XI. The moft Accomplifhed Dr. Horneck inferts a moft

Wife cautien, in his preface to this Narrative; faies he,’
Mtbere is no Publick Calamity, but fome Il pecple, will ferve
bemfelves of the fad providence, and make ufe of it fer their
Mwy Ends s as Thieves, when an Houfe or Town is on Firc, will
'eal what they can. And hementions a Remarkable Story
MPa You ng Woman, at Stockholm, in the year, 1676.
WVho accuféd her own Mother of being a Witch ; and
Mavore pofitively,that fhe had carried her away in’ thelNight.
ihe poor Woman was burst upon it: profeffing her In-
Mf ocency to the laft.But tho fhehad been an Il Woman,yet
-afterwards prov‘d, that fhe was not fuch an one ; for her
Jaughter came to the Judges, with hideous Lamentations,
Ponfefling, ‘That fhe had wrenged her Mother, out of a
Wicked {pite againft her; whereupon the Judges gave order
Wr her Execution too.
Mf But, fo much of thefe things; And, now, Lord, make

befe Labours of thy Servant, Profitable to thy People !

Errata.

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Weare not Ignorant of Eis DEVICES.

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Ur Blefled Saviour has-blefled us, With.a coun-
fil, as Wholfome and as Neediul, asany that
By. .can be given us,ia, Math. 26. 41. Midich
jliand Pray, that yee Enter not into Temptati~
| eon. Asthere isa. Tempting Ficfhy and a
‘empting. Warld, which would feduce us from Our Obe-
ence to the Laws of God, fo there is a Buty Devi/, who
poy way of Eminency called, The Tempter; becauié by
m, the Temptations of the Flefe and the World are, ma-
aed.
[tis n@t One Devil alone, that has Cunning or Power
ough to apply the Multitudes of Temptations, whereby
fankind is daily diverted from the Service of God ; No,
p igh Places of, Our Air, are Swarming full of ‘thofe
Weked Spirits, whofe Temptations trouble us; they are
many, that it'feems, no le/sthan:a Legion, or more than
welve ‘Thoufands may Pe pate tor the Vexation. o£
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ot hofe Apoftate. Angele
ate all United, under ene | Monarch, im the. De
highs of Mifchict, “tis” 3 Singular Number, thay
they are {poken of ;New, the Devil, wholfl
Malice and Envy, prompts hint to do what he can, thaj
| te may be as Unhappy as himicit, do‘s-ordinarily ull
| more Fratd, than Force, in-hisaflaulting of us ; he that aff
fail’d our Firft Parents, zu. a Serpent, will {hdl Act Like
Serpent, rather then a Lion, in profecuting of. his. wicke,§

one milérable man. becaufe t
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: i. purpo%’s upon us, and for us to guard againft the Perc.
J 1th the Wicked One, is one ofthe greate{t cares, with which oujl
a God ha’s charged us. 1
ai Weare all ofts liable to various Temptationsevery day}
1 whereby if we are carried afide fromthe {trait Paths of Rigid.
Wi, teonfnefs; we-get all forts of wounds unto ourfelves. C},
} Temptation, | may fay, as the Wile Man faid, of Mortality,
a There is no difeharge from that War. ‘he Devil fell han|
fl upon both Adams, nor may any among the: Childrétoc},

both, imagine to be excuféd. The Son of God Himfell},
had this Doe of Hell, barking’ xt Hin; arid much mor} )
may the Children of Men, look to be thus Wiliteds indeed}
there is hardly any Teapsiartort, but whatis, Common 1),
Man, When I was contideritig,how to pend 6neHour ny,
Raifing a mott Effectual &' Profitable: Brea Porky agalith})
the Idroads of this Enemy, dperéeivred it would Ne "cone,
bya fhort-aniwer to this 7 We

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OPER ave thofe Ofual Method?’ ef "Vempranont) wit,

which the Powers of Darkre/s' do “aBaule ae» Ohilaven 4
Meee lon tiny? haat
ONPhe Cavarhinn, Bovitig upon the Apoltles ‘Dicettion,,
Bredmintinicated ont of ther Sotety, WHO Tad Aarne
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Diicovered
This Mother-in-law, and this, as it is thought, while his
fown Father was Living too; the Apottle encourages
“tiem to Re-admit that man, upon his very deep and
Mharp Repent ance. He gives divers Reafons of his pro-
“pounding this unto them; w hereot one is, Left Satan
Airculd get advantage of them 3 ; for, had the man muifcarried,
ader any Rigour of the Sentence continued upon him,
es his Repentance, tis well af the Church it felf had Hoe
nuickly falien to pieces thereupon ; be fure, the Succefs of
Hee Gofpel nad been more than a little Incommoded. The
Apolt fe" upon this Occafion, intimates, “Th rat Satan has
pis Devices ; by which word are meant, Artilices, er Con-
rrivances ufed tor the Deceiving of thofe that are "Treate
‘wich them. W ell, But what (hall we do that we may come
@) this Carinthian witaini nent,iVe are not Ignorant of Satans
Non euivis homini Contingit !
Thy, abe Devil has Mille Nacends Antes aie t Ww il

