The North Star of True Godliness

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III. On the Divine direction beleydt This refers to God’s guidance or "management" of the believer’s spiritual life., which must be applied to withstand the Kingdom of Darkness and to establish the Kingdom of Grace more and more in our hearts, for the strengthening of true godliness Godsalicheyt.

In the Kingdom of Darkness, three primary powers are to be noted which oppose themselves to true godliness.
Chapter 2.

1. Our own corrupt flesh.
2. The evil world.
3. The Devil.

Our corrupt flesh has three harmful horns The author uses "horns" as a metaphor for the weapons or points of attack used by spiritual enemies. with which it runs against godliness.
Chapter 3.

1. Natural understanding Human reason or intellect when it is not guided by faith..
2. Evil desire.
3. The corrupt conscience.

The evil world also has three harmful horns with which it runs against godliness.
Chapter 4.

1. Evil customs coustuymen.
2. Evil examples.
3. Perverse insistence on retribution Original: "Verkeerde aen-dringhinghe van vergheldinghe." This likely refers to the worldly pressure to seek revenge or "get even" rather than showing mercy..

The Devil likewise has three harmful horns with which he runs against godliness.
Chapter 5.

1. Evil temptations.
Chapter 6.

2. False doctrine.