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".Ifthe
erall
meaner to
witht
and our
fpir
ituall
enemies.
Ill
name
out
of
the
600ke
'of
li
fe:
cap.3
.
s. To
him
that
ouercom--
meth
will
I
grant
to
¡t
with mein
my
throne,euen
as .Feuercame
and
Ft
with
my
father
in
his
throne As
it
is
vert.2
E.
So
that
it
is
not
fuffiicient
that
we enter the
lifts
and
fuftaine
the
fir(}
and
fecond
encounter,ifafterwards
wee
fhamefullie forfake
the
flandard
ofChriit
and cowardlie runne away,
or
elfe
tray_
teroutlie yeeld
vnto
finne
and
Satan
:
but
if
wee
would bee
made partakers
of
Gods
prontifes,wee mutt
ouercome,
that
is, obtaine
a full
viaorie
ouer
the
flefh,
the
world,
and:
the diuell. There
is
none triumpheth
for
making
his enemies
once
or twice
to retire,or
for
getting
the
better
in fotne
skir
-_
mifh
;
.b
ecaufe
they
may
gather their
difperfed forces,
and
ioine with
them new
fupplies,and
fo
gluing
frefh
afi'ault,,
obtaine
vió
orie
:
but
thofe onelie triumph
who
obtaine
a full vi&orie
;
neither (hall
any
triumph in the
kingdome
of
glórie, who refia
Satan in one
temptation
onely or
bridle
one
luti
of
the
fleflr,
but
they who fubdue
them
finallie
and
wholly,not
once
alone;but unto
the
end
oftheir
liues;
for
as:.
it
falleth
out
in
worldlie warres,oftentimes
the enemie
doth
retire backe,and counterfetteth
a
flight, to the
end the
other
may
purfue him fecurelie
and diforderlie with
full
of
utrance
ofvi.aorie;
and then
hee makes
a
-Eland
and
reuniting
all
his
forces
doth
ouercome his retchle
-Ife
enemie
:
fo
oftentimes
Satan
faineth
.himfelfe
to be put
to flighe,to
the
end we
may
conceiue
an
opinion
of
his
great weakenes,
and
our. owne
inuincible
ftrength,and
fo
be
brought
to
negligence.
and
fe-
curitie;
and then
hee
knits
together'
all his
force,
and
ouer-..
throweth
vs
when wee
are
retchleflie
fecure
fearing
no
dan-
ger,Yea fometimes
he
is
in
truth
foiled
but
yet
not
fo
asthat-
he will furceafe his
fight
for
if
he
cannot
preuaile one
way,,
he
wil
trie
another,fo
long
as
our continuance
in
this
earthly
.
weake
tabernacle giueth,him
any hope ofouercc.mming or
foiling
vs
:
and therefore,
we
are
alwaies
to
fland.
-upon
our
guard,and to
keepe
our
(landing
continually.,
watching and
prepay
ing
our
felues
againfl the freíh
affaults
ofour
fpirituall
enemies.
If
Io$
had been
fecure
after hee had refitted
Satans
firfl
temptation,
in
taking
away his
oxen,
ailes
and
theepe
furelie thofe
which followed would haue
made him
blaf
-,
pheme.