650 / 772
§.S
ea.4.
The
fourth
mean
es,to
reff
on
Gods
of
i-
ffance,aad not
on
our
ovvne
povver.
4.Sea.5.
The
fifth
manes is
fers
uent
prayer.
6
2.1.
Speciallmeaner to
keep
vs
from
fRllang
into
finne.
lean
not with wonted power
and violence
:
and forafmuch
as
hee
bath
manie enemies which
cannot at
once be
ouer.
come, therefore
he
is
to
labour
to get
every day
the
mafne-
rie
offome
finne,
and
to
bring
it
in fubie6}ion,
that
fo
in
continuance
of
time hee may
van
quifh
all,
and
obtaine
a
full
and finali
viéorie
ouer
all
his
corruptions.
Fourthlie,
if
wee
would not
fall
into
grieuous
finnes,
wee
muti
not
(land in
our owne
power,
nor trufl
in
our owne
flrength,
bnt
whollie
mil
and
relie
vpon
Gods
promifed af-
finance. For
if
once
we
robbe
God
of
his
glorie,
and
arro-
gate the
praife
of
our
vitrlorie
ouer finne
and
Satan
veto
our
felues,
the
Lord
will withdraw
his
helping hand, and
leaue
vs
vnto our
felues,
till by our grieuous
falles
we haue
learned
to acknowledge
our owne weakeneffe, and
to
refl
wholly
in
the power ofhis might.
For
as all
otherfinnes
are
odious vnto
God,
fo
efpeciallie
the
finne
ofpride,
becaufe
it
maketh
vile
man
corrivall
with
God
in
his praife
and
glo-
rie,ofwhich
he
is
moll iealous;
and therefore
the Lord
fuf-
fereth,
euen
his
owne children,.to
fall
into
grieuous
finnes,
that
hereby they
maybe
humbled; and
fo vfeth
other
finnes
as
a
counterpoifon
to
cure
pride.
Lafllie, feeing
we {land
not
by
our owne
flrength
but by
the power
of
Gods might,
let
vs as
often
as
we
fee
our
owne
weakenes and
aptneffe
to
fall,haue
our
recourfe
vnto
God,
by
feruent and
effeóluall
prayer
;
crauing
his
aide and
aflï_
'llance,that thereby
we
maybe
enabled
tonandin.
the day
of
temptation.
And when
by
vertue
thereof
we
haue
giuen
finne
the foile, and
repelled Satans. fuggeflions
;
let
vs
remember to returne
praife
and thankfgiuing
to the Lord,
by
whofe
helpe wee haue
beaten
backe
our
fpirituall
ene-
mies
:
and then weemay bee
allured
that the Lord
wilt
vp-
hold
vs
by
the power
ofhis
fpirit from
falling
into
finne;
or
if
wee
doe fall, hee
will
fpeedilie raife
vs
vp-by
vnfainedre-
pentance.