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A10394	Saint Pauls triumph, or cygnea illa & dulcissima cantio that swan-like and most sweet song, of that learned and faithfull seruant of God, Mr. Iohn Randall, bachelor of diuinitie: vttered by him (in an eleauen sermons, vpon the eight chapter of St. Pavl his epistle to the Romans, vers. 38.39.) lately before his death, in the time of his great and heauy affliction, and vpon the Communion-dayes, either altogether, or for the most part. And now published for the glory of God, the edification of his church and people, and the hononrable [sic] memoriall of the author, by William Holbrooke, preacher of the word of God.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1623 (1623)	STC 20678; ESTC S102568	146,192	249

once they haue seized they will tug hard before they will let goe Thirdly They are very malicious and therefore the Diuell is fitly set out vnto vs by the name of a great red Dragon Reuel 12.3 The Dragon of all Creatures is the most fierce spightfull and malicious Sathans malice is greater then the Dragons for he is a great Dragon and more fierce then the malice of the Dragon for he is a great red Dragon saith the Apostle as who should say that he burnes fiery red in malice alwaies against Gods Church Fourthly They are very subtle and therfore they are compared to a Serpent Reuel 12.9 That olde Serpent called the Diuell and Sathan was cast out which deceiueth all the world and the Serpent is very subtle Gen. 3.1 Now the Serpent was more subtle c. The Diuell is an olde subtle Serpent so subtle that saith the Apostle he deceiues all the world this hee hath done and this he doth daily Fiftly They are very actiue and nimble they are spirits by nature and therefore by reason of the spiritualnesse and agility of their natures they can and doe passe from place to place quickely and sodainly to and fro as the lightning When Iob was to be tried see how nimbly Sathan bestirred himselfe first to his Oxen in one place then to his Sheep in another place then to his Cammels in another place and then to his children in another place and all this in a trice in the turning of a hand as it were Iob 1. And when our Sauiour Christ was to be tempted how quickely did Sathan get him vp to the top of the pinacle of the temple to the top of a high mountaine in the twinckling of an eye saith the Text Luke 4.5.6 Sixtly he is very busie hee compasseth the world to and fro Iob 1.7 And walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure 1 Pet. 5.8 When we sit still he walkes about vs when we are most at leasure he is most busie to doe vs mischiefe when we sleepe hee wakes when our sences are bound vp as they are in our sleepe and the inmost powers of our soules are in some sort lockt vp from him yet then he leaues vs not but euen in our sleepe hee deludes our sences with many idle and vaine imaginations and polutes our thoughts with much filthines and vncleannesse Seauenthly they are very well appointed therefore are compared to a strong man armed Lu. 11.21 and if one be too weake of himselfe he can goe presently and take seauen spirits more to him worse then himselfe Luke 11.26 and then he will be hard enough for vs. The Diuell hath all the world to his friend as he carryeth the matter like a Spider that hath his Cop-web in euery corner of the house to catch the poore silly Flyes so the Diuell hath his snares and Cop-webs in euery corner of the world to catch our poore sinfull soules withall Eightly they are very well experienced and therefore the Diuell is called the old Serpent Reuel 12 9. A mans experience is a great aduantage to him though it be but of some few yeares what wonderfull aduantage then is the Diuels experience against vs which hee hath had since the beginning of the world Lastly they are very dangerous there is no more but a word and a blow with them first a temptation then presently an inclination and then presently a sinne and then hell and damnation short worke This is alwayes Sathans intention in all his assaults and this he euer brings to passe where he hath his reach and where he is not bridled by the ouer-ruling hand of God and therefore hee is called a deuourer a destroyer and a murtherer Thirdly we must know how they seeke to annoy vs Fiue particulars how the diuell annoyes vs. surely they seeke to annoy vs euery way at all times and in all places and in all states and conditions and vpon all occasions and by all meanes and instruments what is it that hee will not make an instrument to fight against vs withall First hee bends all his owne power malice and subtilty against vs and all the forces that the kingdome of darkenesse can afford flattering threatning deluding buffetting tempting vexing and tormenting vs euen spending themselues to doe vs a mischiefe Secondly not content with this he sets the creatures against vs the sea the winde and stormes and tempests all to annoy vs afflict vs crosse vs and disquiet vs yea euen our meat and our drinke and our bed those deare creatures of God which wee cannot liue without he makes them to be a snare vnto vs. Thirdly he increaseth men against vs to persecute vs to afflict vs to tempt vs yea sometime our owne dearest friends our owne wiues and children Fourthly not content with all this hee sets our selues against our selues our appetite against our reason the flesh against the spirit our practise against our iudgement and our owne wils against our owne soules and this is a most dangerous assault for now they are our enemies that are of our owne household and till Sathan can come to this to make our selues against our selues all his assaults can neuer hurt vs. Lastly as he seekes to set the whole world against vs so he proceedes further and seekes to set God against vs too Let vs assure our selues that Sathan is with God euery day accusing vs and pleading against vs and suing out a Commission from God against vs as he did against Iob that hee may haue vs in his owne power to doe his owne will vpon vs and to hurt vs. Fourthly we must know how farre they may endanger vs surely they may endanger vs so farre as God shall be pleased at any time to giue them commission and no further as God hath set a bound to the raging Sea that thus farre his proud waues shall come and no further so God hath done to Sathan and all the powers of darkenesse thus farre they shall goe and no further They may endanger vs to the spoyling of our goods and to the hurt of our bodies and to the distemper of our spirits and sometimes to the losse of our liues but neuer to the losse of our soules God giues way vnto them that they may seperate vs from all worldly things but hee neuer giues way vnto them to seperate vs from the loue of God in Christ Iesus which being the chiefe end of all their endeauours for whatsoeuer meanes they vse this is the principall end they ayme at to seperate vs from the loue of God in Christ Iesus being not able to attaine vnto it here they are foyled and this is their torment and a speciall portion of their hell in this world Proofes Now let vs come to the proofes Gen. 3.15 I will put enmity betwixt thee and the woman and betwixt thy seed and her seede he shall breake thine head and thou shalt bruise his heele God himselfe speakes this to Sathans face for his

