Thegood Fight. 231 drotrrrtheir zeale: but whenkcommeth toblowes,tht world frownea, profit is abridged,pleafureis limited,credit and fame isa littlecclipfed, their namesput outaseuill'; then theyare nips like an ouer-forward budde with an vntimcly ctuk,ó,za, froh, then beginthey togroe to ademurre, and in fine,either runne away in the plaine field, or elfe (codera colour of difcretion) fall backe into the rereward, thebatten is tharpe,and it is notgood tobe too forward. Thus like as inGideegs enterprifer, of twoand thirty thoufand which tooke armes, whenproclamation f fulg.7. was made in the camp_(theaffault approching) Whofo it 'inure* irr him retorore, at one clap therewentaway two and tweutie thoufand ; foof troupes of profeL fors whichat the fish entrancegluein their names, when it commeth to trial/, the greaten part will retire, and theywill bebut a few that will (land into it to the end. Herebyyou mayfee, that whenwe haue(as leremie faith g) rann, toandfro g Irrem.5. through ourflreetos,and madeenquiry, we (hall finde buta few, who if they were now toend their daies,andtolookebacke into their courfe pall, to fee howthey hauedemeaned themfelues in thisholy warfare, arcable to fay, without any in- ward check,/ haaefought thatgoodfight, and now 1expeilthe crewneofrighteoofnes. To conclude then,we hate all heard what Paid did, beefought thatgood fight : how comfortable it was that her had done it, it emboldened him to ,aped a Growerof righeeoafnrfjë : we haue fecne our owne carclefnc fe , and what will bee the iffue ifwe continue it : thefermideath is prouidedfor thefearefur, but filch h assurrcome,fhai inherit allthings,. Ifwedeliire comfort indeath, andhappineffe Vert: 7. afterdeath,lctvs henceforth armeour fclues for thisfpirituall figpt,agalnit our owne corruption . again(t Sathans temptations, againft Sathans inllruments which fight againfì Religion. This is the onely warre which is the wayunto=mall Peace.
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