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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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