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A64806	Panoplia, or, The whole armour of God explained and applyed for the conduct and comfort of a Christian in all his tryals and tentations : as also the dying preachers legacy in several sermons, being the last labours of the reverend author in the course of his ministry : together with certain seasonable considerations proving the lawfulness and expediency of a set form of lyturgy in the church / by Richard Venner.	Venner, Richard, b. 1598?	1662 (1662)	Wing V194; ESTC R27038	215,543	611

Devil c. and so it is used in the Text. 4. Divine and so God himself is a Shield to the godly To protect them as Gen. 15.1 to Abraham Deut. 33.29 To Israel Psalm 3.3 and 84.9 11. To David and to all that walk uprightly 3. Of Faith This is the main grace the suctject of the Text here compared to a Shield Of which I shall speak at large as I handle the main Doctrine of this Verse 4. Wherewith ye shall be able to quench i.e. not only to repel and keep off but also to extinguish and utterly to destroy all their venemous power of hurting you 5. All the fiery darts that is all the Temptations of the Devil whereby he doth provoke us to sin against which we pray in the Lords Prayer And these are said to be fiery darts and destructive because if admitted once and allowed of they do easily kindle the heart to multitudes of sins which like links in a chain draw in one another successively and here we might observe by the way Doct. Satan hath his fiery darts to do us mischief with Quest If any do enquire what these fiery darts are I answer Answ Concupiscence and evil Lusts which do kindle the soul with Covetousness Ambition Self-seeking Revenge c. As also all Incentives to sin and dangerous temptations of incredulity distrust despair all which I may meet with in the main point and now pass them 6. Of the wicked or that wicked one i. e. of Satan and his instruments wicked men habits of sin corruption of heart c. These things premised and the Text thus explained it doth afford us Doct. Faith is a Christians Shield or Buckler to withstand repel and extinguish all the fiery darts and destructive temptations and seducements of the Devil Ergo we are commanded to resist him herewith and we have a promise of Conquest for he will flee if we give no place to him So also for the world This is the Victory c. and this we may the more easily be perswaded of if we consider 1. The promises of God made to Believers which are abundant 2. The Grace of Faith this Shield in it self which is evidence of our sonship union to Christ as the Anchor c. to the Root Foundation Head 3. That it justifieth us by possessing us of Christ of his Riches and Merits Rom. 3.28 and 5.1 as in marriage a woman possessing the mans means and here you are to consider what Justification is and how by faith we do obtain it Of which see my Notes at large on Rom. 13.11 only thus here Justification is an act of Gods imputing Christs Righteousness to a believing sinner absolving him from sin accepting him as righteous in Christ and as an Heir of Eternal life Bishop Downam de Just l. 2.1 Papists make Justification Justification and so confound Justification and Sanctification whereas the Hebrew Hitzdik and the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are verba forensia judicial words taken from Courts of Justice and do not signifie to make just but to absolve See Proverbs 17.15 Isa 5 23. Marzdik Rom. 3.24 26 28 30. By Faith in Christ only we are justified we exclude not God the Author nor the Holy Ghost and Ministers the Workers nor good Works the evidence of Justification But that as the matter nothing but Christ and his Righteousness which is the Object of Faith doth justifie Ergo we say Fides sola justificat oculus solus vidit as the only instruments to apprehend the Object but not Solitaria solo is joyn'd with the Predicat justificat solus sed non separatus ab anima cerebro c. 4. Faith gives Assurance Heb. 10.22 as to Job David Hezekiah Paul where yet note that the 1 Acts of Faith are 1. Direct 2. Reflect 2. Courts in which Pardon is sealed 1. In Heaven 2. In Conscience 3 Assurance is either of 1. Adherence 2. In Evidence 5 Faith sanctifieth and purifieth the heart Acts 15.9 Purifie c. Gal. 2.20 Christs lives in us Col. 2.12 Risen with Christ by faith An heavenly Conversation here is a good evidence of a heavenly condition hereafter as the Spirit put into upon Saul David Jehu were a good earnest of the future