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The saints submission and Satan's overthrowThe saints submission and Sathans overthrow
The saints submission and Satan's overthrow. Or, Sermons on James 4.7. By that faithful and reverend divine, John Preston, Doctor in divinity, Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, Master of Emmanuel College, sometime preacher of Lincolns-InnThe saints submission and Sathans overthrow. Or, Sermons on James 4.7. By that faithfull and reverend divine, Iohn Preston, Doctor in divinitie, Chaplaine in ordinarie to his Majestie, Master of Emmanuel Colledge, sometime preacher of Lincolnes-Inne
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1638
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THE THIRD SERMON.
JAMES. 4. vers. 7. Submit your selves therefore unto God: resist the Devil and he will flee from you.
IAMES. 4. vers. 7. Submit your selves therefore unto God: resist the Devil and he will flee from you.
Thus much hath hitherto been spoken of those words ⟨p. 232⟩of the text, Resist the devil, now we come to the second part, the promise, in these words, and he will flee from you. This is a promise of encouragement to resist the devil, because they that do so shall surely overcome. The like argument the Apostle useth, Rom. 6. 14 Thus Captains use to encourage their soldiers in hope of victory; ⟨p. 233⟩when we have fought with Satan a long time, and yet find not that we prevailed, presently we are ready to saint, and to give over battle: now to prevent this, we have here a promise of victory. Yea, the words intimate something more the devil shall flee from you; we shall not only prevail against him, but also we shall be ⟨p. 234⟩