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(your
preparation
before
we
heare the word
of
God.
375
dued,to the
end
wee may
bring
our
fumes
to
bee
flaughte-
red
and mortified
with
the fword
ofGods
fpirit;being other
-
wife unable
to
ouercome them
our
felues
;
and
that
wee may
alto
thereby
fo
firongly
arme
al
parts,both
ofour
bodies and,
.
foules,fo
as
they (hall
not
in
time
to come,
bring
vs
againe
vnder
their dominion. And
as
citizens
being
befieged
with
their
enemies
doelearne
by
their
affaulting
which
part
ofthe
citie
is
mofi
v
'eake,
and
fo
with
more
care and
labour
fortifie
it,
with
men and
munition,trenches
and bulwarkes;
fo
when
we who arecontinually
befieged
by
our
fpirituall
enemies,
do
learne
by their
affaulting
of
vs
where
we
are weakeft, and
the
enemie
moll
like
to
enter,
then we
mu$
goe
into Gods
armorie and prouide
fuflîcient
weapons and
munition,
wherby
we
may
be enabled
to hold out
and make
refiflance.
So alto wee
are
to
confider
ofour
wants and imperfe6lions,
that
lo we may
be
'ftirred
vp with
an earneft defire,
tohaue
them
fupplied,and
hereby
may
be
moued
with
more
care
to
apply vnto our
felues fuch
food
as
(hall
be molt
fit
to
fupplie
thefe
our
wants, and
amend
our
irnperfe6lions;
for
as
men
who hunger
earneflly delire
to
bee
fatisfied
with
wholefome
food,neitherwill
they
willingly
without
any difference
este
ofall
meates,
efpecially
if
they
haue
weake
flomackes,
but
ofthat
which
is
moll
fit and
befiagreeth with
them;
fo
thofe
who
finde
their
fpirituall wants earneflly
delire
to
bee
fa-
tisfied,
and
to haue
their
defedls
fupplied; and for
as much
as all
foode .contained
in
Gods word,
is
not
fit
for
this
pur-
pole,,
nor
agreeable
to
their ilomackes, to the
end
that Gods
graces may
be nourifhed in .them,therefore theywill
wifely
choice
of
that
which
bell
agreeth
to
their
prefent
flate,and
apply
it vnto themfeluesaccordingly.For
example,
he
who
findeth'his
heart
hard
and fecure,
muff feed
upon
the
threatnings
ofthe
law,to
the
end hee
may
be
humbled, and
his
heart
.mollified,and
refolued
into
teares
of
vnfained
re-.
pentance;
bee
that
is
of
a
brokenheart
and
contrite fpirit,
mull
feede vpon
the fweete and gratious
promifes
of
the
Gofpell;he that
is
ignorant, mull.hungerafter
milke,and
de-
fire
tube
inflru
ted in thc.principles
ofreligion;
he
that
bath,
a
good
rneafure
of
knowledge,
may delire
ilrongerineate,
B b
.g.
that