Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

arei.to leprayedagainf. 28; they may live as they liíl; if rejeóed , they cannot be Paved : If to humiliation; that it is a dotrine that belongeth to notorious fanners, &c. Moreover, he oppofeth himfelf to the Miniflers and their minifle ry, Zech. 3. i. he fuborneth falle teachers, and is a lying fpirit in their mouthes. Therefore we pray that the Lord would bind Satan, diffolve his works, and tread him under our feet, Rom. r 6.2 a. The fecond is the world and thelufls thereof, 2- The which choke the fed of Gods word, IMatth. 13.22. World. (the glorious J7 ew of this world, i. Cor.7. 31. ) By thefe Satan as by nails naileth men to the earth that they cannot mind heavenly things: By them as baits he allureth to fine, as fnares entangleth to perdition. Which make men citizens of the earth, and miffe of their freedome in heaven; which caule men place their paradife upon the earth, and not to care for the kingdome of heaven; ( Fora man can- Matth424. not fry God and Mammon, or be a worldling and yet a fubje6t of this kingdome) which make world- ly men fell their birthright with Efau, &c. therefore we pray that the Lord would deliver us from the evil world , Gal. 1.4. wain us from it ; that we may renounce all worldly lulls; that we may ufe the world f as we abufe it not, r. Cor. 7. 3r. that the world may be crucified unto us and we to the world, Gal. 6. that by faith we may overcome the world, i. John 5. 4. and that we may behave our felves not as worldlings minding earthly things, but as pilgrimes on the earth and citizens of heaven ,and fellow- citizens of the pints ,Ephef.2. t 9. whole converfation, is in heaven, Phil. 3. 19, 20. The 6