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4
Of
Satans
ftrength.
4.Sec7.2.
And
lea
we
fhould contemne this
brutifh might,which
a
weake tnán
may
with policie defeate,therefore
he
is
compa_
Luk.
t
t.
zl. red to
a
/lrong
armed
man,
Luk.
i
1.2
r.
who
kcepeth in peace
all
that
he poífeffeth.
And
leí+
we
fhould
defpile
him
be-
caufe he
is
but
one,
the holy
Ghoíl
telleth
vs
that
hee
is
a
niightie prince,not
of
one
land or countrie,btit
ofthe
whole
2. 11.
I\.'orld,Ìoh. i
2.3r.
who
therefore
bath
infinite multitudes
at
his commandement;
neither
is
there one
of
there princes
a-
lone,
but
huge niultitudcs
of
them
;
andtherefore
the holy
Ghof+_
fpeaking
of
them
vfeth
the
plurali number,
laying,,
4phcÇ4
ta. that
we
fight
agarnfl principalities,
againfl
powers,
and
a
aing
the
Worldlygouernors,
&Mc.Whereas
therefore the holy
Ghoff
Both call
him the
f
gong
man,Satan,and the
diuel in
the
fin
-
gular
number;he would
not
haue
vs
to
conceiue
that
there
is
onely
one,but it
is
partly to
note
the
chiefe
of
the
kingdom
Matth.
4.4i.
of
darknes,according
to
that Math.25.4r.Depart
from
me
ye
accurfed
into euerta/lin
frre,which is
prepared
for
the
diuell
and
his
angels.
And
in
this
fenfe
he
is
called Beelzebub
the prince
Math.'
z44..
of
diuels,Matth,
i
2.24. And partly
to
intimate vnto
vs
their
great
confent
and
agreement in
feeking
the
deí+ruólion
of
mankind;
for
though
they bee
an
huge multitude, yet they
combine
themfelues
together,
as
ifthey
were
but
one,in
fee
king
our deftruelion.
Otherwife the
Scriptures
euidently (hew
vs,
that
there is
äliatth.az.4f.
not
one alone,
but
many
to
affault
vs.
Mat.
r2.45.
One Spirit
taketh vnto him
feuen
more,and they
al
enter into one man,
Mark
16.9.
Mark.
r
6.9.
It
is
faid
that
Chrif1
had
caf+
out
of
Mary
Mag-
3
uk.2.3o.
dalenfeuen,
that
is,
many diuels.
So
Luk.8.3o.
there
is
men-
tion
made
of
a
man
polfeffed
with
an
whole legion,
that
is,
with
an
huge multitude.So
that
as
our
enemies are
powerful
in flrength,fo
are
they innumbers
numberleffe, enow
to
be-
fit
vs
all,on
all
fides,and in all places,and therefore our
fight
imufl
needes
be dangerous
:
which danger the
Apofile
ag-
grauateth,
by telling
vs
that
they
are
the
princes
of
darknes,
.pheL6.az#'
and therefore
as
well able
to
affault
vs
in the
night
as
in
the
day,which fight ofall other
is
moll terrible,when
we
cannot
fee
our,enemies,and therefore
cannot
-tell
on which
fide
to
defend.
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