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Of
the manner
of
Satan;fagle.
d
vnworthines to
receiue
the
leaf}
ofGods
mercies;
and coin
fort
our
felues
in
the time
of
our
affklion,
by
remeinbring
that
it
is
the
portion
ofall that
will
line
godlie
in
Chrifl
le-
2
.
3.
z
a.
fus,and
that
Lvho
roeuer
fifer
e
with
Chriî
t,
fha11
a/fo
raigne with
and z,i
z.
him,
2.Titn.3.12.
and
2.I
2.
i.Sec`i.2.
The
fecond
thingtobe
obferued
in his
manner
of
fight,
tatan
is
that
he fetteth vpon
vs
when
wee
are
moll
fccnre,and
then
tab
vs
-ben
vve
are
molt
foundeth the alarum
to battaile,
when
wee
moll flatter
our
le
cure.
felues
with hope
ofpeace,and
that not
drowfily and faintly,
but
with
all
celeritie and fpeede,
whereby
hee
ouercommeth
oftentin
tes,
or
at
leafs
foileth
vs,
before
we
can
arme or
pre-
pare
our
felues
to make any
refiflance.
And thus
he affaulted
our
firfl
parents in paradife,«'hen they
fecurely promifed
vn-
to
themfelues
the continuance
and increafe
of
their happi-
nes;
and Dauidalfo
after
all his
trouble
when
he was
retch
-
leffe
and idle,, fleeping
in
the day,
and
after
walking
on his
houfe
top,letting
his
ems
wander
after
pleafures.
If
therefore we would withfland
Satan, let
vs
flake
offal'_
drowfieand
carnal
fecuritie,and continually watch,ílandin
on
our
guard to refit'
his encounters whenfoeuer
he
fetteth
-vpon
vs
:
and
as
in calme
weather the
carcfull
Mariner pro
-
uideth
all
things
againfl
a
tempefl, and'
the valiant
fouldier
doth
arme and furnifh himfelf
with
all neceffaries
before
the
affault;
fo
when
Satan feemeth
to
offer
vs
a
time
oftruce,
let
vs
therein
prepare
our
felues
more flrongly
againíl
the
day
of battaile
;
for
when this raging lion
feemeth
to
fleepe
as
though
he
did
not
regard
vs,
then
if
through
retchlefnef%
we give him the
leafl
advantage,
he
will fuddenly runne vp-
on
vs
and
deuoure
vs,
if
he
cret vs
within
his cruell
paves.
'$
.Secf.3.
The third
thing
to
be oblerued,is
his
indefatigable
paines
Satan
neuer
in
tempting
and alfaulting vs,for he neuer
taketh refl,but
flit
vvearie
in
of
goeth
about
like
a
roring
lion feeking
whom
hee may
de-
faultán
%vs.
uoure
;
and this
is
euideut by
his
owne
confeffion,
Iob
1.y.
>t.P.c.s
8.
where
he profeffeth
that
he
had been
compaffüig
the
earth
lob
1,7.
to
and fro,and walked
from
place
to
place.
So
that
he
omit
-
teth
no paine
nor labour
in
feeking
our
deflru6,lion.
And
though
he ouercome
vs
not at
the
firfl,
but
retire
foiled, yet
he
will
gather
his forces
againe
and
again,
and
inceffantlie
fet