492 The f cotad Booke ofMimile, C i3 A P. 9, Thrü id the vikor.ie that omercornmeth the World , euen your Faith. And this as our chiefe and principali weapon, the Apof }le biddeth vs aboue all, to take veto vs, by it ha_ uing Chriti himfelfe , and his Spirit to bee ours. And g Ephef.6.1 6. therefore being that, g wherebywee are able to quench the fierydarts ofthe Deuill. The fruits of SanSifiçation, are all the Chris}ian ver.. tues and qualities which the Word of God required). The Apof}le,Ephef.6. reckoneth them vp in this order Fitt}, Truth, or a found and fine-ere heart wrought by the Gófpell, which is the Word of Truth as a Belt to gird vs in. Secondly,Righteoufnes;bothPietie and Iuf}ice in aho- lines towards God,and Innocencie towards ot;r Neigh- bours,for a Bref }-plate, the habit and perfe&ion wherof is r.Tir4t.5. being Louehout of Faith vnfained .The Apof }le nccrfore r.Thef:5.8. calleth it, The breff-plateof Faithand Lone. Thirdly, Preparation, or readinfffe ofnùnde,which is, as it were the fhooingofour feet , to make them light and nimble; and is anothergracious effect} of the Go- fpcll of Peace , which bringing the glad tydings ofRe- conciliation vnto God , maketh our confciences fecure and at peace in all our combats , and fo giueth vs a ioy- full paffage thorow the middeft of the Millions of ene- mies which we are top fre. Fourthly, Faith for our shield, to hold out the darts of Satan. Fiftly, Salvation, or the allured hope of faluation (as i,The 5.8. it is faid in i another place) that is, of fafetie and deli_ uerance reached out vnto vs from lefns Chri t, for a hel- met. Sixtly, and lafily, The Word of God,or the knowledge of the Scriptures, which are the 1pirituall Sword, to cut afunder all things that oppofe themfelues unto vs. Thus the ApoPlc fetteth forth the complete Harnefie of a Chriftian Souldier, according to fuch furniture as then they
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