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Matth.74.
Iohn
16.13.
Vert
t4.
Luk.t1.13.
§.Seci:2.
The
refi'
of
the
jvirituall ar-
mour
is
not
fufficient with-
out
prayer.
64
Qf
Pr
ayer,
gift
defcendeth,Iam.
t.t
7.
and
therefore
are
to
be
begged at
his
hands
by
carnet+
and effe6uall prayer,we hauing
his
gra.
cious
promife,that
if
we aske
we fhall
receiue,Mat.7.7.And
our
Sauiour
hath
affured vs,
that
whatfoeuer
we aske
the
fa-
ther
in his
naine,
he
will giue
it vs,Ioh.i
6.23 .And
to this
his
promife hee
addeth
his
commandement
in
the
verle
follow
-
ing,faying,
ef
iske
andyou
Thal/
receiuc.Yea,ifwe doe
but tru-
lie
delre
the holie
Ghofl,
the Father will
giue him
unto
vi,
Luk.i
i.13. And
hee
commeth
not alone,butbringeth with
.
him
our
fpirituall armour,
euen all his
graces
fit
for to
arme
vs
in
the
fpirituall
combat, againfi
all
the
affauits
of
Satan
and
his aflifiants.
But
whereas thefe
graces
are in this
life
but
weake and ini-
perfe6
in
vs;our
truth being
mixt
with
wil-worfhip and
hy-
pocrifie; the
puritie
ofour
confcience
being
fiained
with
our
corruption;
our knowledge
of
the Golpell but
in
part, and
fhadowed with
the vaile
ofignorance;
our faith
mixt
with
doubting,and
weakened
with
incredulitie; our
hope
fhaken
from
our anker
-
hold,when the
promifcs
of
God
are
delaied;
and whereas we allo
are
vnskilful
to
vfe
this
fpiritual armour
for
our
bell aduantage;
therefore
it
behooueth
vs
after wee
haue armed our
felues
at
all
points,
not
to trufi
altogether
in
our armour,
but
to
haue
our
recourfe
vnto
our grand Cap
-
taine Chrifi Iefits,acknowledging our owne weakeneffe,and
defiring
his
aide
and
affifiance,
that
being
armed
with
his
power,we
may
obtaine
a
glorious
viéorie
ouer our fpiritual
enemies.
And
as
Mo,
's
ioyned
with
lofuahs
(word his
owne
effeolual
prayer,whichwas offarre greater
efficacy;for
when
he
held
vp his
hands
in
prayer,
Ifrael preuailed;
but
when
he
fainted, eßmalechhad
the
vpper hand:
fo
wee
being to fight
againfi the
fpirituall Amalekites,
are
not
whollietotrufi
in
our
fpiritual
weapons,but
we are
to
implore continually
the
Lords
aflïflance
by
heartie prayer,
atfuring our
felues
that
if
we
lift
vp
our hands and hearts vnto
God,we
Thal
in
the
end
obtaine
a
full vtc`lorie;
but
ifwe
faint, the
fpirituall
Amalecl¿,
will preuaile againfi
vs.
Whilefi
our minds lie
groueling
on
the
earth,it
is
an
eafie
matter
for thefe fpiritual
wickednefíes
to
ouercome vs, feeing
they
fight
againf}
vs
from high pla-
ces;
.r.