Exceeding 'Sinfislnefßof Sin. 7 devil ? meerly at his will ? and yet every wic- kedman is fo. We thould account it a very fore thing if we Mould come under Arbitrary Go- to be fubjet to the will of men. fo long as thou remainedi under the power of Sin, thou remained under the go- vernment ofthedevil himfelf; this is a forer e- vil than afliftion : A manwere better live in a- ny Countrie, thoughnot fo fruitful as England, and fuffer hardthip inhisMate, fo he live likea Free man, than to live here, or in any other fruitful Countrie, and live under ArbitraryGo- vernment. Thiswe hope for, not tobe under theWills ofinen, but theLaws made by them. Then it werebetter to endure hardthipand any afli&ion,thanbearthis, tobe at the will ofthe Devil, and fulfil his will Fifthly, Inreference to the devil,Sinhath this evil in it, ifitgrows to aheight, itfell thefoul to the Devil: As withAhab, T Kings, 21. 20. when Elijah metAhab, He thoufoundme, omy Enemy? (faith Ahab)Andheanfwered,ihavefound thee, becaufe thou haft SOLD thyfe f to work evil in the'fight ofthe Lord: Now ifhe'fell himfelf, he mull fell him- felfto fornebody, to fomwhat, we cannot fell a thingbut we mutt fell it to forne body, or to fomwhat , now towhat rnuft Ahab fell himfelf? Certainly, tono bodybuttothedevil ; he fold himfelfto work iniquity and wickednefs, and wickednefswhen it comes to theheight, is a fel- ling ofour felvesto the verydevil himfelf We cryout ofthofe poor, miferableCreatures that fel themfelves tothedevil, we fay, Oh howbe T 2 the
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