A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…

Reasons. 1 First, when godly and faithful men forget themselves in their talk, they give great advantage to their enemies, who lying in wait for their halting, do heedily observe whatsoever they do or say: and then they triumph, when the tongs of the righteous transgress, as though they had proved them and all their brethren to be nothing else but hypocrites and dissemblers. Yea the Devil and sin seem also to have gotten some victory over them.

Reasons. 1 First, when godly and faithfull men forget themselues in their talke, they giue great aduantage to their enemies, who lying in wait for their halting, doe heedily obserue whatsoeuer they doe or say: and then they triumph, when the tongs of the righteous transgresse, as though they had prooued them and al their brethren to be nothing else but hypocrites and dissemblers. Yea the Diuell and sinne seeme also to haue gotten some victorie ouer them.

Satan plied Job with all his art, might, and malice: by torments of body, and temptations of mind, to make him, rather than any other in the world, to break out into distempered and execrable speeches. And Paul declared to King ⟨p. 127⟩Agrippa, and those that were with him, that when he was a persecutor, and so one of Satan's officers, his purpose and ¹practise had been by cruel punishments to compel the Saints to blaspheme.

Satan plied Iob with all his art, might, and malice: by torments of body, and temptations of minde, to make him, rather than any other in the world, to breake out into distempered and execrable speeches. And Paul declared to King ⟨p. 127⟩Agrippa, and those that were with him, that when hee was a persecutor, and so one of Satans officers, his purpose and