8 Ofthemaliceefaarfprritsiall enemleSatan, Zach.;.i. fuites:whichwe makevnto God, as hedid leheAtta thehig5 Match.:3.39. Prieft, Zach.3.i.He is called anenemie,Mat.r 3.39 and that amalitious one ; for where Chrift the good husbandman foweth wheate, there he foweth teares, thatis,hypocrites a. mongf} true profeffors, to the difhonour ofGod,the difcre- dit oftheGofpell, and the reprock of the true profeffours thereof. And 1ef{we fiouldthinke thathee is Tome mild natured enendiewhowill be fatisfiedwith fume finall reuenge, hee is calledamurtherer and axnanflaier,as though this were his profeffionandoccupation. And leftwe fhould imagine him tobe one lately fallen to this trade,our Sauior telleth vs that john&44. hehathbeen fo from the beginning,fo thatlike an oldhang- manhe is flefht inbloud and crueltie ; and therefore feeing we canhope for nomercieat his hands, let vs fo muchthe more couragiouflie oppofe our felues againft him. But far as much as the moft fauage man hath fotne re- liques ofhumanitie left inhim, therefore the holle Ghoft comparethhim tob.eaits,that we may expeoì nothingfrom him but brutifhcrueltie; as firfl to alion,yea a lion roring afterhis pray, who is fohungrie and rauenous, that hedeft_ reth nothingmore then to leaze vpon that which hepurfu- z,Pe;. ;J.._ eth,i.Pet.5.8.Nowwho wouldnot bemoft.carefull tokeepe himfelfe out ofthepawes offucha rauenous bean?or ifhet were incountred byhini,who wouldnotrefit}him ifhehad anyhope ofvi&orie ? But in truth Satan is faire morecrueIl.then the roring lion, who (ifweemaygiue credittohiftories) fpareth thofe that fall downe.flat before hima; whereasifhefhouldget vs at filchaduantage, he would proudly trample vs under foot, andmakevs Purefor euer rifmg;and thereforeleft weft-mulct ... looke for anymercie at his handsby fubmiffion, the h-olie. Apác.t2.3 Ghoft-calleth him thegreatrecldragon, Apoc.11.3. which beaft beareth fuchnaturalimalice tomankind, that bee de- uoureth them not onelyfor hunger, but alfofar.ffort orhat,. tred,in fatisfying.whereof heetakethgreatdelight; fueh a- beat} is our enetnie, who is fo flefht in bloud and crueltie, a dfó ouetcariedwithmaliceand hatred, thatheefieerneth
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