86 / 772
Hepe,the
he!.
met offalua-
tiok.
tins
aE.io.
1.00.417.
5$
-Of
the
helmet
of
fglrtatio»;
where
he exhorteth
vs
to put on the hope
of
faluatlon
forti
helmet.
As
therefore
fouldiers
when they goe into the
field
-put
on
their helmet,
-that
thereby they
may
defend
their
-head,which
is
their
chicle
part,from the
cruel}
blovaes.ofthe
-enemie
;
fo
we
being to fight
the fpirituall batteli,
muff
put
on
hope
both
of
viéiorie, and
the gloriòus
crowne
belong..
ing
thereunto,
and
fo
fhall wee neuer turne our backs
when
'wee
are
affaulted,
teeing by the
Lords
áí1ît
}ance
we
doe aífi..
redly
hope
for viótory, and
through
his
mercie and
the
me
-rits
ofChrifl
doe
expeói
after our
combat
is
finifhed,the
gar-
land ofeuerlafling
happines,-
promifedto
all
that
ouercome.
-For
though
Satan affaúlt
vs
on
the
one
fide,
by
offering
vn_
to
vs the riches,
honours
'andpleafitres
of
the
world, that
-thereby
hemay
inticc
vs
ro
finne,
and fo yeeld our
felties
his
.captiues,he (hall
not
preuaile againfl
vs,ifwe
be armed
with
-its
helmet
of
faluatlon:
for
as
no man in his
right
wits
would
fell his
certaine interefl unto
a
goodly
i
nhert
tancefor
2.
bright
fhining
counter
;
fo
much
leffe
willany
man,who is
not
flarke
mad,
fell
his
affuredhopeofthe
eternal
kingdom
ofglorie,by
yeelding himfelfe the
flaue
of
finne
and Satan,
to
purchafe
for the prefent
the
worlds counterfaite
fhining
excellencies, which are-in-truth
but
mutable, or at
leaf}
mo-
mentanie vanities.And
though
he
allaultvs
on
the other
fide
with
aflli6lions,
croffes
and perfecutions,as hee did
Pard,yet
wee will
with him,
for
the hope
of
ifrael,be content
tobee
bound
in
the
-
chines
ofmiferie-and
affli
&ion. For
the hea-
uiefl
croffe
will
feeme
tolerable,yea
an
eafie
yoke and
a
light
burthen,
to
thofe
whodoe
expeóó
and hope
fora
farre
molt
excellent
and
an eternall
waight
ofglorie;
neither
can
the
flraitway
and the narrow
gate
difcouragethofe,
that in
the
end
of
their iournie
affuredly
expeóapalace
ofpleafure
and
neuer
fading felicitie. But on the
othertide,ifwe
do
not
put
on
this
helmet, we
(hall
not dare'to
lift
vp
our heads
in
the
day
of
batteli:
for
as
thofe
who
are
encouraged
with
-hope
of
vidlorie
and the
fpoyle
enfuing,doe fight
valiantlie;
fo
thofe
who
are
quite
forfaken
ofhope,
doe
forfake alfo
the
-fteld,and caflìng
downe their armour and
weapons,
doe
ei-
.ther
runne away, or cowardly yeeld unto
-the-exemie.
CHAP.