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Of
Satanslirength.
s
Secondly,he
telleth
vs
that
wee wraftle
not with
enemies
of
flefh
and
blood
like
vnto
our
felues,
but with
fpirituall
wickedne
%s,which
are
moOdangerous;
becaufe
being
fpi-
rits
they
can
with
incredible fwiftnes
paffe
from place
to
place
which
are farre
diflant,and therfore themore
fitly
take
all
aduantages, either
irk
affaulting
vs
at
their
pleafure,
or
withdrawingthemfelues when
they
fin
derefiftance;
being
fpirits they
can lie fecretly
in
ambuíhment,euen
in our
bed
-
chambers,and
fo
furprize
vs
when they
finde
vs
in'
oft
retch
-
1effe
and
fecure,for we
cannot
difcouer
them
before
we
feele
their
affaults.
Thirdly,
he
telleth
vs
that
they
are
in
high
places,
to note
vnto
vs
that
they
haue
gotten
'the
aduantage
of
the vpper
ground;& therfore
the fight
muff needs
be dangerous when
our
enemy
fighteth againfl
vs
from
an
high
place
or
fort,we
Banding
fo
low
that
we
are fcarce
able
to
reach
him. But
be-
caufe
earthly
things
cannot
fufficiently
thew the power
of
our
enemie Satan,
therefore
he
is
called
the
God
of
this
world,
z.Cor.4.4.
z.Cor.4.4.to
note
vnto
vs,that
in refpedl
ofworldly flrength
and humane
relftance,
hee
is
after
a
fort omnipotent,that is,
able
to
doe
what
he lif
},if
he
were
not reftrainedby Gods
di-
uine
power,who
alone
is
truely
omnipotent,
and ouerruled
by
no fuperiour.
And
thus you
fee
the
puiefant
power
ofthis
our fpirituall
4.Sea.
3.
enemie.
But
though
he were
ftrong,yet
if
withall
he
werea
of
the
courage
daftard and
void
of
courage,he
were
the
leffe
to bee
feared
;
au
aciwf
but
as
he
is
very
ftrong,fo
all()
he
is
exceeding
defperate
and
aes
audacious,for there was neuer man
that
liued,
whô
he durft
not encounter,
yea
and
that
after(by
Gods
alliaance)he
had
taken many ouerthrowes.
Though
Dauid
were
a
molt
holie
man and
according to
Gods
owne
hart,yet
he affaulted
him,
and
gaue
him
diuers foiles,
by tempting
him
to
adulterie,_
murther,and in pride
of
heart to number the people.Though
Job
washy Gods owne teflimonie the
iuflefl
man on
earth,
and
therefore
the
bell
armed
with
the:breafl-plate
of
righ-
teoufüeffe,yet
Satan
duro
encounter him
as
long
as
God
would
fuller
him. He refitted
Iehofaua
the
g
each.
ood high Priefl,
Zach.3,i.
Hee buffeted
Paul
the chofejivef
ell
of
the
Lord,
3
a.CorO
.