A49240:65
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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Whensoever therefore we are assaulted by Satan, let us draw out the sword of the spirit, that we may defend our selves, and give him the foil, as being the most fit weapon for the purpose: and seeing this sword is so excellent, let us highly esteem of it, and manfully use it whensoever Satan doth assault us, and tempt us to commit sin.
Whensoever therefore we are assaulted by Satan, let us draw out the sword of the spirit, that we may defend our selves, and give him the foil, as being the most fit weapon for the purpose: and séeing this sword is so excellent, let us highly estéem of it, and manfully use it whensoever Satan doth assault us, and tempt us to commit sin.
As for example, when he enticeth us t• commit sin, and extenuates it, as though ⟨p. 26⟩it were but a may game and a trick of youth, which God regardeth not: let us draw out the sword of the spirit, saying that all they are accursed who continue not in all that is written in that book of the Law to do it, Gal. 3.10. They who live according to the flesh cannot please God. Rom. 8.8. That the burden of sin cannot be light, seeing it pressed out of Christ himself, a bloody sweat.
As for example, when he enticeth us t• commit sin, and extenuates it, as though ⟨p. 26⟩it were but a may game and a trick of youth, which God regardeth not: let us draw out the sword of the spirit, saying that all they are accursed who continue not in all that is written in that book of the Law to do it, Gal. 3.10. They who live according to the flesh cannot please God.