Chqp,4, according to S t M A T t H E v n-. 69 that overcommeth, Will Igive, &c. Fight therefore and faint nor your reward is firre, your armour is ofproof, Get on both thofe piecesofdcfence ( as the girdle of truth, breft-p1a,te of righte- oufneffe, (hoes ofpeace and patience, fhield of faith, helmet of hope) and thofealfo ofc ffence; as the fwerd cf the Spirit, and dartsof praier. And then refolve, with that aged Citizen ofExe- ter in KingEdwardthe 6.time; who when theTownwas beteg- Life c K Ed.5 ed, faid, That he Wouldfeedon the one arm, andfight With the other, by S.tob.Hayso, deföre beWould confenttoyeeld theCity to thefeditiotu. It is faid of P.62. Sceva at the liege ofByrrachium, that he fo long refifted `Pompey r Je'rainf fere- army, that hehad s20. darts flicking in his fhield, and loft one bat pr;lin re yl_ of his eyes, and yet gavenot over, till CePr came to his refcue: vani.Luc n. And of Sr Thomas Challoner (who died, anno 1566. ) that he ferved in his youngertime under Charlesthe 5. in the expedition Cam tens Viz. of t".1lgier where being íhipwreckt, after he had fwum till his ftrength and his arms failed him, at the length catching holdofa Cable with his teeth, he efeaped, not without the loffe of forne ofhis teeth. The like ( and fomewhat more) is reported of Cy- Tr.,u, , Herod. negiras the e., thenian in the Perfian warres. Thefe did thus for a corruptible crown, or temporary honour; what fhould not we doe foran eternall ? a Cor..9, 25. Hold out, and hold fait that Revel,3, thouhaft, that no man take thy crown from thee. 'Be of been Eliza6eths difpofition, whoprovided for warre, even when the Ci de s E!it. had moff pedal peace with all men. Gods Spiritfeu up a ffand- ardin the Saiflts, 112.S9.19. e4'ndffronger is he that re in you, then he that i, intheWorld. That old ferpent bath hishead fo bruifed and crufhtby Chrift, that he cannot now fo cafìly thruft in his mor- tali fling, though he sífay it never fo often, unkfffe we daily with him,and lay our fclves open,unles we tempt Satan to tempt us, by inconfd.;ration,fecurity, or venturing on the occafion. of glacies,fi nailscadere. He that tattes ofthe broth, will have a mimic to the meat. The NNZaritet might not only not drinkwine, but Forbear to eat of thegrape, whether moift or dried. Into an exceeding high mountain.] Wh®'her mountains were Pi.190 t. made at firfi, or cafe up by the flood , there arc that difpute. I thinke, made at firft. Yet is the earth round (tas an apr le is, not- withftanding fume knots and bunches in it.) And, that, being round, and fo, naturally apt for motion (as theheavens are ) it flands firm and immoveable, Eccief. r.;. this is admirable. God battrhang'd it upon nothing, faith lob, in the midit of the hea. o; W 6 7, vt; Numb. 6.3.
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