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A49240	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.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.	1664 (1664)	Wing L3144; ESTC R216615	19,118	53

may be ready for the Battel Lastly By this conflict the Lord strengtheneth and increaseth all his graces in us for as by exercise the strength of the body is ●●eserved and augmented and in short time decayeth through idleness and sloth so the gift● of Gods Spirit Faith Hope Patience and the rest languish in us if they be not exercised with temptations For Tribulation bringeth forth Patience ●nd Patience Experience and Experience Hope and hope maketh not ashamed as you ●ay read in Rom. 5.3 4 5. I shall now procéed to give you some arguments or reasons to incourage us to enter into the battel to fight against the spiritual enemies of our Salvation 1 Reas The first reason that I shall give you may be drawn from the justness of our cause the war is just therefore procéed we may with boldness for though Souldiers be never so strong and well furnished yet if their consciences tell them they fight in a bad quarrel it will much abate their courage and make them cowardly and timerous but our cause is most just and our war most lawful for God who is justice it self hath proclaimed it by his Heraulds the Apostles Ephes 6.10 Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might James 4.7 Resist the devil and he will flie from you 1 Pet. 5.8 Be Sober be Vigilant for your adversary the devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour ver 9. whom resist st●dfast in the faith 2 Reas The cause of our war is of great weight as namely for the glory of God and our own Salvation for in all Satans skirmishes he séeketh to impeach Gods glory with false imputations and to bring us to utter destruction and this may appear with the first conflict of his with our Mother Eve Gen. 3. 4 5. where he accuseth God of a lie who is truth it self and of impotency and envious dis●ain saying that the cause why he did forbid them to eat of the trée of knowledge of good and evil was not as he had said because they should die but because he knew that when they should eat thereof their eyes should be opened and they should be as Gods knowing good and evil 1. Where he séeketh to dim the beams of Gods glory by accusing him of a lie and to perswade them that he was not Omnipotent séeing that he was able to hinder them from being Gods if they tasted of this fruit lastly that he forbid them to eat thereof because he envied them so glorious an estate 2. He laboreth to destroy our first Parents both body and soul by tempting them to disobedience and transgression of Gods commandment and therefore our Saviour Christ doth ●●tly joyn those two together in the 8 of John 44. saying That he was a li●r and a man-slayer from the beginning A liar in th●t he falsely accused God of a lie a Man-slayer because he did it to this end that he might murther our first Parents and all their posterity both body and soul 2 Reas The second reason to move us to undertake this fight is the profit which will accrew unto us thereby for no sooner can we enter into the field to fight against these enemies but presently we shall have peace with God ●ut if we betray our trust that is Gods cause to Satan and our souls to sin well may we be lulled asléep in carnal security but we shall never injoy this peace with God and peace of conscience For there is no peace saith my God unto the wicked Esa 57. But if we fight against these enemies and valiantly overcome the Lord hath promised to give us to eat of the Trée of Life which is in Paradice and the manna that is hid and that he will write our names in the Book of Life Rev. 2.3 3. Reas The third reason to move us to this fight is the honor which will accompany this victory if earthly souldiers will purchase honor with the loss of life which is nothing else but the commendation of the Prince or applause of the vain people what hazard should we undergo in fighting the spiritual Combat séeing our grand Captain the Lord of Hosts and infinite multitude of blessed Angels look upon us and behold our Combat whose praise and approbation is our chief felicity what peril should we fea● to obtain a Crown of glory which is promi sed to all that overcome and to becom● heirs apparent to Gods Kingdoms 4. Reas The fourth reason to perswade us is the necessity of undertaking this Combat there is no man so towardly that will not fight when there is no hope in flight no mercy to be expected in the enemy no outrage and cruelty which will not be committed but such is our enemy that we cannot possibly flye from him his malice is unreconcileable his cruelty is outragious for he fighteth not against us to the end he may attain soveraignty alone abridge us of our liberty spoil us of our goods but he aimeth at our death destruction both of body and soul The Apostle James in his Epistle 1 chapter the 12 verse pronounceth them blessed that indure temptation for when by tryal he shall be found approved he shall receive a crown ●f life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Lastly We may be incouraged to this fight by certain hope of victory for we fight under the Standard of Christ Iesus who alone is mightier then all our enemies that assault us Ephes 6.12 Our Saviour hath spoiled principalities and powers and hath made a shew of them openly and hath triumphed over them upon the Cross Let us not therefore fear to fight against ●eaten and conquered enemies for every one shall be a conqueror that desires the conquest for if we will be the Lords souldiers he will not suffer us to be so much disgraces as to let us be overcome by his mortal enemies Having given you the reasons which may incourage us to fight this Combat I shall now come to the spiritual warfare it self and shall endeavour to lay before you the malice of our great adversary the Devil therefore in an enemy who proclaimeth war against us we are to consider two things First his will secondly his power If he have will to hurt us and no power he is not to be regarded if power and no irreconcileable malice he is not so much to be feared but if his power be great and his will malicious it is time then for us to look about us and muster up all our forces that we may be ready to endure the incounter 1. First therefore touching the will of our grand enemy the Devil if we consider of it aright we shall find him to be very maliciously bent against us so that there is no hope of reconciliation with him though we could be content to make a truce or a dishonorable peace with Gods and our e●●my Satans malice to mankind is endless