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'(3f
Satstn.r
flrength..
CHAP.
V.
Of
the
flrength ofvur
#irituall
enemie
Satan.
Nd
thus haue
I
(hewed
the
malitious will
of
our
4.Seei.r
enemie.
Let
vs
now confider
ofhis
power. For
though
he
be
moil malitious,yet
if
hee
wanted
power
to
execute his
malice, wee
might
well
contemne him,and
reiifecure,tnaking
no
great
preparation to
refill his
weake
affault.
But
with
our enemie
it
is
farre
otherwife
:
for
as
his
will
is
moll
malitiouílybent
to hurt,
fo
is
he
firong and
inightie to
effedt his
will. And this
his
power
and abilitie to
execute
his
will,
conlfleth
partly in
his
firength,
and partly
in his
skill
and
warlike policie, whereby
he
imploieth
al
his
flrength
to
his belt aduantage. His
.frength
may
be confidered.both.in
hin
felfe
and
in
his aides.
In
refpeel
ofhis
owne
flrength
he
is
very
mightie,
fo
that
ofSatans
if
the
Lord permitteth
him
he
is
able
to
raife
the winds,ftirre
(frengtb
`ßnf'
vp tcmpefis,
bring
downe
fire
from
heauen, and vtterly de-
`treed in
bun.
firoy
vs
in
a
moment. And this
his
firength the
holie
Ghofl
Ï
l
expreffeth,
by
comparing him
to things'mofi firong, either
in the
fea
or
onthe
land, that
'fo
weemay
bemore
carefull
to
arme our
felues
againft him.He
is
compared
to
the
great
Le-
-rsiathan
or
Whale,Efa.27.1.
whofe inuincible
force
is
defcri-
Efa.
t
7.i.
'bed
by the Lord
himfeife,Iob
4I.
Iob
41.
Hee
is
compared
to
a
lion,
yea
to
a
roring
lion,
i
.Pct.
5.8.
t,Pet.
;:,8.
which
rauenouflie
hunting
after his pray
hath
his force
re-
doubled with
his
hunger. And
alfo
to agreat
red
Dragon,ha-
uing
feuen heads and tenne
bottles
,
whofe-flrength
is
fo
great,
that
with
his
very taile hee drew
the
third
part
of
the
fiarres
ofheauen,and
cafi
them to the earth,Apoc.i 2.4.
that
Apac.ia.4.
is,
he
vanquifheth and fubdueth
many in
the
vifible
Church
which make fome
profeffon
of
religion,
but
in
their
liues
denie the
power thereof.And this his
flrength
is
fo
much
the
more
dangerous,
by
reafon
ofhis
mortali
malice and
deadly
poyfon which
he
cafieth
out ofhis mouth
in
great
abundâce.
C
4.
.And