greater dis-couragement And the speech containes two things first the enmity that should be betwixt the woman the Serpent betwixt their seeds that is betwixt Sathan mankind secondly the issue euent of it the enmity in the former part of the verse I will put enmity c. where we see first that this is a mutuall enmity that is of Sathan against vs and of vs against him he should exercise continuall enmity against vs and we must exercise a continuall enmity against him secondly it is a deadly enmity a deadly feude as we say not onely against the persons themselues but against their seed too it is a deadly enmity neuer like to be reconciled he and his seed against vs and our seede and we and our seed against him and his seed Thirdly this emnity is of Gods own ordinance I will put it saith God therefore neuer thinke it strange that Sathan is such a deadly enemy against vs God hath so ordained it neither must we thinke it much that wee are continually put to this fight against Sathan for it is God that hath imposed this condition vpon vs. Then the issue followes in the latter part of the verse It shall breake thine head and thou shalt bruise his heele Sathan shall but bruise her heele hee may tempt and trouble and disquiet Gods children and persecute them and take away their goods and happily their liues too but this is nothing it is but a little nibling at the heele it is nothing in respect of our soule It is but the heele that he can hurt some outward part but he can neuer touch vs in our head that is in the hold that we haue in the loue of God through Iesus Christ But on the other side the seed of the woman shall breake thine head saith God Sathan shall part with the greatest losse his head shall be broke and his power destroyed his purposes disappointed and at last himselfe vtterly vanquished and confounded Here is strong comfort for Gods children Yea but this is spoken of Christ himselfe he is the seed meant there I answere It is spoken of Christ indeed but withall vnderstand that in the case of Christ is set forth the case of euery beleeuing soule as Christ being the head and wee the members and therfore that which is done by Christ against Sathan is done for vs on our behalfe and to our benefit Matth. 16.18 Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church and the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it In the 16. verse Peter had made a glorious confession of sauing faith Thou art that Christ the Sonne of the liuing God In this 18. verse our Sauiour quits him and saith Thou art Peter c. as if he should say Is it so Peter that thou hast this faith in thine heart to make this confession of me Then I say vnto thee Thou art Peter and vp on this Rocke that is not vpon Peters person nor vpon Peters confession but vpon the matter of his confession Christ Iesus the Sonne of the liuing GOD vpon this Rocke will I build my Church that is all true beleeuers and that so firmely and surely that all the gates that is all the powers of hell shall neuer preuaile against it to ouerthrow it Hell hath many gates the gates of sinne death and the Diuell yet all these gates of hell and all these powers of darkenesse shall neuer be able to shake off this building from this foundation this Church from this Rocke to seperate any one true beleeuing soule from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord many other promises there are in the Scripture of this nature yea but these are but promises If these promises doe not sufficiently confirme our distrustfull hearts in the perswasion of this heauenly truth see it by experience and let that confirme vs. In Reuel 12.7 to 11. verse where the holy Ghost sets it downe as a thing already done there is set downe a battaile and the successe the battaile in the 7. verse Michael and his Angels fought against the Dragon and the Dragon and his Angels fought Here must needs be a great Battaile when all the world is deuided into two parts to fight one against another What is the successe first on the Dragons part he preuailed not verse 8. hee was disappointed of his purpose all his labour against Gods children was lost and spent in vaine and in the 9. verse hee was cast out of Heauen and his Angels with him hee had a shamefull ouerthrow The successe in respect of the beleeuers what was that first great ioy and triumph in heauen verse 10. and secondly a glorious conquest verse 11. they ouercame him how by that blood of that Lambe c. This is the common estate of Gods Church and children and this euery true beleeuing soule shall surely finde in particular in his greatest fight against sinne and Sathan from time to time to the end of the world The Reasons of this point Reasons There are no reasons on our part why Sathan doth not preuaile against vs for we are ready to lye downe as beasts and to betray our owne soules and to be taken of him at his pleasure no all our stay and safety is meerely through God in Christ The first Reason is this God by his power restrains and limits the power of Sathan as we may see in Iob 1. and 2. Chapters when hee lets him loose vpon Iob it is with restraint still all that he hath is in thy power onely vpon himselfe put not forth thy hand Iob 1.12 And in the 2. Chapter and 6. Verse Behold he is in thine hand but saue his life Now the power of God is more mighty to helpe vs then the power of Sathan is to hurt vs 1 Iohn 4.4 Hee is greater that is in vs then he that is in the world and except the Lord should thus limit and binde the power of Sathan no man liuing could euer stand against him God restraines him and keepes him as a Lyon within barres and grates Secondly he restraines their rage and malice as he did Luke 8.33 where he turned the rage of the Diuels from the man that was possest with them vnto the swine Gods goodnesse is more able and ready to preserue vs then Sathans malice is to destroy vs. Thirdly God defeats the plots and purposes of these euill spirits Zach. 3.1.2 his wisedome ouer-reaches all their subtilties and watches ouer vs more effectually to saue then they with all their subtilties can doe to cast vs away Fourthly God endues vs with grace and strength from aboue to resist and stand fast that they may not preuaile against vs for it is not our owne strength we stand by but it is the power of God 1 Cor. 12.9 His grace and his power is all-sufficient to preserue vs. The last maine Reason is from Christ himselfe for he is Sathans vanquisher and he is