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leeafors:to encourage
v1tof
ightin
this
ffirituallconfil.
ai
him
of
a
lie,and
to
perfwade
them
that
he
was
not-omnipo-
tent, teeing that
he
was
notable
tohinder
themfrom
being
Gods,
ifthey
tailed
ofthis
fruite:
lafily,that
he
therfore
for
-
bad them
to
Bate
therof,
becaufe he
envied
them
fo
glorious
an
elate.
And fecondly
he
laboureth
to
deflroy our
firft
pa-
-rents
both
bodie
and
foule,
by tempting
them-to
difobe-
dience and the tranfgreflîon
ofGods
commandement and
therefore
our Sauiour
Chrifl,Ioh.8.44. doth
very
fitly
ioyne
Iohn
8.44.
,
thefe
two together,faying, that
he was a
lier
and
a manflaier
from
the
beginning.A lier,
in
that
he falfely accufed
God
of
lying;a
manflaier,becaufe he
did
it
to
this
end,that
he
might
murther
our
firfl
parents
and
all their- pofleri tie
both
bodie
Ind
foule.
So
that
you
fee
that
the end ofSatans fight
is
to
difhonour God
and deflroy
vs,
and therefore
if
we haue any
regard
ofGods
glorie(which
fhouldbe
more
deare
vnto
vs
then
our
owne
foules)or any
refpe.&
ofour
owne
faluation,if
we-wouldnot
treacherouflie
betray
them
both
byour
floth.
fulnefhé
or
cowardize
into
thehands
of
Gods
&
our
enemie;
let
vs
valiantly enter the
field, &
neuer
ceafe
our
contagious
fight till
we haue
obtained
a
full
vielorie.
The fecoad
reafon
to mooue
vs
to vndertake this
fight,
is
g.Sec7.2.
the
profit
which_
will
.accrew
vnto
vs
thereby
:
for
if
the
get-
The
profit
of
ting
offome
bootie
and
prize,or the
receiuing
offonie
trite=
this
fpirituatl
ling
pay
wil moue
the
fouldiers
ofearthly
Princes
to vnder- NIL
.
.goe all
dangers, and with
vvonderfull peril!
.oflife
to
fight
euenat
the
Cannons
mouth;
how
much more
:fhould
the
flipend
ofour
heauenly
king
moue
vs
to
fight this
combat
h©w
terrible
foeuer
it
feemeth
to
flefh' and
blood
?-
For
firtf,
that
is
truly
here
verified,P
ix
belli
ft!i
e,
Peace
is
the.daughter
.ofwar,neither
can we
fooner enter the
field
to
fight againfl
thefe
enemies,
but
prefently we fhall haue
peace
with
God;
.
and foone after the fruit
thereof
the
peace
ofconfeience.
Whereas
if
we
betrayGods
caufe
to Satan,and
our-foules
to
finne,well may wee
belulled
afleepe
in carnali
fecuritie,but
we
(hall
neuer
enioy this
peace
with
God
and
peace
of
con
fcience:for
there is
no
peace,
fùith
my
God, to
the
wickçd.Efa.57.
Efa.57.21.
'Andwhofoeuer
haue
taken this treacherous truce
with
Sa-
'tan,
(hall finde
that
he
will breake
it
for
hisbea
acluantag.e,
if
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