The saints submission and Satan's overthrowThe saints submission and Sathans overthrow

Thirdly, to overcome tentations against our sanctification, let us take up the duty commended by the Apostle, 1 Cor. 16. 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men. The Apostle himself as a good captain, leads ⟨p. 294⟩this way which he points out to others, as we may see 1 Cor. 9. 27. I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, left that by any means when I have preached to others, I my self should be a castaway. It was the sin and ruin of the Israelites, in that they would not believe the victory, which GOD promised to them in subduing the ⟨p. 295⟩Canaanites, and so it will be our ruin also, if we believe not the promise of God for victory over Satan. We must know that we are as well to believe the promises of our sanctification, as of our justification, as may be gathered from that of the Apostle James 1. 5. If any man want wisdom, let him ask of God, and it shall be given him. The ⟨p. 296⟩same may be said of any other grace, and it follows ver. 6. Let him ask in saith and wa•er not, for •ee that wavereth, is like a wave of the Sea; he is like a wave, in that he is carried backward & forward without any constancy. Let us therefore stir up our selves to resist Satan, and not to faint in the combat, for Satan's chief end is to weary us ⟨p. 297⟩out, that so we may give over, for so long as we continue striving, he getteth no victory; the victory is then gotten, when we give over; if we give not back, but believe, and continue striving. we shall be sure to be saved, H•b. 10. 39. Here because some think they have overcome, when they have not, it is necessary to know ⟨p. 298⟩