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®f
the#
rituall
armour.
range abroad to forrage, or
get
fome
bootie,
are
eaßly
van:
-
quifhed by their
enemies
;
fo
thofe
who
depart and make
an
apo(tafic
from Gods Church,
to
gaine or retaine their plea.
fures
and worldly preferments,
are
eafìly
ouerthrowne,fal.
ling into
Satans
ambuthments. And
fecondly,
euery one is
to
containe
himfelfe
within the
limits
of
his fpeciall
voca-
tion,
and to
kcepe his peculiar
handing appointed
him
by
God
:
for
as
there
is
nothing
more
pernicious
to
an
armie
than
diforder, when
as
force
intrude
themfelues
into
others
place,
as
when the common fouldier will be
an
officer,
the
Lieutenant Captaine, and the Captaine,Generall
of
the ar-
mie;
fo
nothing
is
more hurtfull
to
the Church militant,
than when
diforderly one
vfurpes
anothers
place
and
office,
as
when the Minihers will bee Magihrates, and the
Magi..
ilratesMinihers,
and
when
the
common people
vfurpe
the
office
of
them
both.
Secondly,when
as
he
biddeth
vs
hand in our places,he re-
firaineth
vs
from
two
extreames
:
the one,that
wee
doe
not
wilfully
thruh
our
felues
into the
combat
of
temptations
be..
fore we be affaulted, and
fo
as
it
were
runne out
of
our
han-
ding
to
feeke
an
enemie; and
fecondly,
that
when wee are
affaulted we doe
not
flee
away,
but hand
to.
it
valiantly
and
endure
the violence
ofthe
affailants. Laf}ly,he
exhorteth
vs
to
watchfulnes
&
painefull diligence,for we mull
not
drove_
lily and fecurelylay
vs
downe and giue
our
felues
to
fleepe,
nor
yet
fit
idlely
as
though
wee
had
nothing to
doe
;
but
we
are
to hand
vpon our
guard, and
to
watch
continuallie,
that
'wee may alwaies
be
in
readines
to withftand
the
affaults
of
our
enemies; otherwife ifwee
fleepe
in fecuritie,
they will
fuddenly
let
vpon
vs
and
furprize
vs
at
vnawares.
4,
Sea.
I.
00..
.
CHAP.
X.
Of
the
particular parts
ofthe
Chrif
ian
armour
:
andfir. of
the
girdle ofveritie.
A
Nd
thus the Apofile
hauing
taken away
all
retchleffe
fecuritie and foole-hardines, and
alfo
ftrengthened
vs
with