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is wdl; rhen, finne on and fpare nor; ir skills not grearlr, forrhelarrer.
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b re ec<ercill/4 bel/a confiJ!ere, factet
te
DiJmtnut caJere c.ramzmmZCf!
t{m
(fait;\
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;r~he;to
Am.<zia.)
If rhis
b~
our conce.ir, fo rhe
Hoff
be.w.~l1,all
is
W(dl':_G ..,.
o·\.t)ll
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reacrh you another lelfon (fatrh he) whtch Ihfl nor engl1fi1, ·A proofewhereofiW.ee
have, beforeGibea. Where rhe whole power of
ifrae!
(~oooao. ftron~) tr~ll:it_ttg,
,
in'theirgoingout [o
ll:rong, fell before,a few
Be»JaimW,
a fmallhandfullm
comp~n-
Iud,l,£.• 7;
fon .;nd (hewed plamly tQ all ages
to
comc;thausi,Hlt a
pan;~nspGt' al~,
to
goeforth
H ->dd
with
411
fi;ajl,
thougl11ie•1er fo well
appomte~.
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Let us then (asadviceleadeth us)
_m;~~e
up our penoqW1nh
ta~u'lg__,:voouvfe-~
Ittd.7.f,
rell:rainc of
fin.
For, whadinnc unrell:rained can worke, rho
valle~ ·o~
Achor;rilay
reach us; where, the inhabitants.
o~rhe
poore rowne of Ar, putro fltgllt
lofo.t·wjth
all hisforces; and all, becaufetlus !econd pomt was not well looked ro.
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Now this fecond point being within thecomplife·ofour proftff'N}n, andyCilh:l-.
vin<>fo
n~celfary
an ufe in
War,as
the fentenceis not perfeCt wirhour ir;n'IJy.ferw
tb
:mf~erthequeO:ion
(mornifually than advifedly
oft~aftour) _wh~tgooddoe_:liife
ch~~rch-men.?
What ufe 1s there ofthem (now) at fuch tlmes as th1s
~
Yes;rhere1s
itn
·
ufe ofthem; and that in
Warre,we
fee. The
Campe
hath ufe ofthis•place·; and they
that ferve there, ofthem that ferve here. Which G o o !hewed plainty' in the firlt
Btod.•7_·!~~
field thatever His peopie fought : and, when he had !hewedir, caufed it ro he're·cdil.
ded
adperpett.am reimemori4m
( rhey be Go o's owrle'words) thaeuhe fame coiufe
might be ever after holden in all. Where it is thus written (and
,ifJ,e'6eleeve iiot)'we
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, ,_... "–
jha!l
rm
be effab!ifoed)
that
I
ofua's
hav.ing the better,or going tdt
1
he
W?~fe,
depended
nor a littleon the fteddmelfe of
Mofe
s hands: and, that
Mofu,
·fraymg behmd> and
lhikin<> never a O:roke,did his parr toward the·attaining ofrile
vieto~y,not
mucltk<fe
than z?t•a,that
went forth
and feughr man(uUy.
PrAyer
t!flen is of
uf~: :
and rhoug_n vfe
be (faith Saint
Paul)
armed at all points from
~anJ
,,
fgot,
yet mull ·we
f!•pex
gnm14,
llphe.~.·~
over all, draw this; and arme even our very armour with
pr4yer and'fujplications. :
Bur whatavailethprayer, without
keefingfromfinl
Therefore,c6thararrnourgf,
Pet.•.•
~
Saint
Pau!'1,
wemuO:addeSt.
Peter'
I
too,
Toarmegur,felveswirhthumindif teajing
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from fin, that our pr.yerJ may be ejftllua/1.
Therefore
MofeJ
himfclfe joyneth not to
,
our-going forth,
his exercife of keeping up our hands at prayer;
~ut,
thisrathetof
Nu"':o~·~l
keepingot~r
feetfrom fin.
The King of
Mo11b (Balak)
When he obferved.what prxyer
had wrought in the barraile of
Amatek,thought
to take the very like c6urfe, andfcm:
for
Ba!aam
into his Campe; to match
Prophet
with
Prophet,and
to oppofe
Prayer
unto-;
Prayer.
Bm, when
~U
his
a!tarJ
and
rammeJ.wOuld
doe no good;
Ba!aamknowing
well; thereis, in
finne,
a power rodefear any prayer, he commeth to the dangevogs
counfell
ofcatljing Ifrael tofin with the dat<ghten ofMoab:
Which was found too t-rue.
For,it
tttmeJto their
mine,and all rheir prayers would then doe no good. Here is
~h~n
_ ..--,
another ufe. For,
the chariot! anahorfu of Elijha,
the
rveapm1 of our warfare
(as the •
King. •P•·
Apoflletermeth
them) though not
carnal!
(if
God enable thetn,to
calt
down fuch Un...
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full thoughts and wickeddefires, as exalt themfelvcs daily, and to captivate tb.em
to the obedtence of
CH •
x
ST)
have (cerrainely) their ufe to fecond the former: an<!
we,in our turne_s,
fervic~able,as
by
cryi~g
unto God by pr,ayer,and drawing Him to
the HoO:, who ts our chtefeO: and bell: fnend; fo, by crymg alfo ao-ainft
fin,
and cha-
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fing uaway, which is our chiefdbnd worO: enemie. Since then rhefe rwo have this
-mumall ufe either of other, let this be our petition(and withall, theconclufion of
~IS
part)
That.we fingle
th~m.not,
or leane to either alone, but rua;er them, as rhey
, anhdtogether mrhe
verfe,[o,mour care andregard,joyntly
ro keep time and goero:
!>et er. So much forrhem.
( . And now to enquire into the
reafonofthisco~tpling.Why
nowlWhy,at
this
tint~
I I I '
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Warre) agi":ingoverfinne,
Forthat (indeed)rhey be not barely joyned ;but/o •
Th~ .~~;~!"'
Joy~ed,
asooetsmadetheantewlent, the·otherrhecon(equmt. One, the rime, and
~the
co•J•n•
(as
It
were) thereafo,lto inferrethe other. Truly
M
ofe's
Word['!)] w'ill beare both ""·
R4
eithe~