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we'
I1orsrye
;nay
heaffHredthrtt
we
haw tare
faith,
523
Of
Gods
fpirit,
that
Satan and all
the
power
of
hell
cannot
preuaile
againfl
it
:
for
otherwife
how
could fuch weakneffe
withf
and fuch
might?
Laf
}lie,
being
affured
that
it
is
the
fpirit
ofGod
which
of
fifleth and
enab!eth
vs
to withfland
Satan, wee may
allo
bee
affured
that
in
the end
wee
íhall obtaine
vi61orie, vnleffe
we'
would
fondlie imagine
that
the diuell
is
fironger then
God,
and the violence
of
his
tentations
more forcible
to defiroy
vs,
then
the
fpirit
ofGod
to prote
&-and defend
vs
;
for
now
they
haue
ioynedbattel,and
either the
one
or the other
muff
get
the
upper
hand, either
the
fpirit
ofGod
mutt thruff
out
Satan, or
Satan
the
fpirit
of God;
and
therefore how
can
we doubt ofconquefi,
feeing
wee are affured
that Go
d'can-
not
take the
foile,
for his
power
is
omnipotent,
and
with
a
word
ofhis mouth,
he
is
able
to
defiroy Satan and
all his
ad-
hcrents? and
ofhis
will
wee neede
not to
make any
quefli-
on,
for
it
will
not
!land
with
his
glorie to receiue
a
repulfe
by
giuing
Satan
place, after
that
he
hath taken vpon hitn
our
proteaion.
Yea (will the tempter
fay)
but
how wilt
thou know that
§30
.9,..
this battell
is
fought
in thee
how
cant}
thou
be affured
that
Hovv
we may
it
is
the
fpirit
of
God
which,
fighteth
in
thee
again!}
thy
k4ovv
that
fpirituall enemies, and
not
rather thine owne
tumultuous.this
combate
pallions
and
perturbations,
and
diucrs
tentations
fuggetled
t
f
"eérr
he
by
the
fame
diuell.?
To
which it
is
eaí
e
to
make anfwere,
for
f¿ta
andt;,e
neither doth
the
flefhfight
againl
Satan,nor
Satan
againfi/pm:.
the
flcfh,
nor either
of:thcm
againi'
themfelues, for
fo
their
kingdome
being
dliuided could
not
pofhblie
f}and,as
our Sa-
uiour
Chria
himfelfe
hath
taught
vs,
Matth. t 2.25.26, And
Ma:Ih.
12.2
therefore
it
muf
}-needs bee.
fome
other
force which caufeth
this
oppofition,w,vhich
can
proceede from
nothing
-elfe
but
the fpirit
ofGod.-
, .
But this will more
manifefflie:appeare,
if
we confider
the
contrarie
affeaions
and
a
&lions
which
plainely
(hew
theme
felues
in
this
battel,for
we find
our
faith
affaulted
with doub-
ting
and infidelitie,
and
thefe
alto
againe beaten backe
after
they
haue
gotten
forne
ground
& fubdued
with
the flrength-
offaith
we
difcertie
alfo
our
affiance
in
God
threwdly
ken
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