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E[Z,IO.
Ephefianr,Chap.6..
713
one
courfeprove
not,
they will turne every(lone; which
fhould make
us
much moredouble our courage
in
that which
is
good.
z.
We
fee
hence, how
that Gods
almighty ftrength
is
it,
on
which
Our
courage
muff be
builded.
Efay
3
o.15.
Thus
faith
the Lord God,
in
quietneffe and
ten
fhall ye
be
raved
,
in
quietnefl'e and confidence
(hall
be your ftrength. Phi/
4.14.
I
can
do
all
things
through Chrift
that ftrengtheneth
me.
r
Pet.1.5.We
are
keptby the
power
of
God
unto
falvation
:
for
no
flrength but
his
can
prcvaile again('
the ftrong
one in
the world
:
he
bruifeth
the
Serpents
head,
bee
diffolvrth the
works
of Satan , Gen.3.
lof.3.8. The
Ifraelites could
not
have come
out
ofEgypt,
nor
mitred
the Land of Canaan ,
if
the Lord
had
not
fubdued their enemies, neither
might
they
be confident
in
fword
or
bow, but
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
only ,
in
their ftrong God
:
much
more
muff
our courage
be
builded on God
,
feeing
their enemies
are
fle(h,
ours are fpirits
of
great power. Looke
as it is in
fouldiers,
their
chiefefl
flrength
lieth
in
their Captaine
:
fo
is
it
true
here, that
all
our
ftrength
lieth
in
Chrift,
the
Captain
that
leadeth
us
to falvation,
his
power doth
all
our works for
us
:
and
that which
is
to
be
in us
,
doth
but
fit
us
to
Rand (till and
look to this almighty power
of
God,which
fubdueth
all
things for
us.
It
mutt
teach
us
therefore to
difclaime our
owne ftrength : he
that
Pre
is
will be wife,
muff
become
a
fool;
he
that
will be
ftrong,
muff learne
to
fee
himfelfe
to be
weakneffe it felfe.
We
our felves
before our
convex fion
are
of
no ffrength,
Rom.
5.6. After,
of
no
flrength:
Not
that we
are
fufficient
to
thinke
a
good thought,
'a
Car,3,
5.
None
can
name
the Lord
Jefus
but by
the Holy
Ghótt,
i
Car.'
2.3.
He
is
hap-
py
that is,growne
up
to
be emptie
of
himfelfe
:
we are
as full
of
felfe-
confidence
as
of
felfe
-love, though
we cannot difcerne
ir.
This
is
the
reafon
we are fo
often foyled,that we might
fee
we are
of
no
ftrength,
that
all
our
viEtories
mull come from
God.
lud.
io.
The Lord
let the
Ifraelires
fall
in
a
mot'
jufl quarrell again(' their brethren ,
that
he
might
ftrip them
of
that
felt
confident prefumption they had
in
them.
felves. And
Paul, fo
holy
an
Apoftle,
was
brought to the
gates
of
death
that
he
might
learne this leffon,
2
Car.r.9.
What
máketh
us af-
ter
divers fats ,
to
be no more afraid
of
the
enemies
that
buffet
us
e
what
maketh
us
that
we can no more feelingly run under
the
wings
of
Chrift
!
whence
is
it
that
we have no more
poverty of
fpirit in
the
experience
of
our frailties,
but that ferret kite-confidence
is
mighty
in us
c
Seeing
that
all
our
courage
mull
be
in
this ,
that God
is
with
us; let
us
be nothing
in
our felves.
The
bleffed foules can
fay
with
Paul,
Phil.3.3. We-are
thofe whore hearts being circumcifed, rejoyce
in
the Lord
Jefus, and have
no confidence
in
the
ficfh.
Secondly
,
let
us
learne
to
build our
felves
on this
Rock,
on
our Pfe
a
flrong
God Chrift
Jefus. As
thofe
uncircumcifed
Philiflims did
place
all their hopes
of
the battell
in
their Gelid)
:
fo muffwe place
all
our
hope
in
Chrift
Jefus
:
this
is
our
ftrength.
Exact.
14.
13. Stand
ûi11,
feare
not,
behold the
falvation
of
the Lord which
he will
flew
to yo
u
QS(
(I
this