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Of
the
malice
of
our
f
iritstallenemie
Satan.
'land
thefe
fonnes
of
Anakim:
for
as
one
faith
; Nemo
hic
non
Erarm.in En-
vincet
nil
qui vincerenoluit
:
Euerie one
fhall
be
a
conqueror
chit
mifit.
who
defireth
the conquell. For
ifwe
will
be
the Lords foul-
diers,he will
not
fuffer
himfelfe
to
be
fo
much difgraced,as
to
let
vs
be
ouercome
by
his
mortali
enemies.
He hath
ar
med
vs
himfelfe
with
his
owne armour,
and fent
vs
out to
fight
his
battailes,
and therefore
he will
not
haue
vs
vanqui-
fhed,being
fortified
with
his
flrength,for
fo
fhould
himfelfe
be ouercome in
vs,
and
his weapons
would bee
efleemed
weake and
infufficient.Y_ea
he
bath ingrafted
vs
into
his
own
bodie,
and
we
are liuely members thereof,
and
therefore
let
vs
neuer
think
that
all
the
power
of
hell
fhal
be
able
to ouer-
come
vs
:
for
what
head
can
with
patience
fuffer
his found
members
to
be pulled from
his
bodie,ifhe
be able
to
defend
them?
.
Cbrrft.
CHAP.
IIII.
Of
the
malice
of
our
#irituall
enernie
Satan.
§.Sea.i.
Nd
fo
much
concerning the
reafons which may
encourage
vs
to vndertake this combat.
Now
we
are
to
fpeake
of
the fpiritual
warfare
it
fell,
wherein(as
in
al
other
warres)we
are
to
confi-
der
ofour
preparation to
the confliél, and
the
confli
&l
it
felfe.
In our preparation we
are
firft
to
confider
of
the
(
late, qualitie
,
and
condition ofourenemies,
and
ofour
'manes
how
we
may withfiand
and ouercome them.
Concerning
the
firfl,in an enemie
who
proclaimethwarre
againil
vs,we are
to
confider
two things
:
firf}
of
his
wil,and
fecondly
of
his
power.
For
if
he
haue will
to hurt
vs
and no
power,
he
is
not to
be greatly
regarded;ifpower
and no ma-
litious and
vnreconcileable will,he
is
not
fo
much
to
be
fea-
red;
but
if
his
power be great
and puiffant, and
his
will
mali-
tious,then
is
it
time
to
looke
about
vs,and
to
muffler
all our
forces,
that
we may
be
readie
to
endure the incounter.
.
Firfl therefore
concerning the
will
of
our
grand
and arch
,
enemie
Satan,
if
wee
confider
thereofaright,
wee
(hall find
that