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§.Sea.
x.
Of
the
fjiirituallarmour
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That
the
vvea-
pns
ofour
cbriftian
vvarfare
be
fpirituall.
Eph.6.i
t.8;c
z:Cor.io.q.,
EphaE6,1:.
Iob
ßi.Y'.so
CHAP.
IX.
Of
theffiirituallarmour,defcrsbed
Ephef.6.
Nd
thus haue
I
!hewed
the
nature and
qualitie
of
our enemieagainft
whom
we
mutt fight
;
both
in
refpee`I
of
his
will,&
alfo his
power,confifing in
his
ftrength
and policie
;
and allo
Thane
(hewed
fome meanes
which
in our
preparation againft
him wemull
vfe
carefully,that
wee may
withfand
him; namely,by
oppo-
fing
against
his malitious wil,chriflian
refolution;againll
his
firength,the omnipotent
power
ofGods
might
;
againil
his
fubtil policie,chriftian
wifdom, confining in the
knowledge
ofGods
wordiand
true
integri.tie
and
finiplicitie
ofheart.
Now
wee
are
to
fpeake
ofthe
laPt
meanes
which we
are
to
vfe
in our
preparation immediatly before our
combat;
that
is,
we
are
to
arme our
felues
againf
the encounter
:
and
to
this
end(becaufe we
are
but
frefh-water-fouldiers
&
of
fmall
ex-
perience)
let
vs
take the
counfaile
andaduice
ofthe
Apoftle
Psaul,one
ofGods
chiefe champions and expert fouldiers,
as
he
fetteth
it down,Eph.6.i a.I2.1
3.14.&c.where
firfi
he
de-
fcribeth
the
quality,and
as
it
were
the
mettal
of
our armour;
in which
refpeet hee
telleth vs,that
wee
muff
put on
the
ar-
mour
ófGod
which
is
fpirituall, and
that
our weapons
and
armour
muff
not
be
carnali.
For
being
of
this
nature,though
they
were neuer
fo
fróg,they
were
to
no purpofe,feeing our
enemie
is fpirittual;
neither
do we trreflleagainf
A.í71
d
blood,
but
,Rainfi
principalsties,poroers
and
f
pirituall
wickednef es,
as
it
is
Eph.6.ia.In
vaine
therfore
it
were with the
Papias
to
feek
to
defend our
felues
with
holy
water,or
Crucifixes,or
ragges
and
reliques
of
Saints,
from
the violent
a(l'aults
of
this our
enemie
;
or
els
with
defperate hackfiers
to
trul
in our fword,
buckler
and
fpeare
:
for well
is
that
verified
of
this
fpirituall
Leuiathan, which
the
Lord
fpeaketh
ofthe
earthly
Leuia-
than,Iob 41.17.2o.
when
the
fword
doth touch him,herwllnot
trifeVp,
and
he
laugheth
at
the fhaking
of
thefpeare.
And there-
fore when
we
are
to
encounter this
great
Goliah,
wee
are
to
lay