Cbrills people he a rparre tofight. 01111MM.O110.311. unprofitable, anduncleane thoughts. Thc underganding to earthly wildome, vanity, infidelity, prejudices, mif- perfwafions, fieflily reafonings, value fpeculations and curiofitics, &c. The will to ItiffeneiTe, refiilance, diflike of holy things, and purfuite of the world. The confci- etre to deadneife, immobilitie, and a flupid benummed- neffe, to flavifh terrours and evidences of hell, to fuper- furious bondage, to carnall fccuritie, to defperate con- clufions. The affeelions to independence, difiraaion, excelfe, precipitancie, &c. In temporal! conditions, there is no eflateofhcalrh,wealth,peace,honor, eflimation, or the contraries unto there no relationoff:usbandfather, magilirate, rubjea, &c. unto whichSaranpath not luch fumble fuggeilions, as by the advantage offlefhly cor- ruptions may take from them occafion to draw a man fromGod. Laffly, in regard ofour aligns and imploy- ments, whether they be Divine, fuch as refpc& God, as arils ofpietie, in reading,hearing, meditating,and fludy ing his Word, in callingupon his name, and the like, or fuch as refpeta our/elves, as aasof temperance and fo- briety, perfonall examinations, and more particular ac- quaintance with our ownehearts; or fu;h as refpe& t hors, as aas of righteoufneffe, charity, and edificati- on. Or whether they be a5tionsnatural!, fuch as are re- gone to the prefervacion of our being, as fleepe and diet : or anions civil!, in our callingsor recreations, in all there Satan laboureth either to pervert us in the perfor- mance of them, or to divert us from it. There is thenno condition, facultie, relation, or action of a Chriflian Man, the which is not alwayes under theeye and envy of a molt raging, wife, and inclulitious enemie. And therefore,great realon there is, that Chriflians fhould be military men, well inftruaed in the whole armour of God, that they may be able to fland againa the wiles oftheDevil!, and to quench all his firy darts. It isour calling towreille againfi principalities and powers, and X 3 fpirituall 3 VER SE 3.
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