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The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Sermon 13: What difference is there between the Conflict in Natural, AND Spiritual Persons?
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. By making head early against the Enemy. Principiis obsta, &c. nip sin in the bud, crush this Cockatrice in the shell, strangle this hellish-Brat in the birth; take heed of the first appearances of evil, take it's first All-arms; slight not the smallest sin or occasion of sinning. How much mischief is done by a little wound, a little Thief, a small Spark? James 3.5. and 2 Sam. 11.2.
2. By making head early against the Enemy. Principiis obsta, &c. nip sin in the bud, crush this Cockatrice in the shell, strangle this hellish-Brat in the birth; take heed of the first appearances of evill, take it's first All-armes; slight not the smallest sin or occasion of sinning. How much mischife is done by a little wound, a little Thief, a smal Spark? James 3.5. and 2 Sam. 11.2.
3. Oppose especially thy Master-Lust. Fight (in comparison) neither against small nor great, but against the King of these Hellish Regiments, 1 Kings 22.31. Be sure to pull out that right eye. This is the Skirt Satan lays hold of, in wrestling with thee, to thy hazard, and his no small advantage; The Goliath and Holophernes, who being once slain, the Philistines and Assyrians will soon be routed. Throw the head of this Sheba over the wall, and the enemy will retreat shamefully.
3. Oppose especially thy Master-Lust. Fight (in comparison) neither against small nor great, but against the King of these Hellish Regiments, 1 Kings 22.31. Be sure to pull out that right eye. This is the Skirt Satan layes hold of, in wrastling with thee, to thy hazzard, and his no small advantage; The Goliah and Holophernes, who being once slain, the Philistims and Assyrians will soon be routed. Throw the head of this Shebah over the wall, and the enemy will retreat shamefully.