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fieafonsmowing vstofght againf the world. 2 S The la(l argument to moue vs, is the great reward which 4,Seff, f o. accompanieth this viólorie, for hawingfought thiagoodfght, Them"? rearon we may affuredlyexpeól,with the' blefï 'edApoflle,acrowne taken limey, ofrighteoufnelli; and to raigne with Chrifl in glorie,as him- rewa *d which felfe hath-pronnifed ; Apoc.3.21.Tohim (faith he) thateuer- accompanied) commeth,rrill /grant refit with mein my throne,euen as I euer- vte. came,andfitrvithmy father in his throne. Yea we (hall enioy Áp .8. all bleflcdne(fe and happineffe,for (hall haue the fruition ofGod himfelfe, and together with him enioy all good things.For fo he prortni feth,Apoc.2 t .7. He that auercotnmeth Ibiza inherit all things, and l will be his God, and hefted be my [vine.What therefore though in this confliól we lofe,or be driuen to ferfakg houfes,or breihren,orliflers, or fat her, or me- Matth.rsas. ther,er wife,or children or lands, for Chriffs names f ke, feeing wee fhall haue the worth of thefe benefits redoubled veto vs a hundredfold,euen in this life in Gods fpirituall graces, and in the world to come (hall inherit euerla(ling lifc?What ifwebe driuen for amoment of time,tobeare the eafie bur- then of foine light alicclion,ifwee fnall afterwards be- re- 2.Cor.4,1 7. warded with a farre moll excellent and an ecernall waight of glorie ? Yea what though in this fight wee lofe a tempo- rarie life,ifwe may be rewarded with life eternal!, and that Luke z14.. glorie and happineffe whichdoth accompanie it ? And chefe arc the reafonswhich -may ìncourage -all Chri- 4.Secei.I r. Glans to encounter this fpirituall enemie ofour faluation ; Now we are now ifwe would know how wee may thus fight againfl the raid to fight a- worldand be affuredallo that wee haue obtained viólorie <gain(t the "714 we are laid thirsto combat with it,when we refill and Duet` - z roi`btaiue come all worldly tentations, which moue or draw vs veto finne; and more efpecially,whcn being allured to commit finne, or to neglea any dutie which God requireth, by the worldly baites ofriches,pleafures,and preferrnents,weedoe renounce there worldly lulls, and contemn thefe ba -le of- fers, preferring farm before them our obedience towards God,and the reward thereof,his lóue and fauour in this life, with all other his fpirituall gifts and graces,and the eternal! ioyes of his kingdotne; referued for vs in the life to come. And cotttrariwife when being.difcouragedin our courfe of Clui(lianitk,