78 ti Comwentary upon the Go(liel Chap.4 pion. He came into the field like another Goliah, tracking and Veger,t.1 .e.a4 calling craven, but ere he went thence, was made to hop liead- ist llama] r lefte, as he, Firft a terrour, afterward afcorn, as it was an- teutatioquaint ciently faidofthofeChariots,armed with fiches and hooks. Hence- teruaie forth therefore, though we are ever to ex eft temptations, till ne ptt!(ari. g p Buthot. fuch time, as we havegotten that great gulfbetween the devil and us, Lut116.z6. Yetfar none ofthefe things that ye Jball t u er. Behold,thedevil¡hall (by his imps and inftruments) ca¡gme ofyou ( not all) into prim ( not into hell) thatye may be tried Rcvel.z.ao. ( not deftroied) and_ye !hall have tribulation ten daies (fo long, and no longer.) Be thoufaithfull unto the death, and Iwill give thee a crown oflife. Satan can look for no Crown, he is in perdi- tionalready. His aim and endeavour is, to draw us into the fame condemnation. This we efcape, if we refill, f1edfaft in the faith: for then heperceives Chrifl, the chief Captain ofoar r T lvation to be there; and therefore flees his prefence , ever lince he felt his proweffe. Chryf'Mom faith, That by the Sacrament of the Lords Supper we are foarmed againíl Satans temptations, that he fléth from us no otherwife, then ifwe wereCo many leones ignem ex- puentes, lions that fpet fire. It is not fillypeoples defying the devil, and fpetting at his name, that avails any thing : for they fpet not low enough ; they fpet him not out of their hearts : yea, they admit him thereinto by yeelding to his fuggeltions; and are miferably fòolifh, as if men fhould startle at the name of fire, and yet not fear to be fcorched with the flame thereof. Our fafeta way is CO run to Ithiel andveal, as Agur did, CO Chrift, the `4u- ittb.12..21, thour and finifber of our faith ; who here gave the devil filch an inglorious foil, trampled him in the mire, triumphed over him, and hath promifcd to tread him under our flee J,t>ortly, Rom. i 6, zo. t'Iá And loe,the eXngels came andminifiredunto him.] Perhaps D,n.4 ac ,o. food to hs body, as once to Eliaa; but certainly comfort to his Luk t.eo. foul, as to 74cob , Hagar, Daniel, Zecharias, 7ofeph , Corne- A ct ' o 4. & d, sst, Paul, &c. Socrates and Theedoret tell us of one Tüeodo.. 7' "3' rue, a Martyr, put to extream torments by yulian the Apoffate, and diímifl-d againby him, whenhe tawhim unconquerable.Rrf- fintas tels us, that hemet with this Martyr, a long time after this triall, andasked him, Whether the pain he felt were noc unfuffer- able? He anl' wcred, That at firft it was fomewhat grievous : but after awhale, there feemt d. to sand byhim a young man inwhite, who
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