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,
That
all
the
goer&
ire
affaulted
with
tentations.
Satans
temptations,
and goe
mourning
vnder
the
burthen.
offnne
all
the
day
long
;
fuppofing
either that
they
are in
Satans
power,
and haue more grieuouflie
finned
then
other
men
'or
that
they
are
mad and frantick
fo ro vexe
thenifelues
with
fuch
needelefhe
forrow. But
let
fuch
men
know,that
of
all others
their
'late
is
moll dangerous,
for they
are
grie-
uouflie
fcke,and
haue no
fenfe
of
their
difeafe,their wounds
are
fo
mortall
that
they dcpriue them
of
all
feeling
;
they
are affaulted,yea taken prifoners whilcfl
they
fleepe
foundly
in fecuritie,and
difcerne
not
the approch
of
the enemie.Non
ergo
repugnant,
quay
f
impuunari
ignorant
:
They
make
no
re-
finance,
becaufe
they
are
ignorant
ofthe
aflult.
And
what
can
bee more dangerous
then
to
haue
the
encmie approch
and
lay hands
on
vs
before
we
aware
?
But
this
is
the
fate
Fihrellk
,
of
thole
men for
as
one
faith,Tum
maximèimpusnantur,cum
fe
impugnari nefcíunt
:
They
are
moli
affaulted
when they
feele
no affault.Let
them know,
that
they
are
not
the Lords
fouldiers
but
the
diuels reuellers,
and therefore
he
fighteth
not
againfl them
becaufe
they are
his friends.
For there
was
-newer
any
:ofChrif
}s
fouldiers
in the Militant Churchwhich
haue
not
Been
txercifed
in this
warfare;
there
was
neuer
any
fo f}rong in
faith
but
Satan
durf}
encounter him,euen the A-
pbífles,yeae4dain'in
the
fiate
ofinnocency,yea
our Sauiour
Chrifì
himfelfe;
there
were
newer
any
fo
confiant
in
the
courfe
ofÇhrif}ianitie, but
the world bath
fought to
draw
them out
ofthe right
way
by
her baites
of
profperitie, or
to
force them to
finite
by threatning
aduerfitie
;
there were ne-
wer
any
that
haue
had
,in
them
one
fparke
of
Gods fpirit
(Chrift
excepted)
who haue
not
felt
it
affaulted
and often
foiled
by the
fiefh.For
the
flefh
luiteth
again
li
the
f7»rit,andthe
firit
againfl the
flefh,
and
they
are
contrarie the
one
to
theother,
Galas.
5.a7;.;
as
it
is Galath.5.1
y.
Yea the Aponte Paul
himfelfe
when
he.
Rom.;7.23.
vvas
mof}
fanefified,
fauv
another
lam
in his members rebelling
a-
gainft
the
lam
of
has
minde,leading him
captiue
to
the
lain
of
fn,
as
appeareth Rom.7.2
3.
It
is
not
therefore
-their
flrength.offaith,
but
their
carnali
fecurity which
foluiieth
them
afleepe
in
the
cradle
ofworld
-
1y
yanities
that they cannot
difc.erne
this
fight; it
is
not their
peace