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Ci
f
Satans
ffrength.
fpiritualíwickedrieffes, principalities ,povvers,andprinces
of
darknes
;
feeing
we
who
are
cowardly and
fearefull muff
fu
flaine
the
encounter
of
thofe who
are defperate
and auda-
cious
;
lailly,feeing
we haue in our
felues
no
aduantages
a-
gainft
them,
and
theywant
no
aduantages againi
vs
:
let
vs
not
therefore fooliflily
contemnne
fuch
puiffant enemies
;
but
with
all care
and dilgence let
vs
arme our
felues
againt}
them,and
l'corke
out
ourfaluation
With
feare
and trembling, as
Phil.2.
tz.
the
Apoffle
exhorieth,Phil.2.1
2.
But
as
we
are
not
fecurely
to
contemne thefe enemies
:
'fo
4.SetI.4.
we
are
not
faintly
to
yeeld vnto them, nor cowardly
to de-
fpaire.ofviEtorie.For
as
allthofewhich
fecurely
contemning
them
neuer
nand
vpon
their guard,
are
moll
lire
to bee
fur
prifed and
ouerthrowne;
fo
whofoeuer
arme themfelues
a-
gainff
them, and enter
into
the
fpirituall
combat with
a
de-
lire
to
ouercome, !hall
moll
certainlie
obtaine viclorie: for
though
their
powerbe
great,
yet
it
is
not
infinite,
and
that
which they haue,
it
is
not
from themlelues
but
from
the
Lord,who
fo
curbeth them
with
his
all -
ruling prouidence;
that
they
are
notable to
goe
one
iot further then
hee
loofeth
out
the
raines;
as
it
piainely appeareth
both
by
examples
and
teffimonies
of
Scripture.
Though
Sátan were
moil
malis
tiouilie
difpofed
againf
lob, fo
that
he
did
with
all
extremi-
tie execute
that
which
God
fuffered
him to
doe,yet
he
could
not
goe
one
iot
further then
his
commiflion,
,hee
could
not
touch
his fubfiance
till
the Lord had
Paid;
All that
he
hath
is
in thy
hand,
Iob.i:I
2.
And
therefore not
preuailing
againtl
him
by
depriuing h"iirof
his
goods
and fubflance, bee
coin-
meth
againe
to
the Lord
to
haue his
commiíon
inlarged,
Iob 2.1.
and then
hawing
gotten authoritie to
affii&
his
bo-
bie,yet could he
not
touch
his life, becaufc
the Lord had
not
giuen
him
fo
much
liberty.Though
Saul were
a
wickedman;
yet
Satan
could
not
hurt
or
vexe
him,till the
Lord
fern
him,
1.Sam.i6.a4.And hence
it
is
that
he
is
called
the
f#irit
of
God,
ver.i
5.and
chap.
i
8.z o.
becaufe he
is
Gods
{lane
wholly
at
his
appointment.
So
hee could
not
déceiue
the
falfe
pro-
phets ofAhab,till
he
had
gotten
licence
ofthe
Lord,'
Xing-
22.2
2
.Nay,
fo farre
is
S.atati
from
-hawing
abtòlute
authort-
tic