P60.1k.{,:j3e9 e-.24.1 4s A"24 ? 6'11_ That ye may be able to flancl againji the. wiles of the devil: liefe words preterit us with the reafon, why the Chriftian fouldier is to be thus compleatly arm'd, That he may be able to 'landagainli the Wile.% of thedevil. The ftrength of which at, gument lies in thefe two particulars. Firft, the danger, ifunarm'd, the enemy is no mean contemptible one, no leffe then the devil, fet out as a cun- ning Engineer by his wiles and ftratagems. Secondly, thecertainty of Banding againft all his wits and wiles', ifwe be thus arm'd, That ye may be ab.fe to fiand. As no {landingwithout armour,fo no feare offallin& into the fiends, hands if arm'd. To beginwiththefjrf.theSaintsenemy, the devil defcribed by his wiles f,(4.9.041'as an rhalgoie, properly the methods ofSatan, (4.q.avAia of La"aucP&., which fignifies, that Art and order pne ob- ferves in handling a point ; we fay filch a one is methodical; Now becaufe it flews ingenuity and acuteneffeof wit fo to com. pole a difcourfe, therefore it is tran0-ert'd to expreffe the Cub-- tiltysof Satan in laying of his plots and ftratagems, in his warlike preparations againft the Chriftiam Indeed, the expert fouldier bath his order as well as the fcholar, there' is method in forming of an army, as well as framing an argunaent.The Note which hes before us is, Doe, The devil is a very fubtile enemy. The Chriflian is endangered molt by his policy and craft ; he is cali'd the old Serpent, The ferpent?fubtil above other creatures, an old Serpent above other ferpents ; Satan was too crafty for man in his perfection, much more now in hismaimed ellateabaving_never recovered that firft crack,
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