735 / 808
VER. Io.
Ephefianr,Chap.6.
7'5
he knew would follow
them,
and puiffant Kings
encounter them
as
they marched to their inheritance.
Againe,
a
Chriftian
is
borne with
his
armour
on his
back,
fo
that
2.
hee can as
well
ceafe
to
be
a
Chriftian
as ceafe
to
be
armed. That
which
is
fabuloufly
fpoken
of
the
race
of
Gyants,
is
truly
fpoken
of
es;
we are no
fooner borne then
we
have
our fwords
girded ro us,our
fhiclds on
our
armes,&c. For the
Word
doth beget
us,Faith
is
the
firft
thing formed
in
us.
Now
that
ive
muff
have
compleat armour
,
it
is
hence
manifcft.
Becaufe it
were
in
vaine
to have force
parts covered, and
to
lie
open
nf
to
mortal'
wounds
in
other force. The Devil'
is
like
thofe Champi-
ons, who
if
they cannot wound the
head nor
the heart, they
will prick
any part
rather then
faite.
Chriftians then mutt
have
their compleat
harneffe
covering them vfe
r:
from top to toe; which
doth
thew
us
how
unchriftian many are, who
know
not,
if
they
fhould fpeake
truth,
that
there
is
any fuch armour.
Like
Iitae'
when
there
was
not
a
Smith,
nor
a
weapon
in
it
:
fo
is
the
face
of
our Ifraelites,
they
looke nor
(though
they
have
bound them
-
felves
by the Sacrament
w
be
warriours) after armour.
If
thou
haft
not
this
armour,
know
the Devil' hath
furprifed
thee,
and
holdeth
thee
as a
flave
to
him.
Againe, many forget that they mutt have compleat
armour,
fuch
is
as
muft cover them
all
over: and therefore
though
in
fome things
they
feeme covered,yct Mothers they
are
without
defence.
Secondly,
we
muff marke
that he doth not fay, wee mutt
have ar-
mour,
or
prepareir,
but
we
mutt
put it on
:
obferve thence,
that
It
is
Doer
not enough to
know
there
is
fuch
'armour
,
but
we
muff
have
it
buckled al-
wales
upon
ns,inreadineffc
by
s: wemuft
not doe
as
many ,
who
have
wardrobes ofapparell, but they weare them not ;
as
good
have none
as
ufe it
nor.
But
you will askeme, How may we put
it
on !
If
we
doe
uncafe
us
of
that which
will not
let
it be
draw
ne
upon
us:
4nf.
for
as
hee
which would
put
on
a
new fuit,
mutt
firft
put off
his
old;
fo we.
Secondly, we mutt
in
confcience
of
our infirmity pray
to God
to
2.
fit
this
furniture about
us
:
for,
looke
as
little children,
although they
haveapparrell, they cannot
put
it
on further then the
nude or mother
doth
make
them
ready
:
fo
it
is
with
us.
Thirdly,
we mutt
put
on
theft
things
by
exciting and augmenting
3;
them
:
as
for example
;
Wouldit
thou
put on
the
fhteld
of
faith ! doe
it
thus
;
I
am
a
poore
captive
:
well,
Chrift
hath bid
me
hold him,and
he will make me free. I
am
troubled with lawes
of
evil': well,Chrift
is
afar
&ifier: every time
we
renew faith,we put on this
fhield.
Fourthly, the
ufe
of
this
armour doth
put
it
on
:
for betides
as in
4:
apparel(
by
ftretching our
felves
we
make it fall
to
our
bodies,
thefe
graces have
this;
being exercifed,they increafe
the more.
This doth
rebuke many, yea many
that
have
armour. Looke,
as
vfe
i.
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