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Tt
o
O
f
the general/tuednes
to
trithf
and
our
fpiritstalt
enemies.
/`
againt+
thofe
temptations which
we
found
mot+
forcible
to
r
EPet4.g.
preuaile
againff
vs.
For our
enemie like
a
roring
lion
Conti
-
nuallie
rangeth about
feeking
whom
hee
may
deuoure,
his
malice wil neuer
let
him
reffibut
euen
then when
he
feemeth
to
entertaine
a
truce,
heeis
mot+
bufe
in
plotting
meane's
whereby he
may
°worke-
nuriirîal_l
deflru&ion
:
and therefore
wee
are
neuer more
carefullie
to
{land vpon
our
guard,
than
when
this
enemie feemeth
tö
proclaime
a
peace,
or when he
f
teeth away
as
though
he
Were
vanquifhed;
for
when
he
tal-
keth
ofpeace,he maketh
himfelfe readie for the
battaile,and
this wicked Parthian doth
More
hurt
in
fying
than
in figh-
ting.
Here therefore the Chriflian
fouldier mull aûoid
two
dangerous
euils
:the
one,
that
he
doe
not
faint
or
yeeld
in
the time
of
the fight
;
the'other,that
he
doe not
after one vi-
-
6torie
waxe
infolent and
le'
cure
:but when
he
hath
once ouer-
come,he
is
fo
to
behaue
himfelfe
as
though he
were prefent-
lie againe to be
affaúlted.
For
Satans
temptations like
the
wanes
ofthe
fea
doe
follow
one in
the
necke
ofthe
other,
and
when
one
is
pafl,
another
is
readie
to
ouerwhelme
vs,
if
like
skilfull
Pilots
we
be
not
readie
as
well
to breake
the vio-
lence
ofthat
which
followeth,as
ofthat
which went before,
Neither
muffwe
looke
for any found truce or
firme
peace,til
we haue the
euerlaling
peace in
Gods kingdom;for
as
long
as
wee
continue
in
this
life
our fpirituall
enemies
will
Conti-
nuallie
affault
vs
:and
therefore let
vs
neuer be fecure,vntill
by
death
we
haue obtained
a finali
vidorie.
Reafo?
s
to
And
to
the
end
that
wee may
the rather
be
perfvvaded
to
perfrade
vs
to
continual!
care
and Chriflian
perfeuerance
in
this fpirituall
perleuerein
fight unto the end
ofourliuesletvs
confider.
that
Cods
pro
-
figkrtingthis
mifes
and
the
crowne ofvié}orie
are
not
romifed
to thofe
(j5irituall
bat-
p
tell,
that
enter into
this fpirituall
fight,
but
veto
thofe
that
conti-
nue
fighting,till they haue obtained
a
full
viè}orie
ouer
their
enemies. T
o
him
that
ouercommeth
gillI'iue
to
Bate
ofthe
tree
Apoe.
z.7.
TO.
of
life,
Reu.2.
y.
Be
thou
faith
full veto
the
death,and
Ì
bill
Niue
:
X. s
.and
;.
thee the.croame
o
fli
fe,
Verf.
t
o,
Ho
that
ouercommeth
fhall
not
1'
z
s
'
be
hurt of
the fecond
death.
Verf.
i
1.
'To
him
that
ouercommeth
xi
ill Iglue
to
Bate
ofthe
Manna
that
is hid,
&c.
Verf.1
y. He
that
ouercosnnàeth!hall be
clothed
in tbhite
aray,and
I
will not
put
out
his
.