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A06063	The spirituall armour With which being furnished, a Christian may be able to stand fast in the euill day, and time of tryall; and to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Written by that godly and learned man, Paul Baine; sometime Preacher of Gods word at S. Andrewes in Cambridge.	Baynes, Paul, d. 1617.	1620 (1620)	STC 1647; ESTC S116770	71,493	320

and vvhich a man may haue by their ovvne confession and bee vvounded vvith despair and bee full of all deadly sinne their faith therfore is a vvicked shield it is so far from defending vs from all the fiery darts of the diuell that a man may haue it and bee an incarnate diuell Novv follovveth hope for saluation is here put for hope of it the thing hoped for for the hope it selfe For thus it is construed 1. Thes 5.8 First therefore it may bee asked What hope this is Answ Not only hope of saluation which shall bee in the last day but of all tēporall deliuerance from euill And it may bee described A certaine expecting to attaine every thing faith beleeueth grounded onely on Gods grace The proper work of hope is to make vs expect which is to be marked For measuring the word by our common acception and distinguishing it from the expectance in heauen it is one ground amongst others of the Papists errours whereas expectation in the life to come differeth not from hope in that it is certaine expectation Rom. 8.15 Phil. 1.20 I certainely look for hope but in this First that our expectation heere is grounded in faith that in sight this accōpani'd with grief that without any difficulty Secondly it is a certaine expecting not in it selfe but neuer fayling the party which hopeth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Which must be vnderstood not as if it were certaine in his sense but in the euēt the reason is because hope hangeth on faith which in that it beleeueth is certaine if the pin be sure that which hangeth on it cannot fall Thirdly the obiect is not strictly eternall life but all the good things temporall and eternall which faith beleeueth Lastly the means on which hope leaneth is here set downe Gods grace Trust perfectly the vvord is hope on the grace of God in Christ 1. Pet. 1.13 Not parting stakes halfe on grace halfe on workes Againe hope expecteth so to obtaine as faith beleeueth but faith beleeueth through the word of promise not through working Gal. ● 3 A person so soone as hee is a t●ue conuert hath hope as well as loue though hee hath no workes as yet neither can a house be built and a foundation bee layd aftervvard Besides if he should die on his conuersion and being receiued though hee had done no good workes hee should bee saued according to hope And this error hath three things which occasion it They conceiue that workes are partiall causes of our saluation with mercy because the Scriptures vse such conditionall speeches If you mortfie the deedes of the flesh yee shall liue c. But these conditions are spoken to parties already now beleeuing are conditions that follow not causes going before an heire of saluation If vvee say to our children Be good children ply your bookes you shall be my heire who wold gather that going to school is the cause of inheritance Secondly they distinguish not betwixt that which helpeth hope and that vvhich erecteth it to hope frō that on vvhich it dependeth in hoping but these are farre different If the stomack be vvell that neither fumes nor distillations trouble the eye seeth cleerly yet the eye doth not depend on the stomack as the means of seeing so if the conscience be not surcharged fume not vp accusations feares c. the eye of the soule seeth cleerely vvhich vvee may tearme hope Yet it doth not depend on the goodnes of the conscience as the cause why it hopeth And hence it is that they abuse Scripture vvhich shew the cheery hoping of a good conscience as if they prooued that our hope expecteth as well by vvorkes as mercy to attaine that wee look for Thirdly they consider not that these are such Theologicall vertues as are appropriated to God and are no way communicable with the creature Why you vvill say loue is so too yet wee may loue the creature t●ankfulnesse yet wee may thank the creature Ans It may be sayd we loue not absolutely but in for God and after a sort loue God in the creature as hee loving vs so farre as his work loueth himselfe in vs but the reason is not alike of these For therefore wee loue the creature and giue thankes because there is in them matters of loue and thanksgiving but there is no matter to ground hope on in the creature Psal 108 Giue vs helpe against trouble for vaine is the helpe of man Psal 127 It is in vaine to rise early c. Psal 146.3 There is no help in Princes Why may one say Hath not God put vertue in creatures to doe thus and thus as in a horse to carry one in a medicine to heale one Answ Hee hath but yet the exercise of this power hee keepeth in dependance on himselfe and cannot be further then hee pleaseth to put it forth For till he who is the Lord of Hoastes becken send foorth his word as Psal 107 and giue them their moouing they can do nothing As I haue power to goe to such a place yet God maketh me in it to depend on his pleasure Iam. 4 I will doe this c. if God will Now the vse of this helmet is first to strengthen faith which is the principal first thing in the new creature as the helmet couereth the head of the bodie but faith you vvill say breedeth hope yet hope is such a daughter as is a staffe to her aged mother Secondly it doth repell the battery of our daily distrestes and impressions of despaire I had fainted had I not looked to see the goodnes of the Lord in the Land of the living For hope that God will send strength and giue issue doe so holde vp the chinne that we sinke not in deep waters For the third thing the Diuell doth seeke many waies to disfurnish vs of this munition Ob. 1 First by putting vs off with hope that will not serue false vaine hopes wicked hopes such as are the presūptions of many who by their honest liues who with saying Lord have mercy on vs though they lie in ignorance and the lust of ignorance yet say they haue good hopes These are wicked hopes and to hope vppon vaine grounds as on this that God hath blessed vs with outward things that therefore wee are in his fauour but all our hope must bee brought to this touch stone Ans 1. Iohn 3 Hee that hath this hope purgeth himselfe even as he is pure Hee that hath true hope towards God will bee carefull to cleanse out all corruption of flesh and spirit which are displeasing to God If wee hope to haue any good from man we vvill be carefull not to incurre his displeasure doe that which he desireth Ob. 2 Whosoeuer nourisheth hopes from God wil not liue in sinne which God hateth Secondly if wee haue hope the Divell will labour many waies to break it off by pleading against vs our vnworthinesse If thy consciende did not tel thee thou

