At least we must have One to Offend our Adversary with; Where is our SWORD? This it is, Take the Sword of the Spirit which is the WORD OF GOD. This, our English Josiah, is reported to have called for, under the Term of a Third Sword when two Swords were presented him at his Coronation. You are blessed wit• •he free Use of a Bible, which is a spiritu• •word word, Shaped by the Inspiration of the eternal SPIRIT. This is a Sword of which I may say, as David of Goliath's, There is none like it. Here is a sort of Sword, whereof it may be ⟨p. 66⟩said unto every man, He that hath not such • Sword, let him sell his Garment & buy one. The pious Husband-man who in a Scarcity of such now-common-slighted Treasures, gave a Load of Hay for a Leaf of the Bible, for even a few Filings of this Sword, has justified this Advice. Our Lord Jesus Christ hath by his own Example showed you how to wield this Sword and manage it unto the Vanquishment of all Satanical Invasions: When the principal Tempter tried His Over-throw by proposing to him a Three-fold Bait of the same three Allurements which proved mortal to the First Adam, He still came of a Victor, by opposing an, It is WRITTEN, thereunto; and all the Swords or Words of this kind, used by Him, were fetched out of that one Book of Deuteronomy, from whence we may collect how rich a Supply for our War the whole Bible then will afford unto us. Let this be our Method against the joint Fraud and Force of our wily Enemies. Whenever they urge us to any evil thing, still have some pertinent Text of the Bible to reply upon them. All the Commandments, all the Promises, all the Menaces in the Bible are like so many Swords all-Edge to be-friend you in this Concern. Thus particularly: Are you tempted unto ⟨p. 67⟩Uncleanness? Then reply, It is Written, That God knows how to reserve the unjust unto th• Day of Judgement to be punished, but chiefly them that walk after the Flesh in the Lust of Uncleanness. Are you Tempted unto Revengefulness? Then reply, It is Written, Avenge not your selves, but overcome evil with good. Are you tempted unto Distracting and Corroding Cares about the things of this Life? Then reply, It is written, Cast all your Care upon God, for He careth for you. Thus may you conquer, as he said, sola unius Syllabae pronunciation, with a words speaking.
At least we must have One to Offend our Adversary with; Where is our SWORD? This it is, Take the Sword of the Spirit which is the WORD OF GOD. This, our English Josiah, is reported to have call'd for, under the Term of a Third Sword when two Swords were presented him at his Coronation. You are blessed wit• •he free Vse of a Bible, which is a spiritu• •word word, Shaped by the Inspiration of the •ternal SPIRIT. This is a Sword of which I may say, as David of Goliah's, There is none like it. Here is a sort of Sword, whereof it may be ⟨p. 66⟩said unto every man, He that hath not such • Sword, let him sell his Garment & buy one. The pious Husband-man who in a Scarcity of such now-common-sleighted Treasures, gave a Load of Hay for a Leaf of the Bible, for even a few Filings of this Sword, has justified this Advice. Our Lord Jesus Christ hath by his own Example shewed you how to wield this Sword and manage it unto the Vanquishment of all Satanical Invasions: When the principal Tempter tryed His Over-throw by proposeing to him a Three-fold Bait of the same three Allurements which prov'd mortal to the First Adam, He still came of a Victor, by opposeing an, It is WRITTEN, thereunto; and all the Swords or Words of this kind, used by Him, were fetch't out of that one Book of Deuteronomy, from whence we may collect how rich a Supply for our Warr the whole Bible then will afford unto us. Let this be our Method against the joint Fraud and Force of our wily Enemies. Whenever they urge us to any evil thing, still have some pertinent Text of the Bible to reply upon them. All the Commandments, all the Promises, all the Menaces in the Bible are like so many Swords all-Edge to be-friend you in this Concern. Thus particularly: Are you tempted unto ⟨p. 67⟩Vncleaness? Then reply, It is Written, That God knowes how to reserve the unjust unto th• Day of Judgement to be punished, but chiefly them that walk after the Flesh in the Lust of Vncleanness. Are you Tempted unto Revengfulness? Then reply, It is Written, Avenge not your selves, but overcome evil with good. Are you tempted unto Distracting and Corroding Cares about the things of this Life? Then reply, It is written, Cast all your Care upon God, for He careth for you. Thus may you conquer, as he said, sola unius Syllabae pronunciatione, with a words speaking.
