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The faithfull souldiers of Christ furnish themselues against their ghostly enimies with such weapons, as are taken out of the Lordes armoury: whereas the counterfeite christian furnisheth himselfe with such as are framed in the devils forge, and in the shoppe of mans invention.
THe faithfull which fight vnder the banner of Christ even al the members of the militant church, knowing the greate force of their fendish foes, seeke according vnto the exhor∣tation
of the Apostle to be strong in the Lorde and in the power of * 1.1 his might, putting on to that purpose all the armour of God, that so they may bee able to stand against all the assaultes of the Devill: they stand and their loines girded about with verity, hauing on the breastplate of righteousnes, and their feete shodde with the preparation of the gospel of peace: aboue all they take the shield of faith, whereby they may quench all the fiery dartes of the wic∣ked, and the helmet of salvation, and the sworde of the spirite which is the word of God, praying alway with all manner of prai∣er and supplication in the spirite, and watching thereunto with∣all perseverance. VVhereas the souldiers of Satans companies are forbidden for the most parte to enter into the Lordes armory wherein are the weapons of all the Lordes worthies wherevvith they prevailed against all their enemies, and to fence their soules with that armour of proofe whereby they may be preserued from * 1.2 all deadly woundes: it is enough for them to arme themselues with holy bookes tyed at their girdle, but, not laid vp in their hartes: with holy reliques, such as defiled those that touched them vnder the law: with holy candle lighted at noone-day to driue away be∣like spiritual darknesse: with holy breaede to put away the famine of the soule: with holy water to wash away the spots of the spirit: with holy bell to fray the hell-hound with that sacred sound: with cros∣sing and crossing againe this and that member, and with anoyling the instruments of the fiue wits: with holy creame, holy salt, holy spitile, & with as holy exorcismes and coniurations as were vsed by the seven sonnes of Sceva the priest: with holy graines, agnus deies, crucifixes, with buriall in an holy cloister, in a Monkes coule, or a Friers frocke, with * 1.3 a pardon cast into the graue with the body for the safer passage of the silly soule (albeit it had passed and receiued iudgement before) & with other such furniture of their owne framing, as if those things which are without could sanctisie a man, and fence him from the woundes of sinne: as if the subtile serpent were some silly foole that could be driuen away with such scarre-crowes, or some weake and feeble foe that could be overturned with such bulrushes.
Eph. 6. 10.
Chrys. in Math. hom. 43. Hier. in Mat. ca 23. Num. 9. 11. Tert. de Ido∣la. Lact. in∣stit. l. 6. ca. 2.
Act. 19. 13.