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A84341	Good nevves for all Christian souldiers. Or The way to overcome the devill by the bloud of the lambe. As it was delivered in a sermon / by John Eachard, pastour of Darsham in Suffolke. Published according to order.	Eachard, John, 17th cent.	1645 (1645)	Wing E48; Thomason E271_6; ESTC R212214	40,704	48

consciences of all true believers of his strong holds to accuse the conscience and to shew you a most certain victory by Christs blood as you may see but they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb i. they got victory not by their own strength or merits but by the free grace and favour of Jesus Christ they overcame the power of the Devill as Meyer By the blood of the Lamb i. By faith in the death of Christ which makes men conquerers as Marlorat over all enemies for we are to understand that Christ hath not only got victory over the Devill in his person but hath left power to his justified children to get victory also over him in our person and in our consciences and that is by the blood of the Lamb Doctr. Hence I gather That all faithfull souldiers that love not their lives unto the death shall overcome the Devill by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony All you that truly believe that the blood of the Lamb hath purged you from all sins shall get victory over the Devill this is not only plain by the Text which saith They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb c. the word of their testimony but also by the Apostle Paul that giveth thanks for the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. And what victory is that but even over sin death and the Devill for Christ by his blo●d on the Crosse spoiled Principalities and Powers and destroyed him that had the power of death the Devill Ephes. 2. 15. for he took away the sting of death which is sin By his blood c. and the strength of sin which is the law which was by that blood blotted out Col. 2. 14. And therefore we say Thanks be to God which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ that is to our faith and hath given you power to get victory over the Devill to your selves and consciences by the blood of the Lamb for that must needs be fulfilled in the members that is fulfilled already in the Head saith Meyer The second proof is 1 John 4. 4. Little Children yee are of God and have overcome them for greater is hee that is in you then he that is in the world For where Christs blood dwells he dwells in vers. 3. he saith that every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God but this is the spirit of Antichrist Some may object the Devill and the Pope confesse so much therefore to the word come in the flesh you must understand And washed us from our sins in his own blood and made us Kings and Priests to God his Father and that the blood of the Lamb hath made us clean from all sin before the Throne of God Rev. 14. 5. That neither the Devil nor the Pope believe for he hath invented a Purgatory to purge them from sin after death for he believes not the blood of the Lamb hath purged them from all sin in this life But little children yee are of God i. all you true Believers that have faith that the blood of Jesus Christ hath purged your sins and have overcome them i. Satan Antichrist and all his servants for seeing Christ hath given you victory over the Devill certainly you have victory over his servants saith Aug. Marlorat for greater is he that is in you then he that is in world for Christ dwels in your hearts where his blood dwels by faith that is greater then the Devill that dwels in the hearts of all unbelievers where the blood of the Lamb is not sprinkled by faith And therefore wee overcome not by our own power but by the strength of Christ for we must needs be overcome if we trust to our own strength saith Calvin as to the arme of flesh or great ordnance ammunition c. which he will cause them sometime to lose to cause them know that their victory must be by the blood of the Lamb Now there be three things requisite to make a man able to overcome the Devill and all his enemies First hee must be born anew in Christ of water and the holy Ghost as 1 John 5. 4. for so by regeneration hee is freed from the bondage of sin death the Devill and Hell hee must believe his Baptisme that he is new born of God which is the foundation of our victory over the Devill as the Virgin said to the Devill tempting her I am a Christian and am baptized and the Devill fled This is that gold of a lively faith in the merit of Christs death in Baptisme in our infancy when wee knew not what Christ did for us as John 13. 7. but do know it after that we are there buried with Christ and new born and so were made capable to overcome the Devill by the blood of the Lamb when wee should have faith in the same afterward If we do not forsake our first baptisme to take a second for that is to depart from the faith for if God have but one baptisme the second is of the Devil and all that are baptized again shall be overcome of the Devill which do not believe Christs words that he that is washed i. in baptisme if elect is clean every whit needeth not save to wash his feet i. his conscience and conversation in the blood of the Lamb in the other Sacrament but like fools will have their hands and head washed again which is a thing abhorred of God and of all his true Churches that ever have been since the Apostles time Secondly hee must have true faith in the vertue of Christs resurrection that hee is risen again for our justification that hee hath clothed you with the white raiment of his own righteousnesse that your filthy nakednesse should not appeare as Rev. 3. 18. for if any sin be imputed before God the Devill will be too hard for thee for thou that believest not that the blood of the Lamb hath washed away all thy fins before God and that the white raiment of Christs righteousnesse hath not covered all thy sins thou art not fit to be a Captain or souldier for the Devill the World will overcome thee for by this a man denies himself to be all in Christ and in his righteousnesse for whosoever is clothed with the garment of salvation he shall be saved and overcome the Devill and the World but by faith in the white raiment we believe we are clothed with the garment of salvation Es● 61. 10. therefore wee shall overcome Thus when a man will be nothing in himself or in his own righteousnesse or sanctification but to be altogether in him Phil. 3. 9. therefore St. John saith in the same place this is our victory which overcometh the world even our faith What faith is that he tels you in 20th verse that wee are in him that is true in that his Son Jesus

