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Z Of thewsrld,and what it ir. difcoaraged; neither, fo admiring theone, nor regarding the other,as that he fhould fuffer them to hinder him in his way to his heauenly countrie. Yea heemutt together with the world ouercome the prince of theworld,and all the po- wer of hell ; and which is a vi&orie ofgreateft difficultie,he bee mutt ouercome himfelfe,and his owne corruptions; which conqueft wvhofoeuerobtaitieth,hee putteth to flight thefe forraine forces at the firft onfet : whereas contrariwife it is in vaine to haue warres abroad, if in Read of peace and . fubìeton there be nothing but treafon,difcord, and rebel. lion at home ; thefe inbred enemies being alwaies readie to betray and lofe, that which is recouered and wonne with great paine and difficultie, and to yeeld into the enemies power in a day, that which bath been got withayeerbs la- bour. 4.Sec1.2. Concerning the meanes of refining -and ogercomming. Thatthewoad our fìrlt and chiefe enemie Saran,' haue alreadie intreated is/bmetime ta- in the Art+ part ofmy ChriftianWarfare:And now it remai- ké in and (otoobelot, neth, that being affijted with the fame fpirit,wee encoun- riedao afriend. ter alto the world,which is the fecond enemie of öur falua- tion,and teach the'weake Chriftianhow he may fo manage his fpirituall weapons,as that he may be affured ofa trium- phant viiiorie. But left whileft we fight againft our enemie, wee fhould bend our ftrength againft thole that bee our friends,becaufe theyare;intitled by the fame name, let vs learne to diftinguifh the one from the other,and cot,fiderin what fenfe we are here to take the world,which is a word of ambiguous figntfication,and how it is to bee imbraced as a friend,and how to be auoided or withftoodas a mortal ene- mie. To thispurpofe wee are to know, that the world in the Áa.17.14.. Scriptures is fometimes taken in a good,and fometime in an euill fenfe. In the, former it fometime fignifieth the whole vniuerfe and goodly frame of heauen and earth, and fo it is Gen.t.3a. an excellent creature ofGods making, approoued as good by his owne teflimonie, whereby the glorie,wifedome and power of the mightie Creator is manifefted and declared, Pfal.19.t. according to that of the Pfalmift: The heauen declare the glat'ie of Gad ,at4 tho firtnament fbbeweth t he» er&e of hia hand Sometime