Bopk .L a!Oreaq')()~C! over them, I• HHan work on the undertlanding; he can penetrat~ into the fancy, which is the Organof the intewal fenfes, and move thofe Phantafms h~ tinds there, and by that means excite, various thoughts in the uuderfianding an~ per• fwade to this or that, do we not experience his power within ljS > do we n~t perceiv~ evil thoughts inj~chd into our minds agaiafi o_ur wills> not that SJthan imports any new th1ng mto our mrnds, wluch he fouud not m our fane1es before: it is ufually deli· vard in Schools, That tbc Devil c•mzot />Ut into thefancy ne"' fPreies ofthing,,, andfitch 4k tl;e finfes bad mvcr any k.,_norrlcdge,of; as he cannot maize a ma11 ho>·n ~li!td, to dream of CJ' !ours, and tbczr differences: but he can make many compofitwns and deductions of thaw various pbautafms he finds within, and accordingly move.the un,'erltanclmg to this ot dm 2· He can n.ove the will; I cannot fay that abfolutcly he can determine it: tho bowing, bending, turni: g,and forming ofthe will cfficaaiouJ1y, is only pmptr to God,yet can the Dcvd act lon!ethmg as towards the will, and. his acting carries a kind of power with it, thqugh Gnd ~\-can determin~ it. The will may be fJid robe moved, or bow• ed, two waiCs; either iflwardly, or outwardly : the internal mov~r or agent, is either our own natural inclination, and propenfion to its object, or God himldf, who is the Au· thour of that natural illclination: now in this way, there is norhing <an move the will, but God and our felvcs. The external mover er principle, is eithtr the object propounded to the will, the llnderlhnding having apprehended it as !\OOd ; or the aRcctions and con• cupilccnce »hich rdide in tht ftn!ltive appetite, for by thtm is the will often leduced, and drawn to content: very patTions can make that mafly things whi.;h are evil, may feem good to the will, and lo incline it to imbraee them : Now this is certJin, that Devils can propounti an objtct; aJJd they c~n move, and .trouble, and aRi:ct our pallions: they can l!ir up wrath, pride, <Ovctoulnefs, lulls in men; and therefore <xternally they can move the will. . . 3· R~<ICrJ oftbr DarkJtcjs ofthis World. Thcfe words hold forth the proper feat ofth~ Devils Empjre; he is not Lord over all, that is the incomaltlnicable title ofGQd, but" R,tlcr •f tbe DoirkJ"Ji oft/;is World. Where the time, and place, and fubjccts of his Em· pire are fet down a11d limited. I. The time when l1e rules, it is durigg the time of this warld, immediately •fter Ad4mJ fall he began his rule, and while the World frauds he will conti~ue it without any change or alteration. Here is a dilferen<e betwixt the Devil, and any humauc power; for thefe have but a thort time; the fame man that rules now will ae dethroned within a few daies; or months, or years, by death, if ~ot by..treafon: or fuppofe his line, or model ofgovernment continue longer, yet feme obferve th~t fbrec any rule continues in ona form .above 6o~ years continuance: .See Abrabam'' tim.e from the promife of nis Seed to the giving of the Law 43o years. SeeJ[rae s time from their goir:l;l out ofEtypt, to th3 bu;lding ofthe Temple, _of-80 years. See Davids t1me, from the anointin~ ot him King to the death ofZedck,jab, 47oyears. what fay we to our own Kin!>ldom > C.efors .time betwixt his invafioo, and the rule ufValeminian, 500 years. The S1.~0JU time betwixt their Heptarchy, and Egberts Monarchy, 460 years. The Nomwu time betwixt their . Conquefi, and the Union of whole Brittain, 536 years. @n what unfin·enefs is majcfly polfelt; that within a few yearstimc,{omuch is <~ltercd? .Bm the Devil bath a longer time, even fo long as the World Jails, from the beginnirg to the end, until ti1ne !hall be oo more. Indeed, 11'11en the frameufthis World flulrbe taken down, th n Ouq the D,vil be deoradcd, bis Crown taken olf, his Sword broken over his head, and he himfelf be· • come~ clo!C Prifoncr iti'llell : ln the mean he mjes, and he will rule, durin5 th; time ofthis prc'fcnt World: · 2 • The pbce where he rules, it is here in this World b,low: he was a bright AJ)gel m Heaven and he fomct!m~s ruled there; hut he would not keep in his own Cluir of' Efiate, a,1J therefore afpiring higher, he fdl down toto this ncather Wo~ld, and here now he rules.' In the Air, and here about the Earth D:vils have their manlions, and here they tempt ,feduce, and do qll the mifchief they con to the Sons of men· I know it is our f:adnefs, and trouble, that they are amongii tiS: JV;,, wo, wu to t/;e iHIJabitanli oftba Earth in this refp,ct 1 and yet here is the joy ot Saints, they have no power or rul" in Heaven, whence they are fallen, and where the Saints happincE rnutl tor ever be; well may this make us long for Heaven, w11i!es. we a_rc •m E.anh: SouiJicrs in tedious and dangerous Voyages, cannot but ddire earneftlyattcr Viclory: Oh, (may we think~ ho>v welcome will triumph, and k'adingcaptivity captive be after war I as the hopes ot a fJfe Ha vcn is to Marlnen toffed I'P and down in tronblcfome Seas; fo is Heaven to Chn. fiians,
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