"-Io-o-~-~ -. --~---_-::::'I~ -h~e~S_a_t_.-n_t-s=fi=ur=e======t ----~wayes, hec keepes him his owne: for bee that is foundly converted, jutl:ificd, and fanetified iR– dee_d, mufi: needs be out of love with every finne, with thewhole courfe of iniquitie; ~nd with fin1 cerityand chearefulneffe embrace the entire body · of ChrifHanitie·, and have a regard to all _Gods Sathan would binder perfe– vcrance. Commandements. 6 Now I come;toa..fixt fieight and dcvifc of Sathan, whereby he:e labours to make the Word . fruitieffe and unprofitable unto us. lfhecannot · · flay us inour reformatiG>n, but that wewill needs . through, and cafi away all firmes; why then, hee feekes by all meanes to hinder our continuance;, and conilancie. · If the Seedofthe W.ord be re– ceived with joy,and fpringup for atime) that is, be praetifed for awhile; he rayfeta up fome per- , fecution,tribulation,or croffes,where~y it is pre– fently blafied., withers, and comes to nothing. The uncleane fpirit may for a time goe ·out of a: man,and walke throughout drie places; bl!t ifit bepoffible,hewill returne with fevenother fpirits . . worfe than himfelfe: and theend ofthat man, is worfe than the beginning. Amanmay £lye from · the pollution and filthinelfe of the World, as it : is, z Pet,z.. zo·. butbythepolicieofSathan,hce •· maybe tangledagaine therein: Hemay~e walh~ · · ed (as it is iN tl1e fame place) for awhile, and- yet· a.frer ~vallow againe ,in the myre of finne: Hem<ly' be endued with an inferior fan&ification of the Spirit, Heh. Io.. 29'~ aod yet afrer,by d1e mali(:e : of Sathan, tread under foot theSonne ~f GQd : - Heel m.ayhave a gcneraU partidpation.-Qf th~ Holy.. . I . . . Gho~l)}.'
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