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That
;t
behoo-
fword
ofthe
Spirit,and
skilfully
vfe
the
fame
in the
fight;
for
6z
Of
the
f
nerd
of
the Spirit.
trerh
vs
to bee
it
is
not
fufficient
that
we haue
this fword lying by
vs
nor
to
t!¿ilfucl
in
Y
$
Y
handling
th.
a
be
able
to
flew
the
goodnes
thereof
in
difcourfe,
if
in
the;
fword
oJthe
3neane
timewe
neuer
draw
it
out to fight
the fpirituall coin
-
Jjürit.
bat,but
let
it
rufl
in the fcabberd;but
we muff alwaies haue
it
readie for the
combat,
and
(as
it
were) naked
in
our
hands,
that
we may
ffrike
home, and cut
offal! the
temptations
of
Satan,
and the
lufls
of
our owne
flefh
when they doe
a
f
tuft
vs.
And to this end
we
muff
be
skilful! in
the
vfe
thereof:
for
though
a
man haue
an excellent weapon, yet
if
he
know
not
how to
vfe
it,it
wil
little
helpe him either
to defend
himfelfe
or
offend his enemie
:
fo
ifa
man
haue this
two
edged fword
ofGods
word,and
haue
no
skill
to
rule
it,
he will
f}rike
flat
-
long
and
not
cut, and fometime wound
himfelfe in Bead
of
hurting
his enemie
;
yea
fo
politike
a
warriour
is
Satan
a-
-gainfl
whom
we
fight,that
if
we
be
not
skilful! in
the
vfe
of
this
fword, he will turne the edge and
point thereof
againa
our
felues,
and
fo
in
Read
of
defending
vs,
it
will, like
the
fword
of
Goliah,be
readie for the enemie
to
cut
off our
owne
head.
And therefore
it behooueth
vs
to
come
into Gods
fchoole continually,that
there
we may learne
how to
vfe
and
handle this fword
ofGods
word
fo
cunningly,that
wee
may
refit+
Satan in
all
his affaults,
and giue him no aduantage
in
the
fight.Otherwife
he
will
vfe
it to
our owne ouerthrow;
for
ifhee
durfi
fight againfl
our Sauiour
Chril+
with
his
owne
weapon the word
ofGod,
whofe
knowledge
was
exquifite
and without
meat
{ire,
faying,It
is
written
;
howmuch
more
bufie will
he
be in vfing
it
againfi
vs,
who
haue
not attained
vnto
the
leaf}
part
ofhis
skill?
rbt
foUy
of
Whereby
appeareth,firfl the
carnali retchlefneffe
ofmanie
thofe
mho
nei-
men,who,
as
though
there were no
enemie
to
alfault
them,
lea
this (piri-
haue
not
this weapon
in
their
houfes
at
all, or
if
they haue,
txall
weapon,
they beflow more time
in
prophane
exercifes,
than
in
fludi.e
how to
vfe
the
fword
ofthe
Spirit for
their
owne
de-
fence
;or
atleafl trufling to their
owne
skill
asfu#ñcientin
it
felfe,
they
feldome come
to
the Lords fchoole, where they
might
learne
to
viè
the weapon
of
Gods
word,for their
belt
aduantage.
Secondly,