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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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2 That in this Christian war and conflict, we• must never fly away; but stand unto it face to face. There is no hope to get good by running a•a•: it i• dishonourable to God, and dangerous to our selves, b• cause then we l•e all op•n to the weapons of the devil: therefore let there be in us the mind of Nehemiah, Nehe. 6.11. for the devil fights not for glory, as me• do, who think it as great a glory to put their enemies ⟨p. 148⟩to slight, as to slay them: but it is b•ood that he aims at; wherefore let us remember Lots wife, Luk. 17. and that he that sets his ha•d to the p•ow, and looks back, is unfit for the Kingdom of Heaven; he that ••ies, is unworthy to be a soldier of Christ; and therefore not to fly, hoping to come again another time, being in the mean while naked to all the darts of the devil, who may wound us at his pleasure.
2 That in this Christian warre and conflict, we• must neuer flie away; but stand vnto it face to face. There is no hope to get good by running a•a•: it i• dishonourable to God, and dangerous to our selues, b• cause then wee l•e all op•n to the weapons of the diuell: th•refore let there be in vs the mind of Nehmia, Nehe. 6.11. for the diuell fights not for glory, as me doe, who thinke it as great a glory to put their enemies