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How the Chri/lian
being
foiled
nay
Pe
railed
any foode at
all,
as
he
did
Mefer
and
our Sauiour
Chrill.
So
it
is
made
manifef}
when
as
he
giueth
vs
viaorie
ouer our
enemies, though there
bee force
equalitie
in
the numbers:
and
other
preparations,
for
it
is
he
that
teacheth our hands to
rvarre
and
our
finaers
to
fight
:
butt
it
is
more
euident when
as
our
number
is..finall, as
when
he deliuered the
Ifraelites
by
Gedeon
and
his
three
hundred
men, from
an
innumerable
a
rmy;andouercame the
whole hofl
ofthe
Philiflimes,by
the
weake
meanes
oflonathan
andhis
armour-bearer
but
then
it
is
moil
deere
and
manifef},when
as
hee
ouerconmeth
our
enemies by
his
owne immediate
power,
as
he
did
the
Egyp-
tians
in
the
red
lea,
and
the
hof}
of
Senacherid
at
the
liege
of
lerufflem. And
fo
when he
giueth the
(bong
Chriflian
who
is
full
of
grace,
viaorie
ouer Satan, his
power appeareth;
for
vnles he were f}rengthened
with
his graces,he could
not
hand
:
but
when one
who
fecmeth in his ovine
eies
deflitute
ofgrace,
and
full
of
Panne
and
corruption(fo,that
he plaittcly
feeth
that
he
is
altogether
vnable
to with(
}and
the
leaf+
af-
fault)
is
notwithf}
fo
fitpported
by Gods almightie
hand,and
immediate
power,that
he
doth
not
onely fland in
the
batten, but
in
the
cnd
obtaineth vh5orie;
hereby the
power and goodneffe
of
God
moll
cleerelie appeares
to
themfelues
and
all
the
world.
Seeing then our
fnnes
and,
fallesdo
Phew
vnto
vs
our owne infirmities and weaknes,and
thefe
doe
declare
Gods
vnrefiflable
power
and
might,which
notwithftanding
our
feebleneffe
doth
vphold
vs
:.
therefore
let
vs
fo
defpaire in our
felues,
as
that
thereby
wee may
bee-
moiled
to
relie
wholly
vpon
the
Lord,hauing
fo
much
more
hope
of
vielory_as
the flrength
ofGòd
excelleth
the
f
}rengtiv
of
man
;
let
vs
be
fo
humbled with
a
true
fenfe
and
forrovv:
for
our
ovine infirmities and
corruption,as
that
in
the
meane
timewe
may
receiue more found
confolation and true
ioy,
becaufe
we fland
not by
our owne flrength, which euerie
houre would failevs,
busby
the'power
ofGods might
:and
therefore though
Satan and
all
the power
of
hell
confpire
and
bandthetnfclues
againf} vs,
yet
!hall
they
not
preuaile;
and:though
they
Toile
vs, yetl}iall
they
neuer
finally.
otter.
.mine:;
for
he.
that,
h
with
vs
is.firongcr than
al
they.
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