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enemy_n	david_n	deliver_v	saul_n	1,226	5	9.5281	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04371	A spirituall trumpet exciting and preparing to the Christian warfare. Sounded first in the vtmost parts of the Lords campe, to one wing of the armie, now in the midst for the benefit of all. By William Iemmat, Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word at the Lechlade in Gloucester shire.	Jemmat, William, 1596?-1678.	1624 (1624)	STC 14485; ESTC S100253	49,002	316

say I answer Yes and I haue iust cause so to doe for it is as dangerous a condition as those who are openly prophane if not more But howsoeuer it cannot be good it cannot be safe For hath not the opening of this text discouered that the life of a Christian here is the life of a souldier Haue we not heard of warre and fighting and striuing and resisting And haue wee not seene that this bustling is grounded vpon reasons very sufficient Whence then is this generall carelesnesse and vniuersall vnfeelingnesse which possesseth the hearts of the sonnes of men Is it indeed a pleasant or an easie thing to be a warriour No trouble no feare no distraction in a campe No wounds or bloudshed in an armie Were hee not a foole that would goe into a battell aray and yet say Ezek. 13.10 Peace Peace where there can bee no peace Examine the matter by common reason and you shall finde it euidently true Then looke backe vpon Satan and thinke if you can that he is more idle or weake to follow his skirmish than men are to follow theirs Nay he is more malicious more puissant more vnweariable No truce can be taken no fauour expected no conditions of peace accepted vnlesse wee yeeld him all that hee asketh and what that is let any one iudge Therefore my brethren let these things worke vpon our hearts and perswade vs for time to come to fight and fight valiantly Let vs know that wee haue a most pestilent and terrible and bloud-thirstie enemie And knowing it we cannot in reason but doe our best to preuent his purposes Let vs be sober and temperate in all things not suffering our selues to be clogged with any distract-full hindrances within vs or without vs as they that run in a race and striue for the masterie 1 Cor. 9.25 And not only be sober but watch 1 Pet. 5.8 Be sober be vigilant And not only so but pray Matt. 26.41 Watch and pray that yee enter not into tentation And more than that Endure hardnesse as a good souldier of Iesus Christ 2 Tim. 2.3 Be not entangled with the affaires of this life striue lawfully Vse 2 A caueat to the godly against securitie and lukewarmnesse Secondly this serueth as an antidote or preseruatiue to the children of God to keepe them holily constant in that ranke wherein the Lord hath placed them Oftentimes it commeth to passe through the weaknesse of their flesh and the heauinesse of their spirit and the occasions they haue in the world and their familiaritie with good duties that they doe euen stand at a stay and know not well which way to turne themselues To ioyne with prophane ones they dare not they cannot it is against their profession and conscience and saluation And to exceed themselues in the work of holinesse they know not how They are sure that more grace should and may be obtained but wherein or how Thus in a maze as it were and doubtfull what to doe they easily incline to a temperate mediocritie and rest content with some of the power 2 Tim. 3.5 but more of the forme of godlinesse Grace they intend still to pursue but without due affection Holy exercises they will still obserue both at home at Church but coldly sleepily brokenly vnfeelingly vnfruitfully This lukewarmnesse of theirs carnall persons see and laugh at it themselues see and bewaile it and wish it were with them as sometimes it was at their first conuersion to bee forward and zealous and doe the worke of the Lord diligently But how may this be or what should they doe Here now I answer by vertue of this text Resist the deuill Many meanes they haue to shake vp their securitie as for example To consider deeply and seriously the multitude and hainousnesse of their sinnes both before their regeneration and since To recount their extreme beggerie in themselues and vnworthinesse to receiue the least fauour from the Lord To prize highly the bloud of the Couenant wherewith they are redeemed and the like But especially let them be carefull to remember and carry in minde this necessary doctrine of the Christian Warfare For if the noise of drums and trumpets if the fourbishing of swords and the glittering of armour and the trailing of pikes will not stirre vp a mans spirits what will This therefore let the Christian man consider and thus let him say with himselfe What haue I no enemie with whom to exercise my selfe Are there no deuils abroad in the world or in hell Hath my purse enemies on the high-way and my goods enemies about my house and my body enemies and my soule no enemies Much adoe I finde in getting and keeping a small worldly estate about me and doth it aske no feare or paines to get and keepe possession of the kingdome of heauen What no opposition Did all the earth sit still Zech. 1.11 12. and at rest while Ierusalem was vnder an heauie indignation threescore and ten yeeres and shall I who professe my selfe one of the citizens of the new Ierusalem sit still and at rest while the whole world of Beleeuers is hot in the battell How doth this hang together Should I not weepe with them that weepe and be sorrie with them that sorrow Haue I not too iust cause so to doe Why what doe I thinke of Satan Is he so louing that he will spare me or so weake that he will feare me Is he witlesse that he cannot deceiue me by subtiltie or idle that he will not Was hee too good for our first parents in innocencie for Noah a Patriarke for Dauid a Prophet for Peter an Apostle for Demas an Euangelist for Ananias and Sapphira two famous Professors and many Worthies of the Lord and is it not likely hee will get ground of me Me Alas silly creature that I am who am I to stand in the hands of so stout a Champion especially vnarmed Therfore hearken O my soule and all that is within me muster vp your forces and come into the field I haue hitherto spotted slept and snorted in the cradle of securitie I little dreamt of an enemie at least to be so neere as indeed he is like Saul and Abner in the campe when Dauid might haue smote off their heads 1 Sa. 26.8.15 An hundred to one but I had beene destroied ere this time Oh blessed be God who hath deliuered mee out of the mouth of the Lion and the paw of the Beare and hath giuen mee time to see mine errour By the grace of my Lord Iesus I will hereafter keepe more constantly to my colours fight vnder the bannet of my owne Lord. Thus therefore I argue Is he a fox and not subtill Is he a serpent and not wilie and if hee be subtill wilie hath he no feats or tricks to put vpon mee Because I in simplicitie thinke him no harme doth hee thinke mee none Is he not now at this present time about some stratageme to

