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A78211	The strong man ejected by a stronger then he. In a sermon preached at Gloucester, the 15th of May, 1660. Being the day his Royal Majesty, King Charles the second, was proclaimed. Shewing, how the strong man Satan is cast out of the palace of the heart, and the Lord Christ possessed thereof. With some application to the present ejectment of the late usurper, Satans confederate, out of the royal palace, and the Lords Christ, King Charles the-second possessed thereof. By Wil. Bartholmevv, M.A. and Vicar of Campden in Gloucester-shire.	Bartholomew, William, vicar of Campden.	1660 (1660)	Wing B979; Thomason E1033_3; ESTC R208957	21,945	35

possession of their hearts for his own habitation and restores unto them the graces whereof they were despoiled But when a stronger First stronger then Satan and comes upon him c. This strong man Satan he buckles on his Armour about him stands upon his Guard is resolved to keep his Captives and will not let them go But there is no remedy he must yeild perforce what he cannot hold For a stronger then he cometh upon him and overcometh him His valour that the first a Psal 89.19 The Lord hath layed helpe upon one that is mighty b Dan. 9.25 Messiah the Prince as Daniel calls him enters the lists encounters the Prince of the power of Darknesse and the enterprize shall go on with successe c Esay 53.10 the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands for he waketh in great strength and is mighty to subdue enemies and mighty to save his people In whose presence Conquest its selfe stands exspecting only his dread beck d Luke 1.19 The Lord hath raised up a horn of Salvation his Son Jesus Christ e Acts 10.43 To him give all the Prophets witnesse A horn of Salvation noting his power and strength to break all the horns of Satan and to batter down his Kingdome untill it fall to the ground as the Walls of Jericho at the sound of the Rams horns Hail King said they in scorn but King he is in earnest f Esay 96.54 The Government is upon his shoulders having a golden Scepter of Grace which his people kisse and an Iron rod of strength wherewith according to the first Prophesie g Gen. 3.15 He breaketh the head of that old Dragon the Devil who is as little able to resist him as a Potters Vessel a rod of Iron to whom deservedly appertains this magnificent Elogie He is stronger then all Greater is he that is in you saith Saint John that is Christ then he that is in the world i the Devil And for this purpose the Son of God was manifested h 1 Joh. 3.8 that he might destroy the works of the Devil For the accomplishing whereof he is throughly furnished i Col. 1.19 In him dwelleth all fulnesse A fulnesse of Wisdome to contrive a fulnesse of Power to effect and a fulnesse of successe the Battell is not doubtfull the Event is certain He goes on conquering and to conquer The second particular 2. Overcomes him His victory But when a stronger then he shall come upon him and overcome him David with a stone out of a sling smote Goliah to the ground and then with his own Sword severed his Blasphemous head from his shoulders The Son of David Jesus Christ Daniels stone cut forth of the Mountain without hands born of a Virgin that never knew man smote that Great Goliah the Devil foyled him with his own Weapon conquered him with his own Sword By death overcame him that had the power of death k 1 Cor. 23.24 Christ Crucified was to the Jewes a stumbling block and to the Gentiles foolishnesse but to them which are called the power of God and the wisdome of God The power of God to conquer the strong man in the Text Satan and the wisdome of God to befool that old Serpent who would not have put it into the heart of Judas to betray him had he not thought that when he was nayled to the Crosse he could neither fight nor fly but the Devil was mistaken for all his craft The Crosse was Christs triumphal Chariot wherein he subdued all the Potentates and Powers of darknesse l Col. 2.15 having spoyled Principalities and Powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it in the Crosse for duo in cruce affixi intelliguntur saith Origen two were fixed on the Crosse Christ visibly and willingly for a time and Satan invisibly and unwillingly for ever Now this victory takes quite away the scandal of the Crosse and blessed Paul will glory in nothing m Gal. 6.14 but the Cross of Christ Christs Death gave such a blow to the Devil as cast him down without any hopes of ever rising again when he had swallowed up Christ in the Grave he thought he had got the Field and that all was sure but he found to his sorrow a Hook under that Bait which he never suspected he received a Trojan horse within his Walls which forced him to yeeld both Field and Victory and he by Death seizing upon him that was Innocent forfeited his power over us that are guilty so many of us as truly believe in Christ An Eye of Faith doth see in the Death and Passion of Christ Hell disappointed Satan confounded and Christs-poor captived Lambs rescued as a panting prey out of the paw of that roaring Lyon and the grim mouth of that raging Bear Object But you will say Satan doth still fight against the Faithfull by his assaults and temptations Satan yet fights against the faithful Answ True he doth so Christ permits him First To exercise his Childrens Graces and to work them to a conformity with himselfe Yet secondly Satan is deprived of all power to prevail to the ruine of the Souls of Beleevers they being built upon a Rock against which the gates of Hell shall not prevail Thirdly For their comfort they strive with a conquered enemy who hath more Gall then strength so that if we like good Soldiers of Jesus Christ resist stedfast in the Faith the victory undoubtedly will be ours He that hath trodden down Satan under his will also tread him down under our Feet and we shall have cause to triumph and say n 1 Cor. 15.57 Thanks be unto God which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Who the better to encourage us in this conflict and to assure us of conquest hath taken away from him all his armour But when a stronger then he cometh upon him and overcometh him he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted That 's the third 3. Taketh from him his armour Satan is armed first as you have heard with his own subtill serpentine temptations which are so many stings and darts 1. Blunting the darts of his temptations whereby precious Souls receive many deadly wounds But as a Serpent fixing his sting upon a Rock finds no entrance and renders his sting thereby uselesse so that old Serpent the Devil attempting to fasten the sting of his temptations upon the Rock which is Christ lost his sting there the power the venome of it and hath made it uncapable of stinging us having by Faith once taken sanctuary in the clefts of that Rock o Eph. 6.16 Therefore above all saith the Apostle take the shield of Faith wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Devil Temptations are as so many darts that poyson the Soul and scorch it as with fire But Christ touched by Faith Faith in the

