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Of
the helmet
of
Salnation.
57
doth
the
Apoffle
vfe
this
improper fpeech,
Peeing
the
fhield
cloth
not
quench,
but
repell
the darts
that
beate
upon
it?
I
anfwere, partly
to
Phew
the
nature
of
our
enemies
tempta-
tions, namely,
that
they
are firie, mortalll,
raging,and perni-
cious(as
before
I
faid)_and
partly
to
Pet
foorth
a
double ver-
tue
of
faith
,
for
firft
thereby
wee repel!
and beate
backe
his
temptations, and
fo
refiFt him
f
edfafly
in
the
faith,
as
the
A-
i.Per.5.9
poftle
fpeaketh,t.Pet.5.9.And
fecondly,ifSatans darts haue
pearced and wounded
vs,faith alto
doth
coole the
1-Combing
heate
of
finne,
by
applying vnto
vs
the
pretious baulme
of
Chrifis
blood,
fo
that
our wounds
are
not
mortall vnto
vs,
though
mortali
in themfelues,
ifthey
were
not
cured
by
this
foueraigne
falue
of
finne,which
being
applied
by
faith,doth
cafe
the
burning
torments
of
our euill confciences,
and
pre
-
ferueth
vs
from all
danger
of
death. The
firs}
of
thefe
vertues
is fignified
hereby,in
that
he calleth faith
-a
fhield,which
ri-
pelleth
Satans
temptations,as the fhield
doth
the
darts that
are
calf againl}
it:the
fecond by the
word(quenching)name-
ly,
that
as
water
quencheth the
fire,
fo
faith
quencheth the
firie
darts
of
Satans
temptations,as
is
aforefaid.
Laf
}ly,
wee
are
to note
that
hee
calleth Satan
the wicked
Why
Satan
one, to ihew vnto
vs
that
hee
is
the father
and author
of
all
failed
o
et
wickedneffe and finne,both by finning himfelfe,and
prouo-
king
others
to
finneby
his
temptations, And
therefore he
is
called
the
wicked
or euiïl one
both
here
and
Matth.6.1
3.Btrt
Matth.6.73.-
deliuer
vs
from
the
ettill
one.
So
Matth.
13.3 8. The
tares are
the
and
13'38'
children
ofthe'
icked one,as
alto Ioh.8.q.q
lohn
8.44.,
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CHAP:
XIIII.
Of
the
helmet
of
Salvation.
He
lift peece
()four
Chriflian
armour
is
the hel-
met
offaluatiän,
which
is fo
called
by
ameto-
nymie
of
the
effe61,
becaufe
it
bringeth
falua-
tion to them
that
weare
it,for
we are faued by
xém
áß.
hope,as
it
is
R0111.8.24.
\\ hich
we
are
to
vndet-
r
Tl,ef.g,
'land by
the helmet
of
faluation,
as
appeareth
z
.Thcfl.5.8à
where