Chrifls enemies hisfoot,floole. i it ding all the which he was caught at the 'Mi. Our ene- mies come againfl us in armies, with infinite methods and lira tagems to circumventus, this onely is our com- fort, that we have /gnu": magnum, one refuge which is above all the wildome of the enemie, to climbe up unto the Croffe ofChriti, and to commit the keepingof our kinks unto him, out of whole hands no man can take them. When Davidwent forth againfi Goliah, he did not grapple with him by his owne flrength, but with his Slingand his flone at a diflance overthrew him. It is not good to let Satan come too dole unto the foule, to let in his temptations,or toenter into anyprivate anclin- timate combate with him(this was for our Captain one- ly to doe, whowe know entred into the field with him, as being certaine of his owne firength) but our onely way toprevaile againfl him, is to take faithas a fling,and Chrifl as a (tone, he will undoubtedly finde out a place to enter in and to finke the proudefi enemie : weare be- fet with enemies,yea,we are enemiesunto our felves, the burdenof the flefh, the affaults of the world, the firy darts of Satan, treafon within, and vvaires without, fwarmcs of Midianites, troopes of Amalckires, the Sea before us, the /Egyptian behinde us, finne before, Satan and the world behinde, either I mull runne on and bee drowned in kin, or I mull (land bill and be hewed in peeces with the perfecutions of wicked men, or I mull revolt and turnbacke to /Egypt, and fo be devoured in her plagues. In the& extremities theApofile hath given us our :mommagnum, Looke unto Wag, he that is the Author, will be the finifherofour faith : It is yet but a hale while, hewill comeand will not tarry, he is with- in the viewof our faith, hee is within the crie ofour prayers, hee itteth at the right handofpower, nay, bee thereflandeth, and is rifcn up already.in thequarrell of his Saints, .4a.7.56.The nearer the /Egyptian is to if met, the nearer he is to wine, and the nearer Ifrael is to deliverance. VERSE I. Fieba Hcb,10.36437,
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