Rom. 11.20. Rom. 5.2. 1 Cor. 16.13. Ephes. 6.11. verse. 13. Stand up to your belief, Ephes. 6.14. 2 Thes. 2.15. Gal. 5.1. 1 Pet. 5.12. OR, A COMBAT between SATAN TEMPTING, AND A CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHING In the comfort of the CREED. Satan. WHy dost with hope, vile wretch thy soul deceive? Thou must be damned. (Ch.) Not so, a Mar. 16.16 for I Believe Sa. Yea, so do I, b Iam. 9.19. and yet I feel hell's rod. Ch. Thou but believest God is, I trust in God, Sa. What thou a sinner c John. 9.31. , trust? thou temptest him rather Ch. Whom should the poor child trust, if not d Luk. 11.13. the Father? Sa. The soul that sins must die, e Ezek. 18.4. thy sins are weighty f Mat. 11.28 . Ch. Yet God can pardon them, for he's almighty g Eph. 3.20. Sa. But he's of wicked men a just forsaker, h Psa. 14.5. Ch. Yet kind to what he made, and he's my i 1 Pet. 4.19. maker Sa. Why hath he made thee smart thus from thy birth? Ch This is but love from Lord k Heb. 12.6. of Heaven and Earth, Sa. Hark God and Angels cry, thou dost displease us. Ch. And yet in God's my comfort, l Mat. 1.21. and in Jesus, Sa. In sin thou'rt borne m Ioh. 9.34. and bred, and dost persist. n Rom. 6 2. Ch. As sin abounds in me, so grace in o Cap. 5.2.1 Christ, Sa. Why speak'st of grace? the Law makes thee undone p Rom. 8.3 . Ch. Nay then, why did God send his only son? Sa. Are not all sinners of his son abhorred? Ch. No none, who strive to serve him as q Ps. 2.11, 12. our Lord, Sa. But God can't die, of hope thou art bereaved. Ch. But yet his manhood may r Rom. 5.8. which was conceived, Sa. How can man made of woman, save the lost? Ch. Yes, being made perfect s Luke 1.35. by the Holy Ghost, Sa. But thou by nature art a wretch forlorn, t Ephes. 2.2. Ch. And yet to me in mercy a Child is u Isa. 9.6. borne, Sa. But thou art filthy, and thy heart wants purging. Ch. His blood doth cleanse me, who came w 1 Ioh. 1.7. of the Virgin, Sa. Presumptuous men, thus to tempt Christ how dare ye? Ch. We tempt not Christ, we joy in Christ with x Luk. 1.46. Mary, Sa. Thou joy'st in vain, from him sin puts thee asunder, y Isa. 59. 2● Ch. Both sin and sinful men he z Mat. 26. 4●. suffered under, Sa. What suffer sin, yet just? thy folly I smile at. Ch. The sin was mine, he just, saith * Ioh. 19.4. Pontius Pilate, Sa. But still the punishments of thy sins abide, a Rom. 2.9. Ch. No, for to quit them, he b Act. 2▪ 36.38. was crucified, Sa. Ah! but the sting of death will wound thy head. c Hes. 13.14. Ch. No: Christ pulled out this sting when he was d 1 Cor. 15.55. dead, Sa. Can he give life who lies himself interred? Ch. Yes: and with him my sins are hid and buried, Sa. Thy poor and mean estate shows Christ's offended, Ch. Shall I think much to stoop, when e Phil. 2.7, 8. he descended? Sa. Fear'st not the scorching flames of my dark Cell? Ch. Christ went, that I might not go f Eph. 4.9. into Hell. Sa. How art assured he freed thee from this pain? Ch. Because g Rom. 4.25. the third day he Arose again, And so Captivity he captive led, h Eph. 4.8. Rising in glorious triumph i Colos. 2.15. from the dead, Nor was my saviour's glory herein ended, But after he was risen k John 3.13. he Ascended, To fit a place for me, and so hath given Sure hope that I shall follow him l John 14.2. into Heaven, Where now in all my grief, and dumpish fits, He hears my prayers, there he rests m John 16.23 and sits Observe his Majesty, he doth not stand Inferior like, but sits n 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 only son o John 3.18. he rules, the rather Can he make my requests known to the Father, That for his sake, my sins which he found weighty May be forgiven by him which is Almighty, Sa. If thou'rt so sure, than sin, here's thy defence, That Christ's in heaven, (Ch.) Oh no, he sees from thence, And waits till wicked men fill up the sum p Gen. 15.16. And measure of their sins, then q Rom. 2.5. shall he come, Riding with thousands Saints, on clouds all spread r Jude 14.15 In flames of fire s 2. Thes. 1 ●. to judge the quick and dead, Sa. Then thou condemned shalt be, oh fear and grieve! Ch. Satan, I still deny it, for t John 2.18. I believe Sa. In whom believest, that thus thou vantst thy boast? Ch. In Father, son, and in the Holy Ghost, Who ne'er forsakes nor leaves in desperate lurch, Those who are of u Mat. 28.20 Heb. 13.5. John 17.5. & 20, &c. the holy Catholic Church, Let him but take me to himself in union, And give me with his people the Communion I'm safe, for he to help them never faints Who keep the band of peace, and faith w Ephes. 4.4. of Saints Sa. Thy ways are crooked and in them's no evenness, x Rom. 3.12. Ch. In me's the sin, in God is y Luke 7.42. Acts 5.31. the forgiveness And here my never ending joy begins, To know that he's the pardoner of sins, he'll therefore take me to his high protection When the last trump shall sound z 1 Thes 4.16. the resurrection Void sin and Satan both, my soul why load ye With desperate words? this temple of the body Wherein corruption now and sin is rife * Rom. 7.24. Shall come to perfect glory a Chap. 8.17. and the life Not such vain earthly life which still is wasting, But that blessed life of Heaven that's b Rom. 6.22. everlasting. O Lord increase my faith, c Mark 24. and grace, that then I may behold the glory of thy face, d 1 Cor. 13.12. Amen. FIrst take this Shield of Faith to arm 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 Satan's fiery darts, (But frequent tempting blows do crush the Shield) The Word's a Sword, take that, if he not yield, Yet fight thou and resist, there's one can do't, The God of Peace will tread him under foot; ne'er striving souls, 'gainst whom such strokes have past, But that their captain fo'tt them off at last. That Grace which first unto this Combat moves thee, Make thee a conqueror, through him that loves thee. By THO. Johnson. A. Preach. of Wol Borrow in Devon. 1640. FINIS. Printed at London by E. G. and are to be sold by Thomas Hunt bookseller, in St. Peter's churchyard in Exeter.