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Of
themanner
of
SaMns
fight:
'
into
a
thoufand
diners
íhapes, and
in
a
fhort
(pace
ill
varies'
1
many
waies his
temptations,
that
if
hee
cannot
preuaile
by
one
meanes,he
may
ouercome
vs
by another.
And therefore
it
behooueth
vs,if
we will
withfland him,to
arme
our
fèlues,
not
on
one
fide
alone, nor
to
bee
prepared againfl
two or
-three
aífaults
of
our fpirituall enemie,
but
wee mull be
ready
to
anfwere
all
obiee
&ions,
and
not
fo
whollie
incline
to
one
fide
and to the
defending
one
part,
as
that
in
the
meane
time
wee
leaue
the
other naked
to bee
wounded with
Satans
blowes. And to
the
end wemay
the rather
be encouraged
to
f
}and
conflantlie
in
our defence, wee
are
to know,that when
Satan
doth
fo
often
fhift
his
temptations,
and
in
a
fhort
di..
fiance
of
time
doth
feeke
to
bring
vs
into
quite contrarie
rbeoff<ehaN-
ces,it
is
a
manifeft figne
that
he
Both
not
yet
preuaile
:
for as
T
gingofsatans
no enemie
is
fo
foolifhas
will after
that
s.ce
path
made
one
temptations
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fufficient
breach for
entrie,or
forced one
gate
ofthe
d
tie
to
probablefigne
from
that to another,
but
rather
enter
where
the v
ey
is
that
he
dash
Rot
preuaile.
made
;
fo Satan
laying
fiege
to
our
f
>uies,
would
not
feeke
to
make
a
new
battry with
his
temptations,ifthe
íc
::per
had
Made way for
him
to
enter and farprize
vs;
bee,
would
not
tempt
vs
to
pride and prefumption,
ifhe
had
own-come
our
faith andplunged
vs
into deipaire;
bee
would neuer tranf-
forme
himfelfe
into
an
angell
oflight,if
he
could haue
euer-
come
vs
in his
owne
likenes;
he
would
neuet tell
vs
ofGods
mcrcie,ifhee had
aireadie
ouerwhelmed
vs
with
the fight
of
our
fins
and
confederation
of
Gods
iuffice
;
nor yet
ofGods
iuilice,ifhe
could keepe
vs
in carnali fecuritie, by
fetting
be-
fore
vs
his inercie
:
but that
way whereby he
perceiues he
a-
nywhit
preuailes, he will follow and continue
carnet+
in
the
fame
purfuite,
till he
perceiue
he
cannot
catch
vs.
As
there-
fore when
the
fit
ofthe
ague
fhifteth
from
time to
time,
it
is
a
good
figne
that
our
nature waxing firong
doth
preuaile
a-
gainfl
the
difeafe;
fo
when
Satans
temptations
in a
fhort
time
often change,
and
that
from
one
contrarie
to another,it
is
a
f
gne.
that Gods
fpirit
being
f}rong
in
vs,
doth
refif+
Sa-
tan
and
putteth him to
thefe
!lifts,
whereas he
would hold
"
by a
confiant
ceurfe
ifhe
preuailedagain
ft
vs.
45,ea
S.
The
fift
thing to be
obferued
in the manner ofSatans fight;
is.,
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