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A93394	Satans temptation, and Gods preservation: or Satans policy and Gods mercy most lively and amply set forth in the discovery of the several temptations, desertions, troubles, and afflictions, that have accompanied the life of Robert Smith of Ludshelf, alias Litchfield, in the county of Southampton, gent. Wherein is discovered the method that Satan took in the several gradations thereof. With an accompt of the life of the author. Published for the benefit, comfort, and support, of any of Gods servants, that now are, or shall be, cast into such a deplorable condition.	Smith, Robert, fl. 1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing S4163; ESTC R231576	19,074	94

by my too much Musing on my Condition I imparted the same to several worthy Friends both Divines and others whose Prayers and Tears were not wanting in condoling my Condition and Praying for my Recovery My Case being thus I thought it best having an only Brother in the Country a Divine whose house I made choice of for the place of my Retirement and unto whose Care and Counsel I committed my self who was not wanting in procuring all help by Phisitians to my Body and by Reverend Divines to afford all good Counsel to my Soul as Fasting and Prayer for the recovery of my inward Man who was then fallen into so sad dejection both of Body and Mind that I was so disquieted that I had not I think one hour of quiet rest from the Month of May till the Month of February following But loe here the Power and Mercy of the Almighty was seen That altho a Fontinel was made by a hot Iron in my Head yet tho sensible thereof disturbed me not though the benefit of Nature was wanting for a fortnight or three weeks together though Physick of the strongest Nature never wrought tho rest ceased Ez. 9.15 yet God preserved me alive as at this day In this mine Agony and Conflict Satan was not wanting in his Temptations whose Method in order I shall discover in these following Suggestions I. Suggestion That certainly I did not belong to God because such dreadful Afflictions had befallen me And here I think it will not be amiss for Illustration sake by way of Dialogue between Satan and the Sinner to set forth Satans Assaults and the Sinners Repulses for tho I dare not say that all these Insinuations and the Responses thereof were Modo forma dilated upon in my late Conflict yet the Heads and Matter thereof were And methinks I remember him begining as to our first Parents his Parley and Speaking to my Fancy to this effect in this Dialect Man Satan Thy Condition is Lamentable worse then the worst of Mens Surely Thy Spiritual Estate is not sound God doth seldome let such dreadful effects of his Indignation fall upon any Man but for some deep dy'd Sins that must be of so beynous a Nature beyond the name of humane Frailties or common Infirmities surely thy Profession of Christianity hath been but disguised Hypocrisie thou art but one in Masquerade Rev. 3.1 thou hast a Name to live but art dead surely didst thou belong to God and wert one of his he is a God of Mercy and would not leave thee or forsake thee in this so sad and deplorable a Condition It 's true my Case is bad Sinner to be Lamented even with Tears of Blood and my Spiritual Estate needs a serious consideration soundness in Christianity needs an exact Scrutiny Life and Death depend upon it for if Aarons Sons offer strange fire Levit. 11.14 Fire shall devour them Jealousie is hottest about the Sanctuary Read Ezek. 8. and who can dwell with Everlasting Burnings Great Sins deserve great Punishments Isa 33.14 I need therefore to look into mine own heart and search what particular Sins I have been guilty of before God and to spread and bewail them before him which through the Divine assistance I have done and if God be graciously pleased to acquit Rom. 8.1 who can condemn But doth not God often sorely Afflict them that belong to him surely Satan thou art in nothing else more a Lyar than in this Psal 88.14 15. what made godly Heman so bitterly to complain good Hezekiah to chatter like a Crane Isa 38.8 Psal 38.8 upright David to roar through the disquietness of his heart and the blessed Jesus to cry out in his Agony My God Mat. 27.46 my God why hast thou forsaken me And in our late days how sharp and violent hath thy Temptations been In thy Assaults upon Mrs. Katharine Stubbs and Mrs. Sarah White and many others to whom God hath given Evidence of their sincerity by their Conquests over him and of their inward