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490 q GsI.S.tF. r Rotn.8.1=. lRom.r3.14. r rPet.4.i. u Heb.120.. x Gen.;.t s, y Reuel.r2.. z lobs 14.30, and 16.1!. The fecond BookeofDiuinitie, CHár.9. common in the Scripture , q Wake in theSpirit, andferl_ fsI! not the lufîsof the f efh. Wee r are debtors not to the fiefh,to luteafter thefie/h,but to the Spirit,to be led by it: 7ak,e f nocare of thefifth tofulfill thebefit thereof Chrifi ttherefore hailing fuffered for vs in the fíeJb. Put jeu en alfo thefame mind, that hewhich fuffereth in the flefh,hath ceafed from lime. Secondly,In this confii61 arc to beconfidered the two Generals ofthe field. TheCaptain vnder whom wee fight, I s s v s,The u Prince and perfeler of our Faith,in X ÿenefit pointed out by The feedof the woman, to notehis Man-hood : the Resrelation, by t,2?iehael , squall with the mightie God, to let forthhis God-head : you (hall find him roy- ally defcribed, Reuel.i9.I 1.12,1 3,14,15,16. The head acid generali lifted vp again(} him,is theDragon, the old Serpent, Satan or the Deuill,as e heard before. Thirdly , The weapons of this Warfare, both thofe which our Aduerfaries the Flefh, the World, and the Deuill fight withall , and thofewherebywee doe refill them. The weaponsoffinre, or of the flefh, is Lull, as it is laid , Rom. y.$. Sinne tapingoccafion by the Law wrought inme allmanner of lull, Gal. 5, i y. The iefh lufeth againfi the Spirit. The weapons of the World,are, Firli3Outward affli&ions and perfecutions,reproches, Slanders, &c. todraw vs fromChritl, Iohn16.33. the worldyefhall baue affisilsons. Secondly, cafe, credi.,pleafure,profit,honour;&c. Thirdly, euill examples. Satans weapons are outward or inward : outward, Firíl, The world for wicked men are the Hel_hounds ofSatan,the Champions and Soulc!iers which he fights withall, whole head and generall bee is, and therefore called tbc: 'Princeof this world (which name is giucn to

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