29q. Seaenll b s ham their Qri the third feuerallinyioymeats. w The imttieyimi or sauks mercie,than thecreating ofAngeua. ' ' ¡ob;. zutíto. 1 lereniy cals,thenr falfe Scribes,What theywrought with theirpen,they blottedout with their works.The like kindoffault thatpartie committeth,who frngethPfalms vn- toGod in theQuire, and yet baththe Deuill inhis breft : And then,howdiffe- rentmurft this mansthoughts be fromhis words e Hecanhardly fay, Confrtebor tibi ?online in toto corde meo, I willconfefre veto theLordwithmy wholeheart,as long as he hathgiuen himfelfe ouer vntoSathan. TheDHmbe/peke. Thismanproflrating himfelfe at our Sauiours'feet,might eerie wellfay, Bleffi the Lord, ô my Sosde, andall that is inmet.praife his holy Name : TheLordloofah themthat are bound; theLordinlightneth the Blind : Praif the Lord, ó my Soule, Iwillpraifi the Lordin mywhblelife. ASinner that truly repents him- felfe,and that fees himfelfe freedfrom the Deuill,and fromHell, is neuer fariG fledwithgitting thankesvnto God,andinpraifing his. holyName, as oft as hee confiders the great mercie which Godhath fhewed towards him. Saint Augu_ flingfaith, Thatalthough the creatingof Angelis, andthe juflifyingof Soules, doeequallyargueGods greatpower;yet the fecond is anadof farre greater mercie. ¡lecaîteth out Deuills throughBeelzebub the chiefe of the Deuills . Origen Saint vlugufirne,and Saint Anibrofefay, ThattheDeuills haue theirftudies and their cares apart: This is their firft Tenent ; Some (fay they) treat ofAuarice; fome, of Luxurie ; others,of Ambition ; others , ofReuenge ; tome perturbe mens rninds,occafioning great forrow ; others, exceffe offoolifh joy andmirth. Secondly, They hold, That ineuerie one ofthere feuerall vices there is a fu- periour Deuill, which bath command ouer many that are inferiourvnto him ; And hethat isthe Chiefetaine ofoneof thefe Legions, is not obedient, to any Saint whatfoeuer, except him that excells in humilitie , whofe lowlineffeof mind maybe able to incounterwith his prideofheart. S. Marke relateth,That our Sauiour deliuering one ouer that was poffeffedof a Deuill to his Difci- pies, to theend that they thould make him whole ; howbeit they had boafted, ThatDeuillralfawerefubieilvntothem ; yer they could not doe it. Afterwards asking Iefus the caufèof their not curinghim,hee anfwered, Suchkindof Deuills as theft,arenot cafi out but withPrayerandfailing. This Deuill fhould feeme tobe aPrinceof fonteLegion , and none could doeanygoodvpon him , faue fuch Saints ofGod as were wonderful! meeke and humble, and with Failings did beat downe the bodieof frnne, andbyfrequent and feruent prayer, proftrate theirSoules. Thirdly,Manyofthefedeuils dopoffeffe diuersparts ofthe body whichcor- refpond with that vicewhich theyarefubiec`tto: Andas the foldier,who fcaling await or a fort,ftickes his daggeror his Pike in fomepartof the wall where hee meanes to get up; fo the Deuill feekes topitch his ftandard there where hee may aduanceit with moil eafe, andmoltto his honour and glorie. Alfegor that difhoneftDeuill, domineeresmolt in the Loyns,(as itis notedbySaint Gregorie in his Expofitionof that place vpon rob, Virtur cites inlumkis ciao, liùfirengtb lies in his loptes.) Pluto the Prince of Couetoufnefferaignes mod in the hands : Our Sauiour Chrift healed a hand that was withered ;frgnifying thereby, That it was acouëtoushand, andyeelded not the fruitofgood workes. Beelzebub, who is the PrinceofPride , rules principally in the head. ThisBeelzebub, by inter- ,pretation,is the Prince ofFlies ; whither it were orno, that they gauehim this namein regard ofthofemany Flieswhich his Sacrifices did breed;or whither it were becaufethe Acharonite didprefume thathe had freed themfrom certaine filthie aird loathfomeFlies ; orfor that the Fliesare alwayes buzzing about the head
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