492 xZC0C.2.1r. Oñfer. rMat.5.43. z I Sam. 24.19. r. 5. ill Expofitionvponthefirft Vú,15; cient : R wee are not ignorant of Satans wiles. That old Serpent bath learned from long experience, nor to pre - fent in temptation, finnes from which bee keowes vs abhorrent; but where he teeth our propenfions greateft, thither bends hee his temptations. What fumes eyther Naturall conflitution, or euill cuftome moil inclines vn- to, there molt frequently is euery man tempted. Asir inilruas vs ro watch againft filch inclinations; fo mee thinkes it dtfables that vfuall excufe for fnnes, that goeth molt currant amongfl the wifefl. Euery man thinks himfelfemolt excufable, in the finne whereto his Nature moll bends him. And wee doe ill, they fay, to reprove wrath, in a man by Nature Cholcrike : for. fooch his complexion and naturall conflitution thither leadcshim. Now, how euer I confciTe,this isfomething, that to the Reproouer fhould diminifh the [inn e; yet of all others, to theSinnerit fhould left excufe ir; except where confcience witnelreth lircighteft wsttchfùlnethe againft it. ,It (ernes not the turnetofay, wee are thereto naturally inclined. For; Firft, Corruptions that now are naturali, lince nature was corrupted, are, if not againft, yet betide nature, as it was created. Secondly, The Charge is to be fo much the more vigilant againft their inclinations : by how much more forcible wee know they arc in vs, when once they are prouoked. Herein therefore thou hall morecaufeof caution, and humilia- tion; neuer a whit of more excufe; except perhaps we may thinke Gntull aEtions are fo much the leile finfull,by how much the more frequently, and delightfully they are committed. The next thing here obferuable is, How prone our Na- ture is to retailing of wrongs ; fo that except we be excee- dinglycautionate againfi it, the belt are eafily ouer -ta- ken in it. That which Pharifes taught lewes, is molt plaufible to Nature; Lone frienk ; Y hate enemies. SA V L; a carnal' man, wonders at DAVID. Z Who ¡hail finde his
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