t4.i4. e1.6. 3Z V ERBS. ap.I ued the knowledgeand loue ofthe truth.The falle Chrif}s (hall notdeceiue the ele&,as being prote&edbyGods power,& fur- nailed with holy vnderitanding.The diuell himfelfewith all his fierydarts and temptations,(hall be refilled anddriuen back by thofe that haueon thebreit-plate ofrighteoufnes,and the other pieces ofGods complete armour. The Lord Iefus by the found knowledge ofthe facredfcriptures hathalready repulfed & tur- ned him to flight,and putteth the fame weapon into our hands, with (lrengthandpower topurfue him. Conui&ionofthem that are drawnaway byeuery iugler, & finfull companion.The Iefuites,and Seminaries ,the herctickes, and traytors,may difgorge their (Ioinackes, andvomit vp their venome into their bofomes,& they haue neither hand,nor hart, nor tongue,to reie& them,but fuller themfelues tobecaried to errors,tohcrefies,to idolatry,to confpiracies,to treafons,to re- bellions,to thamefull executions,to fearefull damnation. Ther- fore theywerenot righteous,therfore they wanted knowledge therefore theywere naked andde(Iitute ofall defenfiue armour. Andhere come alto tobe taxed,as friends to corruption,al they that are enuious tovnderftanding,and themeans thereof,which thinke idomuch the more dangerous to feek for,byhowmuch there aremore which go about to deceiue. But this hathbeen fufficiently fpoken ofin the fixteenthverfe ofthe ninth chapter, cfpecially in thevfe. Verfe 1 o. In theprofperity of the righteous the citie reioyceth, andwhen the wickedperifh there is joy. I Ntheprofperity ofthe rjghteous)that is,when things goe well wth th',thecityreioyceth,that is,the honeft andwell difpofed citi zens,and countrimen be inwardlyglad, and outwardly de- clare their ioy,by cheerful' countenance,and fpeeches,& other meanes,as opportunity ferueth to expreffe thefame.And fo doe theyalto at the death,andouerthrowofoppreffors,andtyrants, andother wicked perlons, by whofe fall the people rife, and whofe ruine is the repaire ofthecity. Goodmen haue not onely Gods hand to glue them good things,
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