Restless enemies

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And as long as evil spirits roam to and fro in a miserable, disordered world (Job 1:7), so long they will assault (whether they can prevail or not) every inhabitant of flesh and blood. They will trouble even those whom they cannot destroy; they will attack if they cannot conquer. And from these attacks of our restless, unwearied enemies, we must not look for an entire deliverance till we are lodged where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest (Job 3:17).

1771 text

6. And as long as evil spirits roam to and fro in a miserable, disordered world, so long they will assault (whether they can prevail or no) every inhabitant of flesh and blood. They will trouble even those whom they cannot destroy: they will attack if they cannot conquer. And from these attacks of our restless, unwearied enemies, we must not look for an entire deliverance, till we are lodged where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest.

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On 2 Corinthians 10:5: which wandering thoughts are sinful, which are not, and which we may hope to be free from.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

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Sermon 41 in the 1771 Works. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5.

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