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The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that…
The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that eminently holy man Mr. Henry Stubs by Tho. Watson ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by Joseph Collier ..., 1678
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1. The lusts of the flesh which war against their souls, 1 Pet. 1. 11. The flesh is a sly intestine enemy, and least suspected*; an enemy got within the walls of the Castle is most dangerous. Luther said he feared his own heart more than Pope or Cardinal, the heart is the fomenter of sin*; it mints evil thoughts, and blows up the coals of fiery passions; it is the Trojan horse, out of which comes a whole army of lusts. And shall not we fight the good fight, and discharge with the fire of zeal against this bosom-traitor the flesh? The Primitive Christians cryed, Ad leonem potius quam lenonem; they chose rather to be destroyed by Lyons without, than lusts within.
1. The lusts of the flesh which war against their souls, 1 Pet. 1. 11. The flesh is a sly intestine enemy, and least suspected*; an enemy got within the walls of the Castle is most dangerous. Luther said he feared his own heart more than Pope or Cardinal, the heart is the somenter of sin*; it mints evil thoughts, and blows up the coals of fiery passions; it is the Trojan horse, out of which comes a whole army of lusts. And shall not we fight the good fight, and discharge with the fire of zeal against this bosom-traytor the flesh? The Primitive Christians cryed, Ad leonem potius quam lenonem; they chose rather to be destroyed by Lyons without, than lusts within.
- *Si soris host•m non habes, domi invenies, Livy.
- *Fomes peccati, Aug.