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in_o christ_n must_v war_n with_o the_o dragon_n and_o his_o angel_n revel_v 12._o 7._o 17._o special_o if_o we_o be_v any_o thing_n zealous_a for_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n 20._o as_o elijah_n 1._o king_n 17._o or_o earnest_a in_o in_o god_n cause_n as_o s._n paul_n or_o forward_o for_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n christ_n as_o s._n john_n revel_v 1._o 9_o than_o we_o must_v look_v for_o sharp_a affront_n and_o hard_a opposition_n hard_a than_o if_o we_o be_v remiss_a and_o careless_a in_o god_n cause_n satan_n be_v no_o opposer_n of_o such_o as_o live_v secure_o in_o their_o sin_n his_o kingdom_n be_v not_o divide_v against_o itself_o 25._o he_o be_v more_o crafty_a than_o so_o his_o bent_n be_v against_o the_o good_a and_o the_o best_a most_o the_o great_a temptation_n that_o ever_o he_o make_v be_v against_o christ_n and_o so_o be_v still_o against_o good_a christian_n he_o will_v sift_v they_o luk._n 22._o 31._o they_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o feel_v his_o fiery_a dart_n they_o must_v wrestle_v yea_o and_o this_o wrestle_n or_o conflict_n be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o sport_n as_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v but_o such_o as_o make_v the_o body_n of_o he_o that_o strive_v to_o shake_v again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la corpus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o quatitur_fw-la christ_n the_o christian_n war_n be_v a_o fierce_a war_n now_o this_o be_v so_o that_o our_o life_n be_v a_o soldier_n life_n a_o warfare_n upon_o earth_n a_o continual_a wrestle_n and_o fight_v with_o satan_n and_o his_o complice_n let_v we_o consider_v our_o call_n and_o endeavour_v to_o walk_v worthy_a of_o it_o in_o show_v ourselves_o good_a soldier_n of_o jesus_n christ_n let_v we_o not_o think_v it_o enough_o to_o take_v press_v money_n and_o
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be_v scatter_v mat._n 26._o 31._o neither_o need_v we_o to_o go_v far_o 3._o to_o take_v a_o view_n of_o our_o chief_a enemy_n here_o they_o be_v near_o at_o hand_n personate_v and_o decipher_v unto_o we_o in_o number_n three_o in_o quality_n most_o notorious_a the_o first_o that_o enter_v the_o list_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d flesh_n &_o blood_n flesh_n or_o blood_n and_o flesh_n as_o the_o original_n run_v that_o be_v that_o corruption_n of_o nature_n which_o have_v defile_v both_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v spread_v and_o mix_v with_o every_o part_n of_o both_o even_o as_o the_o light_n mingle_v with_o darkness_n in_o the_o twilight_n or_o dawn_v of_o the_o day_n this_o corruption_n and_o depravednesse_n of_o nature_n here_o call_v flesh_n &_o blood_n be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a enemy_n that_o we_o have_v to_o combat_v and_o wrestle_v with_o in_o this_o world_n indeed_o the_o apostle_n here_o do_v prefix_v a_o non_fw-la to_o this_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v we_o wrestle_v not_o against_o flesh_n and_o blood_n but_o this_o non_fw-la be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v simple_o as_o not_o at_o all_o but_o not_o only_o as_o be_v say_v before_o our_o own_o corrupt_a nature_n be_v one_o but_o not_o our_o only_a enemy_n it_o be_v one_o of_o our_o enemy_n so_o say_v the_o apostle_n the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v enmity_n against_o god_n rom._n 8._o 7._o it_o lust_v against_o the_o spirit_n galat._n 5._o 17._o it_o rebell_v against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n rom._n 7._o 23._o 24._o