uy. T tha i fat atten Dt a Eg
| dbtervations upon foe Tempraticns- of our Lord “‘Ielus
@ hrift: who was Tempted in ail. thin gs like ui ne US, EXCE PE
ip our Sins. When we read the Toms tations of our Lord
‘Bleftus Chrift, in the Fourth Chapter of Marthew, Thee
Thence, you will underftand, what was ence counted fo
Haitheule ; Even, The w, 4 of a Serpent upon the Rock. There
are certain Ancicat and Famous Meci bods which the Devil
a his Temptations, does moftly accultome himielf unto. ;
which is notfo much from any Ber-ennefs, or Slugaifh-
nefs in the Devil, but becaule he has had the Encourage-
lament of a, probatums eff, upon thole horrid Methods.
Mtlow did the Devil affauls the Fit Adam 2? It was with
Temptations drawn from Pleafue, and Profit, and ie
four, which, as the Apolt tle nates, in 1 Joh, 2. 16.
NAY that isin the World. W\ xh the ve ery fame ‘T Peat cr uti.

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ons it was, that he = upon the Second dam too. Now
in thole Temprations, you will {ee the more Ufual Methods,
whereby the Devil would be Enfaa ring of us3“arid | be-f
feech you to attend unto the’ following Admonitions, asif
thofe Warnings of God, which ‘the’ Lives’ of your Souls#
depend upon your ta king of ?

ass sioner ly Three Remarkable “A flaults olf

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Temptat which the Devil 1c feém He vilibly made uponfr
our Pade saftet he had been more Tnvifisle for Forty4
Dayes together Tempring of 'tl t Holy One; and w«|

may Mm: ike 2 few Dit {tinct Remarks upon themall,
§ The firft of our Lords three T’ emptations: is thv
H.

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\aecd i Mat. 4. 3. He was an Hungry; and when vb
Tempter came to Hint, he faid, If thow ‘be the Son of Ged. }
Command that thefe Stenes be made Bread. i

From whence, take thele Remarks.

L ‘The Devil will ordi narily make our Conditions, t li
be the Advantages of his Temptations. When our Lore;
was Hwnery, then, Bread ! Bread ! fhall be all the Cry oft!
his Temptation ; the Devil nuts him upon _a wrong {teprp
for the getting of Bread. Ph jere is NO Condition, butt
what has indeed fome Hunger accompanying of at 5 ancy
the Devil marks wh ‘sb it is, that we are Hungry fore Onuy
mans Condition makes Kin Hunger for Preferments , oi
Employments; another mans makes him Hunger for Cath, ve
or Land; or Trade ; another mans makes him Hungeile
for Merriments, or Diveritne' And! the Condition “oth
every Afflicted M an, makes him Huvcer with Impatience! le
for Deliverance. Now the Devi will bi {ure to fuit thitth
Perfwefions with our Con litzone. When he’has our Comiit
dirion to fpeak with him, and for him, then thinks he; q
am fure this man will now hearken to my! Propofals ! Hence
if men are fs Profperit:, the Devil will Tenipt then tq
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Forgetfulnefs of God ; if they are in “Adverfity, he will
iWiempt them to Murmuring at God} in all the Exprefit-
“Ibns of thofe Impictics, Wile Agur was aware of this; in
MPrev. 30 9. fays he, Ifa man be Full, he fhall be ‘Temp-
Med, Io Deny God and fay, W720 is the Lord ? Tf aman be
Poor, he fhall be Tempted, Te Steal, and take the Name of
Godin vain. “Che Devil will Talk fuitably. Uyou pon-
Mer your Conditions, you may expect you fhall be ‘Temp-
ted agreeably thereunto.

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H. The Devil does ofteg manage his Temptations, by
Wurcing of our Neceffties, Our Lord, was thus by the
ya) evil bawl’d upon 3 You want Bread; and youl Starve, if
rn my way you get it not. The Devil will {how fome For-
idden Thing unto us, and plead concerning it; as ct
Piread we ule to fay, It mujt be had. Neceffity has a won-
Aderful Compulfion in it. You may fee what Necefity will
Mio, if you read in Deut. 28. 56. The Tender and the Deli-
Wieate PViman among youy her eye floall be evil towards the
(BGhildren that fhe fball Bear, for fhe fall eat them for
mant of all Things. The Devil will perfwade us tha
there is a Neceffity of our doing what he does pro-
Hpound unto us ; and then tho? the Laws of God about
tus were fo many Walls of Stone, yet we fhall break
through them ali. "That little Inconvenience, of our
coming to Beg our Bread, O what a fearful Repre-
entation does the Devil make of it ! and when. once
athe Devil {cares us to think of a finful thing, Ie muji
Abe done, we foon come to think, If may be done. When
Miche Devil has frighted us, into an Apprebention, that
it is a Needful thing which we are prompted unto, he
prefently Engages all the Faculties of our Souls, to
Wprove, that it may be a Lawful one. ‘The Devil told
| eae You'l Dy if you don’t Sell your Birthright 5 the a
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& he Devil
vil told aren, You‘l pull all the People about your eavs't!
éf you do not countenance their Super$titions; and ther’
they comply‘d immediately. Yea, fometimes, if the"
Devil do but Feign a Neceftity, he does thereby Gais¥
the Hearts of Men; he did but Feign a Need, wher?
he teld: Saul, The Cattel muft be Sparea,, and the Sacra|"
fice muft be precipitated, and he does but Feign a Need't!
when he tells many a man, If yeu do no Servile workt
on the Sabbath-day, and if you don't Reb God of His Ei
vening, youl never fubfift in the World. All the Denial
of God, in the world, ule to be from this Fallacy Im-}'
posd upon us. It never can be Neceftary for us tel!
‘violate any Negative Commandment in. the Law olf
our God ; where God {ays, Thou fealt Net, We cannot!
upon aay pretence Reply, I mut. But.the Devil wil
put a molt formidable and aftonifhing face of Neac/fir|
upon many of thofe, Abominable Things which ave bate|
ful vo the Soul of God. Hell fay nothing to us about
The One Thing Needful; but the petite and the forry'!
Need-wars of this world, hel fet of with moft bloody'\
Colours of Neceffity. He will not fay, Tis uecofan'l!
for you to. imaintaim the Favour of your God, and Secu
the Welfare of your Soul; but he’l fay, "Tis NeceBary fail)

