we' I1orsrye ;nayheaffHredthrtt wehaw tarefaith, 523 OfGods fpirit, that Satan and all the power of hell cannot preuaile againfl it : for otherwife how could fuch weakneffe withf and fuch might? Laf}lie, being affured that it is the fpirit ofGodwhich of fifleth and enab!eth vs to withfland Satan, wee may allobee affured that in the end wee íhall obtaine vi61orie, vnleffewe' would fondlie imagine that the diuell is fironger thenGod, and the violence of his tentationsmore forcible to defiroy vs, then the fpirit ofGod to prote&-and defend vs ; for now they haueioynedbattel,and either theoneor the other muff get theupper hand, either the fpirit ofGod mutt thruff out Satan, or Satan the fpirit of God; and therefore howcan we doubt ofconquefi, feeing wee are affured that God'can- nottake the foile, for his power is omnipotent, and with a wordofhis mouth, he is able todefiroy Satan and all his ad- hcrents? andofhis will wee neede not to make any quefli- on, for it will not !land with his glorie to receiue a repulfe bygiuing Satan place, after that he hath taken vpon hitn our proteaion. Yea (will the tempter fay) buthow wiltthou know that §30 .9,.. this battell is fought in thee how cant} thou be affured that Hovvwe may it is the fpirit ofGod which, fighteth in thee again!} thy k4ovv that fpirituall enemies, and not rather thine owne tumultuous.this combate pallionsand perturbations, and diucrs tentations fuggetled tf "eérr he by the fame diuell.? Towhich it is eaí e tomake anfwere, for f¿ta andt;,e neither doth the flefhfight againl Satan,nor Satan againfi/pm:. the flcfh, nor either of:thcmagaini' themfelues, for fo their kingdomebeingdliuided couldnot pofhblie f}and,as our Sa- uiour Chriahimfelfe hathtaught vs, Matth. t 2.25.26, And Ma:Ih. 12.2 therefore it muf}-needs bee. fome other force which caufeth this oppofition,w,vhichcan proceede from nothing -elfe but the fpirit ofGod.- , . But this will moremanifefflie:appeare, if we confider the contrarie affeaions and a&lions which plainely (hew theme felues in this battel,forwe find our faithaffaulted with doub- ting and infidelitie, and thefe alto againe beaten backeafter theyhauegottenforne ground & fubdued with the flrength- offaith we difcertie alfo our affiance inGod threwdly ken ...
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