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Ephefian.r,Chap.:G.
V>ïn.ió;
finifhed all
things (that
is
,
having out-wraftled
all
the
wills
which
meete you
in
thofe
hard times)
you may be
able
to hold your owne;
yea
to
goe on more and
more ftrengthned
and fuller
of
refolurion
then
before.
We
fee
then what
is
the
end
of
all
that
is
revealed
of
cvill
Angels, their fubtiltie
and
power;
That
we pull up good hearts
to
re-
fift
them.
It
is
not
to
feede
curiofity, but
to
make
us
more
vigilar;e.
I
Pet.
5.8.
Be
fober
and watch,
for
your
adverfary
the
devil
goes about
as
arming
Lyon,
be.
Much
!elk
is
it
the purpofe
of
Paul
to
difhear-
ten us,
as
thofe naughty Spies,
Num.
13.
who told
of
the Gyants
of
Canaan, fo
as
to quaile the courage
of
the
Ifraelites:
but
this faithful!
fervant
Both
fo
tell them, that
he
may
whet up
our fpirits to the
refr-
flance
of
them,
1
Pet.
5.9.
Whom
refli/fedfafi in
the
faith.
This
then
muff be
our care, when
we know
how
powerful!, fubtill adverfaries
we have,
To
buckle our felves
to battell,
and gird up nur loynes to
martial! refiftance.
Now,
that
we may
be
encouraged
to
ware this
warre,
who
are
fo
weake,
Firft,
we mutt confider
the
Spirit
in
us is
ftronger
then
the
fpirit
in
the world.
a
Iohn
4.4.
The
Spirit
which doth beare
at one
end
of
the
ftaffe in
every godly fight,
is
fironger then
all the
Devils
in
hell. Secondly,
all
the Devils power
is
limited
,
and
that fhorr, that
he
is
not
able
to
wound
us
mortally,
Gen. 3.
15.
He
!half
bruile
thy
heck:
he cannot wound
us
in
the head,
or
hurt
us,
as
Chrift
doth
him (yea
and maketh
us
likewife)
when he doth treade
him under our
fate,
Rom.
16.
lo.
The
God
of
peace
than fhortly tread downe
Sa-
tan, &c. All
his
power
is
derived and limited
:
he
cannot touch
a
cat-
tell
that belongethto us,nor
a
hogge,
if Chrift
doe not make
him
his
warrant.
This
we may
fee
by
experience,
what
is
the caufe, when
we are in
the beft
liking,
the
Devil! doth bring
us
downe
and
moyle
us in
firme;
and
yet,
when
by
finne we
lye
under
him,
he can
doe nothing
till wee
are
rifen
by dayly
repentance
:
heis
at his chaines
end,
and can goe no
further
:
if
we were
in
the mouth
of
this
roaring
Lyon,
he could
not
couch
his
fangs
without Gads
perroiffion.
Thirdly,
notwithftanding
all his
power,
he can
doe nothing with
its
but
by cur owne
leave, he
mutt
knockc
and aske
our
leave
before he enter.
Now
a
tyrant that
raignes
by
intreatie,
is
not
much feared
:
and an
enemie,
',Lei non
melt
vineere,
nif
volentem,
is
not
much dreadful!.
Fourthly, Chrift bath
unarmed,
and
bound
him,
Colof.
2.
15. and
hath
fpoylcd the principa-
lities and
powers.
His Panoplia
is
gone.
Now fora
man
in
compleate
harnefTe
to
feare
a
naked
bound Gyant, were too much
daftardik.
Fiftly, we
have
the
good Angels with
us, fighting againft
them,
Pfal.
9
r.
1
r.
For
he !hall
give his
Angels charge over thee,
&c.
Het..
1.14.
Are they not
all
mi.
nihring
fpirits
fent
forth
to minifler for their
fakes,
which
fhail
be
heires
of
Salvation!
So
that
if
our eyes were opened,
we
might
fee
(as
Elifha
laid) there
are more
with
us,
then againft
us.
Laftly,
our
Captaine, the Lord
Jefus,
the Lord
of
Hofls, the
Firft and the Laft,
is
with
us
forour encouragement.
If
one
lofuah
could (land
again!!
one