warfare: warning vs in the Greeke verbe 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, to fight and wrastle, 2. Tim 4.7. 1. Cor. 9.25. Luk. 13.23. 1, Tim. 6.12. Heb. 12.1.2. he euer prieth where they are most rea∣die to slip and fall, and causeth them to stumble, if by any meanes possible he can. Wherefore let the righteous ser∣uants of God, againe and againe remember Saint Peters wordes, Be sober and watch, for the deuils eyes are euer vpon you. As for the wicked, like as drunken men are soone snared, and can neuer escape till they bee sober: so the vnbeleeuers they are euer fettered by Sathan, till the Lord giue them repentance to escape the snares of the de∣uill, for the Apostle sayth, He taketh them prisoners to doe his will.
2. Nothing so galles and grieues a wicked man as when he can not effect that euill which he most desireth: So Sa∣than he burneth and boyleth when he can not worke that mischiefe which he most intendeth. This the Lord know∣eth, and therefore hee thus speaketh: Hast thou not consi∣dered, &c. q. d. My seruant Iob liues in a most prophane countrey, where are innumerable occasions of euill, and yet loe a righteous man, one that feareth God & eschew∣eth euill. Thou hast a long time desired his hurt and de∣struction, but thou canst not preuaile against him.
3. Here againe we see how the Lord, as it were deligh∣teth, and greatly desireth to commend his righteous ser∣uants, that they may with better courage stand constantly against all the furies of wicked spirites. That man is praise-worthy, whome praise-worthie and wise men doe com∣mend vnto vs. The Lord himselfe commendeth Iob for a religious, righteous, and faithfull seruant: So his holy pro∣phet and king Dauid, I haue found Dauid the son of Iesse, a man after mine own heart, which will do all things that I will. And thus we see how the Lorde delighteth in them which feare him, and attend vpon his mercie: the Lorde loueth the righteous: his eyes are euer vpon them, and his