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Reafoyra
to encourage
vi
to
fight
this
f)irituallconfliE.
Y
3
ferue
as
a
flrong motiue
to
encourage
vs
to
the
fight.
The
fourth
reafon
to
perfwade
vs, is
the
necefliti
e
of
vn-
g.Sea.4.
dertaking this combat.There
is
no man
fo
cowardly
that
wil
The
neceffitie
not
fight
when
there
is
no hope
in
flight,no
mercy
to be
ex- of
vr,derta-
peted
in
the
enemie, no
outrage and crueltiewhich wil
not
/¿
ng this
vvttr-
be committed.
But
fuch
is
our
enemie
that
we
cannot
pofli-
Are.
blie
flee
from him,his malice
is
vnreconcileable,
his
crueltie
outragious,for
he
fighteth
not againflvs, to the
end
that
he
may
obtains
foueraigntie alone,
abridge
vs
of
our
libertie,
fpoile
vs
ofour
goods
;
but
he
aimeth
at
our
death and de-
ftru&fion
ofbodie
and
foule
if
therefore wee
fo carcfullie
arme
our
felues
againfl earthly enemies,
who
when
they
haue done
their vttermofl rage
can
but
íhorten
a
miferabl
e
life,how
much more
carefully
fhould we
refill
this enemie,
who
feeketh
to
depriue
vs
of
'euerlafiing life, and
to
plunge
vs
into aneuerdying death?
Secondly,
this fight
is
neceffarie, becaufe
in our Baptifme
we
haue
taken
a
military Sacrament,and
promifed faithfully
vnto
the
Lord,that
we will continue his faithfull fouldiers
vnto
the end, fighting
his
battailes againfl the
flefh,
the
world
and
the
diuell. There we
haue
giuen our names
vnto
Chrift,to
whom
we
owe
our
felues
and
lines
by
a
double
right,both
becaufe he
hath giuen them vnto
vs,
and
alfo
re-
flored them the
fecond
time when
we
had
loft them.
There
we
are
put
in
mind
of
his
bloudfhed
för our
redemption,
which fhould
encourage
vs
to fight couragiouflie,
that wee
may be preferued from
falling againe into the crush
flauerie
of
finne
and Satan.
Thirdlie,
vnleffe
wee
fight
this fpirituall
combat, and
in
,fighting
ouercome,
wee
!hall neuer
bee crowned
with the
crowns
ofglory:for it
is
not
giuen vnto any
to triumph,who
haue
not föxght
valiantlie andfiubdued their enemies.
The
euerlafling peace'
of
Gods kingdoms
is
not
promifed
to
filch
cowards
as
neuer entred the
field, or
beingentred
haue
prefentlie yeelded themfelues
to
bee the captiues
of
Satan
:
but
vnto
thofc
that
fight
couragiouflie and glorioufly ouer-
corne.
I
f
any
ran(faith
the
Apoffle)
l
rice
for a
rnIf7erie,he is
not crowned
except he
flrsue.as
he
otyl
t
to
dos
:
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