let_v a_o man_n but_o will_n that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o evil_a be_v present_a with_o he_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v rom._n 7._o 21._o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o pray_v or_o to_o praise_n god_n to_o give_v or_o to_o forgive_v to_o do_v or_o to_o suffer_v any_o thing_n according_a to_o god_n will_v the_o corrupt_a flesh_n be_v ready_a to_o contrary_v it_o and_o to_o say_v with_o the_o sluggard_n 10._o yet_o a_o little_a sleep_n a_o little_a slumber_n a_o little_a fold_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o sleep_v or_o to_o say_v as_o peter_n do_v to_o christ_n speak_v of_o his_o death_n this_o be_v far_o from_o thou_o this_o shall_v not_o be_v unto_o thou_o mat._n 16._o 22._o a_o man_n own_o heart_n be_v as_o arch_a a_o traitor_n as_o any_o he_o shall_v meet_v withal_o and_o as_o dangerous_a and_o the_o more_o because_o he_o be_v not_o a_o foreign_a but_o a_o homebred_a enemy_n fight_v not_o as_o a_o tall_a soldier_n but_o as_o a_o crafty_a traitor_n rebel_a against_o the_o spirit_n like_o dalilah_n in_o sampsons_n bosom_n or_o judas_n in_o christ_n company_n like_o the_o moth_n in_o the_o garment_n it_o be_v breed_v in_o we_o and_o daily_o cherish_v by_o we_o and_o yet_o fret_v and_o destroy_v we_o the_o heart_n be_v deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v jer._n 17._o 9_o yea_o more_o deceitful_a than_o satan_n himself_o in_o some_o respect_n for_o our_o own_o heart_n can_v deceive_v we_o of_o themselves_o without_o satan_n but_o not_o satan_n without_o our_o heart_n nemo_fw-la laeditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la seipso_fw-la be_v a_o true_a say_n there_o be_v no_o mischief_n that_o we_o fall_v into_o but_o we_o ourselves_o be_v at_o least_o coadjutive_a cause_n and_o do_v help_v to_o further_o the_o matter_n indeed_o satan_n be_v as_o the_o father_n beget_v but_o our_o corrupt_a heart_n be_v as_o the_o mother_n conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o sin_n satan_n the_o father_n of_o sin_n can_v do_v nothing_o without_o this_o mother_n the_o devil_n can_v prevail_v against_o we_o but_o by_o the_o help_n of_o our_o own_o corruption_n he_o may_v strike_v fire_n long_o enough_o ere_o there_o will_v be_v any_o burn_a do_v not_o we_o find_v he_o tinder_n grande_n malum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la propira_fw-la as_o bernard_n say_v ser._n 71._o in_o cant._n a_o man_n worst_a foe_n be_v they_o of_o his_o own_o household_n of_o his_o own_o bosom_n even_o his_o own_o naughty_a heart_n and_o corrupt_a affection_n every_o man_n be_v tempt_v by_o his_o own_o concupiscence_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v jam._n 1._o 14._o this_o carry_v the_o chief_a stroke_n in_o our_o sin_n the_o devil_n have_v astutiam_fw-la suadendi_fw-la a_o persuade_v slight_a but_o he_o have_v not_o potentiam_fw-la cogendi_fw-la a_o enforce_a might_n as_o s._n august_n in_o psal_n 91._o he_o can_v make_v we_o sin_n against_o our_o will_n if_o he_o plough_v not_o with_o our_o heifer_n 18._o he_o can_v get_v no_o advantage_n over_o we_o behold_v then_o and_o consider_v who_o be_v your_o enemy_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o foreign_a as_o a_o domestic_a foe_n a_o man_n foe_n be_v they_o of_o his_o own_o household_n the_o headstrong_a passion_n and_o the_o unruly_a affection_n of_o our_o own_o corrupt_a heart_n be_v the_o great_a enemy_n that_o we_o be_v to_o wrestle_v with_o we_o wrestle_v against_o flesh_n and_o blood_n now_o know_v this_o to_o be_v so_o let_v we_o put_v this_o knowledge_n in_o practice_n 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