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A61206 Satana noēmata, or, The wiles of Satan in a discourse upon 2 Cor. 2. 11 / by William Spurstow ... Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666. 1666 (1666) Wing S5096; ESTC R22598 68,825 114

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perfection_n of_o our_o righteousness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o the_o perfectness_n of_o the_o work_n but_o by_o the_o uprightness_n of_o the_o will_n and_o sincerity_n of_o the_o endeavour_n aspire_v towards_o perfection_n every_o fail_v do_v not_o make_v a_o man_n a_o hypocrite_n jehoshaphat_n have_v many_o fail_n he_o make_v a_o league_n of_o amity_n with_o ahab_n 2_o chron._n 18._o 3._o he_o go_v to_o ramoth_n gilead_n with_o he_o notwithstanding_o micaiahs_n prophecy_n against_o it_o 2_o chron._n 18._o 27_o 28._o though_o reprove_v by_o jehu_n the_o prophet_n he_o join_v in_o a_o special_a league_n with_o ahaziah_n ahabs_n son_n 2_o chron._n 20._o 35._o he_o bestow_v his_o son_n upon_o ahabs_n daughter_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 6._o yet_o god_n reckon_v he_o a_o holy_a man_n 1_o king_n 22._o 43._o it_o be_v say_v he_o turn_v not_o aside_o from_o that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n if_o therefore_o obedience_n be_v interrupt_v cast_v not_o away_o 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israel_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o philistines_n exod._n 13._o 17._o lest_o the_o people_n see_v war_n and_o repent_v 2._o after_o great_a storm_n god_n make_v break_v bone_n to_o rejoice_v psal_n 51._o 8._o make_v i_o to_o hear_v joy_n and_o gladness_n that_o the_o bone_n thou_o have_v break_v may_v rejoice_v after_o storm_n come_v the_o great_a calm_n after_o his_o child_n have_v be_v in_o the_o depth_n the_o great_a exalration_n 3._o when_o god_n call_v man_n to_o witness_v his_o truth_n act_v 27._o 23._o when_o paul_n be_v to_o appear_v before_o caesar_n god_n send_v a_o angel_n to_o comfort_v he_o we_o must_v consider_v there_o may_v be_v the_o root_n when_o there_o be_v not_o the_o fruit_n that_o which_o faith_n be_v to_o look_v at_o be_v what_o the_o gospel_n reveal_v now_o the_o gospel_n do_v not_o reveal_v that_o we_o shall_v have_v no_o sorrow_n or_o trouble_n but_o that_o the_o covenant_n of_o peace_n shall_v not_o be_v remove_v from_o we_o isa_n 54._o 10._o sect_n xvi_o the_o sixteenth_o wile_n be_v to_o persuade_v christian_n who_o he_o do_v thus_o afflict_v to_o keep_v his_o counsel_n so_o as_o either_o through_o shame_n or_o fear_v they_o dare_v say_v nothing_o like_o man_n that_o have_v foul_a disease_n have_v rather_o die_v than_o tell_v the_o physician_n like_o the_o lacedaemonian_a boy_n that_o suffer_v the_o fox_n to_o eat_v out_o his_o bowel_n and_o will_v not_o reveal_v it_o so_o many_o suffer_v temptation_n to_o eat_v out_o their_o heart_n thus_o satan_n wound_n and_o will_v not_o have_v christian_n complain_v he_o tempt_v and_o solicit_v and_o will_v not_o have_v christian_n to_o ask_v counsel_n and_o so_o many_o time_n the_o burden_n fall_v the_o heavy_a and_o the_o wound_n smart_v the_o more_o whereas_o if_o experience_a christian_n be_v acquaint_v with_o they_o it_o may_v be_v a_o help_n to_o they_o as_o wind_v stifle_v in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n shake_v it_o but_o find_v passage_n do_v no_o harm_n so_o oftentimes_o the_o very_a open_v the_o devil_n temptation_n be_v enough_o to_o scatter_v they_o we_o shall_v therefore_o seek_v for_o remedy_n by_o communicate_v our_o grief_n to_o wise_a christian_n that_o will_v pray_v for_o we_o and_o not_o deride_v we_o and_o not_o gratify_v sin_n in_o that_o it_o love_v so_o well_o viz._n to_o be_v conceal_v and_o hide_v sect_n xvii_o the_o seventeen_o wile_n be_v to_o assault_v we_o in_o such_o temptation_n wherein_o we_o least_o suspect_v ourselves_o and_o to_o which_o happy_o neither_o constitution_n nor_o any_o custom_n of_o we_o carry_v we_o but_o only_o the_o present_a occasion_n draw_v forth_o our_o corruption_n thus_o man_n that_o be_v many_o time_n by_o nature_n patient_a and_o exceed_v pitiful_a yet_o sudden_o transport_v into_o a_o passion_n become_v cruel_a thus_o theodosius_n the_o emperor_n upon_o a_o mere_a passion_n one_o of_o his_o soldier_n suffer_v a_o injury_n put_v to_o death_n at_o least_o three_o thousand_o in_o thessalonica_n some_o of_o the_o ancient_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o devil_n stir_v up_o the_o israelite_n to_o make_v the_o golden_a calf_n that_o he_o may_v put_v moses_n in_o a_o heat_n who_o be_v the_o meek_a man_n that_o so_o he_o may_v break_v the_o table_n of_o the_o law_n and_o may_v not_o reprove_v their_o sin_n therefore_o suspect_v yourselves_o prone_a to_o every_o sin_n do_v not_o repose_v any_o thing_n upon_o constitution_n etc._n etc._n sect_n xviii_o the_o eighteen_o wile_n hope_n of_o return_v out_o of_o sin_n by_o a_o speedy_a repentance_n and_o a_o timely_a revocation_n but_o where_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o return_n be_v there_o not_o rather_o dreadful_a threaten_n of_o permit_v such_o to_o go_v on_o to_o final_a apostasy_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o throw_v thyself_o headlong_o from_o the_o pinnacle_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o thou_o cause_v not_o stay_v thyself_o from_o fall_v without_o a_o miracle_n our_o heart_n be_v like_o spring-lock_n will_v shut_v of_o themselves_o but_o will_v not_o open_v without_o a_o key_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr laus_fw-la stetisse_fw-la in_o pinaculo_fw-la sed_fw-la stetisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la cecidisse_fw-la as_o augustine_n say_v it_o be_v be_v no_o commendation_n to_o stand_v on_o the_o pinnacle_n but_o to_o keep_v out_o stand_v and_o not_o to_o fall_v when_o we_o be_v in_o such_o danger_n sect_n xix_o the_o nineteenth_o wile_n to_o keep_v raw_a and_o smart_a any_o wound_n that_o the_o spirit_n have_v inflict_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o poor_a soul_n true_a it_o be_v satan_n be_v not_o able_a to_o afflict_v immediate_o and_o real_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o man_n no_o more_o than_o he_o be_v able_a to_o comfort_v a_o man_n conscience_n as_o it_o be_v god_n prerogative_n to_o know_v the_o heart_n so_o it_o be_v to_o afflict_v and_o comfort_v the_o heart_n but_o yet_o satan_n may_v help_v to_o keep_v the_o wound_n raw_a by_o disturb_v the_o fancy_n and_o fill_v they_o with_o horror_n and_o terror_n he_o may_v shake_v and_o rattle_v the_o chain_n though_o he_o can_v put_v they_o on_o upon_o any_o poor_a soul_n and_o thereby_o keep_v they_o from_o comfort_n which_o be_v their_o portion_n and_o therefore_o when_o terror_n so_o affright_v as_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o all_o medicine_n we_o may_v suspect_v the_o hand_n of_o satan_n in_o they_o sect_n xx._n the_o twenty_o wile_n be_v to_o draw_v aside_o the_o soul_n to_o some_o sin_n when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o some_o great_a mercy_n or_o near_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o it_o that_o so_o either_o their_o hand_n may_v be_v weaken_v in_o the_o pursuit_n and_o give_v over_o through_o the_o apprehension_n of_o their_o own_o guilt_n which_o always_o weaken_v confidence_n or_o else_o may_v help_v to_o spoil_v the_o sweetness_n of_o it_o in_o the_o enjoyment_n