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JO.
ephefianf,Chap.
6.
725
of
this
world.
Againe, for theirnature, they are not weake
flesh,
but
fpirit
:
and
therefore
fubtle, and
mighty
to spread
their
wickedneffe,
wherewith
theyare
replenished.
Finally, they
are fuch
to whom (caft out
of
heaven)
though the
deepe hell
belongeth;
yet
the Lord
by
his just
difpenfation
(that
his,
judgements may beexecuted on the wicked,
and his
children
tryed)
doth
let
them
be
in
the earth,
and hover over our heads in
the
ayre,
in
great
abundance, prying into us,and fo having
the
vantage
of
the
place
against us.
Firft, then
we
fee here,
that no
man whatfoever his worthinelfe is,
or
graces,
but
is
encountred
by
Satan.
Our
Parents were feton
in
(Cate
of
innocencie
:
Chrift:
lie
defrred
to
winnow
the
Apo
les;
for
omall
other
he
is
theme;
oppoftte
toEach,
as
whowill
Rill
be
bus
eft
where he
hach
leaf
to
doe. And no marvel!
:
for, the Saints have
received
Gods
preffe-
money,
and bound themfclves
by
Sacrament
to
fight againft
him.Again,theSaints arepaffed(by the power
of
God)out
of
his
king-,
dome,
and
therefore he doth
fpite
them,
as
not
of
his family
:
as
dogs
use
to
barke, and bite not thofe
of
the houfe they
are
in, but frangera:
and
the
Saints finally have
the golden
graces
of
God,
which are the
3
treafurehe wouldrob
from
them. Theeves
breake
not into poore cot-
tages,
but
houles which
are
fulleft
of
treafure
:
fo
Satan
will
offer
to
breake into thofe
hearts
which God bath
fill'd
with his
fpirituall
trea-
fure; there
is
booty
for
his
malice
to prey upon.
This
therefore mutt
be laid
down, that
All the
fätbfall
fnde
fßlrita-
al1
enmitie againft them
::
for
though
fometime he goe away for
a fea-
fon,
Luke
4.
13.
though there be old
men afwell
as
yong
:
yet this
hindreth not, but that
it
may
be
affirmed
of
all,
that they
have
their
enemies (till
begirting
them,
and
affailing
them, when they
hope for
advantage
by it.
Which
doth
refute the vaine
judgement
of
the world, which fa-
pp
17.
voureth not the things
of
God
:
for
whereas
this
is
the eftate
of
all
Saints,
they count them either
foolish,
or humorous, troubled with
they knownot what, or
think
that
they are forne notorious
fanners,
if
they bein their mindermolefted.
Secondly,
it
mutt teach
all
of
us
who
areweake
in
grace;
of
fmall
3;
growth,
not to wonder
if
we
be
troubled:
for
if
the
green
wood
cfcape
not,
what
{hall
we, dry
in
comparison, be
exempted!
Thirdly,we
must
be admonifhed
(though ofnever
fuch proceeding)
3;
not to
lay
afide
our
armour,
feeing
that
weare ftill
fubjeâ
to be
affaul.
ted
:
Nunquam
bella
bons, nanquam certamina defeat.
Secondly,
we
muff fee
what
is
the
courfe
of
a
Chriftian life: it
is
a
confiding
courfe, or wraftling continually; power
of
darkeneffe fee-
king
to throw
himfrom
faith,
holineffe, bleffedneffe,
to
lion
and
a
curled
elate
:
our
life is a
warfare.
The
life
of
all
men
generally
is
full
of
commotion,
lob 14.
r.
much more
of
them, who for
oppofition
in
this
world,
are
of
all men
the moll
miferable.
Paulfaith,
his
life and courfc was a
warfare;
I
have fought
a
good
R r
r
fight,