A Commentary upon the ,lel C'nap.ti, ref; xofGodslovetous. It is a fruit of jufiiFyìng faith, Luk.' 17.4,5. It is alto a sweet feal ofour eleftion, Col, 3.12,13, and an effeEtuall exprefíi.on of our thankfulneffe. For hereby cur, ssn- righteoufneirefall commend the righteoufneffe ofgod, Rom. 3.5 : both in refpeC4 of his admirable goodnefle in pardoning fo great fumes, and our thankfull acknowledging ofthat grace in walking worthy of it. Now if any ask, Why the petition for pardon often, is fet after that for daily bread? It is anfwered, I. In the four Former petitions wepray for good things : In the twolater we pray againfl evil. a. Our Saviour condcfcends herein toour infirmity, who can fooner quit God for pardon then provifìon , for a crown then a crun. 3. That by anargument from the leihe to the greater, we may the moreboldly beg spirituals. Verfe 13. endlead tee not into temptation.] Here webeg fan- Ecification, as in the former petition, uflification : and arc taught after forgivencffe offins, to look for temptations, and to pray a. gainft them. Temptations are either ofprobation (and fo God tempts men) or ofperdition, and fo thedevil. Both e/Idrahaint great temptations beganwith one (train, 71:7t7, get thee gone,. Gen.i 2.I. Gen.*2.a. Here God led eA6raham into temptation, but he delivered him from evil: yea, he tempted him and proved; him, to doe himgood inhie later end. His ufuall way is, to bring us" to heaven by hell- gates, to draw light cut ofdarkneffe, g,od out ofevtl: As the skilfull Apothecary makethofa poifonfull viper, a wholefome triade ; as the cunning Artificer with a crooked un- Tightly tool, frameth a firaight and beautiful) piece öf work : as 'theÆgyptian birdsare faid topick wholfome food out of theSer- pents eggs or as the evft'henian MagifIrates by giving to malefa- cours hemlock (a poifonous herb) preferred the Common- wealth. The devil tempts either byway of feducement, lam. t. or grievance, a Car. I 2.7. In the former he excites our cone cuptfcence, rubs the firebrand, and makes it fend forth mary fparkles, carries us away by fame pleating objeft, as the'fifh by thebait. Yet bathhe only a perfwadingfleight, not an enforcing might ourownconcupilcence carrieth the greaten ffroke. In the later (chofe temptations of buTeting or grievance, horrid and hideous thoughts of Atheifine, Idolatry, blbfplie ny , Pelf-mur- there.
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