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be
discouraged hereby from
entring the combat:for
though
we be but'fíefh
and
bloud, yet
the Spirit
ofGod
dwelling in
vs,
can
eafily
difcerne
and
defeate all Satans
ambufhtnents;
for
light
and
darknes
are
to him
alike.
And
whereas Satan
can
with great
agilitie
giue
the
affault
and retire back for his
beíl aduantage,
Gods
fpirit farre excelleth
him,
for he
is
pre
-
fent
in all places at all
times;
fo
that
Satan can
no fooner
of-
fer
to
flrike,
but
Gods, Spirit
is
readie
to defend;
no fooner
can the
diuell
tempt,then the Lord enableth
vs
to
endure
the
temptation. And though
Satan
fighteth from high
places,
and
fo
taketh the aduantage
of
the
vpper
ground,yet let
not
this,diftnay
vs
in our
fight,
for there
is
one
higher then
hce
who Iaugheth.hiinto.
fcorne,and maketh fruílrate
all his
en-
terprifes.
Laílly,when
-we
confider
that
our enemie
is
defperate
and
audacious,
wee are
not
to
call away our fpirituall
weapons
and
forfake
the
field,
but
let
it
rather
ferue
as a
flrong
mo-
tine to
make
vs
arme our
felues
withChriflian refolution
:
for
feeing Satan
is
fo
audacious
and venturous in the affrult,
furely
we
fhould be
as
valiant and
bold
in
giuing him the re-
pulfe;
ifhe
be
defperate in
feeking
our
deflru6lion,it beho
--
ueth
vs
to
be refolute in feeking our preferuation,feeing
this
much
more concerneth
vs
then the other
him;
efp.
eciallie
confidering
that though
wee
take
mány,
foiles,and
be
often
beaten downe
with
the violent blowes
of
his
temptations,
yet
in
the end
we
íhall
haue allured
vilorie.And
why
there..
fore fhould
Satan
Phew
more refolution
when
hee
is
fure
to
be vanquifhed,then we who
are
Pure
óf
the vi&orie,
if
wedo
not
cowardly yeeld
?
CHAP.
V
T.
Of
Satans
aides
and
firfl of
the.tvorlek
ANd
fo
much concernii
g.Satans
flrength, being
con-
pea.
z
.
fidered in
himfelf.But
befides
himfeifhe hath the aide
ofother
enemies
to
fupplant vs,who
though
they doe
not
make
fo
terrible a
ihew,yet
they
are
no
leffe
dangerous,
and.
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