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Cap. 14. lusts, whereby he gives himelf to idlenes, and loth, which is the devils cuhion, whereby he omits holy exercies, whereby he burdens his oul with intemperance, covetounes, and uch like vices.

There are three degrees of our wretling against luts; to wit, againt uggetion, delight, and aent.

To undertand these degrees, that of James helps, c. 1. 14, &c. Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed; then when lut hath conceived, it bringeth forth in; and in when it is finihed, bringeth forth death. We must then firt reit uggetions & thoughts which are either ascending from the fewel of concupicence or decending being uggeted elwhere: the firt are not without in; the latter are not ins, being cast in by Satan if o be we let them pae, and entertain them not. But if we cannot avoid the firt degree; let us hun the econd, let we come to cherih evil thoughts with delight. But we mut chiefly beware of the third degree, that we give not our aent. For the more we obey the inne of concupiscence, the more it increaeth. Which that we may more and more avoid, we beeech God the Father, in his Sonne, through the Holy Ghot, to which one God in Trinity, be praie, honour and glory, for ever and ever, Amen.