Consolation And as in respect of inward Desertions so of outward Afflictions Witness St. Paul Job and many of the Worthies of Old Heb. 11.37 which were Destituted Afflicted Tormented And in our late times so much the Wicked were suffered to prosper that even the Anoynted of the Lord was taken in their Nets Lam. 4.20 and the Royal Diadem of Majesty made subject to a Fatal Stroke and some of the shining Stars of Nobility obscured and their Honours laid in the Dust with several Martyrs Confessors and others who have given Signal demonstrations of their Sincerity and belonging to God But what if I shew thee oh Satan some Marks and Evidences of Sincerity formerly by me Collected Wilt thou say that these are Tokens of Hypocrisie or can'st thou not but confess the contrary I have observed in the course of Gods Providence that God hath had a regard to me in all conditions but especially in Afflictions and Distress God hath given me Comfort and Relief That tho God hath given me Afflictions to Humble me yet he hath given me some Comforts to support and uphold my Heart from Sinking I ever had since any work of God visibly upon me a sense of Gods Authority and my Duty That at any time I was unfit for any business of Moment unless I had first commited my self to God by Prayer I have often desired of God that he would grant me such a way to Live in the World that I might with comfort and freedome serve him I have always had a Love to those that were truly Godly tho differing in Judgment in the circumstantials of Christian Religion And have had more a desire of the Conversion of Enemies then their Confusion I have pressed and desired after more Holiness and more Humbleness and Repentance then I could ever sensibly find in my self I have many times found the presence of God in his Word and Sacraments warming and enflaming my Love Now What say'st thou Oh Enemy of Mankind Are these signs of Hypocrisie or Sincerity 'T is true some of them may be lyable to thy cavil and exception but others of them are beyond thy Sophistry or Evasion But what is this to thy Condition Satan II. Suggestion Thy day is past the door of Grace is shut Had'st Thou look'd to it sooner and made Thy Calling and Election sure 2. Pet. 3.10 when Thou wast in Thy Youth and Strength it had been well for Thee but Thou hast Lived many Years in the World and Gods Calls by Sickness and otherwise hath been frequent The Golden Scepter of Grace and Mercy hath been held forth and Thou hast Refus'd to come in and Submit but now Divine Vengeance hath Pursued and Overtaken Thee and the door of Grace is shut 'T is now too late What canst Thou do The consideration of my no sooner turning to God Sinner and setting my Face Heaven-wards is matter

of Sorrow and Humiliation The Calls of God to Repentance and my Omission needs deep Repentance indeed and that the time afforded for Repenting should be employed in Sining makes me cry out with the Publican Luk. 18.13 God be Merciful to me a Sinner And if in Truth the door of Grace were shut my Condition were irreparable But how camest thou oh Satan into Gods Privy Council How camest thou to know that mine or any Mans day of Grace is past doth not God Call at the Sixth Hour and Ninth Hour 'T is true late Repentance is seldome True but if True God accepts it though it be late Is the Promise of Christ That whosoever comes to the Father Joh. 6.37 by him he will in no wise cast out prefixt to such a day of the Month or Year in Mans Life Did not he that came last Matth. 20.9 receive a penny as well as he that came first Hath not thy old Delusion been long enough known to the World in telling Sinners that 't is time enough to Repent and when God hath by some extraordinary Judgment or otherwise called upon them to do it then it was too late And is not every Mans day of Grace a Secret known only to him that is the Antient of days Dan. 7.9 And doth not secret things belong to God III. Suggestion But Man Satan Talk what Thou wilt Eternal Misery is Thy Portion Thou mayest cherrish up vain hopes and Thy Friends may give Thee many and great Cordials of Comfort But Thy Sun is Set Thy day of Grace is past irreversible Judgment is pronounced and what remains but Execution and this is Thy Doom trouble Thy self no further this is Thy Condition These are dreadful Tydings Sinner oh Satan indeed if true enough to make the Heart of the stoutest Sinner to quake and tremble and to cry out and weep bitterly when the Arrows of the Almighty stick so fast in him Job 6.4 and his Hand presseth him so