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That
all
the
godly
areal
j"aulted
With
ttntatiens,
5
,peace
with
Godnor
the
peace
of
confcience
which
makes
them thus
quiet, for
there
is
no
-
(fuch)
peace,
faith
my Clod,
to
thetbicked,Efa.57.2I.but it
is
a peace
which
they haue made
ECa.
Ç7.2t.
with
Satan,
a
couenant
with
death
and an
agreement with hell,
as
the
Prophet
fpeaketh
:
Efa. 8.
i
5. When the
bong
armed Ela,i8.r
;.
man
Satan (quietly)
kecpes
the
howfe,
the things
that
he
poff.
r-
loth
-are in peace;
but
rhl
r
j
rwithout
poffeífe
htn,he
will
neuer
lofe his
p
oífeílion
a
fight,
and
we
cannot
chufe
but
feele
the blowes
in fo
íharpe
an en-
counter
:
Luk.i
i.2
i.Ifa
man
neuer
enter the
field
to fight a-
Lott.
tt.t
r.
gaina
Satan,
or
ifat
the
firft
encounter
lice
yeeld himfelfe
prifoner,and
be content
to
bee
tied in
the pleating fetters
of
finne,
it
is
no
maruaile
that
hee
doth not
rage
in
his confci-
encc,when
as
aireadie
he
is
in
his
captiuitie
roadie
to
per
-
forme
all
thofe workes
of
darkenes
wherein hee imployeth
him:but
ífwhen
Chrifl
the Redeemer
is
preachedvnto them
by
his
Ambaffadours,
they would thew any
dcfire
ofcom-
ming
out
of
his
thraldorne,
furely
this
fpirituall
Pharaoh
Would neuer lofe
their
feruice
but
by
force
and
compulfion,
neither
can
fo
firong
a man
be forced
but
wee
mull
needes
feele
the confli6t.
While
the
prifoner
lieth
in
the dungeon,
loaded with bolts and
tied
in chaines,the keeper
fleepeth fe-
curely,
becaufe he
knoweth
he
is
fafe
;
but if
his
bolts
being
filed
offand
his
chaises loofed,
he haue efcaped
out
of
pri-
fon, then
the
Taylor
beginneth to
buffle and purfueth
him
fpeedilie
with Hue
and
cry
:
fo
whilef+
Satan
holdeth
vs
im-
prifoned
in
the
darke
dungeon
ofignorance,loaded
and
tied
with
the
heauie
bolts
and
chaises
of
finne,,
hee
is
retchlef
e
and
fecure
;
but
if
our
Sauiourby
his Arnbaffadours
in
the
preaching
of
the
word,
loofe and
v
nburthen
vs
of
thefe
chaises and
bolts,and by
the
light
of
his
Spirit
fo
illuminate
the
eies
of
our vnderf}anding,
that
we
fee
the
way
out
of
Sa-
tans
dungeon
of
ignorance,
and
fo efcape
out
of
his
capti-
uitie,
then
he
rageth againfl
acrd
purfueth
vs,as
Pharaoh did
the
Ifraelites,
that
either he
may
bring
vs
backe
againe into
his
bondage, or
elfe
deftroy
vs,if
we
make
refiflance.Laílly,
they
feele
not
any
fight between the
flefh
and the Spirit,be-
'caufe
the
flefh
wholly
ruleth them, and
like a
flood which
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