dignity of a Kingdom which befel them 6. And lastly Faith is an evidence of heaven and all good hoped for Heb. 11.1 Hab. 2.4 Ephes 2.8 Ye are saved 1 Pet. 1.9 Receiving the end of your faith the salvation of your souls Ap Now sum up all these together and apply them to the point then that Faith this Shield by which we have Son-ship Union with Christ Justification Assurance Sanctification and Salvation doth evidently conclude a full and final Conquest over all the fiery darts and destructive temptations of the wicked and so you may add them all as an Illustration of the Reason annexed in this Text-in the praise of this Faith drawn from the admirable and wonderful effects of the same viz. In quenching all the fiery darts Quest If any ask how these darts can be thus quenched I answer Answ By Faith I have interest into all the promises of God to Believers I am his Son I have Union with Christ am justified by his Righteousness have Assurance of his Favour am sanctified by his Grace and have evidence of heaven and final Salvation Now apply these to any Dart or Temptation and resist them with these and say to Satan c. Should I yield to be or do what thou suggest to defile and undo my self with wicked lustss forfeit all my honour and happiness for thy transitory pleasures profits and preferments And say in this case as the Lord Jesus our Saviour said to the Devil upon his great proffer of the power and glory of all the Kingdoms of the world Mat. 4.10 Luke 4.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Abi abscede retro me Satana Arias Montan. Get thee hence depart avoid be gone I defie thee in such a case as this then draw the sword of the Spirit upon him and adjoyn Supplications and Prayer to God to defend thee and to subdue him under thy feet Ap. Thus resist and he will flee and thou shalt conquer Thus you see how you may improve this Shield of Faith to quench the fiery darts of the wicked in every kind I have done with the proof of the point I do now descend to Use Uses of this point are of Reproof Examination and Comfort I. The first Use is of Reproof and Terrour to all that want this shield or neglect it either in defect or excess either by Unbelief or Presumption 1. Vnbelief is a sin against Faith in the way of defect and Vnbelievers are such as either know not the Word of God through ignorance and want of the means of Faith as Pagans Psalm 147.19 20. which yet excuseth them not but a tanto John 15.22 Or Obstinacy and Wilfulness against means as many Christians 2 Pet. 3.5 And this is the mother of Errours and

charity to the poor Such men of Eminency should resemble the Cedars of Lebanon whose odoriferous savour is such That Fugat Serpentes interficit vermes say some Authors so should the savour of their good oyntments viz. Divine graces and exemplary practise The presence and perfume of their power and piety should be of Efficacy to kill the Canker-worms that blast us and to chase away or put to flight those Serpents which would destroy us If our Nobility Gentry and men of Eminency were such their good names should flourish like the Palm and spread abroad like the fruitful Vines and Fig-trees Then we the underwood of the same Garden of God should Digna Cedro canere record and sing the praises of those Cedars which God hath planted Psalm 80.10 104.16 Whilst they do resemble the Tree Dan. 4.10 11 12 20 21. which was so strong tall fair and fruitful for all So such whose root is piety body prudence branches power and fruit is justice mercy and every good work For such men we bless the God of heaven and say Arbor honoretur cujus nos umbra tuetur And when such men shall dye like men Psalm 82.6 7. Yet by the seat of Water viz. Of divine Grace by Christ and the Vertue of his Resurrection they shall bud Job 14.7 8 9. Rise again c. and sing in eternal glory Isa 26.19 ☞ E contra For the Nobility and Gentry of a Nation to be like those of Israel 1. It will but entitle them to be Rulers of Sodom Princes and people of Gomorrah Isa 1.10 2. It will entail them and bind them over to destruction and ruine Isa 9.13 14 15 c. This may be a warning to all wicked great men And thus much for the first branch of this Use to great men II. Now the second branch of this Use of Exhortation is To all men For all men ought to labour for this increase and proficiency which that they may the better do they must take a like course with themselves as Arborists and Florists use to do with their Orchards and Gardens the trees and