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O
f
S4mns
peticie.
ned and
enabled
to
fub
due
and
mortifie
the
lulls
of
the
Befit,.
which
rebell and fight againfl our
foules,
being
affured
by
Gods
mercifull
promife,
that
ifwe
aske and
defire his Spirit,,
he will giue
it
vs,Luk.r
i
.13
.and
hauing the
Spirit
ofGod
to-
aflìfl
vs,we (hall be
fure
ofvióorie.
But
if
in (lead
of
mortifying and taming
the
f
efh
and
the
lulls
thereof,wee
pamper
them like
Epicures
with
all
volup-
tuous
delights;
wee
(hall
but
flrengthen
our
enemies
to
cut
our
owne
throtes
:
if
wee
delicately
bring
vp
this feruant,
.
which
we
fhould
vie
as
a
flaue,
at
length it
will be
not
onely
as
our
fonne,
but
a tyrannous
Lord
and mafler, which will
bind
vs
hand
and foote in the fetters offinne,
and call
vs
in-
to
the prifon
of
hell.
What
follie therefore
is
it
to
nourifh
and arme our enemie
to
our owne
deflruaion
?
fr.Sei.
i.
Apoc.tas9®.
CHAP.
VIII...
O
f
Sat44zn
r
policy..
Nd
thus much
of
the
flefh,
which
is
the
fecon&
enemie
that
ioyneth with
Satan in
working
our
deflru6ion
;
& thus much alto
concerning
the
firfl
part
ofour
enemies
power,which
con
fifieth
in the
firength
either
ofhimfelfor
ofhis
aides.Now
we
are
to
confider
ofthe
fecond
part,which
con
-
fifleth in
his
warlike policie and skill,
in
imploying this
his
flrength to
his
bell aduantage.
Ifour
enemie
had
great ftrength,
and
yet wanted
policie,
he
might themore
eafily
be
refifled,
and the
fooner
vanqui-
Ihed;
for
ílrength without wit
is
like
a
giant without
eies.
But
as
our enemie
is
exceeding
flrong,
fo
is
hee alto
no
leffe
fubtill and
politike,
in
imploying
all
his
flrength
to
his bell,
aduantage
;
and therefore
as
in
regard
of
his
flrength
hee
is
called
in
the
Scriptures
a
lion,
and
a
mightie dragon;
fo
in
refpe&
ofhis
fubtiltie and
wilines he
is
called
a
Serpent;
yea
an
old ferpent,
which being the
fubtilefl
of
beafls,
bath
his
craft
redoubled by
his
age and experience, Apoc.i
z.9. and
hereof
he
is
called
in the
Scriptures,
kt'
"or
q
i
Poi to
fignifie.vnto
vs
his
great knowledge,
Nò.