~ [ 19Q ] J;nany to/figt:Jifie one that is aVfurping Chriff, that js, a Ufurper ofVnh•erfal Soveraignty which none but .Chrifi: is capable of. Mr. {of. Glanviles Character of Devils or Evil ~pirits in his SadduclifmU! Triumphatm ' is cpnfide– , table, p. 3 j. and 42. Edit. 2. [ ~' The meaneft and ~5 bJtfefi in the Kingdom of darl:z.nefs ----c- having none · f' to. Rule and' Tyranni7..e over within the Circle of ~f their own NatU'{d at{d Gov~rnme?Jt, they affeCl a ''proud Empire over m, the defire of Dominion a1id t' 4~tthqrity being largely [p-read throiJgh the whole " circumferen.ce of degenerated Nait-tre, efpecial/y a· ~' mpng th"ofe whofe Pride . WM their. OriginAl Tranf– '~ ·greffion; E7,Jeryoneof theft deftreth ~o·· get him VaF t;C f: l , h• LI , ' , ' .: J a s topay tm aomage. --:-- · ·"The goqd Angels hav~: 'no fuch ends to profe~~~;te, J' as the gaining any Vajfals to ferve them, .they ·being ~' Mivifn·ing Spirit~ for our good, and nofelf-d'efigners ~'for aproud tmd infolent Dominion over m. - But I think no Devil bur Beehebub the Prince ~(pireth fo high as to be Ruler of all the World or Church: And when Cardinal Bertrand told Pbilip King of France that God 'had not been Wife · ifhe .had not fe( up one as his Vicegerent vifibly to Rule all the World, , I do not. find that he fet pp that Vice-god fo far above God himfeH , as to forbid obeying him before h,is Viceroy, or to de.. py Gods Univerfal Laws to be ,above Mans, and to deny all Appeals to God and his Word, or to fay that the Prendent of Counfels mufr be obeyed "{\'ithm,Jt exc~pting~ , · , If Gods Laws and his be incon!ifient.
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