and perpetual/ quit!e. !hong Samfons, b'reake through all thefe Cords and 'Cart..>£opes of iniquicie and vanit ie; fo Lhat theywill not yeeld an ynch to that cruell Ph~r.aoh ·of H~l1,nor leave fomuch as an Hoofe behtnde t~em, in his Kingdome of Darkne!fe: why then, this fpirituall Pharaoh prefently armes himfelfe! with all the crafts and policies of Hell, with Le- _ gions <lf Fiends,and Princes ofthe Darkeneffe o thisWorld; with all his malice; againfl: the falva– tiou of the foulesof men; with the fire and furi- ' ous rage of propbane ·wretobes ; with the fharpe fwords and impoyfoned arrowes of lying and ilanderous tongues ·; and with all other advanta– ges,which either the loweft Hell,or the widewic– ked World can afford. And thusappointed,hee . purfues and perfccute!i, \Vith bloodie and impla- : cable furie,all thofewho have efcaped out of this _9_7_!! _captivitie, farre more eagerly and envioufiy than ever Phar~toh did the Ifraelites : That either bee may bring them backe againe into his bondage, ' or elfe take th~mquite away, and defl:roy them; . that they may not attaine the full Light of the Saip.ts,nordoe long fervice unto the Lord. Aud certainely, if all the power of HelJ, the firongeft temptations,the fcourge of tongues,theWorlds malice, the fpightfull fpirit of prophaneneffe-, the frownings of friends, the fcornefull infolen– cies. of enemies, the curfed and enticing cryes of our old companions ; if wicked men or damned Devils be able to prevaile, he will be fine to flay them' before they enter into the fia-te of grace, and true bleffednetfe. But yet, if a man put on ( h) . - Paul.r
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