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R.
Iöi
Eplaefzañr,Chap,6.
729
thingsthat&rye for it
; as
on
the contrary to
keep
out light
and
truth,
and
all
meanes-which fhould befriend thefe. Hence
it
was, that
the
belt
Kings
of
Judahnever made a thorough reformation
:
hence, that
in
forne
Countries
receiving
the Gofpell,
as
in
Germany, there
have
beene
fuch
bones
of
diffenfion
,
as
fubfcription
to
their books
of
con-
cord, the
apple
of
difcord. For cAtat.
r
3.
24, 25. the Deviil foweth
tares, when
good
feed is downe
by the
Lord.
Wherefore
feeing
that
thefe
fpirits have
fetch
a
power
in this
world,
we
muff
not
wonder at
fuck
fpeeches,
Which of
the great ones be
leeve on him
h.7.48.
You
fee
your calling, not many
wife men
af-
ter
the
flefh,not many
mighty, not
manynoble
arc
called,
r
Cor.
t.
z
6.
For
then the Devil'
could not have
fo
great
a
fway in the
kingdome
of
this
world,
if
he fhould
not hold
great perfonages
(for the
moll part)
fure_to
him.
Againe
,
it
letteth
us
fee,
that
the
fucceffefull
proceeding
of
the
Church
and
Common
-
wealth, will not come off
eafrly
;
for thefe
powers doe oppofe againft it.
And
fuch
as
are
light
of
beliefe
in
this
poinr,
it
ptoceedeth from ignorance
:
They
doe not know
the
power,
and latitude of the Devils kingdome.
But
the third
and principal( ufe
is
to nitre
ps
ap
to
pray
that God
would make
theft
powers
fall downe like lightning from heaven:
that
God would binde
up
there powers
of
darkneffe
,
and fend
forth
his
good
Angels
to watchfor the good of. Church.
and
Country.
If
the
Devil' be fo
bufie
to hinderthe perfonall
progreffe
of
a
private man,
what
will he doe
to
withfkand the
happy eftate of
a
whole
Nation,
if
God
fhould not rebuke him
The
third thing to be
marked hence,
is,
that
he faith
they be gover-
nours
of
the
darkneffe of this
world
:
Obferve
hence,
That
wboftever
doe
live
in
the
flare
of
darkneffe
, the1
are under the
Devils
power. Theft
are joyned, the
one
as the
foundation
of the other
:
and
before we
have
deli-
verance
from
the
one,
we
cannot
be
freedfront
the other,
Arts
26.58.
To
open their eyes,
that they
may turne from darkneffe
to light,and
from
the power
of
S
itan
to God
,
&c.
And
therefore the Scripture
affir-
meth
of
one,who hearethzhe Word,and commeth
not to the
affcEtive
knowledge
of
it, (fo
to
learnt Chrifl,
as
the truth
is in
Chrift) that
he
is
in
the hands
of
the God
of
this
world.
z
Cor.4.4.In whom the God
of
thisworld
hath
blinded their minds, that is,
of
the
Infidels
;
that
thelight
of
the glorious Gofpel
of
Chrift,which
is
the
image
of God,
fhould not
Thine
unto
them
;
for
ignorance
is
the
very foundation
of
the Devils kingdome.
Againe,
whofo
liveth
in
the
darkneffe
of
fin,
is
of
the
Devil',
job.
;.8.
He that committeth
fin
is
of
the
Devil'
:
and
whofo
is
fubjelt to Gods
curfe (as
every one not truly beleeving
is)
is
as
yet under the power
of
Satan: for
he
is
Gods
executioner
;
even
'as we
may
fay
, if
a
man
be
led pinioned up
the
ladder,
and
have
a
handkerchiefe knit before
his
eyes,that he
is
in
the hands
of
the hang-
man.
gone
be
in
the dungeon
at
the
Cattle,
with boults
on him
,
we
may
fay
he
is
under
the power
oft
the
r r
3Jyler
;
fo
if
this
vale
be
knit
before
Yfe
ì.
Yfea:
Yfe
3.