The application of redemption

From the Deceitfulness and Subtlety of sin which¹ pretends nothing, promiseth nothing but that which is full of content to the sinner, and therefore he pleaseth himself in it for the present. As the […] hides his sting that may poison, and shows only his speckled skin that may please the eye, so it is with […], it presents nothing to the view but that which may please the flesh, either profits to enrich, or honours to advance, or pleasures to delight, either […] of the flesh, or the […] of the eyes, or the pride of life, 1 Joh. 2. 16. As the wise man speaks of the young man led aside with the harlot, that with her oiled words she […] […], and he follows her as an Ox […] ⟨p. 293⟩to the slaughter, and a fool to the stocks, and knows nothing till a dart strikes through his liver, Prov. 7. 22. As the Fisher that shows […] to the Fish but the Bait to allure, but hides the Hook that will catch: So the Fowl sees nothing but the Grain to feed her, not the Net that takes her. So it is with the Deceitfulness of sin, it promiseth nothing but all the Content that we have, and would have; but the Hook that should catch us, and the […] that should […] us, that is kept back for the present.

From the Deceitfulness and Subtilty of sin which¹ pretends nothing, promiseth nothing but that which is full of content to the sinner, and therefore he pleaseth himself in it for the present. As the 〈…〉 hides his sting that may poyson, and shews only his speckled skin that may please the eye, so it is with 〈…〉, it presents nothing to the view but that which may please the flesh, either profits to enrich, or honors to advance, or pleasures to delight, either 〈…〉 of the flesh, or the 〈…〉 of the eyes, or the pride of life,