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4.oz.
Ephefianr,Chap.3.
V
ea.16.
that
compkat
armour which
in
the 6.
Cha.is
defcribed: You have
only
thefe words , that
yee
may
be
flrengahened,
but
it
is
in
the
ori-
ginall,ehat
yee may bee
firengthened with
might,cru
dt
r,
rey
,,m
,at.
It
may be asked
what
is
meant
by the inward mane
anf.
Firft
the
mind
and fpirit.
2. Becaufe
the
Souk
doth
not by the
natnrall
life
Of
it fuftaine triall
,
therefore the
Souk
as living
with the
life,
of
grace,
muff
be
confdered,
the fpirit
of
men
as
living fpiiitu-
all
y.
The
fumme therefore of
all,
commeth to
this
:
"
That
as
he called
them to
this
duty
of
not
fainting,
fo he was
"
a foirer to
God for
them ,
that
he
would
grant
from
that
a-
"
bundant
rich might which
he
hath, that they
weak
and
ofno
"
ftrenggth in
themfelves, might be
harneffèd
with
his
Coat
ar-
"moor,
might
be
ftrengthened with might,
his
Spirit,
which
from
"himfelfe
and
the Sonne worketh
all
things, working
this in
us,
nor
by flrengthening
usin
body, but
in
our foules,
fo
farce forth
"
as
they live fpiritually.
D.ú.
r;
Then we
fee
this
to be
confidered,
What is the
fountaine
of
all that
ill
A
oar
i-
ren
th
wherewith
wee
areflrengahened, the
rich
glorious
power of
God
u
+ll
fti t
ngrh
i>
from Gods
btrnfelfe
: this
is
it
that
enableth
us
to beare
of li
&ions; this
is
it which
richglorious
keepeth
us in
the courte
of
our warfare,
walking
to
falvation.
2
Tim.
power.
r. 7.
Be
Partakers
of
the
affltilionsofthe
Go(ßell
ac-cording to
the
power
of
:
p«.r.;
God.
Wee are kept as
is
a
watchtower
by
the
Power
of
G,'d
to
falvation.
So
Col.
r.
r
r.
he
wifheth them firengthened
with
all
might,
through
his
glorious power.
We
are
able
to
doe
every
thing in
him
firesgrhening
us
:
He
Palm-6....
lit
s
the
rocke
:
He
is
the ffrength
of
Ifrael
bleffed
for
ever. Like
as a
valo-
rous captaine
when
his
fouldiers droope, doth with
fpeeches
of
encou-
ragement,
purnew
foules
as it
were into
them,
animating them
to bar-
tell:
So
our
heavenly Captaine, further
then he
Both infpire and create
ftreneth
in
us, we
are
ready to
faint;
therefore
faith
David,
When
PfaLr;.ot.
Rom.1.6:
my
heart
fainteth
and
my
fielht.a
Ifo,
God
is
the
flrength
of my-beart,and
my
portion
for ever.
We
by
*azure are
of
no
flrength,
the
Lord
muff
give
it
us: tie
giv
eth
flrpgth
to
his people; Yea he muff
when
we have
it,
ftirre
us up
to
ufe
rf,
girding
oar
loynes
to
this batten,
teaching oar
fngersto
warre, and our
hands
to
fight; of
elfe
as
good
wee had
it
not,
for we fhall
have
no
rife
of
ir; As
good not have
a
fword,
as
not
PfaL6::rr:
be able to draw
it.
Í
have beard
it
twice,
that
power belongeth
to God.
Looke
as
it
is
in
our life,
God
is
a
fountains
of
life
and
we live
in
him,
he caufing this life
in
us:
So
it
is
in
our ftrength,he from that
well-
head
of
all
power
in
him,
fendetti forth thefe drops which
are
in us.
yN r:
The which
mutt
teach us to
grow
up in
the
acknowledgement
of
wee
mull se-
God
and
of
his
mighty
power
:
for
what
keepeth
us,
that
hell
pre
-
imod
rdue
vaileth
not
againfl
us
r
it
is
the
Power
of
the Father, who
is
greater
ft,
engh.
then any, though wee
difcerne
it
not:
The
Saints
therefore
have
pilw,19.
:,
called cod
their Shield,their
tower
of
defence,
their
rocke,their falvati-
on. Wee
mull not
thinke that there
is
no
further
ftrength
to
befought,
but