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Of
generall
manes
t
o
withftanel
our
f
irituall
enemies.
r
c,
ther
the
counfell
of
the
Apof
}le
giuen
vs
in this
felfefame
re-
fpe61,Eph.4.27.Giue
no
place to
the
diuell.And
as
wife
citizens
Ephef.4.27i;
being
befieged, doe
not let their
enemies-fcale
their
walles
and enter
the
towne,with
apurpofe then
to
repel'
and
beate
them
backe
againe;but
they
withfland
them
as
foone
as
they
giue the
firít affault,
and
keepe
them,
if
they can,
from ap-
proching
neere
their
walles
with
fconces
and bulwarkes:
fo
we
are
not
to
fuffer
Satan our enernie and the
troupes
of
his temptations
to
enter into
our
hearts,
but
to
giue them
the
repulfe
at-their
firfl
approching,lea
it
bee
too late
after-
wards
when they haue furprized
and wounded
vs
with
finne.
Blefied are
thcy therfore who take this Babylonifh
brood
of
Satans
temptations
and dafh them
even
whileft they
are
Pralm.137;,..,
young
againft the
Bones,
left
waxing old
and
ftrong they
furioufly
fight againft vs,and leading
vs
captiuein the
chains
of
finne, grieuoufly
affiió and
vexe
vs.-
SixtIy,if
we
would
not
bee
furprized
and
foiled
by
Satan,
4.
4:
we
mutt after
we haue refitted
him
in
one
temptation,be
rea-
The
At
means
die prepared
to
withifand another,and
after we haue
once
or
is
afier
one
twice giuen
Satan the repulfe, wee are
not
fecurely
to
giue
'temptation
is
our
felues
to
reftas
though
the warre were
at
an
end:but
we
Pa(t
to
prepare
muff continually
expeó
his
returne with
frefh fupplies,
and
our
fettles
for
prepare our
felues
for
a
new
affault, vfing
the
time
of
Satans
another.
-
intermiffion,as
abreathing
time
to
recouer
ftrength againfl
the
next encounter. And
as
fouldiers befieged after
they
haue fuftained one affault,
and
giuen
their
enemies
the
re
ppulfe,doe
not
fecurely
giue
themfelues
to
idlenes and fleepe,
but
prepare
all
things
readie for
the next
confli
&,
mending
the
breaches,and repairing thofe
places
which
in
the time
of
fight they
found to be
molt weake;
fo
when
we haue
with
flood
fome
of
Satans
temptations,
and giuen him
the
re-
pulfe,we are
not
to giue
our
felues
to reti,
fleeping
in
retch
-
leffe
fecuritie,
as
though
our enemies were
quite ouercome,
,
but
rather
in
the intermiflîon
of
the fpirituall
combat,we
are
to
prepare our
felues
for
the
next affault, vfing
all meanes
to
confirme our
ftren
th,
eNhere
we
difcerned in
Si
time
offight
that
wee were molt weake, and more
ftrongly to
arme
our
fdes
with
the
fhield
of
faith
and
the
fword-.of
the fpirit,
agáinRR
.
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