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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

was and yet Thou Nourished'st up Thy self with hopes and made Scriptural Arguments Thy Refuge But even in that Thou art also deceived For what hope hath the Hypocrite Job 27.8 Thou chargest me with delusions but no one a greater deluder then Thy self and that to Thy self but now Thou art under my domination 't will not be long before I make Thee know that all Thy pretensions are but vain I must confess Oh subtle Serpent thy Darts are Fierce and Fiery Sinner and were not my Soul and Body through Divine protection Impregnable I might sit down in horror and amazement But surely things are not as thou makest them What God may permit thee to do hereafter is as well unknown to thee as me and had'st thou any power of me thou art not so great a Friend to Mankind but thy Rage would be by me and many others sufficiently known I must confess thou pursuest me with Visions of the Night and I am so troubled I cannot Sleep Job 20.8 and in my unquiet Slumbers Suggests strange things to my Fancy sometimes by Elevations as tho I wanted nothing but wings to Fly sometimes by Depressions as though my Body was the Basis and Foundation upon which some ponderous Superstructure stood sometimes as tho something lay as heavy upon my Breast of no less weight then Ledd and by its suddain departure Suggesting as though I had been Companion with some ugly Vulture and by many various misrepresentations to my Sense in Slumber though I bless God not to my sight any ways to affright me thou hast accosted me not by Words to be demonstrated but as Truth to be believed Besides those ridiculous Fancies not by words decently to be Expressed and not without abhorrence to be Remembred How much of this may be imputed to a Natural and by this Conflict acquired Melancholy I leave to the Learned to decide But surely a great deal of it was not from Natural Indisposition but from Satannical Delusion And it may be my Memory and understanding being continued to me by Gods Preservation was in order to make it known for the support of others by Publication But is not this boasting of my Captivity and false Suggestion of thy having possession of me the effects of thy Pride oh fallen Angel Could'st thou of old not enter into the Carcass of a Swine Matth. 5.12 without the leave of our Blessed Lord and hast thou Power of thy self to enter into my Body which is the Temple of the Holy Ghost 1 Corrin 6.19 Shall that Body which ought to be presented a Living Sacrifice to God by Dedication become a place for thy Reception Shall that Body which ought only to bow to God in Divine Worship by Prostration and Adoration be subject to thy Devotion when thou wilt for a Habitation Shall that Body whom by the Merits of the Blessed Jesus at the Resurrection hopes to meet with Glorification be the subject of thy debased Vilification surely No And doubtless hadst thou such an uncontrouled Power as thou hast by pretension the direful effects thereof not only to my Body but the whole World would be known by its Destruction thou being not unfitly termed as of old a Destroyer Rev. 9.11 But what talkest Thou so much Satan oh Sinner of thy Body V. Suggestion Thou art unworthy of any Creature Comforts and therefore Sinful to Eat Thy Bread or to use any outward means for Thy Recovery Thou thinkest and hopest Man that this is but Melancholy and Thy Friends seek Thy Cure and tell Thee Thou must be chearful and use such means as God hath ordained but Thy Sins have been such that the least Mercy doth not belong to Thee Hast Thou the Face to consume Gods benefits and to speak of Recovery If God had ordained it it would have been long e're this using such means as Thou hast done I must confess Oh Satan Sinner thou art in words not a Lyar in this whatever thou art in intention Gen. 32.10 for I may say with Jacob I am not worthy of the least of all thy Mercies We are not worthy of a Crumb that falls from thy Table oh Lord If Worthiness of Receipt is to be judged according to the Worthiness of Merit there is none but one that is Worthy even the Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World Rev. 5.4 If our Receipts of Mercy depended upon our Merit we might starve in the midst of all that plentiful Provision that God hath provided for the Souls and Bodies of his Sanctified ones Hath not he that is the great House-Keeper of Heaven and Earth said Go Eat thy Bread with Joy and Drink thy Wine with a Merry Heart Eccl. 9.7 Did not the Primitive Christians Eat their Bread with gladness and singleness of Heart Act. 2.4.7 Praising God Doth Christianity exclude all Earthly Felicity Doth it become the Servants of the most high to have always their Countenances sad Is not their Work good and their Wages proportionable Are not they bidden to Rejoyce always and again I say Rejoyce Phil. 4.4 5. but so as to let their moderation be known to all Men Is not this thy old wont if thou canst not Tempt Men to be Luxurious then to be too Parcimonious and between these two Rocks to make Shipwrack of their Faith 1 Tim. 1.19 Was it not a Wise Request made by a Wise Man back't with strong Reason Give me neither Poverty nor Riches Proverbs 30.8 9. Is not there a Golden mediocrity in these things free from thy exception surely Yes But are not outward means to be sought for Recovery Hath God made that Profession of no use Eccles 38.1 Col. 4.14 to which he hath affixed the Title of Honour and Beloved 'T is true Asa is branded with seeking to the Physitians 2 Chron. 16.12 and not unto the Lord but if he had sought unto the Lord by the Physitians would any Man thought him blame-blame-worthy Was not Hezekiah bid to take a Lump of Figgs Isa 36.21 when Diseased and apply to his Sore 'T is true the sence of my condition makes me forget to Eat my Bread and I have so great an apprehension of my unworthiness and demerits that my Friends cannot perswade me to take my appointed Food without force Job 23.12 but shall the greatness of my Sins and unworthiness or the long use of ineffectual means make me give over Must not I wait all the days of my Life until my change come Job 14.14 Shall not those that wait on the Lord renew their strength And are not they proclaimed Blessed that wait for him Isa 40.31 The Vision is for an appointed time Hab. 2.3 but in the end it will Speak Shall I that am but Dust and Ashes Limit him that is Controuler and Governour of the whole World Doth not the time of my Recovery depend upon him who is the Lord of time And