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O
f
thegenerall
meow
to
withfizand
ostr
f'iritssall
enemies.
117
fuffcr
them
(as
it
were)
to
take
vp
their
lodging,
by reuol-
uing
them in
our
thoughts,
nor toMeditate too
earneflly on
them,
but
rather
on
the
preferuatiues
which may
flrengthen
vs
againfl
their
violence
;
neither
are we
fo
ferioufly
to
think
on
Satans obieól ions,
as
that
in the meane time wee
forget
how to
anfwere
them.
For
example,
when
he
fetteth
before
our
eies
the
ha,inoufnxeffe
ofour
finnes, wee are
not
to
bend
all our
thoughts
to meditate
and
call
to
minde all our finnes
both
new and
òid,
both
which
we
haue fallen
into through
infirmitie,and
which
wee
haue
willinglie committed;for
fo
the
huge cloud
ofour
finnes
being
neere
our
cies,
will
hide
from
our
,fight
the
fhining
beanies
of
Gods
mercie
and
Chrifls
merit, though they
are
without
comparifon
greater:
but
as
foone
as
wee
call one eie vpon our
finnes
for our
hu-
miliation,
let'vs-
call
the other
prefentlie vpon
Chr
Il
Iefus
who
hath paied the price
ofour
redemption,
and
fuffered
all
the punifhment
which
we
by
our
finnes
had
deferued.
For
if
when this
fierie
ferpent
Satan
hath
flung
vs
with
the
Bing
offinne,we
fpend
our time in
looking
upon the
wound,
and
neuer
thinke
vpon
the
remedie,
euen
the
true
brafen
fer-
pent
Iefus
Chritl hanging
on
the
croffe
:
the poifon offinne
will
fo inflame
our confciences,
that thewound
will
prooue
mortall,which
at the
firfl
might
eafily
haue
been
cured,if
we
would
haue applied
thereunto the
precious
balme
of
our
Sauiours
blood.
So
when
Satan
fetteth before
our
eyes
our
owne
wickednes and infirmities,
to
the end
we may dcfpaire
of
vi6torie,
as
being
neuer able to
withfland
finch
firong
temptations,wee
are
not to
fpend our
timein
thinking here-
upon,
but
prefentlie
to
call
to minde the almightie power
of
God who
Nadi
promifed
vs
his aífìflance
in this fpirituall
fight.
So
when he obie6leth vnto
vs
the
iuflice
and wrath
of
God,in
punifhing
offinne,
and the
curfe
ofthe
law and
tor-
ments
ofhell
prepared for
the damned
;
wee are
not
over
feriouflie
to
reuolue thefe
things
in our
mindes; but
pre
-
fentlie to
call
to minde
Gods
infinitmercie and Chrifls
me-
rits,whereby Gods
iuflice
is
fullie fatiftïed, his
wrath appea
fed,the
curfe
ofthe
law cancelled,and we made offire
brands
of
hell heires
ofheauen. And thus
if
as
Toone
as
Satan
in-
I
3
fli
&
ð
That
tre
muff
not
rumba
in
our mindes Sa-
tans
tempta-
tions,but
ra-
ther meditate
on
the contra-
rie
preferita
-
tiues.