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A13530	Christs combate and conquest: or, The lyon of the tribe of Iudah vanquishing the roaring lyon, assaulting him in three most fierce and hellish temptations. Expounded, and now (at the request of sundry persons) published for the common good, by Tho. Taylor, preacher of the word of God, at Reeding in Barkeshire; Christs combate and conquest.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1618 (1618)	STC 23822; ESTC S105331	393,043	443

in common talke vainely is not to shew reuerence to this holy ordinance Sweare not at all that is vncalled Matth. 5.34.35 neither beeing called but in truth iustice and iudgement for an oath is appointed to decide controuersies which other meanes cannot How few consider whether the matter be worth an oath or whether they be called to it or whether it might not haue been better passed by Yea or Nay or by a bare asseueration A wicked man is described by beeing a swearer Eccl. 9.3 but a godly man not onely not sweares from which a man by education or ciuilitie may abstaine but also feares an oath in what companie soeuer he is or what occasion soeuer he hath 3. A lot is another special ordinance of God to decide a controuersie from heauen by God himselfe when all means on earth fayle Therfore lots must not be vsed without great reuerence and prayer because the disposition of them commeth immediately from the Lord Prou. 16.33 and not but in great matters not for recreation for it is said to cause contentions to cease among the mightie Pro. 18.18 neither doe we read that it was euer vsed but in very great things as the diuiding of the land of Canaan the election of high Priests and Kings and the surrogation of Matthias into the place of Iudas Hence it followes if dice and cards be lots as I thinke they be that all play by them is vnlawfull 4. Some times are sanctified aboue other as the Sabbath day all which must be passed holily with much reuerence and respect both remembring it before it come yea reioycing in the approach of it and when it is come to sanctifie it 1. In our hearts for externall obseruation of the Sabbath without inward holinesse and affection to the duties of Gods seruice is hypocrisie 2. We must not meddle with any part of the duties of our ordinarie calling for that is no holy thing 3. Much lesse trauell to markets or faires but euery man must stay in his owne place Exod. 16.29 Neh. 13.15 to 9. 4 Least of all must we set any part of it apart to our recreations these be no holy things sports are inferiour to our lawfull callings which are to be laid aside farre from holy things and vnsutable to the Lords holy-day The like if not more may be said against pampering a mans selfe and others by feeding or feasting and of drinking or any such wicked passing away the Sabbath The same also is to be spoken of a day of feasting or publike thankesgiuing which haue the reason of a Sabbath Of these and all other Gods holy ordinances wee may say as the voice said to Peter What God hath sanctified pollute thou not A place is no longer holy then God and his worship is present Was Ierusalem a holy Citie how then is the beautifull citie become an harlot how is it that this citie which was the seat of Gods worship and the habitation and collection of the S●ints is now an harbour of Turkes and Infidels ouerrunne with Turcisme or idolatrie Surely because the cause of this holinesse ceased the worshippe of God was corrupted the Sonne of God despighted the Gospel of God reiected the Saints of God murthered the day of visitation neglected And therefore they beeing infinitely departed from God and his pure worship God departs from them and God beeing gone the place ceaseth to be holy Bethel while the vision of the ladder lasted there was an holy place and so long as Gods worship continued there but when it admitted the pollution of idolatrie it must bee called Bethel no more but Bethauen When the congregation of Israel brought the Arke from Gilgal and set it vp in Shilo then was Shilo the standing house of God the seat of religion and iustice which God had chosen Iosh. 18.1 but for the sinnes of this place the Lord reiected it as Ier. 7.12 Goe now to Shilo into my place where I set my name in the beginning and behold what I did vnto it for the wickednesse of Israel if we will knowe what looke 1. Sam. 4.4 when by the villanie of Elies sonnes and outrage of the people the Lord was prouoked he gaue Israel into the hands of the Philistims there were 30000. footemen slain the Arke was taken Hophni and Phineas slaine Eli the high Priest brake his necke then did the glorie depart from Israel and the Ark neuer came at Shilo more So the Temple at Ierusalem was holy the citie holy so long as they continued in the true worship of God but after they crucified the Lord of life both citie temple as profane were destroyed so as Ierusalem although the holy citie of God if her filthines be found in her skirts she shall be bad in derision Lam. 1. the most beautifull rod if held out against God shall be broken yea the Temple of God if it become a denne of theeues God will depart from it For what is it that