Flowers which they would have to thrive and prosper They must prune off and weed out such superfluities as hinder them provide such means and helps as may further their growth and flourishing For the first of these the weeds and superfluous branches which this Orchard and Garden should be quit of for sothe Church is called Cant. 4.12 13. and frequently That the choise fruits and flowers of the same may prosper are idleness or neglect of the means of growth or proficiency Neglect the Fire and it will go out of it self or the Scholler or Pupil his Masters Readings and his growth in learning will soon be at a stand Let the Child or any other person neglect his food or mark any man that doth neglect his necessary business and observe what increase and abounding will ensue observe the sluggards field Prov. 24.30 31. Or suppose the Trees Root should refuse to fetch in sap or the branches to receive it they are dead off with them Our Ears are as the Root our actions are the branches of these Trees of the Garden of God If we refuse to hearken to Councel and receive advice or having received like dead branches if we do not act and express the same in our fruit we are dead 7. In a word Do but neglect the Orchard Garden or Field and see what will become of it if all do not run to ruine c. How many with us had need to prune off this dead branch of Idlenefs and Neglect Sure multitudes are guilty of of it Ergo We have the more need to fall to this work speedily which that you may the better effect shall I lend you a weeding or pruning hook to fetch off these superfluous branches as you meet with them Then for this first dead branch of Idleness let industry and diligence be the pruning hook to take off this For this will look out far and near as the living roots of trees do to fetch in sap to supply the soul It s the souls purveyer to fetch in provisions of all sorts This Enriches a man both in his outward and in his inward estate Prov. 10.4 13.4 His wealth increaseth and his soul shall be made fat In the bodily condition a man may be fed with the choicest food and possibly may be supplied with all the Viands and Delicates imaginable and yet be neither strengthened nor fatted in body by them For the blessing of God may be wanting in these cases And man liveth not by bread only c. Mat. 4.4 But for such as seek first the kingdom of God c. Mat. 6.33 and labour with diligence for the heavenly food The blessing of God is never wanting to such but that they shall grow and increase be strengthened and fatted as calves of the stall Mal. 4.2 viz. In the graces of Regeneration and Sanctification tending to salvation See Psalm 63.5 Isa 25.6 Jer. 31.14 Ezek. 34.14 2. Pride and Self-conceteitedness an Opinion of our own worth and sufficiency The fresh man that thinks himself as wise and learned as his Tutor and the Artist as expert as his Teacher the raw servant as his Master and Mistriss wanting no direction of either and the Soldier as wise as his Commanders Solomon will tell you Prov. 26.12 1. These are like those Pharisees who said We see i. e. We know enough For they had a great opinion of their own knowledge and sanctity Ergo They scorned to learn or to be taught by any John 9.24 40 41. 2. Or like those holy Laodiceans that thought they had need of nothing Revel 3.17 when they wanted all things and sure such as think themselves wise or learned healthy or wealthy enough c. will never take much care for either Reparation or Increase Therefore the Apostle tells us that not many wisemen or mighty but God hath chosen the foolish and weak and base things c. 1 Cor. 1.26 27 28 29 i.e. Such as know and Esteem themselves to be such as they stand before God without any worth merit strength or Vertue as Paul did 1 Cor. 3.5 Who is Paul and and therefore low in their own eyes such are chosen of God Thus we see that this Self-conceitednesse is a Rank leavy Branch without Fruit and such will hinder the tree from ever bearing any therefore off with them and spare them not Now the best pruning-hook to fetch off this Branch is Humility to be low and base in our own sight as David was 2 Sam. 6.22 This is 1. A Cabinet full of Excellent Pearls 2. A valley of Grace which makes a soul like a watered Garden a fruitfull Meadow bespangled with Beauties yea like a Field which the Lord hath blessed or the Trees by him planted which are ever fruitfull fat and flourishing Psal 92.12 13 14. Jer. 31.12 Esay 58.11 Gen. 27.27 3. Worldlinesse This is the next