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Of Temptation
Of temptation the nature and power of it. The danger of entering into it. And the means of preventing the danger. With a resolution of sundry cases thereunto belonging, / by John Owen, D.D.Of temptation the nature and povver of it. The danger of entring into it. And the meanes of preventing the danger. With a resolution of sundry cases thereunto belonging, / by John Owen, D.D.
Oxford: printed by H. Hall for T. Robinson, 1658
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In nothing doth the folly of the hearts of men show it self more openly in the days wherein we live, than in this cursed boldness, after so many warnings from God, and so many sad experiences every day under their eyes, of running into, and putting themselves upon Temptations. Any society, any company, any conditions of outward advantages without once weighing what their strength, or what the concernment of their poor souls, they are ready for, Though they go over the dead, and the slain, that in those ways and paths, but even now, fell down before them, yet they will go on without regard or trembling. At this door are gone out hundreds, thousands of Professors within a few years. But
In nothing doth the folly of the hearts of men shew it selfe more openly in the dayes wherein we live, than in this cursed boldnesse, after so many warnings from God, and so many sad experiences every day under their eyes, of running into, and putting themselves upon Temptations. Any society, any companie, any conditions of outward advantages without once weighing what their strength, or what the concernment of their poore soules, they are ready for, Though they goe over the dead, and the slaine, that in those wayes and pathes, but even now, fell downe before them, yet they will goe on without regard or trembling. At this doore are gone out hundreds, thousands of Professors within a few yeares. But
4. Let us, consider our selves; what ⟨p. 43⟩our weakness is, and what Temptation is; its power and efficacy, with what it leads unto.
4. Let us, consider our selves; what ⟨p. 43⟩our weaknesse is, and what Temptation is; its power and efficacy, with what it leades unto.