That is, let us not slip out of thy lease, but hold us fast: give us not up nor cease to govern us, nor take thy spirit from us. For as an hound can not but follow his game when he seeth 1it before him, if he be loose, so can we not but fall into sin when occasion is given us, if thou withdraw thine hand from us. Lead us not into temptation. Let no temptation fall upon us, greater then thine help in us: But be thou stronger in us then the temptation thou sendest or lettest come upon us. Lead us not into temptations: Father though we be negligent, yea and unthankful, and disobedient to thy true Prophets: yet let not the devil loose upon us, to deceive us, with his false Prophets, and to harden us in the way, in which we gladly walk, as thou diddest Pharaoh with the false miracles of his sorcerers, as thine Apostle Paul threateneth us. ij. Thes. ij. A little third holdeth a strong man where he gladly is. A little pulling draweth a man whether he gladly goeth. A little wind driveth 2a great ship with the stream. A light persuasion is enough to make a lecherous man believe that fornication is no sin. And an angry man that it is lawful to avenge him self, and so forth by all the corrupt nature of man. A little miracle is able to confirm and harden a man in that opinion, and saith which his blind reason believeth all ready. A few false miracles were suffici•t to persuade the covetousness of Pharaoh, and his greediness (to hold the children of Israel in bondage for their service) that thy true miracles showed by Moses for their deliverance, were not of thee: But of the same kind, and done by the same craft, as were the miracles of his sorcerers, and so to harden his hart.
That is, let vs not slippe out of thy lease, but hold vs fast: geue vs not vp nor cease to gouerne vs, nor take thy spirite from vs. For as an hounde can not but folow his game when he seeth 1it before him, if he be lowse, so can we not but fall into sinne when occasiō is geuen vs, if thou withdraw thine hand from vs. Lead vs not into temptatiō. Let no temptation fall vpon vs, greater then thine helpe in vs: But be thou strōger in vs then the temptation thou sendest or lettest come vppon vs. Lead vs not into tēptations: Father though we be negligent, yea and vnthankfull, and disobediēt to thy true Prophetes: yet let not the deuill lowse vpon vs, to deceaue vs, with his false Prophetes, and to harden vs in the way, in which we gladly walke, as thou diddest Pharao with the false miracles of his sorcerers, as thine Apostle Paule threateneth vs. ij. Thes. ij. A litle threde holdeth a strong man where he gladly is. A litle pullyng draweth a mā whether he gladly goeth. A litle wynde dryneth 2a great shyp with the streame. A light persuasion is inough to make a lecherous mā beleue that fornication is no sinne. And an angry mā that it is lawfull to aduēge him selfe, and so forth by all the corrupt nature of man. A litle miracle is able to consirme and harden a man in that opinion, and saith which his blind reason beleueth all ready. A few false miracles were suffici•t to persuade the couetousnesse of Pharao, and his gredynesse (to hold the children of Israell in bōdage for their seruice) that thy true miracles shewed by Moyses for their deliueraūce, were not of thee: But of the same kynd, and done by the same craft, as were the miracles of his sorcerers, and so to harden his hart.
- 1We cannot of our selves but •all into […].We cannot of our selues but •all into 〈…〉.
- 2Small occasions dr• us to[…] […] we are […] ly prone.Small occasions dr• vs to〈…〉 〈…〉 we are 〈…〉 ly prone.
