-
tier
were
any
liuing
(Chriu1
excepted)
yet when they
call
the
word
ofGod
behinde their backe,
giuinggmore
credit
to
So-
tans
fuggeftions, and withall tranfgreífed
Gods
common-
dement
;their
wifedome
was
turned
into
ignorance and
fol-
lie,and they
became
an
eafie
pray
to their malitious enemie.
And whereas they
thought
by
that
meanes
to haue gone
be-
yond the Lord
in
policie,
arid to
haue
obtained
a
farregrea-
ter
meafiire
Of
'knowledge
and
glorie.,.they
were
in.-flead
thereof
befotted with
follie, and ouerwhelmedwith
igno-
minie
and fhame,
by
being
made the bondflaues
of
finne
and
Satan. And
thus
alto
the
heathen
neglec`
ling
the true
wor-
fhip
of
God,
and giuing
themfelues
to
idolatrie,
became
Rom.1.22
fooles, whilefl they
profeffed themfelucs
very
wife,
as
the
Apoftle
witneífeth,
Roma.
22.for
the Lord
de.>`lroyeth
the
1vifedonse
of
the
wife,
and
cafteth
away
the
vnderïtanding
of
the
x.Cor.z.ag;
prudent,
as
it
is
a.Cor.t.r9.
Seeing then
our
chicle
wifedome
confifleth
in
the
fludie
ofGods
word,and
in
vprightneffe
of
heart,integritie, Chri-
flian finceritie
and
fimplicitie,
and
in
a
holy care
of
perfor
ming
obedience
to Gods will, let
vs
therefore continually
meditate
in
Gods word,
and
with the Prophet Dauid
make
Pralm,ta.y;.
it
our
counfellor,Pfalm.i
r9.. And whenfoeuer
Satan
.doth
affault
and tempt
vs
to
fanne
let
vs
haue recourfe
to this our
counfeílor
the word
of
God,
there
inquiring:
whether
that
whereunto
We
are
tempted
be lawfull
or
no
;
and
if it
tell
vs
that
it
is a
Panne,
let
vs
with
all
care
and
confcience.
auoide
it
:
for
though Satan
lay
ouer it never ío
faire
a
gloffe,
and
ìntice
vs
to the committing
thereof,
by
offering
vnto
vs
the
greatefl pleafures,riches and
honours
of
the
world, yet let
vs
allure
our
felues
that
he
thereby feeketh to circumuent
vs;
and to
purchafe
worldly vanities,
he
inticeth
vs
to
fell
our
foules; and therefore in
Chriflian
wifedome.
let
vs
auoide
hisllratagems,
.