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Of
Satan;
flrength.
2.Cor.
r
2.7.
Yea
fo
ventrous
hee is,
that
he
afraulted our
ftril
parents
in
the
Elate
of
innocencie, when they
were
armed
with
free
will, and
might
if
they would
haue refilled
his
temptations. .Nay,
fo
defperately audacious
is
this
our
ene-
mie.that
he
durll encounter
our
grand
Captaine
Chrili
Iefiis,
who
was
God
and man able
to
defiroy him
with
a
word
of
his mouth
;
and that
not
once.
butmany
times,
after
-she
was
íhanicfully foiled and ouerthrowne
.:
yea
fo
infolent
and
foole-
hardie
he is,
that
he
did
not
onely
affault
him
here
on
earth
when
he
was
in the fhape
ofa
feruant, and
whereas
iu
refpeel
ofhis
outward
(late he
night
haue
fome
hope
ofpre-
ttailing;butalfo
he
wageth
warre againfl him
in
heauen,ft-
ting
at
the
right
hand
ofhis
father
in
all
glorie,
.power and
maiefiie,
when
as
he
hath no
appearance
ofhope
topreuaile,
but
is
mofi
Pure
that
he
fhall haue
the
ouerthrow.
Andthis
appeareth,Apoc.
r
2.7.
And
there
was
a
battaile
in heauen:
Mi-
chael
and his angels
fought
again]
the dragon
;
and
the
drav3s
fought
and
his
angels,but
they
prevailed not,
&c.
Where
byMi_
ehael we
are.to vnderfland Chrifi himfelf,for
he onely
is
the
prince
ofAngels;
and this
name
fignifying
fuch an
one
as
is
equal!
with
Godalmightie,
can
agree
to no other
but
vnto
Chrifl alone.
.And
by
the
Dragon
we are
to
vnderfland
Sa-
tan,
as
appeareth
verf.9.
who
fought
againfl our Sauiour,
though
he preuailed
not.
Iftherefore
hee durfl encounter the mofl-valiantfouldiers
that
euer
fought
the Lords
battailes,
yea
ifhe dura
fet upon
our
Sauiour
Ch_rifi
himfelfe;then finely there
is
no
doubt but
that
he
bath
courage
enough to
fet vpon
vs
who
are
weake
.and:feeble,altogether vnable in our
felues
to make
refilláce.
Seeing therefore our enemies
are fo
puiffant in
firength,
fo
innumerable
in
multitude,fo dangerous
and
fo
audacious,
let
vs
(hake offal! fecuritie. and
continually
fiand
in
readines
to
endure
the encounter
:
for
what
follie
is
it
for
vs
with
fe-
cure
worldlings to
contemne and make no
reckoning
of
fuch
enemies
?
Seeing eucry one
of
vs
muff
ref
fl a
huge
mul-
titude
;
feeing wee
which
are wcake
and
feeble are
to
with-
(land thofe which
are
flrong
and'nightie;
feeing
we
which
:are
fiefh.3ndbioud
mnufl
enter cutnbat with
thofe
which are
fpirituall