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Show Eph; v i ; 16 & l«a» of IT Above a l i taklng tha sliild of fatth, whara*vith ye s h a l l ba *bl«a te W i c h ali the fiery dalrts of the adversary *~-~ ana tha ***** of the Spirit i --Thich i s the * rd of «od. The Roman shilo waa me.de of several thicknesses of leather boand tnc^the^ wì t h brass rivesto» , . , m+ HoSer t a l l i us. of one shild 'Mch waa .ade of seven thxckness.s of bullo hi de se i ì g h t l y strung together that hit uing It was Ilice str king on the head of a drum. • They aere of aany shapes . - ^ e M . a n d sona short, tot aU had one purpoae,- io shild the *$&0/77/ soldier, who wore i t on hxB l o f t ara v froa the lari3 of the enemy. OS so.ae of them wero oncraved the se viords; ^ t V ( S e a r t h i s s h ì e l d h o m e o r DO b o r r e h o me o a 1 t . ,v ~\his wa& in re fé re ne e to the eastom of neyer letting the shiod fall from the handa but to cling to it v/hile lifo iasted and if kilied ia battle the soldi er waa borae home or hi.3 con shild. So the hope for every soldier was that he wauld be brave and die^ tif dia he srust fighting the enemy* ffi'W&s&^&ijntoBi.,, You xian s o l d i e r s , cried Paul 9 nes!d a shild te protect yoa from the l ?Tl u t s of t h 8 adversary s so t a t e to yoùrself the shield of i t u t n , " j This shield of f a i t h is tha sa** orw/e that Jesus .used to prot e c t h i n s e l f and he gives i t to each of us sayinrr ' % a r t h i s on «/ your a n , next your heart and i t rMll keep you froS the fiery d a r t s. t h a t are the fsry darts ? They «eira the p l&XffiTyéàkw* Hn»ad in poi seni, imich ^ s m a r t ^ i k e fire and causo ' daath. l i t . - l e ^ men.who hadtom>%f# no lobger than ray h-xrH mi J£3 ?i S s o l d i e r s iaughed at t h e i r tiny arrows. * t they m not laugh long \ f i r - o ^ - I U * K„5 ^forr ttnheeyy ,, erre dippPetì min poi sseaan and ssttuunàgi l i k e fire hìv* #*» L??2 y • 5 • £ i e r y d a r t s P°i s e n e d with sin mia uhlees ve ^ T 3 A h e 3 h i l d ° f a i t h we s h a I 1 f a H before the© . '' '' Ì L I ! a r e ^ f t l t o t r t by the hand of fa njssugj o-ff^aoosi^^aaa."-11 - -• »»« Captala g.w3 thi - 0 r d ° - • p L . f " " 3 "P°n « » •• the who(e S . W 5 ^ r # S 2 * ^ i * * J " h ? * i » f » « o f above p-otact o t h e r e M .,-eii „ h i ^ s a i f . " e l e v o t e h l s shil'-5 ana thua |