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Hotu we
are
to
vfe
the
fiord
of
the
ffiirit in
the
con
flìe`t
of
temptations.
Ga1.3.IO.
Rom.8.8.
&zec.r8.
s;.
3
z.
Matth.9. i
3.
Math.6.z4.
t.Iohn
2.1%.
Iamcs 4.4.
6o
Of
the
(word
of
the Spirit.
_guide
our
feete
in theway ofpeace.
If
he feeke
to
deceiue
va
with
his lies,
and
tofeduce
vs
into
errors;
the word
of
God"
is
the touchfldne
of
truth,
by
which
wee difcerne the pure
golden
veritie from the droßîe
conceits-of humane inuen
tions;
and the fubtill
delufions
of
Satans
probable
falfe-
hoods,
from
the vndoubted
certaintie
of
Gods
infallible
truth.Ifhe
tranfforme himfeife
into anangell óflight, Gods
word
doth
pull
oft
his
vizard,and maketh
him
appcare in
his
owne likenes
:
if
hee
comevpon
vs
like
a
roring
liotì
to de-
uoure vs,it
proteaeth
vs
from
danger,
and
maketh
vs
flrong
enough to
w
ithfland
his
violence.
Seeing therforé
-this
wea
pon
is
fo
excellent,let
vs
inófl
highly
efleerne it,andtnanft1l
ly
vfe
it
whenföeuer
Satan
doth
affault vs and
tempt
vs
yr
kh'
finne.For
example,
when
hee
inticing
vs
to commit
fin,"
doth
extenuate and
mince
it
ás
though it
were
but
a
May-game,
and
a
tricke
of
youth which
God regardethnot
;
let
vs
draw
crut
the
fword
ofthe
Spirit, faying,
it
is
«ritten,that
all
they
are
accurfed
who
continue
not
in all
that
is
written
in
the
booke
ofthe
law
to
doe
it
;Gal.3.io.
that
they
'who
liue ac-
cording to the
flefh,
cannot
pleafe
God,
Rorn.8.8.
that the
burthen
of
finne
cannot
bee
light,
feeing
it
prcfffed
out
of
Chrift
himfelfe
abloodie
fweate; &c,
On
the
other
fide,
if
hee
aggrauate
the
hainouf-ies
of'oúr
fins,to
the
end
hee may draw
vs
into
defpaire
of
Gods
nier
-
de
;
let
vs
fay,it
is
written,/
will
not
the
death
ofainner
(faith
the Lord)but that
he
repent
andliue,Ezec.18.2
3.3.
2.And,that
Iefus Chrift
came
into the worldto
face
/mnner.r,T.Tini.`i.r5.And
that
he cdihe
not
to
call
the
righteous,
but
ffnners
to
repentance,
Matt.9.i
3.1011.3
.16.
Ifhe
tempt
vs
to the
loue
of
the
world,
and to the
feruice
of
this vnrighteous Mammó;
let
vs
anfwer
hirn,that
it
is
impoffible
to
ferue
two
mailers offuch contrary
difpofition,as
it
is
written Matth.6.24.
That
if
wee
loue
the
n7orld,
the
loue
of
the
father
abideth not
in
vs, 1.10h.2.1
5.
That
theamriie
or
the
world
is
enmitieagainf1
God,Iam.44
Contrariwife, ifrenouncing theworld,and endeuouring
to
ferue
the Lord
in
vprightnes and in trueth,hee
feéke
to
draw
vs
from our
integritie, by
threatning
aliolions
and
perfecution;
wee
are
to
frengthen
our
felues
and
refill
him
with