4. Exceeding Sinfutnefs ofSin. 3,79-, "" +ñ2 ? ? ái?' Z J ? x' .a-62,A:+qa,?" ' saaaasa CHAP. XLVIII. TheFifthCorollary.] It isworfe to begiven up to onefin, than tobea íally po ffedby the Devil. FIfthly, Shall I fay further (and this will make it plainly appear what abundance ofevil there is in Sin, more than in Affli- &ion for though we have fpoken abundance ofit, yet all this doth but draw thePoint high- er and higher, and drive the nail deeper and deeper, that this Truth of God might fettle uponyour fpirits 5 and therefore a Fifth is this, which follows from this reference fin bath to theDevil) That it is worfe to begiv«nup to any one Sin, than to be atfuallypoffedby the Devil, than for the Devil to come and atíually pole f us as thofe poor Creatures were in theGofel5 and this is worfe than to beggiven up to Satan : There is a fpiritual poffiefiion' ofSatan, as inYudas, and that is a fpi- ritual pofieflion of their hearts to rule them : but there is a temporal poflèf on Spoken of in the Gofpel, and that is oftheir bodies, thatthe Devil poffeft them, and caufed them to rage andLoan-rat the mouth, and rend and tear : and . themen we readeof in the Gofpel that lived a-' mong the graves and dead people, and cut themfelves with knives and flones 5 this was a grievous
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