Rom. 11.20. Rom. 5.2. 1 Cor. 16.13. Ephes. 6.11. Vers. 13.Stand up to your Beliefe, Ephes. 6.14. 2 Thes. 2.15. Gal. 5.1. 1 Pet. 5.12. OR, A COMBAT BETWEENE SATAN TEMPTING, AND A CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHING In the comfort of the CREED.
Sathan.
WHy dost with hope, vile wretch thy soule deceive?
Thou must be damn'd.
(
Ch.)
Not so,
Mar. 16.16
for
I BelieveSa.
Yea, so doe I,
Iam. 9.19.
and yet I feele Hels rod.Ch.
Thou but believ'st God is, I trust
in God,
Sa.
What thou a sinner
Iohn. 9.31.
, trust? thou tempt'st him ratherCh.
Whom should the poore child trust, if not
Luk. 11.13.
the Father?Sa.
The soule that sinnes must die,
Ezek. 18.4.
thy sinnes are weighty
Mat. 11.28
.Ch.
Yet God can pardon them, for hee's
Almyghty
Eph. 3.20.
Sa.
But hee's of wicked men a just forsaker,
Psa. 14.5.
Ch.
Yet kind to what he made, and hee's my
1
Pet. 4.19.
makerSa.
Why hath he made thee smart thus from thy birth?
Ch
This is but love from Lord
Heb. 12.6.
of Heaven and Earth,Sa.
Harke God and Angels cry, thou dost displease us.
Ch.
And yet in God's my comfort,
Mat. 1.21.
and in Iesus,Sa.
In sinne th'art borne
Ioh. 9.34.
and bred, and dost persist.
Rom. 6 2.
Ch.
As sinne abounds in me, so grace in
Cap. 5.2.1
Christ,Sa.
Why speak'st of grace? the Law makes thee undone
Rom. 8.3
.Ch.
Nay then, why did God send
his onely Sonne?
Sa.
Are not all sinners of his Sonne abhor'd?
Ch.
No none, who strive to serve him as
Ps. 2.11, 12.
our Lord,Sa.
But God cann't die, of hope thou art bereav'd.
Ch.
But yet his manhood may
Rom. 5.8.
which was conceived,Sa.
How can man made of woman, save the lost?
Ch.
Yes, being made perfect
Luke 1.35.
by the Holy Ghost,Sa.
But thou by nature art a wretch forlorne,
Ephes. 2.2.
Ch.
And yet to me in mercy a Child is
Isa. 9.6.
borne,Sa.
But thou art filthy, and thy heart wants purging.
Ch.
His blood doth cleanse me, who came
1
Ioh. 1.7.
of the Virgin,Sa.
Presumptuous men, thus to tempt Christ how dare yee?
Ch.
We tempt not Christ, we joy in Christ with
Luk. 1.46.
Mary,Sa.
Thou joy'st in vaine, from him sinne puts thee asunder,
Isa. 59.2
[...]
Ch.
Both sinne and sinfull men he
Mat. 26.4
[...].
suffer'd under,Sa.
What suffer sinne, yet just? thy folly I smile at.
Ch.
The sinne was mine, he just, saith
Ioh. 19.4.
Pontius Pilate,Sa.
But still the punishments of thy sinnes abide,
Rom. 2.9.
Ch.
No, for to quit them, he
Act. 2▪ 36.38.
was crucified,Sa.
Ah! but the sting of death will wound thy head.
Hes. 13.14.
Ch.
No: Christ pul'd out this sting when he was
1
Cor. 15.55.
dead,Sa.
Can he give life who lies himselfe interred?
Ch.
Yes: and with him my sinnes are hid
and buried,
Sa.
Thy poore and meane estate shewes Christ's offended,
Ch.
Shall I thinke much to stoope, when
Phil. 2.7, 8.
he descended?Sa.
Fear'st not the scorching flames of my darke Cell?
Ch.
Christ went, that I might not goe
Eph. 4.9.
into Hell.Sa.
How art assur'd he freed thee from this paine?
Ch.
Because
Rom. 4.25.
the third day he Arose againe,And so Captivity he captive led,
Eph. 4.8.
Rising in glorious triumph
Colos. 2.15.
from the dead,Nor was my Saviours glory herein ended,
But after he was risen
Iohn 3.13.
he Ascended,To fit a place for me, and so hath given
Sure hope that I shall follow him
Iohn 14.2.
into Heaven,Where now in all my griefe, and dumpish fits,
He heares my prayers, there he rests
Iohn 16.23
and sitsObserve his Majesty, he doth not stand
Inferiour like, but sits
Luk. 22 69
at the right hand,Not of some earthly Prince, but his abode
Is in the high and heavenly house
of God,
Whereas his onely Sonne
Iohn 3.18.
he rules, the ratherCan he make my requests knowne to
the Father,
That for his sake, my sinnes which he found weighty
May be forgiven by him which is
Almighty,
Sa.
If th'art so sure, then sinne, here's thy defence,
That Christ's in heaven,
(
Ch.)
Oh no, he sees
from thence,
And waites till wicked men fill up the sum
Gen. 15.16.
And measure of their sinnes, then
Rom. 2.5.
shall he come,Riding with thousands Saints, on clouds all spread
Iude 14.15
In flames of fire
2.
Thes. 1
[...].
to iudge the quicke and dead,Sa.
Then thou condemn'd shalt be, oh feare and grieve!
Ch.
Satan, I still deny it, for
Iohn 2.18.
I believeSa.
In whom believ'st, that thus thou vantst thy boast?
Ch.
In Father, Sonne, and
in the Holy Ghost,
Who ne're forsakes nor leaves in desperate lurch,
Those who are of
Mat. 28.20
Heb. 13.5.
Iohn 17.5.
& 20,
&c.
the holy Catholike Church,Let him but take me to himselfe in union,
And give me with his people
the Communion
I'me safe, for he to helpe them never faints
Who keepe the band of peace, and faith
Ephes. 4.4.
of SaintsSa.
Thy waies are crooked and in them's no evennes,
Rom. 3.12.
Ch.
In mee's the sinne, in God is
Luke 7.42.
Acts 5.31.
the forgivenesseAnd here my never ending joy begins,
To know that hee's the pardoner
of sinnes,
Hee'l therefore take mee to his high protection
When the last trumpe shall sound
1
Thes 4.16.
the resurrectionVoid sinne and Sathan both, my soule why load ye
With desperate words? this temple
of the body
Wherein corruption now and sinne is rife
Rom. 7.24.
Shall come to perfect glory
Chap. 8.17.
and the lifeNot such vaine earthly life which still is wasting,
But that blest life of Heaven that's
Rom. 6.22.
everlasting.O Lord increase my faith,
Marke 24.
and grace, that thenI may behold the glory of thy face,
1
Cor. 13.12.
Amen.FIrst take this Shield of Faith to arme your hearts,
Eph. 6.16. Vers. 17. 1 Tim. 6.12 Jam. 4.8. Rom. 16.20 2 Pet. 2.9. 1 Cor. 10.13 2 Tim. 2.4. Rom. 8.37.
And if this quench not Sathans fiery darts,(But frequent tempting blowes doe crush the Shield)
The Word's a Sword, take that, if he not yeeld,
Yet fight thou and resist, there's one can doo't,
The God of Peace will tread him under foote;
Ner'e striving Soules, 'gainst whom such stroakes have past,
But that their Captaine fo'tt them off at last.
That Grace which first unto this Combat moves thee,
Make thee a Conquerour, through him that loves thee.
FINIS.
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