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Of
the
fivordofthe
SpirJte
_.
_.._....._._...._.....
CHAP.
XV.
Of
the
front of
the
Spirit.
Nd
fo
much for the
defenfiue
armour which wee 4Sh
meráo
muff.
put
on.
That
which followeth
is
both
de-
th
irit.
fenfiue
and
offenfue,
fit
to
defend
our
felues,
ÍP
andtrepell and foile
the enetnie..'The firflis the
firord
ofthe
ftirit,the
word
ofGod.
This the
Apoflle calleth
the
(word
of
the Spiritf becaufe
it
is a
fpirituall
and
not a
carnal.
weapon,which the Spirit
ofGod
himfelf
bath
as
it
were tern
-
pered,inade,fharpened, and put into our hands,
to repel'
our
fpirituall
enemies whenfoeuer
they
afhault
vs.If
therefore
we
would
defend our
felues
and
driuc
backe
Satan,
wee
mutt
not
onelie
bucklevnto
vs
the
defenfiue
armour before
fpo
ken
of
(for
he
that
flandeth.
altogether
vpondefence,flan..:
deth'vpon no
defencc)_,but
wee mull take
vnto
vs
the
(word
of
the
Spirit,wherewith
we may repel and deadly
wound our
fpirituall
enemies.
Wherein
we
are
to
imitate
the
example
of
our
chrefe
Captaine
Iefus
Chrifl, who
though. he
was
able
to
hauelronfuted
Satan
by other arguments, or
to haue con
-.
foroded
him
bythe.ornnipotent
power
of
his.Deiti.e.;
yctas
Match,.
a
he
fuffered
himfelfe
to
bc.tempted in
all
things
like
voto
fo
he
vfed
alto
the
fame
weapons,
'which he
hath
appointed.
vs
to
vfe
in
this fpirituall combat
of
temptations, to the
end,
that
we
might
be
taught
how to
handle
thern,hauing
his
ex-
ample for
ourimitation,and
alto may conceiue
affured
hope.
of
vi&orie, confidering
that
our Captains
fubdued Satan:
with the
felfefame
weapons.
Whenfoeuer therefore
wee are.affaulted
by
Satan, Iet
vs
§,Se
t
draw
out
the
(word
of
theSpirit,
that
wee.
may ,defend
our
That
the
ford
felues
i
and
gue
him the foile,
as
being
themoft
fit
weapon
of
the
fririt
is
.
for
this purpofe
:
for
if
Satan
feeke
to
blind the
eies
of
a
m
oil
fit
'ea-
our.vnderflanding
with
.ignorance,
that
thereby hee
may
P
ratio
a
0.1
leadevsas
it
were
hcodwinkt
into finne,the
word
of
God
is_otions..
alanthorne
to
our
feetc,and
a
light
vnto our paths
to
difco-
ucrSa,tansdarke
illufions
and
fecretanbufhments,
and
to
guide'..: