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Reafons
to
encourage
vs
to
fight
in
tloif
irituallconfic
.
i
S
hatb
fubdued him, and
hath left nothing
for
vs
to
doe
who
are his fouldiers
and
followers,
but
to tread
in his
necke
in
token
ofvidorie.But
we
alas are
faint-hearted,
like
vnto
Te-
ther the
firfl
borne
of
gedeon,Iudg.8.2o.2
I.
for
though
our
Sauiour
Chrifl háth conquered
thefe our
fpirituall enemies,
and
hath put the fword
of
his
Spirit
into
our hands, where
-
with
we
might
alfo
vanquifh them,yet
we are
afraid to draw
the fword,becaufe
we are
but
frefh
water
fouldiers
&
white-
liuered
;
and therefore
we
had need to encourage our felues,
not
onely by
looking
on
the
viuiorie
ofour
chiefe
Captaine,
but
alfo
on the conquefl
of
our
fellow fouldiers,
who
were
wake
& fraile
like our
felues.
So
likewife
Chrif}
bath
ouer-
come
the world,and willeth
vs
to
be
ofgood
comfort,fecing
we
Thai
be partakers with him
in his
triumph,if
we wil
ioyne
with
him in
his
fight,Ioh.
r
6.33. And
though
our
flefh
be a
Iohn t
4.
;
treacherous
enemie
and flronger
to
vs
then the fpirit,yet
fo
we
will fight-againft the
1uíls
thereof
we
(Lail
be
fore
ofvi-
éorie,for
he will
affili
vs
With
his
holie fpirit,
and
therewith
enable
vs
more
and
more to mortifie
this
old
man
and
body
offinne. Well
may
we
take
a
Toile
in
this fpirituall
combat,
but
the
Lord
will
raife
vs
vp
againe;
For
though
*efalyet
fha!
ve
not
be
call
of
becauf
the
Lord
patted') vnder
his
hand,as
it
is
Pfal.37.24.And the Lord hath promifed,that
he wil
not
fuf_
fer
vs
to
be
tempted above
our
power,
but
will
gitte.the
i
flue with
the
tentation
that
zre
may
be
able
to
beare
it,as
it
is
i.Cor.io.i3.
and he
that hath
promifed
is
faithfull and true, yea
truth
it
felfe, and
therefore
he
will
be
as
good
as
his word.
Though
therefore
Satan
incounter
vs
with
all
furie,
let
vs
not bee
faint-
hearted,
but
couragiouflie endure
his
affaults,and
fo
in
the
end the vie
&orie
will be
ours
:
for
if
wee
re,rf
the
diuell he
lbillfiie
from
vs,Iam.4,7.ifwe
fight the Lords
battels valiant-
ly
,
the
God
o
f
peace!ball
tread Satan vnder
our
feete (bortly,
as
it
is
Rom.'6.2o.
For
the
promifè
of
brufing
the
ferpents
head
made
by
the
Lord,Gen.3.r
5.
loth
belong not
only
to
Iefus
Chrifi our head,
but
alfo
to
all
thofe
who
are
members
ofhis-bodie.
Let
vs
not
therefore
feare
to
fight againfi
beaten and con-
pea.
6.
quered
enetnies,ílothfully
pretending
our weakenes
to with-
fland