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4.Sec`zt.5.
Theft that
vvil
fight
agaifi
our
fpirituall
enetnies,trc
fare
ofviElorie.
áoGa,
io,
z
4.:
%.
dugu1t,
'''f.
vAO.+Äï
s
:::.:a
t.
Reafons to
encourage
vs
to
fight
in
this
fPirituail
conf
iii,
the Apoille
Iames
chap:
r
.verf.
r
2.pronounceth the
tnan
blef:
red
that
endureth
tentatisn;
for
When
he
ar
tried
(or rather
as
the
words are,when by triall he
shall
be
found
approued)hefhall
receiue
crone
oflife,7rhich the
Lord
bath
promaif
d
to them
that
lone him.
Whereby it
appeareth,
that
none
are
crow-
ned
vnleffe
they
ftriue
as
they
ought,and
therfore
much
lea
they which
flriue
not
at
all
;
that
none
are
bleffed
but
thole
who
are
tempted,
and
being tempted
endure the
tempta-
tion;
that
firfl
we
mull be
tried,and
by triall approoued, be-
fore
we can receiue
the crowne ofiife.
Lafllie,wee
may
be encouraged to
this
fight by
certaine
hope
ofviory,for
we
fight vnder the flandard
ofChrifl Ie-
fus,
who
alone
is
mightier then
all
our enemies
that
affault
vs,
If
wee
did indeede regard our
enemies
flrength
and our
o
\wne
weakeneffe onely,w
e
might
wcl be
discouraged from
vndertaking this combat,
but
if
wee
looke
vpon our
grand
Captaine Chriff,whofeloue towards
vs
is
no
leßé
then
his
power,
and
both
infinit, there
is
no caufe
of
doubting,f
or he
that
exhorteth
vs
to
ÿ fight,wil
fo
helpe
vs
that
we (hall
ob-
tain
e
vic`?-ory,
Deficientes
fubleuat,&
vincentes coronar
:When
we faint
he suslaineth
vs,
and crowneth
vs
when
wee oiler-
come.He hath
already vanquished our
enemies
to
our
hand,
and
hath
cooled
their
courage and
abated their
force.
Hee
bath
brufed
the
ferpents
head,fo
that
he (hail
not be
able
to
ouercomethe
leafl
ofhis
followers,wel
may
he
hilfe
againfl
them,
but
he cannot
hurt them,
for his fling
is
taken away.
Satan was
the flrong
man
who
possessed
all
in
peace,
but
our SauiourChrifl who
was a
flronger
thenhe,comrningvp-
on him
bath
ouercome
him,and taken
from
him
all his
ar-
mour wherein
he
trufled,and diuided
his
l
oiles,Luk.r
1.21.
22. We fought againfl
rmightie enemies and
great poten-
tates,Eph.¢.r
2.but our
Sauiour
ha
th
fposled
p;
rncipalities
and
powers,
andpath
made
a
lbew
of
them
openly
bath
triumphed
osier
them vpon
the croffe,Col.2. r
5.
and
fo
tJirouvh
death hatb
deflroyed him
that
had the
power
of
death,that
is,tbe
diatell,
that
he
might deliuer
all
them
which
for
f
care
of-death were
ail
their
la
fe
fubiefl
to bonda1e,
as
it
is
Heb.2.
r4.
r 5.
He
was indeed
a
mightie
prince
of
this worldly Canaan,but our
good
Iofhua
hath