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f
thegenerall
manes
to
Withjiand
our
f
J
iritual
eem
:e
pheme
God
as
Satan
imagined,
but
like
a
good
fouldiee
after
that
he
had receiued
one
blow,he
did
not
caí+
away his
íhield offaith
and patience,
as
though
hee had no further
J
neede
of
it,
but
fill
held
it
vp
expe6ling
more,
till the com-
bat
was
ended
;
whofe
example wee muff
imitate,
if
wee
would
obtaine
vi
&orie,
and inioy the
crowne
ofvioTtorq,e-
,uerlafling happines
in
Gods kingdom.
Other
wife,if
we
íleep
in
f
ecuritie
after
we haue
giuen
Satan
one
ouerthrow,
wee
(hall be
Pure
to be
affaulted
and
furprifed
berore
we
be aware;
poan.Riu..át-
for
as
one
faith,
Diabolus
vthlus
g:
±o
ff
vincit,
euen whilefl
the
rhend.de
lint.
diuell
is
vanquifhed,hee
obtaineth
vi
&orie
;
and therefore
chrif
.
non
viftor
magis
gtsàm
watts
eit
extimefcendus.
Nam
ape
fe
pro/gratum
of
liEtumgue
rmulat,vt
acriàa.r
in
furgat
;
fugit
vt
in
infidiaspertrahat
inc.autos
a-
dor
:atur;
palam cedit
vt
clam
vincat
:
hee
is
no more
to
be
feared when
he ouercommeth,
than
when he
is
ouercome;
for oftentimes
he
fáineth
him
-
felfe
to bec foiled
that
hee
may
the more fearcely
rerue the
affault,heeflieth that
he may draw
vs
into
his
arnbufl-m,nts,
and
affaile
vs
at vnawares;
hee
retireth
openly
that
heemay
fecretly ouercome.
Seuenthlie,
if
wee
would
not be
circumuented by Satan,
4.Sec'S,
we mufl
not
giue any
credit vnto
him
whether
hce
lieth
or
Thefitment!'
fpeaketh
true, whether
he accufeth
or flattereth,
whether he
rneenes not
to
beleeue
sa
ìndeauoureth
to
puffe vs vp
with
pride and
felfe
conceite,or
tansfugge
whether
he
laboreth by aggrauating our
fumes
to
plunge
vs
fl
ions.
into the
gulfe
of
hellifh
defpaire
;
for
he
abode
not in the
truth
loin
844.
becauf
there is
no
truth
in
him.
When he
fpeaketh
a
lie
he
fpea-
keth
orbit
oxne,
for
he is
a lier
and the
father
thereof,
as
it
is,
Ioh.R.44.And
ifat
any time
he
fpeake
the
truth,
it
is
to the
end he
may
be
thebetter
credited
whenhe
l
ieth:Namverum
dtcit
vt
fallat,
blanditur
vt
noceat, bona
promittit
vt
maims
tribuat, vitam
polliceturvt perimat,
he
fpeaketh
the
truth
that
he
may deceiue, he
flattereth
that
hee
may
hurt
vs,he promi-
feth
good things
that
he
magi
giuè
vs
euill,
he
promifcth
life
that
he may
kill
vs.
And therefore we
are
not to
beleeue the
truth
it
felfe,becaufe
he
fpeakes
it,butbecaufe it
is
grounded
on
Gods
word;
nor to
receiue
it from
his
mouth
as
his
affer-
tion,but
from
the mouth
ofGod,and
his
holy
Prophe's
and
Apoflles,
l
ea.