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A thousand forms of evils, crimes, and the fountain of crimes,
He shows, and carries enticements in wagons:
He flatters. Do you refuse? He threatens flames and ropes.
(Which GRYNAEUS diligently clarifies here.)
Assisting him is a veteran trickster,
The World, the worst master, the dregs of the impious:
Whom, if possible, the treacherous, wicked, wax-like turncoat Flesh
Helps well in every crime.
To escape these foul enemies with labor; and to
Receive their flaming darts, is truly a great work.
Therefore he teaches us to gird our loins with the belt of Truth,
And to put on the breastplate of Justice; and here
To protect our feet with the peace of GOD; to impose the
Helmet of true Salvation: to draw forth the
Two-edged sword of the Spirit, and (lest any fiery darts harm)
He advises us to throw the SHIELD of Faith in the way. Piously.
He promises a pugilist, a soldier of CHRIST encased in armor,
Invincible with these arms, in all dangers;
A mighty lancer, ponter a master/fighter, and a shoot of Jesus,
Fronto and the mystical Vegetius author of a treatise on military science make him.
Direct your mind to this, Reader, and support the speaking Grynaeus:
Behold, all things will resound with sacred arms.
GREGORY NAZIANZENUS:
"It is equally a bad thing, both the relaxation of temperance, and an unforgivable condemnation. The one lets go of the reins entirely, while the other constrains with vehemence." Just as the Devil practices both, so he teaches the World and the Flesh.