Ì/r:,,.6plt %'ltiú.r`xs r... iF ....;+-- .; 206 C H A P.3 . An Expcfition vpon the ltr_ fi Vs VERS. ;.}. That no man bee mooned by thefe of i(l=ions, for your felues know thaw roe are appointed thereunto. For verily when we were with you, we toldyou before that wee /bould fieffertribulation, earn ae it came to paffe, andyee Know. Ow necelfiry comfort and confirmation was for this people,Paul h ere preuenting- !y Ihc:weth;in refpec} of the afidieis had betalne him: whereout bee knew,-Satan C,._ would work his own aduanrageamongfl the peopl.. ,Nhcrewithall hee interlaceth arguments to preuent wauering in that refpelt. Firt , From confideration of the ordinance and ap- pointment ofGod;where the argumét iyeth not fo much in the ineuitable neccßitie, as in the conformitie that Ihould be in vs, to euery will and appointment of God. Secondly, from his predicîion. Reafon they had none to be moued with there of iftions. tr was no more then they were forewarned of, and taught to expel}; where the prediftion is amplified by the concordant euenr;itfo came to pap. fe. Thar no man lbouldbemooned,c. c. The word fignifies to be drawn away by flattery,or to yeeld ro fluttery. The Apoftic fuppofed and forefaw how the Deuill would take occafon in chefe afflietìons, by flattery ro infirm= 1- imlelfe into the minds of Gods people; by promife of more eafe by a contrary courf e, to draw eh.m from lounduelre of Faith and Piety. Such a mille Art fex is Satan, le facing no coure vna f faytd to withdraw from the faith; In dayes of profperity by terronr ofaffîillions; In times of tribulation, by flatterie, and protnt- fing more eafe. His flattering intimations conceiue th ele :k their likes. Fr fii
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