The application of redemption

Thus Satan deals with the discouraged sinner, as the thief with the weary traveller who is unacquainted with the way and lost in which he is, he leads him out of the road far into the forrest without the ken and call of any passenger, or expectation of any means of relief and then he hath opportunity to spoil him of his substance, & of his life also. So Satan deals with distressed, unacquainted with his own estate, under this trouble & stroke of contrition, carries him aside with such misconceivings of his own condition, that he leads him into by paths beyond the ken & compass of reason, & any […] consideration, so that he will neither seek nor receive any helps: Be wise therefore, & watchful both for the discovery & perceiving these policies and delusions of the enemy which draw on irrecoverable destruction with them; be sure therefore you keep the rule of Gods revealed will & direction for your own ways, while you keep under the guidance of the word, you are under Gods wing; therefore in a word or two, to wipe away this false and wily pretence of the enemy.

Thus Satan deals with the discouraged sinner, as the thief with the weary traveller who is unacquainted with the way and lost in which he is, he leads him out of the road far into the forrest without the ken and cal of any passenger, or expectation of any means of relief and then he hath oppertunity to spoile him of his substance, & of his life also. So Satan deals with distressed, unacquainted with his own estate, under this trouble & stroak of contrition, carryes him aside with such misconceivings of his own condition, that he leads him into by paths beyond the ken & compass of reason, & any 〈…〉 consideration, so that he wil neither seek nor receive any helps: Be wise therfore, & watchful both for the discovery & perceiving these policies and delusions of the enemy which draw on irrecoverable destruction with them; be sure therfore you keep the rule of Gods revealed wil & direction for your own wayes, while you keep under the guidance of the word, you are under Gods wing; therefore in a word or two, to wipe away this false and wily pretence of the enemy.