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Comforts
for
thofe who
fee
and
feele their;mperfeEficnr. 635
theend
that
hee may learne
to be
more humble by
his
Brie_
uous falles
;
yea he
relfieth
him,and therefore how
is
it
pof-
uiblethat
he
fhould
Eland
?but contrariwifebe giueth
grace
tothe
humble,
and filleth him
who acknowledgeth
his
own
emptineffe
with good things, but
the proud,
who
is
full
in
his
owne conceit,
he
fendeth emptie away
.
Secondly, he leaucth
in
vs
corruptions-and imperfec'lions,
tothe
end
that
we
thould not tell
in
our
owne righteouf_
neffe
for our
iufkification and
faluation (which
though it
were
as
great
as
etfld4ims
in
the
flate
of
innoccncie, yet
it
were
no
Pure
grpund.
to
rea
vpon)
but
in
the alone
righte-
oufncífeofChrifl
Iefus,
which
is
all-fuRîcient
and
a
founda-
tionfo
vnremoueable,
that
all
the power
of
hell
cannot ouer-
tutne
it,
nor
any
that
are
built
upon it.
Vpon
which
Pure
pillar
wee would
hardly
relie,folong
as
we haue
in
our
hand,
the
reedeofour..ownc
,
rightcoufnefe,
wee
being
naturally
inclined rather,
to
fecke
for faluation
in our felues
than,
elfewhere.
Thirdly, heleaueth
in
vs
there
fpirituall enemies,
that
Wee,
may-
exercife
our
felues in
fighting
a.gainfi
them,
and
fo
bee
t
kept
from
idleneífc
the
mother
and nurfe
of
all
mill;
and
as--t
he-would
not
at once
caf
}out
-the
Canaanites before
the If--
raelites,
but
by
little
and.li.ttle,
lef}
the land
fh©uld
grow,
vnto
a
wilderneffe;
and the wild
beaf}s
fhould
multiplie a-
gainf}
them
:
fo.:hc
would not
fuddenly
call
out
our
fpiritu-
all
enemies,
but
fuffreth
vs
to
preuaile
againf}
them
by little
and little,
lea
giuing
our
felues
vntoidlcneffe
when there
is
.
no
oppofi,tion
made
againit
vs,:there
grow
in
vs as
in a
wil-
denies
the
noyfome weeds and
thorns
offinne,and the wild
.
beaf}s
ofall outragious wickedneffe,which would
deuoure.
and vtterly deitroy
vs.
Whereas
contrariveifewhen wee
are
affaulted
outwardly with the
forces.
of
Satan
and
the-world
;.
and inwardly
with
the
f
e
hand
our naturall-corruptions,we
haue enemies
agai.nfi
whom wee
may
exercife
ourfaith;
-affi-
ance, hope, patience,courage,and.all
other
graces
which we
haue rccciued, and
by
excarcii
,increafc
them
:
wee
fight
the
Lords
báttailcslike
his
valiant feuldiers, and
being, affitlëd
by
his holy:fpirit wee
obtain
vi
toric,
and
with
our
cone
quc
Lu&
t.s3
4.Sea..i4.
That
vvem.ay
be rnoottert to
lion
atilt
kn
e.
§.Seci.1
5..
'hat
vve
may
be
eserci/ed
he
Ciriltian
vvar
fare.