promises made unto us yea and Amen in Christ fetcheth vertue from his blood our Antidote to repell that poyson and to quench those fiery darts which otherwise would drink up our spirits Receive Christ Jesus into your hearts by Faith set open the everlasting doors and let the King of Glory come into his Palace then let Satans temptations fly like Darts and Arrowes so thick as they may seem to darken the Sun we shall fight in the shade even under the shadow of the wings of the Sun of righteousnesse we shall be safe under his Feathers his faithfulnesse and truth shall be our Shield and Buckler But secondly besides the darts of his temptations 2. Subduing our corruptions he is furnished with armour from our own sins and lusts True but Christs conquest is over Sin as well as Satan he hath delivered us from the punishment of sin by his death and from the power of sin by his Grace Yet all this still upon the condition of the new Covenant to wit a lively Faith in Christ Jesus manifested by Repentance from dead works and a care to live righteously This is not a cause meriting Christs victory but a condition a qualification necessarily required in all that shall partake of his victory which if by us performed then our sins shall never be our ruine Not our sins past he hath cast them all into the depths of the Sea he will blot them out of his remembrance which is in some sort to make them as if they had never been And for those present remainders of sin he will abate their strength by the power of his grace convert our Members to be weapons of righteousnesse unto God and bring us daily to a more intimate communion with himself in knowledge love and obedience Yet thirdly 3. Paying the debt the Law requires of us There is another parcel of armour Satan makes not a little use of the Law He drawes up a charge against us as debtors to the whole Law by us violated and broken and therefore exposed to the wrath of God which is even a consuming fire But ever blessed be our Redeemer and surety Jesus Christ he hath paid the whole debt the debt of universal and exact obedience which we did owe to the Law as a Covenant of works that he hath paid It behoveth us saith he of himselfe to fulfill all righteousnesse The debt of malediction and wrath which the Law inflicteth as a curse that he hath paid being made a curse for us and having done so much he hath wrung the evidences out of Satans hands so that now there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus The Law being satisfied the deluge of Gods wrath is abated and dryed up and the Father looking on Beleevers through his Son in the midst of Wrath remembers Mercy For is his wrath a Fire the water that flowed out of his side hath quenched it Is it a Cup he hath drank it the potion killed him but cured us Is it a Wine-presse he hath trodden the Wine-presse of his Fathers wrath alone and none of the people were with him Is the severe Justice thereof to be satisfied he hath done it without the impeachment of an iota Is it a debt he hath paid the utmost farthing And to establish the hearts of Beleevers and penitent sinners in this truth that they may have strong consolation it was not without a Mysterie that the Lord sent an Angel to roule away the Stone from the Sepulchre of Christ what needs an Angel he was God as well as Man If stones cleave asunder at his Passion they would remove at his Resurrection True but an Officer an Angel is sent to testifie the debt is paid the Law is satisfied the Prison door is opened and the Prisoner may come forth Let not Satan now boast of his armour his own policy our Sins or the Laws claim Christ hath taken away all his armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoiles The last Improvement of this great conquest and victory And divideth his spoyles 4. Dividing the spoyls which is spoken in regard of Whereof we have have a good comment in the 4. Chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians and the 8. verse He hath led Captivity captive and given gifts unto men He hath led Captivity captive 1. Persons is either taken actively or passively actively he that did lead his people his Elect captive to wit the Devil him Christ hath led captive and p Epist Jud. v. 6. reserved him in everlasting chaines under Darknesse unto the Judgement of the great Day Passively he hath led Captivity captive i those that were led captive by Satan the Lord Jesus hath turned their captivity and brought them under his Government to march under his Banner to fight his Battles and to receive his pay Thus then he divides his spoyles disposeth of Satan as his Prisoner of Satans Vassals for his own Free-men so many of them as renounce Satan and come under him for protection Again 2. Gifts and Graces as he divideth his spoyles i he hath given gifts unto men even to the rebellious if they will lay down their weapons of Rebellion take up the gauntlet in his quarrel and go into the field against Sin and Satan Look what we have lost by Adams fall who was foyled by Satan and by our own wilfull disobedience is all restored to us by Christs victory Particularly the Image of God perfect Liberty the Celestial Paradice withall the inexhausted treasures of Grace and Glory conteined in them First 1. The Image of God The Image of God that rich spoyl that best robe Christ hath put upon us so that if you ask a Beleever whose Image and superscription he bears Gods q Col. 3.10 Eph. 4.24 being renewed by Christ in Knowledge in Righteousnesse and Holinesse after the Image of him that created him Secondly 2. Perfect liberty perfect Liberty For if the Son make you Free then are you Free indeed Free from Sin and Free from Death from the terror of the one and from the torment of the other Only abuse not your Liberty saith the Apostle it is a freedome from sin but a freedome to service that having your Heart set at liberty you may the more cheerfully run the wayes of Gods commandements Thirdly 3. The celestial paradise the Celestial Paradise r Col. 1.13 he hath delivered us out of the Power of Darknesse and translated us into the Kingdome of his dear Son a Kingdome of Grace in possession s Ver. 20. the Kingdome of God is come upon you and of t Luk. 22.23 glory in reversion These are the rich spoyles our most puissant conquerour divides amongst his Soldiers I appoint unto you a Kingdome as my Father hath appointed me And having brought your Meditations hither here I shall endeavour to lodge them with some short Application and the shorter it will be because so much