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OfSatanr
fitrength.
tie andpower ouer
the
faithful!,
that
it
is
limited and
reflrai-
ned
in
refpeéì
of
the
meanef}
creatures;
for
a
whole legion
ofdiuels
could
not
fo
much
as
enter into
one
heard offesine,
.
till
by
carnet}
intreatie they
had
obtained
leaue
of
our
Sa-
uiour
Chrif,Luk.8.3
1.3
2.
And therfore
much
leffe
can
they
.
preuaile
againf}
any
ofGods
children,
feeing
the
very haires
oftheirhead
are
numbred,
Matth.io.29.
Well
may Satan
maligne
vs
and
earnef}lie
delire
our deftru6lion,well
may he
feeke
to
lift
vs
like wheate,as
hee
did
`Peter;
but
our
Sauiour
Chrif
maketh
interceflion for
vs, fo
that
our faith
Thal
neuer
faile,Luk.22.3I.
This
alto
is
manifeft
by
plaine teftimonies, Iude
6.
it
is
faid,that the Lord hath
reprised
the
wicked
angels in
euerla-
flingchains
vnder
darknes,vnto the
judgement
of
the
great
lay.
2.Pet.2.4.
God
feared
not the Angels
that
had
finned,
but
cal
themdonne
Into
hell,and
delivered them into
chains
of
darknes
to
be
kept
vnto
damnation.So
Apoc.2o.2.
Satan
is
faid
to haue
been bound by the Angell
ofthe
Lord
for
a
thoufand yeres,
fo
that
hee could
not
flirre till the
Lord
fuffered
him
to
bee
loofed.By
all
which
the holie
Ghoft noteth
vnto
vs,
that
Sa-
tan
is
no more
able
to
doe
vs
hurt,
then
a
malefa&or
who
being
bound
hand
andfoote
is
cal
into
a deepe
dungeon,or
then
a
band
-dog
which
is
fafl
tied
vp
in
flrong
chaines,
till
the Lord loofeth
him
and
giueth
him
leave.
But
here fome man may
obieét,
that
Satan
is Paid
in
the
Scriptures,to
refill
God
and
to
oppofe himfelfe
againf}
him,
and
eucn
to
fight
a
battaile
againf
our
Sauiour
Chrif}
him
-
felfe
and
his bleffed
Angels,Apoc.
r
2.7.
I
anfwere,
that
this
refif}ance
and
fight
dependeth
on
Gods
permit
lue proui-
dence,neither could
he
fó
much
as
flirre.againfl
God,
ifhee
did not
fuller
him. He
is
indeede
mof
}'
malitiouflie
difpofed
againf
the Lord,
and by this
his malice
is
firred
vp
to
doe
thofe
things which
hee
thinketh
moll
difpleafant in
Gods
eies:but
becaufe
the Lord chaineth and curbeth him
inwith
his
omnipotent
power, he
is
onely
able to doe thofe
things
that God
permitteth him,
and, will
he nill
he,he
is
confirai-
ned
to obey
his
Creator
and
to
be at
his
commandement.
Seeing therefore
Satans
power
is
refrained
by the
om-
nipotent