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This made Demas to embrace the world, Judas to betray ¹his master, Peter to deny his Lord, Sampson to reveal his secret, Cain to kill his brother, Gehezi to take a bribe, and there is such harping in the balance, that constancy is put out of her place. Yet this privilege hath God given unto us, that if we resist the devil, ²he will fly away from us. But the devil hath not this promise, that when he resists, we shall fly from him, notwithstanding the devil is ever as busy as if he had such a promise, yea & full often doth overcome, which is a sign that we do not resist him any thing throughly: but rather as it should seem we join with him, rather to do his will than gods will: and this made foolish Balaam to ask ³again and again, till God seeing him bent contrary to his will, left him unto himself. and so Balaam went on in sin so long till the very ass whereon he rode was constrained to reprove him, and cry out against him.

This made Demas to embrace the world, Iudas to betray ¹his maister, Peter to denie his Lord, Sampson to reueale his secret, Cain to kill his brother, Gehezi to take a bribe, and there is such harping in the ballance, that constancie is put out of her place. Yet this priuiledge hath God giuē vnto vs, that if we resist the deuill, ²he wil flie away from vs. But the deuil hath not this promise, that when he resists, we shall flie from him, notwithstanding the deuill is euer as busie as if he had such a promise, yea & full often doth ouercome, which is a sign that we do not resist him any thing throughly: but rather as it should seeme we ioine with him, rather to do his wil thē gods will: and this made foolish Balaam to aske ³againe and again, till God seeing him bent contrarie to his will, left him vnto himselfe. and so Balaam went on in sin so long til the verie asse wheron he rode was constrained to reproue him, and crie out against him.