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Oft
generall
meane.c
to
nithjl
arrd
our
f
f
irituall
enfmie.r,
i
07.
and
we
his_mernbers,and
therefore
we may
affurc
our
fel
ues.
that
he
hath..no
kite
will
than power to
fuçcour
vs.As
allo
let
vs
alwaies
haue
in
mi
nde
the crowne
of
vi6lorie promifed
to.
allthat
ouercome,
euen
a
crowne .ofglorie and euerlafling
happines in
Gods kingdome,Apoc.2.7.&
3.5.iz..2r.And
this
Apoc.z.7.an&
will
make
vs
refolue neuer
to
faint
in
the
battei,
nor coward-
3.5.1424,
1yyeeld
vnto
Satans
temptations,
though
bee ilhould
intice
vs
to
fume
by
offering
vs.the
whole world,becaufe
we
would
not
thereby hazard the
loffe
of
this
eternal' waight
ofglorie.
Thirdly,we
are alwaies
to
fluid
in readines armed
withthe
The
third
Chriflian
a,rmor,
thegraces ofGods
fpirit,and to
vfe al
good-
meanes,to be
meanes
that
we may
be more and more
flrengthened
&
con-
a
!traits
in
rta-
firmed
in
them
we
:
but
when
e
are
at
the
flrongefl;we
are
dmes.
not
to
prefume
vpon our
ovine
flrength,but
to
rely
our
(clues.
Wholly
vpon
the Lords
affiflance,
andwhen wee
are
tempted,
and
affàulted,we
mull continually implore
his
helpe,that
be-
ing
armed
with
the power
of
his
might,
wee may
withfiand
the temptation
and obtaine
viCorie.
Fourthlie, when
we are affaulted by
our
fpirituallenemies
The
fourth
and
tempted
vnto
any flnne,we
mull
not
onely
abtlaine
from.mca
"e',
totals
committing thereof,but
alto
take
occafion
thereby
of
doing
tes
tem
pari+
the
contrary vertue.Forexample,when
we
are
tempted to
vn-
on
vinofinne
lawful pleafures,wemull
not
only abtlaine from
thë,butalfo
of
doivgtbe:
we
are
fomewhat to abridge
our
felues
of
thole
that
be
law
-
awurarte
ful,and the more
ferioufly and
painfully
to
follow the
works
.v"14"
ofour
lawfull
callings;when
we
are
tempted to couetoufiìes,.
we mull the
more
earnef}ly
exercife.the
works
ofinercie and
chr
f
an
liber.ality;when we
arc
tépted to
ambition,w-e
mutt
not
only
refraine frô
vainglory,but
we
mull
labour after
true.
huniilitieond mortification,
refuting
not
only
vnlaw
full
ho
--
nours,but thole
alto which
are
lawfull,
fo
oft
as
we
haue
iufl
caufe
to
feare
that
Satan will
(taking
occafion
ofour.
corrup
tion)hereby
caufe
vs
to
forget God;
when.we
are
tempted to
neglect
the
hearing
of
Gods
word. on
the
Lords Sabbath,
we
are the
more
diligently to
heave
it, not
only
then, being.
bound
hereunto
byGods- commandctnent,
as
.being one
of
the
chicle means offan&tifying
this
day eOnfecrated
to
Gods.
fcruice;
but.alfo on
the weeke.daies,
faze
Lord
glue
vs
fit..
oEportunitie: