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They bid him call upon his God before ¹they knew him, but the faithful would not ⟨p. 156⟩worship a false god though they may be helped. By him by the example of these mariners, we may learn the substance of every temptation that doth undermine us, and we shall see that it will bid us do this evil that this good may come of it: mark when soever ²thou art motioned to evil, if it do not promise thee some goodness to come of it. But the servants of God ought not to do that which is evil, though they may gain all things that can be wished by so doing: for they have learned their lesson, & how to answer Satan at such times: why temptest thou me Satan? for it is written thou must ³not do evil that good may come of it, and this is the armour called Scriptum est wherewith the Lord overcame the devil in the wilderness: here we may see the difference between the faithful and infidels.

They bid him call vpon his God before ¹they knew him, but the faithfull would not ⟨p. 156⟩worship a false god though they may be helped. By him by the exāple of these mariners, we may learne the substāce of euery temptation that doth vndermine vs, and we shall see that it will bid vs do this euill that this good may come of it: marke when soeuer ²thou art motioned to euill, if it do not promise thee some goodnesse to come of it. But the seruaunts of God ought not to do that which is euill, though they may gayne all things that can be wished by so doing: for they haue learned their lesson, & how to answere Sathan at such times: why temptest thou me Sathan? for it is written thou must ³not do euill that good may come of it, and this is the armor called Scriptum est wherewith the Lord ouercame the deuill in the wildernesse: here we may see the difference betweene the faithfull and infidels.