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slice.
19.
this
chief
(port
& pafliine
to
deflroy
vs.
Yea he
is
farmore
dangerousfor
the
otherrageth-but againíl
the
bodie,
this
againft
both bodie
andfoule;
thatbeaii
we may
eafily
auoid,
but it
is
impoflible
to
'flee
from
this
winged Dragon,
and
therefore there is no
othermeanes to
efcape
his
furie,but
by
arming,our
felues.flrongly,and
fighting valiantly
til
we
haue
put him
to
flight.
And
thus
youíce
Satans malice
ioytied
with
crueltie and
().Sea. 3:
raging
violence,which
hee vfeth
when
hee
bath
any
hope
of
Satans
malice,
furprifing
vs
by
affault
;
but
if
hee
finde
vs
firongly fortified
ieytted
vvith.
withGods
graces, and
at
all
points armed
with
the
corn-
treacherous
pleat
armour
ofa
Chriflían,
if
he
perceiue
that
we are
hed-
falfehood.
ged
in and fenced on
all fides (as
he fpeaketh
offal, chap./ Lb
z.ioe
I o)that
is,guarded andproteótedby
Gods
almightie and al-
ruling
prouidence,
fo
that
he
bath
no hope
ofouercomming
vs
by
affault
and force, then
hee
fheweth
no
leihe
malice
and
more fubtiltie
in
feeking
our
deflru.
ion, by fauning
vpon
vs, and alluring
vs
to
finne,by offering the baites
of
honour,
pleafure and
comrnoditie,
that
fo
he
may make entrance
as
it
were
by
a
pofterne
gate,and
fubdue
vs
while we
are
aban-
doned
ofthe
Lords
affillance,
and
difarmed
of
our
fpiritual1
weapons,whereby we fhould
make refiflance.
And
thus lie
dealt with
our
firfi
parents,
who being inticed
to
finne,
and
alto yeelding
to
the inticement, and
fo
being
depriued
of
Gods
prote
%ion
and the breaft-plate
of
righteou(nes, were
laid
open
to
thole
deadlie wounds
which
hee infli&ed
on
them, For
affoone
as
they
had
mad
of
the forbidden fruit,
they perceiued their nakednes,
and
therefore couered
them-
(clues
with
figge
leaues,
too
weake an armour
to
repel!
the
fide
darts
of
Satan.
Thus he
difarmed the Ifraelies,by
temp-
ting them
to
worfhip the golden Calfc,
fo
that
c'tofes
faw
that
they were
naked,that
is,
difarmed
of
Gods
fauour
and
-.
prote&ion, Exod.3
a.2
5.
And this
his policie he
taught
his
Exod.3
z.z
feruant
Ralaam,
who when
he
could
not
curie
them
whom
God
hadbleffed,gaue this curfedcounfaile
to
Bala4
that
the
Moabitifh women
fhould
intice the Ifraelites
to.commit
with
them
firfl carnal,
and
thenfpirituall
whoredor
e,know-
ing
that
to
be the
onelie meanes
to
bring
.Gads'curfe vpon
C
z
xherne
i