133 / 772
4111,170r
4s4.1
Of
thé enerall
meaner to
u-ithfand our
f
irituall
enemies.
105
before their idoll;and the
fuperfii
tious
papifts
to
whip
them-
(clues
before
their
images, and
to take
vpon them tedious
and dangerous pilgrimages to idols
and reliques
of
Saints
;
and the idolatrous heathen to burne in
facrifice
their
deare
children.So
alto
he
tempteth
force
to
defpaire
of
Gods mer-
cie,and
fo
torment their
confciences
with horror
and
feare
;
yea fomtimes
to
lay
violent
hands vpon
themfelues,tnurthe-
ring
and
taking
away
their owne
life,
which
by nature
is
fo
deere and precious
unto them.
All
which
being
contrarie
to
our naturali inclinations and
the
delires
of
the flefh,tnani
fefily appeare
to be
the
fuggef
}ions
of
Satan.
And
thefe are
the
chiefe differences
betweene the
temp..
taions
ofSatan
and
the flefh; otherwife they
are
commonlie
fo
like
one
to
the
other
that they
can
hardly
be
difcerned:and
therefore
let
vs
not
be
fo
careful!, curiouflie
to
diflinguifh
them,
as
to
auoide
or
refit}
them; knowing that
Satan
is
the
captaine general!, and the
flefh
and the
lufis
thereof
his
chiefe aides &
alit
}ants,
which
continually
fight againft the
fpirit and labour.tò plunge
both
bodie
and
foule
into
euer-
Jaflingdeflruaion.
CHAP.
XXII.
Qfthegenerallmeanes
whereby weensay
beeinh1ed
ro
with-
Band
our
J
irituallenemies.
Nd
fo
much
concerning
the manner
of
Satans
§.Sea.,I.
fight.
Now
we
are
to
fpeake
oftheconflid}
it
The circum-
felfe;
wherein
(as
I
haue
(hewed) the parties
finfid
affaultingand oppugning
are
the diuel and his
this d
d
ererìtxain
ll
alit
}ants
the world and the flefh; the partie
conflra,
defending and
refilingis
the Chrif}ian fouldier.
The
caufe
of
the fight is
not
for
lands and dominions,nor for
riches
and
mines
of
gold;
for thefe would Satan bee
content to giue
ifhe
had them
in
his poffellion,
ifwe
would renounce
Gods
feruice, and
fall
downe and worfhip
him;
but
for
the euer-
lafling
faluation
of
our
foules,
which
Satan
laboureth by
all;meanes
poflible
to hinder,and
to
plunge
vs
into
endlefle
deflruction