can tie God to any place but his own worship to which he hath tyed himselfe by promise Let not the vaine Romanist boast of the pretended chaire of Peter from which God cannot possibly depart Can God depart from Shilo for the sinnes of Priests and people where first he put his name and can he not depart from Rome Can he depart from the holy citie where he promised he would rest and can he not be driuen from the great citie of the whore to which he neuer made any such promise Can he depart in displeasure from her whose foundations were layed among the holy mountaines Psal. 87.1 and can he not depart from the whore that sitteth vpon seuen hills Shall Bethlehem where Christ was borne be forsaken and cannot Babylon where Christ is daily crucified Nay the Lord is long since departed from her and her finall confusion is at the doore And if Ierusalem once the holy citie but now a cage and nest of vncleane Saracens and Turkes be left of God what a superstitious error preuailed in former times wherein such bloody battells were fought for the recouery of the holy land most superstitiously putting religion and holines euen in the place it selfe after all the holy things were profaned and God himselfe departed The euill successe of such battells euer shewed how God was offended with such superstitious warres and another mischeife by them oppressed the Christian world to keepe it in blindnesse For the Pope making his aduantage of this blinde deuotion if any King or Prince in Christendome stood betweene him and his proceedings one way or other he would send him out of his owne country in expedition for the holy warre and there hold him till hee had effected his owne designes in that Princes countrey and so strengthned himselfe in all lands as histories manifest Let vs not beare our selues as though we had God so sure as the Papist thinkes he hath him in a boxe or pretend any vaine priuiledge that we

receiuing the diuine honour from the most grorious Angells To this great Michael who euen without his Angells hath in pitcht battell ouercome the great red dragon and all his Angells be ascribed all power might victory and triumph of all men Saints and Angells in earth and in the highest heauens for all eternity Amen Amen FINIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THE ALPHABETICALL Index or Table pointing to the principall points in this Exposition A IN Christs lowest Abasement sparkles of Diuinity flie out sundry instances pag. 363 Actions brought forward by bad meanes to be supected sundry instances 312 Accusers mouthes how to be stopped foure rules 30 Against false accusation 7. rules 26 Aduersaries must bee ouercome rather with patience then power 112 Adoption called into question by Sathan for present aduersitie 5. reasons 89 Allegories must not bee stucke too fast vnto 264 Christs Allegation of Scripture with some addition and change of words 5. reasons 338 Angels called Gods Angels 3. reas 235 Angells tender keepers of the godly three reasons 237 Concerning Angels 3. obseruations 239 Angels come not in vnto Christ before the deuill is gone from him 4. reas 401 Angels cannot be in two places at once why 402 Angels haue bodily shapes by way of 1. description 2. dispensation 403 Angels minister vnto Christ how 409 Christ was more Angry in the last temptation then in the two former 4. reasons 333 Apochryphall bookes not authenticall 4. reasons 133 In the Arke were three things kept 162 Assemblies in the Church of England holy meetings 4. reas 166 Auoid signifieth three things 332 B BAd causes are thrust on by bad means 4. reas 311 Behold signifieth 5. things in Scripture 4●0 Blame thy selfe sinning more then the deuill 216 Blessing more desirable then meanes 138 Blind and bloody battels for the holy land more for the Popes profit then Gods glorie 177 Boasters resemble the deuill 315 To get Bread out of stones 3. waies 10● Gods way to get Bread contrarie to the deuills in three things 109 C TO liue out of a lawful calling wicke● 3. reasons 14● Calling to be well carried two rules 150 Speciall Calling requires the practise of 4. vertues 151 Christ was locally carried to the pinnacle 4. reasons 190 In Christ Satan would haue cast downe all mankind 206 Satan would haue vs cast down our selues why 215 Causes of God must affect vs aboue our owne 5. reasons 333 Changes here good for vs 5. reasons 395 To be chearefull in trialls 4 motiues 15 Chaire of Rome a friuolous pretence 177 Christ subiect to temptations notwithstanding his perfection of 1. nature 2. grace 3. power 7 Christ chose to be tempted in the wildernes 4. reasons 19 Christs going into the wildernes no ground for Popish Eremites 4. reas 22 Christ would be tempted 4. reas 35 Christ by beeing tempted succoureth vs 4. waies 36 Christ safer among wilde beasts then wicked men 44 Christ not so rough with Sathan as with some wicked men no or with his owne disciples 4. reas 113 Christ reuealeth himselfe onely to such as will make right vse of his knowledge 4. reas 116 Christ as able to defend vs as himselfe from wilde beasts and deuills 45 Christs priuiledge aboue all creatures in the ministerie of Angels 3. reas 410 