Chap.'. An Kxpof'ïtion upon the Bookof j O ti. vert. 14. 15 5 lion is ,eafily moved. And as we fay, Ile muff needs runwhom the Devil drives,fo the Devilneeds not drive than who arerunning of thenmfeIves . It being opened what thefe Sabeans were, and how they came into the fervice of Satan, what made them take up Arms, as it were in his caufe ; we may obferve from hence, Firft, That wicked andungodly men while they fa t'sfie their own luffr, are but doing the work of Satan, and executinghis deigns. ThefeSabeans, though they did not think it, yet they came upon Satans errand: So God, when he doth juilly ufe wic k- ed men to punifhor correct his people, they do their own will, and they have their own way,but God hath his way too, heover- rules them to effeahis bufinefs at that time : As it is laid of the KingofAffyria,0 Affyrian, the rod of mine anger , Iwill find him againft an hypocritical Nation, and againft the people of my wrath will I give him charge , howbeit he meaneth notfo , nei- ther doth his heart thinkfa, Ifa. r o. he hath purpofèsof his own. So they that are agitated by Satan and provoked by him,they think notfo, they think not they are doing the will and work,the dirty drudgery ofSatan, but the truth is,they do nothing elfe all the while:You are ofyour Father theDevil,andhis lufts willye do,faith Ph. 8- Chrift to the Jews ;while they do their own, they fulfill the lulls and defiigns ofSatan. As it is Paid in the Revelation, The Devil fhall caftfòme ofyou into prifon ; it was not the Devil in perfon , it was the Devil inhis feconds orfervants ; and thefe men little Ephef 6. thought that they did the Devils fervice at that time:Ifone fhould have comeand told them, you are now doing the Devils work, and undertaking apiece of fervice for him, you are fo many in- firuments and agents for Hell, they would not have believed it ; but the truth is, it was the Devills work, and they did it fo de- vilifhly, that from both it is laid the Devil did it, he caft fomeof them into prifon. It is a fearful thing to perfecute or opprefs the people ofGod;fuch in ferving their own lutts,are indeed the right hand ofSatan, the Devils hirelings. Secondly, Forafmuch as Satan will have & beans and Cal- deans to a1Tiiá Job's eflate,the couldhave deftroyed all himfelfif hepleated. Good Angels have mighty power, and fo have wicked Angelis too, if Godwin let them alone toput out their power : therefore they are called Principalities and Powers. Satan had Key. leave, hemight have taken what courte he would with the eftate X 2 of
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