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spirit_n	flesh_n	law_n	sin_n	20,113	5	5.9622	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49240	The Christians combat: or, His true spiritual warfare wherein is laid down the nature, power, and cunning deceit of Satan, the great enemy of our salvation. With the means whereby every good Christian may withstand his dreadful assaults. By C. L. late preacher of Gods word in the City of London.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.	1664 (1664)	Wing L3144; ESTC R216615	19,118	53

cool the scalding heat of sin by applying unto us the precious balm of Christs blood so that our wounds are not mortal unto us The first of these vertues is signified hereby in that he calleth faith a shield which repelleth Satans temptations as the shield doth the darts that are cast against it The second by the word quenching namely as water quencheth the fire so faith quench●th the fiery darts of Satans temptations I procéed now to the fifth part of our Christian armour which is the helmet of Salvation which is so called because it bringeth Salvation to them that wear it for we are saved by hope as it is in Rom. 8.24 which we are to understand by the helmet of Salvation as it appeareth in 1 Thes 5.8 where he exhorteth us to put on the hope of Salvation for an helmet As no man in his right wits would sell his certain interest unto a goodly inheritance for a bright shining counter so much less will any man who is not stark-mad sell his assured hope of the eternal kingdome of glory by yielding himself the slave of sin and Satan to purchase for the present the worlds counterfeit shining excellencies which are in truth but mutable or at least momentary vanities And though he assault us on the one side as he did St. Paul with afflictions and persecutions yet we will with him for the hope of Israel be content to be bound in the chains of misery and affliction for the heaviest cross will séem tolerable yea an easie yoke and a light burthen to those who do expect and hope for a far more excellent and eternal weight of glory Now therefore if we do not put on this helmet we shall not dare to lift up our heads in the day of battel for as those who are incouraged with hope of victory and the spoil ensuing do fight valiantly so those who are quite forsaken of hope do forsake also the field and cast down their armour and weapons and do either run away or cowardly yield unto the enemy And so much for the defensive armour which we must put on that which follows is both defensive and offensive fit to defend our selves and repel and foil the enemy the first is the sword of the Spirit the word of God this the Apostle cals the sword of the Spirit because it is a spiritual and not a carnal weapon which the spirit of God hath as it were tempered made sharpened and put into our hands to repel all our spiritual enemies whensoever they assault us Now we are taught to imitate our grand Captain the Lord Iesus Christ who though he were able to have confuted Satan by other arguments or to have confounded him by his power yet as he suffered himself to be tempted in all things like unto us so he used the same weapons which he hath appointed us to use in this spiritual Combat of temptation to the end that we might be taught how to handle them having his example for imitation and also may conceive assured hope of victory considering that our Captain subdued Satan with the self same weapons Whensoever therefore we are assaulted by Satan let us draw out the sword of the spirit that we may defend our selves and give him the foil as being the most fit weapon for the purpose and séeing this sword is so excellent let us highly estéem of it and manfully use it whensoever Satan doth assault us and tempt us to commit sin As for example when he enticeth us t● commit sin and extenuates it as though it were but a may game and a trick of youth which God regardeth not let us draw out the sword of the spirit saying that all they are accursed who continue not in all that is written in that book of the Law to do it Gal. 3.10 They who live according to the flesh cannot please God Rom. 8.8 That the burthen of sin cannot be light séeing it pressed out of Christ himself a bloody sweat On the other side if he aggravate the hainousness of our sins to the end he may draw us unto despair of Gods mercies let us say it is written I will not the death of a sinner saith the Lord but that herepent and live Ezek. 18.23 And that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 And that he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Matth. 9.13 Joh. 3.16 If he tempt us to the love of the world and to the service of this unrighteous mammon let us answer him that it is impossible to serve two masters of such contrary dispositions as it is written Matth. 6.24 If we love the world the love of the father abideth not in us 1 John 2.15 That the amity of the world is enmity against God James 4.4 Again if by renouncing the world and endeavoring to serve the Lord in uprightness and in truth he séeks to draw us from our integrity by threatning afflictions and persecutions we are to strengthen our selves and resist him with the sword of the Spirit remembring that they are blessed which suffer persecution for righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven Matth. 5.10 All that will live Godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution 1 Tim. 3.12 That whosoever loseth any thing for Christs sake shall receive in recompence an hundred fold more and have everlasting life to boot Matth. 19.29 If he tempt us to the neglect of Gods word we are to tell him that all Christs shéep hear his voice and follow him John 10.27 That whosoever is of God heareth Gods words John 8.47 They who know God hear his ministers whereas he that is not of God heareth them not 1 John 4.6 Again if he tempt us to content our selves with the bare hearing thereof neglecting obedience thereunto we are to tell him that not the hearers of the word but the doers thereof shall be justified Rom. 2.13 And they that are hearers of the Word and not doers also deceive themselves Jam. 1.22 Not every one that saith Lord Lord that is maketh a goodly profession of religion shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven but he that doth the will of the Father who is in heaven Matth. 7.21 So when he tempteth us unto pride we are to say unto him Satan I may not enter into thy temptation for it is written God resisteth the proud but giveth grace unto the humble 1 Pet. 5.5 Thus may we repel the violence of all Satans temptations and give him the foil if we will take unto us the sword of the Spirit and skilfully use the same in the fight for it is not sufficient that we have the sword lying by us if we do not draw it out in the dispute to fight the spiritual Combat but let it rest in the Scabbard It behoveth every poor Christian to come into Gods School continually that there we may learn how to handle the sword of the Spirit that may resist Satan in all his