Tbe chiefefl often thoufand. any thing fuould come in competition with him. Againe, It fttZnds firmt t~gainft all difiour4gements whatfoever ; for it fets Chrill: againfi al1, who is the cbiefeof ten thoufond. The foule in this cafe will fet Chrifi againfi the anger and wrath I of. God, a(?ai~ft Satan and all our fpirimall ene· 1· mtes. Chnft ts the~ngell of the C~venant,Sa. tan isaLyon,aroanng Lyon; Chnll:the Lyon of the tribe of Iuda; Satan a Serpem,a Dragon: l 34~ ' I SaR.XV. But Chrifi the true Brazen Serpenr, the very looking upon whom will take away all the fiings and fiety darts of Satanwhatfoever:wher– fore it is faid,t Io/m 5.that Faith is that that over– commeth theworld.How dothFaith 1vercome the world ? Becaufe· ir overcomes aH things in the world, as on the right hand, pleafcres, and pro– fits and honours, and on the left hand threate– nings, paines, loffes, and difgraces, by fetting Chrifi: againft all. Aoaine, if we would havea right judgem~nt UJC .!· 1 b t' f Ch ·a l l ,, emu,. a Ott1' and efieemeo rtu, Let m au~urto we4ne our ,~ 1:11eane ou'l 4fect;onJ 114 much tU may heftom other things. beam .ftom o– Fldhly hearts that have nm fo deeply into the rherthmgr. ' world and vanities of this prefent life, it is in a fort an extraordinary taske for themto be drawn away, and pulled from the world (as a childe from a full breafi: ) which they have fucked fo ,long. Now for fweet affeCtions that are tender, · it ~s an excel~ent advantage~hey have to confi– der betimes that there is that in Religiongnd in the Gofpdl, which isworth their befi and prime , affeCtions~
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