must strengthen our selues by getting the knowledge of Gods word The svvord is not more necessary for the souldier Examples then this for vs. Thus Christ Christ plaied his prises with it in the tēptation Mat. 4. Iob Iob. 23.12 Neither haue I departed from the commandements of his lips and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed food Psal 119.11 Dauid I haue hid thy promise in my heart that I might not offend against thee Such as haue enemies doe not walk but hauing their swordes girt to them wee cannot repell wicked suggestions strike downe our own corruptions without the help of the svvord and knowledge of Gods pure word Vse 1 Which doth first let vs see the leudnes of the Papists for first as they giue vs a vvicker shield and paper helmet so they giue vs a leaden svvord an vnwritten vvord the vvord of men as well as of God the mixture doth marre the metall but aboue al heerin they sin that they let not Christians indifferently haue the word of God in their mother-tōgue vsing against Christians the like hostility that the Philistims vsed against Israel they tooke away the smiths and weapons of Israel And mark it for this taking the word from Gods people is an antichristian practice If a man should transport our armour and so dis-furnish the Realme it would not serue the subiects in time of need vvee would count him no friend to the State Vse 2 Secondly it doth conuince Christians that are carelesse of the word of GOD or if they haue the knowledge of it they vse it as our gentility wear their weapons to shew the gilded pummels and veluet scabberds rather then otherwise so the word which is a spirituall sword many do discourse of it for ostentation rather then to ward off wick●d suggestions or hew downe their owne corruptions with it Vse 3 Lastly wee must bee exhorted to get the knowledge of the word and hould it fast Pro. 2.1 My sonne if thou wilt receiue my words and hide my commandements vvithin thee verse 5 then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord find the knovvledge of God Let the vvord of God dvvell in you richly in all vvisdome teaching admonishing one another Col. 3.16 Wee should euer haue this word in our harts and mouthes it is no small disadvantage for a man to be vvithout a vveapon in the midst of his enemies Doct. Secondly this doth teach vs what word it is which the spirit of God doth accompany and make mighty in the conscience it is the word of God Esay 49. vlt. 2. Cor. 3.8 Hovv shall not the ministration of the spirit be much more glorious Ier. 23.22 29 But if they had stood in my coūsell and declared my words to my people then they should haue turned them from their euill vvay And in regard that it is thus accompanied it is heer and in Esay 48.2 Heb. 4.12 called a two edged svvord of so great efficacy that vvee may see the Apostles vvho beeing but fishermen yet hauing this vvord in their mouthes did cast dovvne all the vvisdome of the vvorld that resisted them And vvee see in that Nicene Councel Euseb lib. 10. cap. 3. vvhen all the Doctours could not silence an acute Heretick a simple man vnlearned in comparison bringing out the simple testimony of this vvord did subdue him and convince him so that hee had not ought to ansvver Vse 1 Which should teach vs as vvee vvould haue the spirit effectuall vvith vs to keepe to the pure vvord these cleer fountaines of Israel not to affect the depths of humane curiosity for the spirit blovves not in these voices Euery sound is not musick nor euery such sermon preaching Vse 2 And it shevveth people vvhat they should desire to heare the vvord of God by vvhich the spirit doth work in them not to applaud strange fire vvhich men do through ignorance vvhich is the mother of admiration and through indiscretion vvhich maketh them they cannot discerne betvveene Aarons bells betvveene the siluer Trumpet of the Sanctuary and such tinkling Cymbals Ob. 1 Fourthly from translations obiections are made First your Bibles are not such as haue infallible truth but are the labour of men and erre heer and there that vvhich is the vvork of man and subiect to error is not Gods vvord Ans Ans 1. Our Bibles are not so infallible as the first copies vvere for in them not onely the matter but manner of vvriting the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vvas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 both infallible and are such as for matter into vvhich may creep some errour and for phrase of speech some dissenting from the truth of the originall Ans 2. The vvord translated though subiect to error is Gods word and begetteth and encreaseth faith not so farre forth as man through frailty erreth but as he is assisted through speaking and translating to write the truth The Papists say there must bee infallibility in God reuealing and the Church propounding to begette faith but this is false for faith commeth by the hearing of the word of God from the mouth of a particular Minister who by all confession is subiect to error Ob 2 Obiect But if we erre in some things how can wee beleeue any thing they may as wel erre in all Ans It cannot be because as God doth immediately and infallibly assist them that they cannot erre at all so wee knowe hee is in some measure with them that they cannot altogether erre These grounds laide it is easie to answere Secondly If it be obiected the word you preach and heare translated and read is subiect to error Gods word is not subiect to error ergo the word yee heare and reade is not Gods word Answ The proposition if generall it is false but it is particular so concludes particularly else it is false and the conclusion false Obiect Ob. 3 A word that may erre cannot beget faith your word may Ans Ans The first is false vnlesse conceiued with limitation thus A word that erreth cannot beget faith so farre forth as it erreth I thought good not to propound this obiection because I would not teach men to finde a hole in their Bibles lest their corruption should take further holde by it then their grace would ouer come Yet the frequent audacious practice of Ministers in correcting the translations which walke in our Lands doth make it necessarie that the truth of this point should for the diligent reader bee vnfolded who will not take offence at the weakenesse of man but extoll the power of God which doth put forth it selfe in the midst of humane fraylties Now followeth the second thing in which the particular strengthning of our selues doth stand and that is a matter of fact The exercise of prayer The former things doo present before vs men clad in glistering furniture from top to toe And this doth shewe vnto vs the muster of such