,44 againfi the wiles of the devil. tot ver thedepth of his plot ; thefe like Scouts got before, while hiswhole body lies hid as it were in fome fwamp at hand. Thus he wrigled into Evil bofome, whom he cloth not at fircr clafh, bidTake and eat;no,he is more mannerly then fo,this would have been fo hideous; that as the filh with fome hidden noife, by a flone call into the river, is fcared from the bait, fo would the have been atfl ighted from holding parley with fuck -a one : no he propounds a queflion which (hall make way for this, Hath god f ? art not miflaken ? could this be his meaning whole bounty lets thee eat ofthe rel,to deny thee the belt of all? Thus, he digs about and loofens the roots <of her faith, and then the tree falls the eater the next gull of tepra ion. This is a dar'yk gerous policy indeed. Many have yielded to go, a mile with Sa- tan, that never intended to go two; but when once'on the way, . have been allured further and further, till at lafi they know not how to leave his company. Thus Satan leads poor creatures down into the depths of fin by winding flail es,that let Limn not fee thebottom whither they are going; Firfl he prefents an ob- jeet that ocafions fome thoughts; thefe fet fire on the affedions, and thefe fumeup into the braine, and clouchtheunderflanding; which being thus difabled, now Satan dares a little, more declare himielf, and boldly folicite the creature to that it would 'even now have defied. Many who at this day lie in open profane neffe,never thought they fhould have roll'd fo far from theirPro- feffion. but Satan beguiled them, poor fouls, with their modeft beginnings. 0 Chriftians, give not place to. Satan, no not an inch in his fill motions ; he that is a beggar and a modeft one without doors, will command the house if let in ; yield at firfhe and thou giveft away thy h rength to refill him in the reft ; when.. she hem is worne, the whole garment will ravel out, if that be not mended by timely repentance. The fourth way, wherein Satan (hews his fubtilty in mana 4.2 ging his temptationseis in his Referves. A wife Captain bath e- ver fome frefh troops at hand to fall in at a pinch ; when other are worfied. Satan is feldom at a loffein this refpea, when one temptation is beat back, he foon bath another to fill up the gap, and make good the line. Thus he tempts Chrift to diffidence and difiruft, by bidding him tune (tones into bread, as if it were time now.to carve for himfelf, being fo long neglected of his Fa- 0 3 ther
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