223 / 808
V
E
R.
2.
Eph%nr,
Chap.
z.
drawn into
any fin, it
is
Satan ; every man
is
poffeffed
of
this
evill fpirit
more
or
leffe.
It
is
manifeft
:
for
our moft fpirituall temptations
as
thoughts
againft
God,and
fuch like, having no
outward obje& or
infirm-
anion
to
folicite
us
by,
cannot but proceed from the Dcvill within
us.
His privineffe
to our thoughts,
fo
Toone as
they begin to
flirre and
to
be-
wray themfelves
fenfibly
in.
the
working
of
our fpirits,
if
good,hindred
by him;
ifevill,feconded by
him;
if
indifferent, perverted by him to his
owne advantage,
yeclds
us
daily this wofull experience
of
his
inbeing
within
us, and working
all fin
in
us.
Prince]
He
cafleth out Devils
by thePrince
of
Devils ; therefore it
is
alar.
r
z.s4:
Paid,
the Devilland
his
tngels.
The
vingell
of
Satan,
Rev.'2.9.
one
Lnké
Ì
_
worfe
then
another.
of
the
power
oftheayre]Noting the
feats
of
the
Spirits,rsrra.ew.c,which
The
pla
e.
of
bath
a
double
conítrulion.
The
diltribution by many
places
doth not D,il
:.
make
but that
both tome
are, and
all (hall
be locally
in
hell.
Neither
when we heare,
that
force are
in
the ayre,
force
in
the earth,
muff we
conceive
that
hell
is
every
where,
where God will have
it;
no
more then
from
the
prefence
of
Angels here or there
by
difpenfation, we fhould
conclude
that
heaven
is
every
where, where God would
have it.
Who
walketh]
Obferve hence, the great
efficacy
that
Satan hath
in
Nit.
evils
committed
in
perfons.
For this word
isrt,
v..&,
noteth
a
power,
Saranworks
and
effeluall working;
when the Lord doth permit,
he can
effectually
comá
uauÿa.nd
work
either
in
the
body, or
in
the
foule, inclining
it
to
his will.
He
is
continually
working, moving, and operating
in
it, therefore
faid
to
be
the
Spiritthat
now
worketh
; for fo
the
particle
r
noteth
a
continued
with the participle
of
the prefent
tenfe
erysrz
-,
a
powerful'
efficacy
as
70-
the
foule
worketh
in
the body the motion
and foray
of
all
the members.
The
body
is
acted and
moved by him
;
the
minde alfo
is
ruled,
becaufe
he
doth
fo
apply himfclf
to the
phanfre and
affeCtion,
and fo
worketh
in
the-one
and
other, that he thus worketh the
foule
to
his
obedience.
And this
efficacy
bath three Branches, the one
outward,
which
is
to
Three
wares
preferre
objets
to the fenfes; the other two inward,
in
the
phanfie and
affections.
Watch
him therefore the more carefully,refrft himthe more valiant
-
V
/c.
ly, praythe
more
earneflly, pueon
the
armor
of
God the more diligent-
ly,
keep it
on the morewatchfully,
ufe it
the more conftantly, grow
in
grace,
be
reverent
and confcionable
in
holy Ordinances, get
help
of
others,
and afford
thy
help
to
others that they
maybe
delivered from
fo
aétive an
adverfary.
The
fans
ofdifobedience.]An
Hebraifine,more eminent
ones,as Scribes
wed
and
Pharifees ; I
reillhe a
lying /f
iris,
teaching
Doïlrines of Devils
:
and,
changer
.
hearers
not obeying
;
fuch
as
are blinded, have
the
feed picked
u as it
is
`
:
>;
,
P
P
r
Tim.4. r.
fowed,Popifhaffected:
Such
,
esrefiflthetrutb
,facbasperifh,zCor.434.
Cor.4.4
that
is
of
unbeleevers,
z Theff
a.9,Io.
taken
in
the
fnare
of
the
Devi/!,
Luke
8.rs..
2
Tim.z.26.. It
being juft with
God to
deliver
them
up.
And this
be-
ingthe nature
of
refifters
ofthe
light, that theygrow worfe,
deceiving
and
being
deceived,
z
9
îm.3.
r
3. Such were
the
Pharifees and
the Jews,
and
207
The
De'vill
pofler'eth
ma-
ny fpirituall¡.