Have God then always before thine Eyes, and as often
as they Torment thee, call upon our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the
Invocation of His Name, thou shalt be deliver'd from whatever Torment
thou art in. Lay all these Things up in thy Mind quickly; for we can
stay here no longer, but recommend thee to Almighty God.'
"So having given the Soldier their Blessing, they departed."
"CHAPTER V.
"Of the Coming of the Devils, and of the first Torment which the
Soldier endured.
"The Soldier being thus left alone by the Holy Men, began to exercise
himself for a new kind of Warfare, and having put on the Armour of
Christ, stoutly waited for him, among the Devils, who shou'd first
provoke him to Battle. He put on the Coat of Mail of Justice, girt
his Mind, as he wou'd his Head, with the Helmet of the Hope of
Victory and of eternal Salvation, cover'd his Breast with the Shield
of Faith, and armed his Hand with the Sword of the Spirit, which is
the Word of God, devoutly calling upon Jesus Christ, that being
defended by this Royal Fortress, his insulting Enemies might not
conquer him. Nor did Divine Providence, which always protects those
who trust in it, fail him. Being then, as aforesaid, sitting alone
in the Inclosure, and with an undaunted Courage waiting for a Battle
with the Devils, he heard all of a sudden so great a Noise as if all
the Earth had been turn'd upside down: And indeed, if all the Men,
and all the living creatures on Earth, in the Sea, and Air, had
bellowed out together, it seemed to him, they cou'd not make a
greater Noise: so that, had he not been protected by Divine Virtue,
and happily instructed by the aforesaid Holy man, he wou'd infallibly
have lost his Senses.
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