Christ the same is very God and eternall life for when a man is in Christ by baptisme for his person and in his white raiment by faith to his conscience hee is made partaker of Christs victory upon the Crosse over sin death the Devill and Hell for by faith in the white raiment that Christ is risen again for our justification and hath justified us we receive power to subdue sin the world and the Devill which are all overcome by faith in our first resurrection which is to our persons and baptisme when our bodies are washed with pure water Heb. 10. 23. but the first resurrection to our consciences is when wee are converted and believe the white raiment is ours that clotheth us that our filthy nakednesse should not appear Rev. 3. 18. wherein wee shew we are risen with Christ Col. 3. v. 1. for all that appeared to bring tidings of Christs resurrection appeared in white or shining raiment to shew that no man can tell of his first resurrection untill he can tell of his white raiment as Matth. 28. 3. Mar. 16. 5. Luke 24. 4. Jo●. 21. 12. all in white so must you if you be risen with Christ you must appear in white or else no victory over the Devill Thirdly hee that would overcome the Devill and all his Instruments of the world hee must not be a blind souldier as many are that fight for money and by ends but get the Devill into their hearts by covetousnesse and cheating souldiers as Judas did and the Devill gets them as he did him you must therefore buy of Christ eye-salve of his Spirit i. to walk by the Spirit to fight by the Spirit i. by the directions of the Oracle of Gods Word for men ought not to fight any battell before they have asked counsel at the Oracle of Gods Word as David did to know whether God do approve of that war or no and eye-salve to discern the true Religion from the false for else he may fight for the false Religion for Antichrist and not for Christ and also for eye-salve of the Spirit hee may keep himself from all wickednesse when hee goes forth with the host Deut. 23. 9. to keep a good conscience before God and before men for he that will plunder rob spoil and steal and whore and do wickedly shall not overcome the Devill but is overcome of him Thus must a true Christian souldier stand out in life and death against all adversarie power whatsoever Now being thus prepared by Christs counsell to fight against the World and the Devill I will shew you how you shall overcome the Devill by the blood of the Lamb by divers Reasons Reason 1 The first Reason why the best way to overcome the Devill is by the blood of the Lamb because you know the Devill fights against all men by sin either tempting men to sin or to despaire for sin committed Now when a Christian tempted to commit sin shews unto Satan the bloud of the Lambe as Joseph said How can I doe this evill and sin against God So say thou How can I doe this evill and sin against the bloud of the Lamb Thou shalt overcome him as Joseph did Or if Satan tempt thee to despaire as he did Judas if thou shew him the bloud of the Lamb he must needs be conquered for by that thou wilt testifie thy redemption and the murder of Satan that thou hast redemption through the bloud of the Lamb the forgivenesse of thy sins but the Devill hath not for this bloud of the Lamb testifies that Satan was a murderer from the beginning to our first parents to the first Adam and that he hath slaine the second Adam the Lord Jesus Christ here is the bloud of the Lamb that thou hast shed for who put into the heart of Judas to betray him and into the hearts of the Jewes to crucifie him but thou Satan Therefore this bloud of the Lamb testifies the remission of my sins and it testifies that thou art a murderer and thus the red colours of Christs bloud being displayed Satan cannot indure the field but will flie like a beaten Souldier for hereby the Devill is redargued to be the sinner and must despaire Reason 2 A second Reason why you shall overcome the Devill by the bloud of the Lamb because Satan fights against men by the curse of the Law to shew them how cursed they are by it but by the bloud of the Lamb you shall shew unto him that Christ by his bloud hath redeemed you from the curse of that law was made a curse for you for cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree that we might obtaine the blessing of Abraham And this testifies my blessednesse that Christ hath blotted out the hand-writing of the Law that made us cursed by his owne bloud Col. 2. 14. Thus by the bloud of the Lamb thou shalt testifie against the Devill that thou art freed and if the Sonne hath made thee free thou art free indeed Joh. 8. But this bloud of the Lamb testifies Satan is a murderer and so a transgressour of the Law and therefore cursed Now as men that have committed murder and they see 't is discovered will presently run away so Satan seeing men fighting against him by the bloud of the Lamb that testifies their freedome from the curse of the Law and how they stand fulfillers of the Law and also testifying how the Devill is a transgressour a murderer and so cursed by it he will not indure the field 't is time for him to run Reason 3 A third Reason why thou shalt overcome him by the bloud of the Lamb because Satan fights against all men by the feare of death Now when thou shewest unto Satan the bloud of the Lamb thou doest thereby testifie the victory of Christ over death saying Thanks be unto God that hath given us victory over death by Christs bloud so that death is unto me advantage and by the bloud of the Lamb testifiest to Satan that he is guiltie of the bloud of thy husband Now what murderer amongst men will indure when he shall heare a faithfull wife making an out-cry against him thus O this man hath murdered my faithfull deare husband here is his bloud that this man hath shed Murder murder murder make hue and cry after him lay hold of him carry him to prison to the barre and to the Gallowes so when Satan heares the faithfull say O thou art guiltie of the bloud of my deare and faithfull husband the Lord Jesus Christ here is his bloud carry him to the prison of hell Now as Satan is like his children that are murderers he must run and be fearfull as murderers are afraid and flee when none pursue them so is Satan the most fearfull coward in the world that will flee fast enough if you shew him the bloud of the Lamb Resist the Devill by it and he shall flee from you Jam. 4. 7. Reason 4 A fourth