merchant is Satan, cunning to insinuate, and get the creature into his books, and when he hath him on the hip, no more mercy to be had at his hand, than the lamb may expect from the ravenous wolf. Use 3.—Study his wiles, and acquaint thyself with Satan’s policy. Paul takes it for granted, that every saint doth in some measure understand them: ‘We are not ignorant of his devices,’ 2 Cor. 2:11. He is but an ill fencer that knows and observes nothing of his enemy’s play; many particular stratagems I