The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

3. Show your love to Christ in your vigorous resistance and opposition of Christ's Enemies. There are three grand Enemies of Christ which you are by your Baptism engaged to fight against, namely the Devil, the Flesh, and the World which war both against Christ, and against your Souls. This Trinity of Adversaries agree in one, and combine together against his anointed, doing their utmost endeavour to break his bands, to untie his cords, and to unhinge his Government; they would pluck the ⟨p. 158⟩Crown off of Christ's head could they reach it, and the Sceptre out of his hand, they would devest Christ if they could of all his power here on Earth, and confine him to his territories in Heaven; but all their attempts in this kind have been and will be in vain, Christ hath tried the strength of these Enemies; and hath vanquished them, but still some life and power is left with them to war against the holy seed; you are Christs Soldiers, listed under his banner, show your fidelity and your love to your Captain and General, in manfully maintaining the spiritual combat against his and your spiritual Enemies; fight the good fight of Faith, resist unto blood, don't yield upon any account; disdainfully turn away the Eye and Ear when these Enemies would entice and allure you, and stoutly make resolute opposition against them, when they do most furiously assault you; hearken to no suggestions of the Devil, temptations of the world or motions of the Flesh which would induce and draw you into ways of sin, or which would force and drive you out of the ways of Christ; resist and oppose, and labour to gain some victories over these adversaries every day, especially get conquest over the Flesh, and the other two will be ⟨p. 159⟩soon vanquished; Christ showed his love to you in submitting himself to be Crucified for you, do you show your love to Christ in Crucifying your Flesh with its affections and lusts for his sake, in your self-denial and mortifying the deeds of the body, when you deny your Carnal Reason your carnal Wisdom, your carnal will, your carnal Affections, your carnal interest, all inordinacies of your sensual appetite for the sake of Christ;

3. Shew your love to Christ in your vigorous resistance and opposition of Christ's Enemies. There are three grand Enemies of Christ which you are by your Baptisme engaged to fight against, namely the Devil, the Flesh, and the World which war both against Christ, and against your Souls. This Trinity of Adversaries agree in one, and combine together against his anointed, doing their utmost endeavour to break his bands, to untye his cords, and to unhinge his Government; they would pluck the