76 A Conwentary upon the Goel CC ,ig.o(co to prt- ne dealt with Elymas that firft-born of the devil, when h ae ff bat r 5'tcYersa. him perverting the deputy, He fet his eyes upon him, faith the Text, as if he wouldhave run thorow him. After which 1ght- t:,o Ioanues ping follows that terrible thunder-crack, Full ofall f btitty andof np; otus. all miféhief, &c. So the Angelof E' he ru 3sß Angel p f could not abide thofe counterfeits, Revel.2.2. Nor could Davidbrook the workers of iniquity : hecaftethdown the gauntlet of defiance againft them,as P[a.139,z,,a1, his utter enemies, He hated: themWith a perfitl hatred. Heze_ kahpulled down the brazen Serpent ( when the people idolized it) and called it a peece of braffe. And ofaah wouldnot letftand the horfes of the Sunne, and other monuments of Idolatry, upon any intreaty, KingEdward the 6th, being laboured by fome of his belt friends, to permit the Lady Mary his filler, tohaveMafle in her houle, anlwered, HeWould rather sendhis life, and all he A. andMon. had, then to agree and grant to that he knew certainly tobe j;21.1 t 79, gainfi the truth. And another time, in hismefïàge to the Rebels ofDevonfiire : aftpure you, molt-frely, faid he, that We, of no earthly thing under heaven, make [itch reputation as of this one, tohave our law obeyed, and thiscaufe ofGodWhich We have oaken inhand, to be thorowly maintained. From the which we will never remove an hairsbredth, or giveplace to any creature living, much lepe to anySubjelt; wherein we will sendour own royal/Per/In, our Crown, Trea(re, Realm, andall our State, tbi,l. i t 89, whereofwe apureyou ofour high honour. Now Gods blelïìng be on that bleffed heart, that hath filch a ftomack againft Gods di- (honour ; and can entertainall wicked attempts and aflaults with this Apage ofour Saviour. And woe to them that cry Euge to inch. Whether we may fay to the Tempter, as our Saviour did, Iude 9, Get thee hence ; and not rather as the Angel, The Lord rebuk¿g thee, isque tioned by Tome; becaufeitis his only, to command the devil. But that we may, and mutt fay tohim,no man doubts, Mat zs. t s. as our Saviour did to the Pharifees, Why tempt ye me, ye hypo- crites ? as Naboth did toAhab, God forbid me any f ch wicked a Icing 2.2z. neffe : As Solomon tohis mother, As(the Kingdom alfd : As the z saw. z8.9, Witchof Endor to Saul, Whyfeeheft thou to take me in afnare,to 1-ec5 .9 caufe me to die ? u has, Refit, faith Peter : Standfall, faith Eoh,C6.14.. Paul: Re z he vracnu.vzcvti ,ii, and Satanwill flee is but a coward. Stand, r,ocs-ry rrn and thee Satan will Bill. Not to yeeld, is to conquer e if he call Y,, ;v usnot down, we are then accepted, as ifwe did call him down. Rum, 3. 3 7. We doe ever- overcome, faith that great Apcftle, becaufe in our head
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