230 dPIO.2.834. ° I Iobo 5.18. t. 2. 3. fApoc.3.to. Ottafraaia fib- traaione. C H A P.2. An Exporitiorr vpon the f ecoad V tí R.3. ferue thus qualified : t. None more d timorous of their crone infirmitie : z nor more watchfull again( occafions of reuolting : 3 nor moreecarefull to vfe fancìified manes of confirmation. a The fecond blefling, arguments of comfort ; 'Prefer- uationfrom euill. weft. of paine? or fault? Reffi. xátcov, fometimes denotes euill of penalty, as well as of fine; 76vnpov',tneuer but euill of fault : whither hee meanes mafculinely that euill one, the diuell,as t lohn 5. t8.Eph.6. 16. ífrlat. t 3.28. or rather euill worke, as 2 Tim.4. t 8. is no matter ofcurious inquiry : this latter I rather thinke. Nor neede we anxioufly difpute, whither from the wick - edneffe of others, that is the mifchieuous plots deuifed by their malignity to enfiiare vs ; or from our petfonall wick- ednefie : though hereto I rather incline ; fee fen. ao.6.q.d. The Lord (hall fo put hio fèare into your hearts that you fhall neuer depart from him, ler. 3 2.40. Meanes he t that we (hall not at all be tempted ? Reffi. Not fo, Gal.6. t. Luc.22.3 2. yet nor led into temptation. 2. That in no particular we (hall finne? Reffz. Nor that, Iam.4.t.Eccl.7.22.but that weíhall not finne vnto death, t Iohn'g. t8.The euill one touchethvs not to ha qualitatiuo : fo as to alter vs from our gracious difpofition and propen. lion to goodneffe. Caietan. Thus its wrought : t violent temptations not permitted where the Lord fees vs infirme, t Cor.to.13. z We r taken from the temptation, as Henoch, leali the maliceofthe times should change his miede. 3,Powergiuenfufficient to fupport and ouercome,where tempted, z Cor.12.9. dabs refiflendi virtute. 4 Sanctity of affe &ion is giuen, and abhorrence from admitting thought of foule fumes ; fanitateoff- eelionis. g Occafion and opportunity withholden,where temp- tation bath preuailed to procure confent and purpofe.Le- ganturfuauipm e Bernardi elegantia de triplici mafericor- dia & quatuor miferationióua. Item de fragmentis Septem mifericordiarum, Serm. 3. 6 And where we fall, the Lord raifeth that we perifh _ not :
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