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The nete/fitie
ofthe
iirituall
ammo.
What
is
meant
by
the
euill
day.
Pfal.41.
I.
EpheC
q6
Of
rhr
fPrituagarmoar:
not
Puffer
his
workmantaip
&
gift to
be
fo much
difgraced;
as
that
Satan
Ihould
pearce
thorow
it
and wound
vs.
For
the
Lord knoweth
the
force
ofSatans darts,and
bullets
oftemp.
tation;
and he
hath
made his armour
high
proofe;and there
-
fore firong enough to
repell
all
the
batterie
of
Satans
fug
-
geftions.
And
that
we
maybe
the rather
flirred
vp
with
all
care
and
diligence
toprouide and buckle fail
to
vs
the armour
which
he
after defcribeth,hee fheweth
the
neceflitie
thcreof,by
de..
fcribing the
dangeroufneffe
of
ourenemies,who, beingnot
fleta
and
bloud, but
principalities, powers, worldly
.gouer_
nours,
princes
ofthe
darkneffe
ofthis world,
and fpirituall
wickedneífes,which
are in
high
places,cannot
poffibly
be re-
fifted
by our owne ftrength and
meanes.
And(therfore)for
this
caufe
he
willeth
vs
to
take.vnto
vs
the whole armour
of
God,
that
we may be able
to
refill in
the
euill
day,that is,the
time
of
temptation,
which
is
therefore
called the
euill
day,
partly
becaufe
therein Satan tempteth
vs
vnto cull,
and
partly
becaufe
it
is a
time
oftrouble,aduerfitie
and
afflióion,
when
Satan fifteth
vs
with
his
temptations. And
thus
the
euill day
is
taken
Pfalm.4i
.r
.
The
Lord
trilldeliuer
hire
in the
euillday,
(that
is)as
our tranflation alto reades
it
in
the time
ofrrouble.And
thus
alfo
it
is
vied,
Ephef.5.
i
6.
Redeeming
the
timme,4ecatere
the
-daies
are
euill,
that
is, full
of
troubles and af-
fli6ions.And
therfore
3'
eta
doth
tranflate
in this place
4
4
imie=
T
,44144,
temporeduerfo,
the
time ofaduerfitie.
By
which
we
learne
not
to
efteeme
our fpirituall fight
as
a
May
-game,
but
as
a
time
of
trouble and aduerfitie,
wherein
we
are affaulted
by mightie
enemies, and
oftentimesfoiled
and
wounded;
and therefore we
muff
not
voluntarily
runne
into
temptations,
feeing
the
time
Of
them
is
euill and full
of
trouble;but rather
feruently pray
vnto
the
Lord
that
hee
wil
not
leade
vs
into-
temptation,confdering
our owne weaknes
and
our enemies
power
;
or
if
it
pleafe
him to
make
trial' of
vs,
that
he
wil
not
fuffer
vs
to
fal
therein,but that
he wil
der.
liuer
vs-from
euill,for
as
much
as
the kingdome and
power
and
glorie
is
his
alone,and therefore he
is
ofpower
fufficient
to
faue
and
deliuer
vs.
But