Christs combate exemplary as victorious 243 Christians must be reasonable euen to most vnreasonable aduersaries 3. reas 110 Church no competent Iudge of controuersies 246 Church hath no authoritie ouer Scripture 4. reas 247 Church of England not to bee separated from for some corruptions 4. conclusions 166 Comforts for weake Christians in temptation 4. grounds 7 Circuit of Sathan is the compasse of the earth 20 Comforts from Christs being tempted 4. grounds 37 Comfort of the creatures a greater blessing then the creatures themselues 139 Comfort in that Sathan cannot ouercome him who is not willing to be ouercome 216 Comforts from the custodie of Angels 238 Comforts of God hid for a time but a● length shine out vpon his children 4. reasons 404 Bad companie worse then solitarinesse 23 Comforts when temptations come thicke on vs three 280 Compacts with Satan 1. open 2. s●cret 317. c. Meanes to auoid Satans compacts 5. 320 Conference of Scriptures beateth out the true sense of them see instances as large 256 Counsells no competent iudges of controuersies 4. reas 249 In the inner court of the Temple were 4. things of note 161 D DAy of sickenesse and death most 〈◊〉 to resist Satans temptations three reas 66 Death enters the soule by the windowes of the senses 4. reas 291 Deuill is not driuen away by holy water reliques nor the naming of Iesus 10 11 Differēce between the loue of God as God and of God as a Father 92 Directions for the fortifying of faith three 86 Distinction of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 silly 2 ignorant 3. nouell 347 Doctors and Fathers no competent Iudges of Scripture 5. reas 248 Doing of what God commandeth not alwaies a signe of true grace 3. reas 385 God draweth neere his Saints in trouble 3. wayes 94 E EFfects of the spirits assured gouernance in troubles three 17 Eminent persons must be so much the more watchfull 288 Ends and means must be tied together 277 Equiuocation a Iesuiticall tricke discouered 233 Three estates Sathan especially would cast men from 1. of innocencie 2. regeneration 3. office in Church or common-wealth 206 Euill men cleane one to another because all of them hate Christ. 160 Excellency cannot exempt a man from Satans temptations 3. reas 8 How to auoide Satans extremities three rules 200 F FAmily-worshippe of God stands in fiue things 172 Fasting the kinds 1. ciuill 2. religious 3. miraculous 47 Fasting of Christ differeth from Popish in 8. things 49 Christ fasted his fast for 4. causes 50 Fast of Christ no longer or shorter then forty daies 5 reasons 51 Fortie nights of Christs fast expressed two reasons 51 Fasting a necessarie Christian duty 3. reasons 52 Motiues to fasting 11. 53 Faith his actions about the meanes of safetie if present 3.46 if absent 3. ibid. Ouerthrowe of faith the aime of all Satans temptations 5. reas 83 Faith must be so much the stronglyer fortified as Satan more furiously assayleth it 86. Faith his excellency in 4. things 86 The least faith can pray for more 88 Properties of faith in want of means 3. 98 Faith how it demeaneth it selfe towards the word of Gods prouidence 3. rules 145 Faithfulnesse in promises enforced by fiue reasons 309 G COmmon Gamesters liue by no word of God 150 Generallitie of obedience in 4. things 389 Gifts of G●● differ from the deuill in fowre things 319 Glorie of God must be preferred aboue all the world 6. reas 327 Motiues to promote the glorie of God 5. 350. To glorifie God in good measure meanes 4. 331 God glorifieth himselfe in our trialls fowre waies 396 Glory of the world falsly claimed

popish monks or Eremits for 4. Reas. Bad company worse then solitarinesse Nunquam minùs solus qu●m cum solus 4. Directions for solitarines 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Satan accuseth man 1. To God 2. To man 3. To himselfe Satans best wages to his most diligent seruants 7. Rules or means against false accusation Vide Perald ●om 2. p. 56● de detractore Fiue motiues to lay aside calumniation and slandering Io● 7.51 If there be so many accusers no meruaile if godlymen want no manner of accusation So many accusers should make vs watchfull of our selues 4. Rules to stop the mouths of all accusers 2. Rules in Gods tempting of man Man tempteth God two waies Man tempteth man 3. waies Man tempteth himselfe two waies Satan tempteth two wayes How Christ so holy and so powerfull could be tempted of the deuill Three degrees of temptation The greatest temptation of all is not to be tempted Satan may allure but he cannot force vs. Satans first assaults to be repelled for three reasons 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist. Why Christ would be tempted 4. reasons Christ by being tempted enabled to succour vs in temptation sundry waies A ground of comfort out of Christs temptation Vse 1. Motiues to manfull resistance of temptation Vse 2. Looke vp to Christ tempted for saluation imitation Vse 3. Doctr. When God bringeth his children into the wildernes to be tempted he armeth them with grace sufficient Reasons 1. 