Cafes o[Confcience. 37) ~I.Booke. hun(elj~;, rh~ Drtdb:d Go:i:burhow~by call1ng A tjdcrcd 1n wayof an!\vcr. to minde the ruercrfull promrfes that God Firil,ir isro bee remembred, that palfellil had n 1 adc vnw him, and by apply1ng them on is knownebyrwofigncs. Tllc onciS,whcn vmo hiS heart by fairh. And P•ul faith of rhe diuell is eurdendy pre(enr, either in rhe hrmfelfe,andrhe re!lofrhc farthfull,tharrhey whole body,or in lo•ne parrofir. The orher, :i.Cor,t. 9 • rcceir.td:hr{e;;u nce of d~.Jthsnthemftlues,that whenheehath rule of the {aid body, either rhqmight mttru~i,Jthcm(elun.buti11God. inwholeot in part: fo as rhepltric himfdfc From rhefe examples ~tfollowe.,rhar they harh nor that v[e ofhisbodywhicb he would. which de!irewirh comfortto bearethe pangs As for example: when the diuell polfelfeth of dearh,mull die by faith; thatis,they mull the infl:ruments of thcvo1ce. as the tongue, fctbeforetheireyes,the promifeof r.cmitlion and makes atilalltO fpeake Latrna, Greeke, of linnes,and lifaeucrlathng,and dependvp~ Italian, or other rongues, which hcevndcr.;. on rr,wrapping[asrtwere)& rntolding themllandeth not. Both thcfe thingS\vetc found in fclucs mic, as in a.clofe and warrnc garmcor, them that were potTclfed in the time ofour rha: will keepe them Cafe and Cure, again(\ the Sauiour Chrrn. windeand weather of temptation. B Secondlr,wee murl confider,itfallethout The fecond pc.Clife mthe time of death oftentrmes, that lltange dr(ea[es·doe fcaze is,ro dum o6!dience; which is norhtng clfe but vponmen, ariling from corrupt humours to willrngly,gladly,and readrly,wrthour nmrmuthe body ; yea men and women may haue ring to fubmitour fcluesvnto Godswrll, in flrange p•luons vpon naturall caufes vnbearing the paines of d:atb.A mo!lworthre knowne ; and thefe wrll fometlmes hauc prefident ot rhis obedience, wee haue in our llrange and exrraordinarie ctf..::tts m them , Sauiour Chrrlt,when he(aid vnto his Father, which thearte ofPhyfickeneithcrcan f<arch Not m;JPIIt,/JHtrhy wiU6edone;rhcrebyfubmitout,nor cure: and yet they are neither ad:sof ring his will to Ius Fathers will, touching the wrtchcraft,nor real polfctlions.As when God death which he then (utfeted, Yea when hec laid extraordl!lary di[eafcs on the Corinthiwas dying,it ~(aidofhim, that he:;tmevp the ans, for rheconrcmpr ofhis word and Sacra· Ghoji,rbat is, bcedidmojlwsUmg/7 fumHdervp ments,r.Cor.li.Jo.Likevnro whrch hewor· hr1joul<rnro the hands of God his Father. thily inArClsvpon men in thefe daie•, forthe And this hiscxample at the time ofhis defame and other finnes. p.rture, mu!! beea rule of JireClronvntovs, Now to flay the nunde in thrscafe, thefe vpon tholrkcoccafion.Hence it is, that in the C Rules are carefully to be thought vpon, third petrtron of rhe Lords prayer, amongfl Frrfl ofall,rt IS toberemebred,that though ot_her rhlngs,ttJC pray for obedience to thewil Satans maliceand power bee very grt'at and of Godin fuffclingafflrClions,yea euen in the large:yc~h<cannot praClifctbefame•g•inH lafl and grearcfl,which is death ~tfclf<,Trueit thechildrenof God,when,where,and how he rs, that obedienceto God in death, is again{! lifleth, 'fhe malicewhich Satan doth beare corrupr nature; andtherefore our duty is the to mankind, and principaiiytoth.emembers more ro inure our felucsto the performing of of Cbrrfl,appeares in this, bec.aufe hee is fa id rt:and that which rhe bleiTed Apo(\Jcfaid of Reuel. u.ro,roacc•feth'm bifore Godd•y .,,a himfdfc) Idiedttil;,ought to beecontinually mght. And, M a roaring lyon,to walk.!llbou: the our rcfolutionand practiCe. worltlfcekjng whom1 hemay deuoure, I .Pet.5. 8. ' lfwctlJa.llil~quirc,how this may bee done! A~ainc,thcScriptorenoteshim to beapowrbe anfweris,when God layetbaflliClionsvp· erlull fpirir, whofe !lrength farre exceedctb onvsrnour lrfe rrrnc; then by endeauourmg andfurpalfetb the mightof any man orcreat<J beat ethem wab pauence,n-;eckenetfe,and rure,tbat isnot ofanangdical na.ture,as him· lowlmelfe. For cuery affhChon 1s (as it were) felfc is, For he is tcarmed A Prinuof theaire, apettiedeath: and it wee doe in it fubieClout D andthegodofrhu ..orld; his power reachcth e– feluesrothe hand of God,ure rhall thebetter I ucn tothefpirits andfoules ofmen, whereby obey him inrbe great death of all: and thus j heeworkcth in the children of difobcdience domg~wbcnfoeuer God !hikes vs with dl!ath, I ,. Eph.Z.J., His principalttie isfoorcar rhat n~ we !hall w1thcomfort endure the fame. ~ Cl:rength, nodefenceof man, is 0 able'towiths,a. 4 I I lland ir, vnlelfeman takevntohimfelfe th' , Smnicoll The third particulauf!lrClionordiflrelfc, · who/e.rm,lfrofGod,Eph.6.ro. molcfbtion is[atanica/lmolrftation, whereby both pcrfons, . N·owalth9ugh the diuell bee fo malicious and places of manfion or abode, arc either 1 ao enemy ofmankinde,rhat he ceafeth not to pollclfed, or orherwifc mo!dled by the m•- I deuife wharfoeucrm~y bchurtfulvmothem; lice of rbe drucl!. . . . . •nd withal! (o powertull in his attempts, thor I. ToucbrngthrsatRrClron: rhe queflron nom~nby his owne proper llrength, is able . ot Conference JS , How foch perfons as are torch!! him: yethecannotputthelcafl part potfellcd, or fcare polfe!Iion, or elfe endure ot lus power in execution,in what time place moldlations bY. the diudl in their, hou[e,, ormannerhedeGreth. Thereafonis,becauf; may haue therr mrndesqur<ted anu l!aycd; God bath determined his power,by certame •nd confcquently,rn that caf~ be remedred I bounds an.dlimits, which heccannot palfe , And here two thrngs are generally to be conand they are e(pecially two. D--_:___:____""T'"h::el
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