----~-------------- ------------------~- \. 310 0 thf)u fo1r4l am~ngwomen,&c.l IS B R.XIll. the Church and Chrill: hath been before us. I Vfo 3· Ag<1ine, Let us make this U fe of it, 4gainfl To remember . · l · ,{' · d hC! · ·11. • k "hriflsjudgeSat11n tn ~ne ttme o 1 temptattotJ, or 1 lrla tlun e · ment oj I be us fairetorthe good we have'! dotn he not alto ~ L-hur&h when gethervalue usbyour ill '! and fl1all we beleeve we are un .kr • . h . . · h h d· 11 f · 1 1 remttati8n. Satan,w o Joynes Wit t e. Iuernpers o me an~ l / choly,or weakndfe we are tn, whtch he ufech as / a weapon againfi the foule, to make us thinke otherwife, S4tan is not only 4murtherer,hutalyar ) ftom the heginning. We mull: not beleeve an ene– my, and a lyar withall. But confider hsw Chrifr anddie Church judgeth,that have better difcer– ning, LA!nd let us beware we'!Je notSatans toor.er, , [elves: For if tb(Jl"e were no Devill,yet in the rime of temptation and defertion we are fi1bjed to difcouragement,togive falfe witndfe:1gainfi our / {elves, we are apt ro looke on the darke fide of! the Cloud. The Cloud that went before the ~xod.q.1o. I{raelitu had a double afpe&, one darke, the other light~In temptation we looke on the darke fide ofthe foule,and are witty in pleadingagainll: our fclves. 0 but confider what: Chrifl: judgeth Simil~. of us, otheufoireft ttmongwomen,and what thofc: ·about us that are learned, w~1o can read our evi– dences betterthen weom fdves,doe judgeofns, let us _trufr the judgement of others in time ofi V{e 5' • temptation more thenom· owne. To~~ t~ ~~- Lea.rne againe bere, What to j'udgeof the (jirits ternereo1 t tr ,re, hk' d•+' 11 • J;(, · d1,1: JPirits that caYJ o 1 ffiC tn oJ men,tU are att tnut 1 gractng an ue 1 a- &r wi.IJ (ee no 6ing tbe poore cfwrch,their table ralke is of the in– ~o:i~rl:;n~·ds firmities of Chrif1ians, they light upon rhem as : Simile. flies doe upon fore places, and will fee nothing that
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