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The Christians combat
The Christians combat: or, His true spiritual warfare wherein is laid down the nature, power, and cunning deceit of Satan, the great enemy of our salvation. With the means whereby every good Christian may withstand his dreadful assaults. By C. L. late preacher of Gods word in the City of London.
London: printed for Charles Tyus, 1664
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Whilst we remained in the state of slaves, and were the devoted vassals of sin and Satan, our base desires did well agree with our base condition, whilst we were Citizens of the world, and children of the earth, it might suit with our calling to desire earthly commodities, and esteem the riches, pleasures, and preferments of the place whereof we were inhabitants at high rates, but now that God hath dignified us with most royal privileges, and made us Citizens of heaven; and of the slaves of Satan, hath made us his own children by adoption and grace, yea heirs apparent of his glorious kingdom: O let us, remembering this high calling, for shame forsake our base desires, not suffering our hearts to lie grovelling on the earth, wallowing in carnal pleasures, and worldly delights, but raising them up to the height of our hopes, let us aim at no less then crowns and kingdoms, and those not momentary, and of this world, seeing they are vain and of little worth, but those which are most glorious and eternal in the world to come.
Whilst we remain'd in the state of slaves, and were the devoted vassals of sin and Satan, our base desires did well agree with our base condition, whilst we were Citizens of the world, and children of the earth, it might sute with our calling to desire earthly comodities, and estéem the riches, pleasures, and preferments of the place whereof we were inhabitants at high rates, but now that God hath dignified us with most royal priviledges, and made us Citizens of heaven; and of the slaves of Satan, hath made us his own children by adoption and grace, yea heirs apparent of his glorious kingdom: O let us, remembring this high calling, for shame forsake our base desires, not suffering our hearts to lie grobeling on the earth, wallowing in carnal pleasures, and worldly delights, but raising them up to the height of our hopes, let us aim at no less then crowns and kingdoms, and those not momentary, and of this world, séeing they are vain and of little worth, but those which are most glorious and eternal in the world to come.
Having showed you the privileges of the Citizens of heaven, I shall now give you a hint of those ineffable and inconceivable joys of heaven: the Apostle St. Paul seems to intimate that he was taken up into paradise,