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Ephef.t,I;.
¿.Seí
.8.
The
third
ar
gu-mtnt is
the
fight betvvene
heßefh
and
the
Ipirit.
5
2i
g1
o
we
may 6e
afured that
we
haste
true
fa
ith.
receiued
the!
irit
oftheworld, 6ut
the
fpirit
which
is
ofGod,thar
wee
might
know
the
things
that
are?zuen
to
vs
of
(yod.
That
is,
not
onely
his
fpirituall graces in this
life,in
which number
faith
is
one
of
the greatefi,
but
thole
excellent ioyes in
Cods
kingdome
in
the
life
to corne,
of
which
alto wee haue
force
.knowledge
and taíle by the illumination
of
the
fame:fpirit.
Lafilie,
the Apoftle
affirmeth,z.Cor.i.zz.7hat
God
bath
f
a.-
led vs,
and bathgiuen
the
earn,
of
the
f
frit
in
our
hearts:
and
Ephef. 1.13.
hee
telleth the
Ephefians,
that
after
they had
heard the
Gofpell
and
beleeHed,
the'
were
fealedwith
the
holy
fpirit
o
f
pro7nife,rvhich was
the
earneg
of
their
fnheritance,vntil
the
re-
demption
of
the
po
fèf
on
purchaf
d
unto thepraifè
of
thegloríe
of
God.
Wherefoeucr
therefore
is
this
teí+imonie
of
the fpirit,
which
as
an
earneft or
Peale
afhureth
them
that
they
arc
the
children
ofGod,
there
alto
is
faith,
for
as
the
Apoffle
wit-
neffeth,after
that
wee.beleeue
we
are
thus fealed.
The third argument to
prooue
that
wee haue
faith,is the
conflia
and
fight which
euerie
Chriílian
feeleth in himfelfe
betweene
the fpirit andthe
flefh,
the world
and the
diuell,
and the combat which
is
betweene
faith and
doubting; for
fo
long
as
wee
are
deflitute
of
the fpirit,and
a
lìuely
faith,we
are
whollie
ouerfwaied
with the
flefhsand Satan
like
a
migh-
tie
tyrant holdeth
vs
captiue peaceabiie and
without
any
re-
fiffance;
but
when
wee haue
re
educe' the
fpirit
of
God,and
haue
faith
wrought
in our
hearts, then
beginneth
a
fierce
battell,
which neuer
endeth
till
by
death our
fpirituall
ene-
mies
get
a final!
ouerthrow. Though
therefore this fight
bee
mofl fhárpe,and
exceeding troublefoine to the
poore
Chri-
ífian, yet
free
may
thereby
gather
vnto
himfelfe
found
com-
£ort,and certaine
afhurance
that
he
is
indued
with
the fpirit
of
God,
and
a
liuely
faith;
for when bee difcerneth
that
he
is
.affaulted
with
Satan and his
owne corrupt fiefli,hee
may
bee
:affured
that
Satan
is
difcafed
of
his
quiet
poffeffion
by
a
fupe-
rior
power, which
can
bee no
other
but
the power
ofGods
.fpirit
é
fecondlie,by
his
affaulting,
it
manifeilie
appeareth
that
hee findeth
forne
refií}ance,
fo
as
hee
cannot
peaceablie
,reenter;
thirdly,that
howfoeuer
our
faith
feemevntovsne.
uerfo
weake, yet
it
is
fo
ffrengthcned
continually
by
vertue
of
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