sore But Satan Methinks this is like the Language of Jobs Wife by thee Instructed Curse God and Dye Job 2.9 'T is not to be denied that Execution naturally followeth Judgment Romans 6.24 The Wages of Sin is Death But is there no hope in all this Are not all those exceeding great and pretious Promises that God hath made in his word of use 2 Pet. 1.4 and to be used in such a case Must a Mans final Portion be concluded by his present condition Must all the dealings of God with his Church in general and Persons in particular be Rejected surely No. The Promises of God are Wells of Salvation to Refresh and Breasts of Consolation to Nourish the People of God and every Gracious Soul And do not they speak in this manner In my Wrath I hid my Face Isa 54.8 11. for a Moment but with Everlasting Mercy will I gather thee Oh thou Afflicted tossed with Tempest and not Comforted behold I will lay thy Foundations with Saphirs c. Blessed are they that Mourn for they shall be Comforted Mat. 5.4 And they that Sow in Tears shall Reap in Joy Psalm 126.5 Is not here a hiding of Gods Face a tossing with Tempest a Mourning a Sowing in Tears before Gathering with Everlasting Mercy a laying with Saphirs a Reaping with Joy and being Comforted Did not the Son of God endure a painful Life and suffer a shameful Death and did it not behoove him so to do and then enter into his Glory Nay Act. 17.13 let us see whether a Promise of God will not stay the Soul and raise some hopes even when the most dreadful Judgments have befallen any Man When Adam had Sinned he could see nothing but Guilt all the Creatures were Cursed for his sake and himself cast out of Paradice What great sadness must this needs be Why God comforts him with this Promise Gen. 3.15 That the Seed of the Woman should break the Serpents Head Solomons supplication for the People was at the Dedication of the Temple and setting of the Ark of God therein that when the several Calamities by him particularly enumerated were befallen them 2 Chron. 6.38 39. yet if they turned to him with all their Heart that God would hear in Heaven and be Merciful unto them And his Prayer met with Gods approbation and acceptance 2 Chron. 7.1 And when Jonah had made himself a Fugitive and by it had brought himself into deep Horror and when his Soul fainted within him even then he remembred God and his Prayer came in unto him into his holy Temple Jona 2.7 But must I not Oh thou Prince of Darkness trouble my self no further Must my present condition be always such as it is now Shall I quit the Conflict and proclaim thee Victor far be it from me so to do seeing that he that is in me 1 Joh. 5.4 is greater then he that is in the World This Lyon of the Tribe of Judah Rev. 5.5 is gone forth Conquering and to Conquer he it is that hath the Keys of Hell and Death and openeth and no Man shutteth and shutteth and no Man openeth Heb. 21.8 He that was Tempted and therefore able to succour those that are Tempted Heb. 7.27 And able to Save to the utmost he whom the Father hath Commissioned and given Authority over even Principalities and Powers Phil. 2.9 And given a Name above every Name he who hath Manfully Triumphed over Sin and Satan Hell and the Grave in his Crucifixion Resurrection and Assention to Glory Shall I then be afraid to Fight under his Banner whom I have so solemnly owned in my Baptismal Vow And for thy Counsel of troubling my self no further I shall not take it seeing thou art a Deceiver and by this also intendest to deceive for not easily to trouble my self now is to beget immensity of trouble hereafter 'T is time then and not till then to cease resisting when thou ceasest Tempting We cannot perform Holy Duties but Satan interposeth If Joshua the High Priest stand Ministring before the Lord Satan stands at his Right Hand Zach. 3.1 Therefore our Lord hath bid us Watch and Pray and in his Prayer hath bid us say And lead us not into Temptation and we are bid Abrenuntia Satanae qui circuit ut devoret And can we be safe from trouble that are subject to the Prey of a Roaring Lyon But be not afraid oh my Soul he that is Guardian of the Saints The Keeper of Israel never slumbereth nor sleepeth Psalm 121.4 and hold out and endure to the end Let no Man take thy Crown Rev. 3.11.17.14 And thou shalt overcome by the Power of the Lamb. Well Satan go on as Victoriously as thou canst and deceive thy self as thou wilt IV. Suggestion Thou shalt suddainly be surprised by me Thou art in Captivity to me and I have Possession of Thee I told Thee before what Thy Doom