and the body of sinne shall be at last destroyed As for them that will haue peace without fighting and hope to passe away their liues comfortably not troubling themselues with the deuill and his temptations nor incurring the displeasure of the world nor yet watching the corruptions of their owne euill hearts wee enuie them not their peace but pitie them hoping and wishing and desiring God in our praiers that he will rowse them vp out of their fondnesse and set them forth to know and meet and resist and ouercome their enemies Vse 3 Be heartie in resisting the euent will giue leaue Thirdly let the people of God be encouraged hereby to goe on stoutly in resisting the deuill and that in the full measure and due manner before described Let them buckle to them the whole armour of God and still trie it as Dauid did Sauls before he went against Galiah Let them repaire breaches and recouer losses and regaine time and bee euer watchfull to saue themselues harmlesse yea to disaduantage the enemie and worke him what displeasure they can which is by furthering holinesse to the vttermost both in themselues and others Let them be bold as the righteous are affirmed to be and goe forth to the fight confidently assuring themselues of a comfortable returne and saying as he to Goliah This day will the Lord deliuer thee into mine hand and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee 1 Sam. 17.46 I know the euent will be gladsome and therefore by Gods grace I will resist vnto bloud to the last gaspe Well hold that resolution and the victorie is thine with the spoiles and crowne of it Vse 4 Fourthly in as much as the deuill flieth away in this life but only for a while therefore vse well the times of respite and of his absence Remember he will come againe Prouide for Satans return and re-entry The vncleane spirit when hee is gone out of a man findeth no rest any where all places are drie and vncomfortable vnto him and therefore he resolueth with himselfe I will returne vnto my house from whence I came out Luk. 11.24 Though he must haue the full foile at last yet he will come and doe mischiefe as long as he can And some he hath gained by importunitie Others whom he could not winne hee endangered shrewdly put them to much disqoietnesse got them to commit great errors especially comming vpon them vnawares and soone after his departure from them Wisdome would therefore that euery breathing time be well improued and rather preparation made for a new encounter than triumphs for the old Wise sea-men prouide for a storme in a calme and wise Captaines stand vpon their guard as well after a battell as before fearing lest as the Amalekites they lose more by their securitie 1 Sam. 30.20 than they got by their prowesse and magnanimitie Let the same minde and wisdome be in Christians also still to be in expectation of the deuill and his hostilitie and prouide for him accordingly And let them thinke it enough that they be at last rid of him neuer to bee again molested When they haue finished their course fought the good fight of faith then the crowne shall be set vpon their heads out now is their probation Vse 5 Follie to excuse our selues by blaming the deuill Last of all note here how false it is to say the deuill is the cause of thy sinne and hee must beare the blame of it No he was not resifted if he had he must haue fled away this promise of God is most faithsull and hee that made it is able to make it good that vpon thy resistance the only necessary condition it should haue beene performed Yet this is the ordinary allegation of carnal people when they are taken in any grosse sin Oh the deuill owed them a spight and now he hath paid them the deuill tempted them and they could not chuse and they hope they shall not be blamed for it Smaller sins they see not nor the deuils malice in them and greater sinnes they put off wholly to him So for no sinnes they betake them to serious repentance neuer see any need of Christ neuer craue mercy at the hands of God as they ought nor entertaine the due watchfulnesse for preuenting the like mischiefe another time Such must know that their sinne cannot be so posted off but will come home to them againe That the deuill tempted them is the deuils sinne and he shall be damned for it but that themselues consented and yeelded to his temptation is their sinne and let them take heed they be not damned for it likewise Eue said Gen. 3.13 the serpent beguiled her and so he did but that would not serue her turne Take heed of saying and pleading as shee did lest the like ineuitable necessitie of vndergoing the punishment befall thee also Happie is he only that resisteth the deuil from such an one only hee shall flie away The Lord make vs all wise and watchfull and valorous to espie his assaults and oppose him in his stratagems that so we may be for euer freed from that miserie and condemnation which hee and his angels are adiudged vnto AN APPENDIX of certaine Sermon-Notes vpon GEN. 3.15 I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman Quest HOw may I know whether I haue rightly conceiued doe rightly manage my enmitie against the deuill Marks of right enmitie against the deuill Answer By these markes First if it be an enmitie of Gods setting namely by the power of his holy Ordinances set apart for that purpose So our text saith I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman Many hate the deuill but it is only by the force of nature conceiuing him to be a grim blacke fellow with hornes and staring eyes and clouen feet or according to the common notions they haue receiued from others from the talke of people or the like vaine occasion Not from the word for they are strangers to it nor from the ministerie of the word for they despise it at least neglect it and will not be ruled by it Whereas a true Christian conceiueth his hatred of the deuill in the ministerie or in a serious perusall of the holy Scriptures While hee attendeth these meanes appointed for dispossessing the strong man hee findeth a stronger than he ioyning himselfe to him and with him euen the blessed Spirit of God 1 Ioh. 4.4 who is stronger than he that is in the world So Christ professed Luk. 10.18 that he saw Satan fall from heauen like lightning to wit in the Ministerie of the Disciples whom hee sent and heard relating their good successe Let this be the touchstone of your enmitie and if it hold the trying it is true otherwise counterfet and only pretended And this is a needfull condition because God only can maintaine that enmitie which is necessary for vs and only an enmitie of Gods setting can preuaile against the