to the EPHES}AN S: _.,,. 43 --~----~------~~--~~-~~-~ 'Serm.IV. - ~ Ei> HE s. 1. 2 • . :~-~; According to the rPrincq 9[ tl>e Power of thq Air, tl>e Spirit tb,i now wQrk.eth in tbe ["ildrm of 'Difobedierlce. T, He. Apbflle's Scope in general is; to fet f~rlh the Mif~ry of a!~ u~rege~e.~ ' rate_ ¥en? brought,h?me to thefe Efh1t~n~ by way ~f Apphcatton, ye,t fo a~ every M~n m hiS natural Condmon may fee hiS own ·Elbte by tt. Men walk in Sin, whillt they are unregenerate, (In which. ye ,{;alf<td, faith he,) arid they have three Guides: They Q;lve the World, Ai:~ordi11g to the · COHrfe 'of ihi1 Word; they have the Devil, According to the Priitce ofthe Power ~f the :Air, &c. And !all: of all; The Flcjb, our own corrupt Hearts. ' ' In oi>ening of tbefe words, as they relate to ihe Apoltle's Scope, I recfute<! them tcl thefe three Heads ! The firfi is, Thai Satan bath a Kingdom' bppo~te UntO thrifl's; which th€ Apoltle therefore a little enlar~eth upon in thefe \~or.~s,' he,is the_'Princc of_th~ Power of the .Atr ; havmg m hts eye, to delcnbe Satan s Kmgdom m ·oppoliuori to th~t Kingdomof Chrill:'s, which he had held_ forth in two or three Verfes afore; namely, .in verf. 20, 2 r, of the former Chapter. . . ..... · . ~ The fecond is, That all Men in the State of Unregenericy; :lre Sl'l:ijecrs of that Kingdom, and of that Prince, and do live accordingly. Arid that is irrt~. parted i~ th~ coher~!lce ofthefe words, In which ye wall;_ed, accordi"f!, to /he Prini:e ofthe Power of the Atr, &c; . . The third is, What his )'ower over t.hefe his Subje/.l:s is? Tt is more intriri– fecal, by working in them; he is the Pri11ce of a Spirit that worf<tth in them. I may add this in the fuurth place, Becaufe that die \Vorking of this Spirit is in them, and fo to demonll:rate umo Men, that all carnal Men ate uri<;ler the Power of Satari, there had rieed be fame evidence of it, therefore the Apol\le addetft, That worf<tth now in the Children of Difobedience. He painis to' fame more eminent Children of Difobedience, in whom apparently, to!he eyes of thcfe Ephcjiam;· or of any Man enlightned by tbe Holy-Gho!t, the Spi6t of the Devil cloth ap,· pear: And, faith he, ye all had your Converfailo!l among t!iefe;' and ybu we!e tinder his Power more or lefs, as every unregenerate Mall is. · I have difpatched the firll:, the Dofcription of the Kingdom of Satan, as it i~ · he!dfot,thlnt~efe Words. I come~ow .:~o the fecon~, (~ep<:ating ';Othingof what I have fud) and the fum of tt ts thiS, That all unregenerate Men are Sub– jells of this Kingdom, or this Prince; which, I fay, is imported in thefe words, In which ye walf<td, (viz.. when ye were uitrcge'nerat~) ariording to the 'Prince' of the 'Power of the .Air. In that they are faid to walk afler this Prince, or ac– cording to this Prince; it importetft him to be their Prince, according'to whole will they live. I will <iperi tbe Phrafe a little, and then I will give you fuch Obfervatidtls;' as !hall be both to explain die thing·futther, and to quicken our H'ear(s. How are unregenerate Men faid: to walk._ accordiNg to the Prince of the 'Pof{,er DJ the Air ? or according to Satan, as their Prince ? .In the firll: place, Men are faid to walk after ·their Prince, when they walk. after hiS example ; Regn ad exemplitiii; afte'r the ex'ampll! of the Piiiice : the .'~'lhole Kingdom follows. ' !,,; - *Fi 4r
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