2 God should loose his honour if any of his seruants should be vtterly ouercome 3 4 Strong motiues to outstand temptations Why Christ was with wilde beasts 4. Reasons Christ hath more peace among wilde beasts then among wicked men Psal. 22.13 Christ as able to defend vs as himselfe both from wilde beasts and deuils ● Rules to keep faith in the presence of outward meanes 3. Actions of faith in the absence of meanes Not to thinke much if with our Lord we find men more sauage then beasts Kinds of fasts 3. Christs fast disagreeth from popish fasts in 7. things or 8. Christ fasted this fast for 4. causes Christ fasted no longer nor shorter time then 40. dayes for 5. reasons Moses in monte ante legem Elias in itinere sub lege Christus in deserto sub gratia Fourtie nights added for two reasons Doctr. Fasting a most necessary duty Reasons 1. 2 3 Vse 1. Vse 2. Motiues to fastin● 11. Doctr. Satan by lesser temptations makes way to greater Vse 1. Where Satan beginneth his temptation we must begin our resistance 2 Rules of resistance 3. 2 3 Vse 2. The least temptation is too strong for a secure aduersarie Vse 3. What infirmities our Sauiour tooke and tooke not in 3. propositions Christ tooke not all infirmities of euery particular man for 3. causes Reasons why Christ tooke on him our infirmities 5. Mans nature is knowne by defects Gods by perfection Ob. Christs meat was to do the will of his father Differences betweene Christ infirmities and ours in fiue things Non habuit ex debito pe●cati Aquin. Matth 5.6 Reu. 2.17 Doctr. Satan euer taketh vs at the weakest Reasons 1. 2 3 Vse 1. Horat. Our sicke and dying day most vnfit for resi●stance for 3. reasons Vse 2. Fiue notable rules for the watch ouer our owne weaknesses Doctr. Satan the most eminent and dang●rous tempter Satan restlesse in tempting for three reasons Vse 1. Vse 2. Vse 3. Vse 4. Vse 5. Fowre motiues to stirre vp one another to good as Satan doth to euill Satan commeth to a man two wayes Christs temptation externall and in a bodily shape assumed for 4. reasons Note Christ came led of the spirit Satan comes of himselfe Act. 19.16 Satan would assayle the son of God knowing him so to be for fowre reasons Two certaine rules to knowe when the tempter comes Satan aimeth at foure things in this first temptation Doctr. 1. Satan directly opposeth the word of God Reasons 1. 2 3 4 5 Vse No diuine truth to be called into question for 3. reasons Doctr. 2. Satan in all temptations seekes to ouerthrow the faith of men Reasons 1. 2 3 4 5 Vse 1. No temptation no faith Vse 2. Because Satan most oppugneth our faith we must most fortifie it 3. Generall directions for the fortifying of faith Excellencie of faith in 4. things Means of fortifying faith 4. The least faith can pray for more Doctr. 3. Satans drift is to make men call in question the truth of their adoption in their trialls Reasons 1. 2 3 4 5 Vse Outward things make neither happie nor vnhappy fowre reasons Difference betweene the loue of God as God and of God as a Father Rules to confirme the heart in the loue of God notwithstanding outward crosses Means to confirme to a mans selfe his owne adoption 3. Sundry waies of God drawing neere his saints in their troubles Doctr. 4. To vse vnlawfull meanes to help our selues is diabolicall Reasons 1. Vse 1. Vse 2. 4. Considerations to fence vs from vsing vnwarrantable meanes Satan euer seeketh to blemish that good which he cannot hinder Three excellent properties of faith in want of meanes Doctr. Satan inferreth mischeiuous conclusions vpon true premisses Reasons 1. 2 Lying the deuils mother-tongue 3 4 Vse 1. Vse 2. False conclusions in matters of faith False conclusions on true grounds in matters of practise 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. things cunningly contriued in this one suggestion Doctr. Satan ordinarily mooueth men to turne stones into bread Snares laid by Satan in auoiding our troubles Numbers haue learned this trade of the deuill to make stones bread Vse 1. Satan neuer commeth without one stone or other Vse 2. Satan lessoneth men rather then to want bread to get it out of stones Vse 3. Satan alloweth his seruants stones for bread Vse 4. Gods way to get bread contrary to the deuils in 3. things Christians must be reasonable to most vnreasonable aduersaries Reasons 1. 2 3 Fiue reasons of Christs meekenes to Satan Christians must ouercome aduersaries rather by patience thē by power Doctr. Christ not so rough with Satan as with some wicked men no● as with some of his deare Disciples Reasons 1. 2 3 4 Vse 1. The greatest iudgement of all not to be iudged at all Vse 2. Vse 3. Christs answer most modest Note Why Christ who could turne stones into bread would not 5. reasons Doctr. Christ reuealeth himselfe only to such as make right vse of him Reasons 1. 2 3 4 Vse 1. Vse 2. Numbers of mē to whom Christ neuer reueileth himselfe Vse 3. Three properties of such 〈◊〉 to whom Christ will make himselfe knowne Doctr. 1. The word is a principall weapon of our spirituall warfare Reasons 1. 2 3 4 The word a compleat armour 5 Vse 1. Papists by suppressing the scripture wring the weapon out of mens hands This practise against the scriptures 2. against the example of Christ and his Apostles Rom. 15.4 3. against common sense 4. against the Fathers Ad Volusian●●●