Thegood Tight. 223 rponthegallowes,butwho fo emboldenethhimfelfe thereupon, perhappes the ropemay behis hire : it is not good to put it vpon thePfalme ofMijrere, and theneck-vcrfe, for fomerimes beeproouesnoclarke. Godonce madean Aire to fpeaket, but hee that should therefore fpurre his beantill bee fpake alfo, all g Num,st,aS men would condemnhim for unwire. Let then thisbee the conclufron : The refrelhingof'Panlsfpirit, when hisdepartingapproached, wasthe confcience of his well-runne courfe : a Chriftian bycalling, a Chriftian by conuerfation, could not but haueaChritlians inheritance. Geeand doe thou Let the hLukro.;r, lifeofthe religiousbee thy study, and thedeathoftbe rigbtemu i !hall be thy fore i Nem,a ;,to reward; where therebathbeeoethe ft*Erefarretlion, there can bee no/sand death'. k Aeaso.6. Hithertoweehaue confideredgenerally the groundsofPaah hope,his carri- agepatt: now let vs examine itmore particularly : and firft ofthe fiat fuppor. ter: Ihaxefougbt e goodfight. What then (will fomeman fay tome) wasAnd a fouldier, that he fpeakes here of fighting_? Yes, he was a fouldier,and the fame no freih.water,or white.liuered fouldier,buta valiant,experienced, &beatencham. pion,one that had puffed the hazzardofmanyskirmilhes, and (as teltimoniesof his hardy courage,)was able to (hewthe (carsofmany received wounds, ¡bears inmy badie the murky oftheLardyefne'. But as the things weenow difcourfeof, Galas.s7. are fpirituall things ; fo this fightingmuff be vndedtood in a fpirituall fence. Pant ayfiritxsll menm, his aduerfaries fpirituall ; or for fpirituall refpe&s, hisweapons m r Cor.r.s6 fpiriruall ^, hisviiiocies fpirituall. Letme acquaintyouwith particulars, that fo "u Cox.ro.} the vfe ofthis Scripturemay be the more full. Paulvndergoetha doubleconfidcration: t. eitheras a Chriftian, or fecond- Paulsfights. ly, as an ApollleandMinder ofChrilt Iefus : Come ofhis fightings morepro. perlyconcerne his efate asa Chriftian : Come againhe was more fpecially tried in,by vertu: ofhís calling. As beewas aChriftian, I finde inhis owne writings the report of twoefpeciallconf ints : the one Rom. y.betwixt Natureand Grace, theSpirit &the Flelh,the lawof his members,and the lawofGod.Who fo reades and examines the place,iballfee firE, thequalityofhis combatants; fecondly,rhe grounds and tearmes ofthequarrell; thirdly, thehazzard(asmight feeme for the time) and doubtfulneffeof theevert, togetherwith Come foylcs taken oneither part; and laftly,the certaintyandcomfort oftheviitory, Ithank: Gadthrough le. figCbrift oarLord°. The fecond combare is z Cora z. and that wasmotedireâ oVettese; and immediatewithSaran, although he thereincunningly (as his vfe is)wrought upon the aduantageofPastcorruption.Tn thisTaxi wasmuch toffed &geared, and buffeted, andglad to fleeonce and again, and the third time for refuge to theLord. Howbeit, though theaffault wasfharpe, yet theconque(twas great Mygraceisfaffiaientforthee',andVerygl adly ?wiIreivyceinmineinfrrmities. pVerle9. Nowhisftghtings(as anApofile)were diaers,and the famenot idleor caufelefi-e, about needle(fe gxefl:onsandfirifeofwork7, (far¡&ht.!, faithhe, not eu osebeu. "Tim, ring the ayre :) but they were graue andweighty, euen for the fucceffeofhis usi- r :Cor. 9,24 niitery, and the enlargementof theGofpell ofChri(} leías. They may(for tea- chingsfake) be thusdiftinguifhed : tohauebeen: either again(} theoppofitions and vnfoundcauillings,or again] the violencesandcruelties ofchore which were aduerfariesto the truth. Ofthe formerfort, wee haue thiscombate withOmits (A&13. at Topknot,with the rcuiuers ofthe legal] ceremoniesat Antioch', with theSto. ° AOts. icksand Epicures atAthensv, with thole.eats!* (Demetrimand his faâion)at ;AC'rr. E h, : ant:. ;s p fin `, withßymenaxt andT hilerneY, withAlexander theSmiths. Withall x Asa9. there, andwithmany befìdestherehecombated,and over all there through thehelp y aTim.r.:4; ofCIsriJi ',hie had thevuiiory. For it may bee truely raidof themall, which him. x s T,m.419 (elf: (peaketh oftome, :heir madmf wat madeeteident snoodmen,andtheypreuai. lednot lon t, His htin twiththeviolences andcrueltiesofeuill men it were long toparticularize. I teferre youto his ownereport <. In all there bewas mere z;see,.! V abet
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