Plxlat.144.t. 134 How the Chri/lianbeingfoiled nayPerailed any foode at all, as hedid Mefer and our Sauiour Chrill. So it is made manifef}when as he giueth vs viaorie ouer our enemies, though there bee force equalitie in the numbers: andother preparations, for it is he that teacheth our hands to rvarreandourfinaers tofight : butt it is more euident whenas ournumber is..finall, as when he deliuered the Ifraelites by Gedeon andhis three hundred men, from an innumerable army;andouercame thewhole hofl ofthe Philiflimes,by the weakemeanes oflonathanandhis armour-bearer but then it is moil deereandmanifef},whenas hee ouerconmeth our enemies by his owne immediate power, as he did the Egyp- tians in the red lea, and the hof}ofSenacherid at the liege of lerufflem. And fowhen he giueth the (bongChriflian who isfull of grace, viaorie ouer Satan, hispower appeareth; for vnles he were f}rengthened withhis graces,he couldnot hand : but when onewho fecmeth in his ovineeies deflitute ofgrace, and full ofPanne and corruption(fo,thathe plaittcly feeth that he is altogether vnable to with(}and the leaf+ af- fault) is notwithf} fo fitpported by Gods almightie hand,and immediatepower,that he doth not onely fland in thebatten, but in the cnd obtaineth vh5orie; hereby the power and goodneffe of God moll cleerelie appeares to themfelues and all the world. Seeing then our fnnes and, fallesdoPhewvntovsour owne infirmities and weaknes,and thefedoedeclare Gods vnrefiflable powerand might,which notwithftandingour feebleneffe doth vphold vs :. therefore let vs fodefpaire in our felues, as that thereby wee may bee- moiled to reliewhollyvpon the Lord,hauing fomuch more hopeofvielory_as the flrengthofGòdexcelleth the f }rengtiv ofman ; let vsbe fohumbled with a true fenfe and forrovv: for our ovine infirmities and corruption,as that in the meane timewemay receiue more found confolation and true ioy, becaufewe fland not by our owne flrength, which euerie houre would failevs, busby the'power ofGods might:and therefore thoughSatan and all the power of hell confpire andbandthetnfcluesagainf} vs, yet !hall they not preuaile; and:thoughtheyToile vs, yetl}iall they neuer finally. otter. .mine:; forhe. that, hwithvs is.firongcr thanal they. = a&ail
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