The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Of these temptations, end there will be none: therefore in them all we must take heed we never be secure; one temptation is to be looked for after another: for our enemy never is at rest, 1 Pe. 5. 8. And so we ^qread of Christ himself, that when the Devil departed from him, (after he had tempted him all he could) it was but for a while.

Of these temptations, end there will bee none: therefore in them al we must take heed we neuer be secure; one temptation is to be looked for after another: for our enemie neuer is at rest, 1 Pe. 5. 8. And so we ^qreade of Christ himselfe, that when the Deuill departed from him, (after he had tempted him all he could) it was but for a while.

1. qLuke 5. 13.

The first and last thing is the issue of all this Conflict, that howsoever by the violent storms and tempests of temptations, our Faith and Holiness may before battered and shaken, yet never it can be lost; but like the Cammomill, the more it is trodden down, the more it riseth up: and as a mighty fire, that many pails of waters are thrown upon, or other engines and devices used to smother and keep it down, at the last to bursteth out again, and flameth more then it did before. Wherefore this must make us to fight courageously, because we are assured of the victory: for we fight not by our own strength, but in the strength of him who hath overcome ⟨p. 495⟩for us: And therefore in his last farewell, biddeth us Be ^rof good comfort, or take good heart unto you, I have overcome the World.