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O
f
Satansf?ratáQetn.r.
but
if
We
glue ground
and
betake our
felues
to flight,he
wiIi
purfue
vs
fwiftly and
deadly wound
vs
for
wee
haue no
at--
mour
on
the backe to defend
vs
from the
violence
of
his
blowes, neither
will the
Lord
protea
fuch
faint-hearted co-
wards
as
runne
away from
his
flandard, not daring to
truf}
and
relie
vpon
his
almightie
power
and. neuer failing
affì
Hance,
which hee.hath
promifed
to
all
that
fight
his
battels.
Seeing therefore there
is
no
fafetie in
flight,
and allured vi-
¿lory
to
thofe
that
faint
not but
endure
the brunt
ofthe
skir-
mi
f
h
vnto the end,let
vs
manfully lland vpon
ourguard,nei-
ther
fleeing
nor yeelding to
our fpirituall enemies;for where
can wee be more
fafé,
than
vnder the Lords flandard
?
where
can we
bemore
honourablie imployed, than
in
fighting
his
battels
?
how
can our flate bee more dangerous,
than
when
we
flee
and Satan purfueth
vs
?
how
can
it
be more
defpe
rate,
than when
wee yeeld
our
felues
captiue
to
Satan
to be
bound
in
the fetters
of
finne,
vntill the
fentence
of
condent
nation
be
pronounced'on
vs
in the
.general
feffions
at the day
ofChrifls
appearing
?.
CHAP.
XVII.
Of
Satans
f
ratagems..
.Sef.I.
Nd
fo
much
concerning
our
fpirituall-
armour,
as
alto our preparation
to
the
fpiritual
warfare.Now
we
are
to
fpeake
ofthe
battell
it
felfe
:
where
ftrfl:
we are
to
confider
ofSatans flratagems,
and
the
manner
ofhis
fight;
and
fecondly,
ofthe
fpeciall
conflic`ls
or
temptations wherewith
he
affaileth
vs.
Concerning
Satans
flratagems,wee
are
to know that they
are
many and
dange-
rous;with
which
he
w
vil
eally
circumuent and ouerthrow
vs,
if
doe
not
carefullie
preuent or cunninglie auoid them.
Sata,t-veer-
For
firf}
he dcaleth
not
with
all
alike, neither
vfeth
the
fame
kerb
vpon
cups
weapons
to
fOile
euery
one,but
hee
obferueth the qualitie
feíTienr,
and difpofition
ofhis
enem.ies,and
accordingly
he
fitteth
his_;.
temptations,
fó
as
they.may bee
mol}
forcible to
preuaile a-
gainfl them. And to
this.
end
he
di-fiftieth to
what
Pinnes
we
are