Hepe,thehe!. met offalua- tiok. tins aE.io. 1.00.417. 5$ -Ofthehelmet of fglrtatio»; wherehe exhorteth vs to put on the hopeoffaluatlon forti helmet. As therefore fouldiers when they goe into thefield -put on their helmet, -that thereby they may defend their -head,which is their chiclepart,from thecruel} blovaes.ofthe -enemie ; fowebeing to fight the fpirituall batteli, muff put on hopeboth ofviéiorie, and the gloriòus crowne belong.. ing thereunto, and fo fhall wee neuer turne our backswhen 'wee are affaulted, teeing by the Lords áí1ît}ance wedoe aífi.. redlyhope for viótory, and through his mercie and the me -rits ofChrifl doeexpeói after our combat is finifhed,thegar- land ofeuerlafling happines,-promifedto all thatouercome. -For thoughSatan affaúlt vs on theone fide, by offering vn_ to vs the riches, honours 'andpleafitres of the world, that -thereby hemay inticcvsro finne, and fo yeeld our felties his .captiues,he (hall not preuaile againfl vs,ifwebe armed with -its helmet of faluatlon: for as no man in his right wits wouldfell his certaine interefl unto a goodly inhert tancefor 2. bright fhining counter ; fo much leffewillanyman,who is notflarke mad, fell his affuredhopeoftheeternal kingdom ofglorie,by yeelding himfelfe the flaue of finneand Satan, to purchafe for the prefentthe worlds counterfaite fhining excellencies, which are-in-truthbut mutable, or at leaf} mo- mentanie vanities.And though heallaultvs on the other fide with aflli6lions, croffes and perfecutions,as hee didPard,yet wee will with him, for the hope of ifrael,be content tobee bound in the - chines ofmiferie-and affli&ion. For the hea- uiefl croffe will feeme tolerable,yea an eafieyoke and a light burthen, to thofe whodoe expeóó and hope fora farre molt excellent and an eternall waight ofglorie; neither can the flraitway and the narrow gate difcouragethofe, that in theendof their iournie affuredly expeóapalace ofpleafure andneuer fading felicitie. But on theothertide,ifwedonot puton this helmet, we (hall not dare'to lift vp our heads in theday of batteli: for as thofe who are encouraged with -hope ofvidlorieand thefpoyleenfuing,doe fight valiantlie; fo thofe who are quite forfakenofhope, doe forfake alfo the -fteld,and caflìng downe their armour and weapons, doe ei- .therrunne away, or cowardly yeeld unto-the-exemie. CHAP.
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