How toliveby Faith ix timeof2'emptation, iCor.i2.7,8,9 will teachwifdomeand providence to difcerne anddifap- Rom.6. t 4. point his (tratagems. The power of Sathan is great to mole(t, but ifwe fight manfully againft him, not tru- fting in our owne (trength, but in the living Lord, we 111111 obtaine a joyfüll viciorie. We mua not be (lothfull nor felfe-confident, but valiant in the Lord, and the fue- 1 PCa1.60, 12. cefeis certaine through his blefedaide. Throng!: Godwe fhzll doe valiantly :for heit is that 'halltreaddown: our ene- mies. This is thecommandement of God, that we believe in the name of his Sonne lefus Chrilt. Nothing is fo glorious to John.;, ;;, God: nothing fo profitable tous. It doth give God, as it were, a teltimoniall of his truth, power, mercy and goodnefe. And for our felves, it is our treafure, ftrength Jam.2.. and vidòry,. Godbath chofen thepeoreof this world,rich in ifay.3ó. t s. faith. Ingnietnefie, and in confidencefhaübeyourlrength, t Pet.d 9. We have a charge to refaft the Divell flrony in thefaith, The more fiercely we be aflàiled, the more confidently fhould webetake our felves unto the Lord for helpe,who is our Chong caRle,and rockeofdefence, In peace if men let their armour hangby and ruff ; yet it is time ro buckle it about them, whenthe enemy is at the gates, andbegin- nab to batterthe walls.The Lordpermits Sathan tobuffet us, that we might be movedto feekeand take untous thearmour ofa Chri(tian, more efpecial'y to put on the fhieldoffaith. Todoubt and feare becaufe we are exerci- fed in fpirituall combats, is as ifa fouldier fhould lay afide his harneffe, becaufe he is called forth to battell with his enemies. The Apo(tle fpeaking of our fpirituall con- flic with the malicious enemies ofour foules, chargeth us not onely tobelieve, but above all things to labour af- Ephef.6.16. ter faith. above all things taking the fhieid offaith : ( which manner of exhorting doth¡hew us, both what care we mug haveofit, and what approbationwehave fromGod to believe. For if webid a fervant buy many things, but above all filch athing, byhischargehemight eahly gather what he fhould be careful' in, andwhat al- lowance
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