you. to keep in with your Neighbours ; and that you ani
jours may have a Good Living among them, im
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WI. ‘The Divel does infinuate his mol Horrible Tomp''t
éations, with pretence, of much Friendfhip and Kindtie/s fol!
us. He feemed very unwilling that our Lord fhould wan!
any thing that might be comfortable for him; bur, ‘he wall

| Dilcoverved
Manner of Service for them; and at the fame time to
ab them as Foab did Abner of old; this is juit like the
QDevd.5 and the Devil truly has many Children that Imi-
Bate him in it. Some very Affectionate Things were
Bpoken once unto our Lord ; Lord, be it far from thee, that
hou frouldeft fuffer any Trouble | but-our Lords An{wer
jgvas, in Math. 16. 23. Get thee behind me, Satan. ‘The
i hie willfay toa man, I would have thee to Confule thy
ww Inzereft, and I would have Trouble to be far from thee. He
ie thefe Fair Things, by the Mouths of our profefled
| Vriends unto us, as he did by the Tongue of a Speckled
Wpnake unto our Deluded Parents at the frit. But all this
Avhile, tis a DireCtion that ha’s been wifely given us; ben
We foeaks fair Believe him not ; for there ave Seven Abomina=
WN 20008 2 bis Heart.
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Bow: Things in thetnfelves Allowable and Convenienty
Jere ‘oftentimes turried into fore Temptations by the De-
wil. He prefs'd our Lord unto the making of Breads
| Why, that very thing was afterwards done by our Lord;
a the Miracles of the Loaves ; and yet it is now a moti-
onof the Devil, Pray, make thy felf.a Little Bread. ‘Vhe
H Devil will frequently :puc men by, fiona the doing of a
ISed/onable' Duty; but how 2 truly by putting us upon
another Duty, which may be at that juncture a fio
Wnjfeafonable Thing. Itisfaid in Ecch 8.5. a Wife mans
heart difcerns both Time and Fudgment. "The Wi-Timing
| bf Good Things, is One of the chief Intregues, which the
i Devik has to'Profecute. — The Devil himtelf, will Egg’ us
Aorto many a Duty; and why fo ? but becawfé at that
Ubvery ‘Tittle a more ‘proper and: Ufeful Duty, will have
Mo» Saperfedeas giver thereunto. And, thus there ‘are
| many: baa beta we can fay, eee 10 Tee oe
Machizs yet {o muchas this, They are Lawful ones, bY wht

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Lawiul Things --- Pertmus Omnes. Where fhall wa
find- that the Devil ha’s> Laid our: moft fatal Syiares it
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forus to Sleep 5 at the Board, where itis Lamfw tor us tcl
Shopsy where. we have-Lawful Butinels todo. The De
vil Will. decoye.usj.unte the utmoft 2d AY
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us into'a Tranfgreflion againtt the Lordi And the Devil)
by Inviting usto cadamful “Thug, ata wrong Time fora
a . AF
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God. ‘Tis Lawful (for people to ufe Recreations - buy,
J rx Of
Day chow. Eninaring-are-they.! the Devil then too COM ty
were Lawiul ; though almcft all the Chriftian Churchey)
inthe World, have made: a Scandal of it; yet for per-y
ert
aithing, which Doubilefs the Dev] makes,good Earn inigsys

‘ruly, our Snares are on the Bed, where it is Lawfny
Sits;.in the Cups, wheretis Lawfil to Drink + and. in thi
> 9 ine

tC Pcige of the Libert,
thats Law/ul for'us ;.and' then ione dite, pufhy Jhurrie IT
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1, Layes us underiurther Entanglement. of Guilt betore
in the Evening ofthe Lords Day, or the Morning of AN
monly bears part in the Spo: age Fs Promifcuctis Dancingy.
‘ ; h

fons to go pretently from -a Sermen \to;aDance, is to do

ofe.,

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