The life of faith : in three parts .. . The Crucifying of the vrorld, BY The Crofs of Christ. Gal, But God forbid that I jbouldglory ^ fave in the Crofs ofourLord $efu* chrifi: by whom the world is crucified to mi,aud I unto the world. SECT. I. V E R fince mankind had a being upon earth,the malicious Apoftate fpirits have been theirenemies •• If it was the will of our Creatorthat we fhould be Militaries in our Innocency,and keep our ftanding,and attain our Confir-mation and Glory by a Victory, or elfe comefhort of it if we loft the day : No wonderthen that our lapfed condition mud be mil
The life of faith : in three parts .. . The Crucifying of the vrorld, BY The Crofs of Christ. Gal, But God forbid that I jbouldglory ^ fave in the Crofs ofourLord $efu* chrifi: by whom the world is crucified to mi,aud I unto the world. SECT. I. V E R fince mankind had a being upon earth,the malicious Apoftate fpirits have been theirenemies •• If it was the will of our Creatorthat we fhould be Militaries in our Innocency,and keep our ftanding,and attain our Confir-mation and Glory by a Victory, or elfe comefhort of it if we loft the day : No wonderthen that our lapfed condition mud be militant, and that byconqueft we muft obtain the Crown. But there is a great deal ofdifference between thefe combats. In our firft ftatc we were thefole Combatants againft the Enemy our felves, and we fqught in B that. 7he Crucifying of the world, that ftifficienc (trerigch ©four own which was then given us, andby our wilful yielding wc were overcome. But (Ince our fall wefight under the banner of another, who having firft conqueredfor us, will afterward conquer in us and by us. All the greatoranfaffcions and budes of the world, which our Fathers havereported to us, which have filled all the Hiftories of ages, andwhich our eyes have feen or our ears have heard of, are nothingbut the various actions or fucceflfesofthis great all theperfom in the world are the fouldicrs of thefe two Armie*,whereof the Lord of Life, and the Prince of Dirknefsare theGenerals: The whole inhabited world is the field. The greaton-fet of the Enemy was made upon the perfon of our Lordhimfelf. And as oft as he was aflfaulted or did afTault,fo oft didhe overcome. In the wildernefs he had that firft appointed conflictwith Satan himfelf hand to hand ; Through his whole life after ,he was affaulted by the inferiour fort
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