Comfortsfor thofe whofee andfeele their;mperfeEficnr. 635 theend that hee may learne to be more humble by hisBrie_ uous falles ; yea he relfieth him,and therefore how is it pof- uiblethat he fhouldEland?but contrariwifebe giueth grace tothe humble, and filleth himwho acknowledgeth his own emptineffewith good things, but the proud, who is full in hisowne conceit, he fendeth emptie away . Secondly, he leaucth in vs corruptions-and imperfec'lions, tothe end that we thould not tell in our owne righteouf_ neffe for our iufkification and faluation (which though it wereas great as etfld4ims in the flate of innoccncie, yet it wereno Pure grpund. to rea vpon) but in the alone righte- oufncífeofChrifl Iefus, which is all-fuRîcient and a founda- tionfovnremoueable, thatall the power ofhell cannot ouer- tutneit, nor any that are built upon it. Vpon which Pure pillar wee would hardly relie,folong as we haue in our hand, the reedeofour..ownc , rightcoufnefe, wee being naturally inclined rather, to fecke for faluation in our felues than, elfewhere. Thirdly, heleaueth in vs there fpirituall enemies, that Wee, may-exercifeour felues in fighting a.gainfi them, and fo bee t kept from idleneífc the mother and nurfe ofall mill; and as--t he-would not at once caf}out-the Canaanites before the If-- raelites, but by little and.li.ttle, lef} the land fh©uld grow, vnto a wilderneffe; and the wild beaf}s fhould multiplie a- gainf} them : fo.:hcwould not fuddenly call out our fpiritu- all enemies,but fuffreth vs to preuaile againf} themby little and little, lea giuing our felues vntoidlcneffewhen there is . nooppofi,tionmade againit vs,:there grow in vs asin a wil- denies thenoyfome weeds and thorns offinne,and the wild . beaf}s ofall outragious wickedneffe,which woulddeuoure. and vtterly deitroy vs. Whereas contrariveifewhen wee are affaulted outwardly with the forces. ofSatan and the-world ;. and inwardlywith the f e hand our naturall-corruptions,we haue enemiesagai.nfi whom wee may exercifeourfaith;-affi- ance, hope, patience,courage,and.all other graces which we haue rccciued, andby excarcii ,increafc them : wee fight the Lords báttailcslike his valiant feuldiers, and being, affitlëd byhis holy:fpirit wee obtain vi toric, and with our cone quc Lu& t.s3 4.Sea..i4. That vvem.ay be rnoottert to lion atilt kne. §.Seci.15.. 'hat vve may be eserci/ed he Ciriltian vvarfare.
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