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No
maruaile therefore
though
Satan ifiould bee
an
expert
fouldier,feeing
he
is
not
only
of
wonderfull
f}rength,
but
al-
fo
of
great knowledge by
creation;
which though
in refpeól
of
good things
it
was much decreafed
by
his fall, yet
in
heights and ftrataaems it
is
much increafed
by
his
long
ex-
perience
from the
beginning
of
the
world,
euen
almoli
fixe
thoufand
yeeres;
which
is
fufficient
to
make one
wife
that
is
by nature foolifh and
limple, and therefore much more
Sa-
tan, who
is
by nature
very
politike
;
being
alíò
a
fpirit,and
hereby
fit
to
diue
as
it
were
into the
fecrets
of
nature,and
with
incredible fwiftnes
to
paffe
from
place
to
place, readie
to
intrude
himfelfe
into
all
companies
fecretly, and
to
learne
the
nature,qualities
& difpofitions
of
al
men,againft
whom
.
he fighteth.And though
he
cannot know
our
thoughts
dire
-
&lie
and certainly,for this
is
proper
to God
alone
to
bee
the
Ier.
/
7.
io,,
fearcher
of
hearts, yet
he
hath
fuch
intelligence from our
af--
fe&ions,ltifis,inclinations and
outward
aeüons,that
hee
can
fhrewdly
geffe
at
them,
ifhe
doe
but
awhile
keepe
vs
coin
-
panie,
and
fee
our difpofition and conuerfation.
So
that we
cannot
giue Satan
the
leaft
aduantage,
but
hee
is
readie
to
take
it
and
make
vfe
thereof
to
our
ouerthrow;
we
can
lay
no plot
againft him
but
he difcerneth
it,
and
is
readie
to
pre
-
uent it.
And
therfore in this
refpea
our fiate
is
like the
king
of
Arams,
2.King.6.r2.
for
Satan
our
enemie
knoweth
all
z.King..6.1 is
our
counfailes and
confultations which
we
take
and
hold
in
our
mufi fecret
chambers..
And thus you
fee
what
Satans policie
is
:
againfi
fi
which
Se.2.
we mu oppofe no
leffe
wifdome and
skill,if
will
bane
govv vve
the
viaorie.
Whereas therefore
wee are
foolifh by
nature,or-may
defeat,
wilie
to
beguile-our felues;that wifdome
which
we
haue na-
Satans poticie.
turally
being worldly
and carnall, which
is
enmitie againft
God,Rom.8.7. and therefore more
fit
to
betray,
vs
into
the:Rom.s.7.
hands
of
our enemie,
than
to defend
vs
from him
;
it
behoo-
ueth
vs
to
goe
out
of
our
felues
into the 'Lords'treafurie
of
wifedome,
and there
to
fíirnifh
vs
with
fuch
fpirituall
facing
wifedome,as fhall
be
fit
to oppofe
againfi the fubtill
poli cie
of
our
fpirituall
enemie.
That
is
wee
mull continually heare
and meditate in
Gods word,
which
will
make
vs -wife
and
skilfulh;.