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heaven_n	earth_n	great_a	let_v	6,859	5	4.2631	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

a man thriue in sinne the Diuell vvill serue him in prosperous successe aboue that his heart can desire This is his proper power in regarde of the wicked Now in respect of the godly he hath a power to exercise them with sundry tentations Secondly you must sette downe that in this kingdome of euill Angels there are some in order before others that is granted of all More particularly there is one vniuersall commander of the rest and Prince as it were of the whole world therefore the Scripture speaketh singularly of him calling him the Diuell with an eminency aboue his Angels Satan the Prince of this world as our Sauiour doth often call him in Iohn 2. There are Princes or principall spirits in Nations and Countries vnder him Thus the Scripture teacheth Dan. 10.13 The Prince of Persia where he speaketh of an Angel hauing power in that countrey hauing power to worke so in the sonnes of disobedience that the matter of the Church was hindered And these are principally vnder the Prince of the whole world Thirdly it may bee probably conceiued that in Countries there are of inferiour authority vnder them and they are powers For in earthly kingdomes when these two words are ioyned the one doth signifie principall gouernours the other second ones or subdelegate vnder them So that the first word may note the Prince of the whole world and such as are principall ouer nations vnder him The second such as are in authority vnder them to execute Gods spiritual iudgement of sinne and curse and haue power of tempting the Saints Now the third word doth comprehend both the former as the generall doth the kindes vnder it For both the Princes of this world Princes nationall and powers inferior to them all are worldly gouernours Now hee openeth the foundation of this their power lest they should bee thought gouernours such as are the sons of the most high and haue receiued magistracie for the good of men hee saith they be rulers in the world by reason of the darknesse in it or by the world I mean the darknesse of sinne all kinde of curses and spirituall temptations The second thing they are described from is their nature First they are spirituall that is intelligences that cannot be seene with eye subtle and powerfull 2. For their qualitie wicked such as haue at least eminently in them al wickednes The third thing is the place the doctrine of which you may remember in these three conclusions First they are cast out of heauen which was their first habitation Iude 6. Secondly the place appointed to them all and where som are reserued to the last day is hell or the deep 2. Pet. 2.4 For if God spared not the Angels c. Luke 8.31 And they besought him that hee would not commaund them to goe out into the deepe that is into hell For these guilty persons are imprisoned before execution Thirdly that Gods iust disposition is such that for executing his spiritual iudgments curses on the wicked trying with temptations his owne children some of them are in the earth Apoca. 12.12 For the Diuell is come downe in great rage Iob 1. The Diuel compasseth the earth Some are in the ayre as in this place to hinder the sauing hearing of Gods word and in the story of Iob they stirred vp tempests Now then the summe of these wordes may more largely in this maner be vnfolded You haue good reason to put on the armour of God for all of vs who haue receiued to beleeue haue through faith our hearts purified to obedience what is our life but a continuall conflict wrestle and who are those that encounter vs Not flesh blood for then wee needed not armour of such high proofe forged by God himselfe But those that striue with vs are such as if you looke at their authority they haue a kingdome amongst men the Prince of the whole world vnder him national Princes these haue principalities and secondarie powers vnder them These principalities and powers these all of them are great gouernours in the world doe all of them resist vs yet I wold not haue you take them such as haue a magistracy ouer the outward man for the good of them as worldly Princes vvho are therefore called gods But the regency they haue amongst men is by reason of darkenesse Gods spirituall iudgements curses which God vvill haue executed and temptations wherwith God will haue his children exercised gouernours of the darkenes of this world Againe for their nature they are not weake flesh but spirit and therefore subtle mighty to spread their wickednesse wherewith they are replenished Finally they are such to whom cast out of heauen though the deepe hell belongeth yet the Lord by his iust dispensation that his iudgements may bee executed on the wicked and his children tryed doth let them bee in the earth and houer ouer our heads in the ayre in great abundance prying into vs and so hauing the vantage of the place against vs. First then wee see heere that no man whatsoeuer his worthinesse is or graces but is encountred by Satan Our parents were set-on in state of innocency Christ He desired to winnow the Apostles for of all other he is the most opposite to such as vvho vvill still be busiest vvhere he hath least to doo And no marvell for the Saints haue received Gods presse-mony and bound themselves by sacrament to fight against him Againe the Saints are passed by the povver of God out of his kingdome and therefore hee doth spite them as not of his family as dogs vse to bark and bite not those of the house they are in but strangers and the Saints finally haue the goulden graces of God vvhich are the treasure hee vvould robbe from them Theeues break not into poore cottages but houses vvhich are fullest of treasure so Satan vvil offer to break into those hearts vvhich God hath silld vvith his spirituall treasure there is booty for his malice to prey vpon This therefore must bee laid down that All the faithfull finde spirituall enmity agai●st them for though somtime hee goe away for a season Luke 4.13 though there be olde men aswell as yong yet this hindreth not but that it may bee affirmed of all that they haue their enemies still begirting them and assailing them vvhen they hope for advantage by it Vse 1 Which doth refute the vaine iudgement of the world which savoureth not the things of God for wheras this is the estate of all Saints they count them either foolish or humorous troubled with they knowe not what or think that they are some notorious sinners if they bee in their mindes molested Secondly it must teach all of vs who are weak in grace of small growth not to wonder if we be troubled for if the green wood escape not what shall vvee dry in comparison bee exempted Thirdly we must bee admonished though of never such proceeding not to lay aside our armour seeing