--L.-1-B-=-.Xl= · -;;-.V::-,---:;S;-a-,ul'~t-nd't'~--:lf/.;;;;;-itc:---;h,--'of 7E:;::; . n-d-;-or-. -~_:_ ___ a_o_-:;_·9-=-j A counfell to other>,whereofwe have more need and ufe in our own perfons! 1 As one that had more ':l!i.~'~o.f~tisfi.~;pis,o"V(Q~ricll\rY,1'1!~n her fufpition he ask'> (What jaw<}l tho"?)Who Wdurd not!'\i~e 10b1e'il-,ti1.~tlJtltJ 'hair a10uld ha~e flared on his head, to h.ea~e ofafpirit raifed ~His ~n ha..rh fo.hordened him1that he r~th~· plt~fes himfdte mtt 1 wbt~hi,iattrnothtng•!ntE:but ho~r ;.So fUtW rs .Sacap c~ renttodefoerrd to thefervn:e01'h1s fervants'; thaJihellllU'lJ'ptove Ius f:uhodbbeili ence to their ve•y'outwari! fenfes ; •Wh;~t f<~rmo iS'fo $k>rious;ihadlnieit~fr<an!ll>~ or dart! not undertake~ H~t~ Gods afcend•o'ur ofrhe ~:>~rtb;Eire•Wh~te Saran irarid tormes him int?'.ttnAngell of•light;.Whar.'?:">ndef,,ii i<~!t'r;his.'~idnid ~nllrumentf ttpi'W< hkeSium~ rq rhe1\ h)"jlOcnu.ca\~dtfi•mula>~on~lt fwd wrii.ISetfrttl~~llgfb): r.~~ appearance;r,veiliall be fur< to. erre: No eye coulfll:dr!lmgut!IJ' b'et\\'lxt •hett'1ie B Samtttl, and a fal~ fpirit: s.a:•t, ~vho was well wonhyto be deceived, feeing tnofe gray haires',ahd th:itMantle,mclmes hunfelfto theground1and bow~s !i!iltifdf: Hf tlm would not worfhip God in S•mud alive,now worfhips Samuttin Sur~j<lnll no marvell;Satan '':'as now become his refuge in llead ofGod;his urim w.wtlar~nefl'e, his Prophet..,Ghoil: Every onethat confulrsWith Saran,worfhtpS::hlm,though he bow not, ndther'doth that evil! fpirildefire:any other reverence, then ro:!ltfought unto. , · -t 1 b 1 ~ ' ., ·).u ·;cl ... How cunningly doth Satan refcmble, not onely tbo habit and gdHu'e;ti·but }lie 1 langtJage ofs.mue!,Whmfort h~jl thouilif1~ie.ttdme? .•lltl wherefore :Jbjlll;ou4skebf meJmngthe Z.ord M gonefro'!' thlt,and."·thme e11tmj? Norfung 15 more pleating to that evtll one, thento be folt~ltetl, y<'t tt1 thephf00 of Samuel, he~an fay,'Why haft c thou difquirtedmt?·Had not theLord been gonefrom SAill,he had neverco!he tO the Devilifll Oracle OfEndor, and yet the counterfeiting fpirit .can fay, Why dotjl tho• ask ofme,(tiingthe Lord iJ.gonefriimthee? ·Satancares no,t how little lie is ·khown to be !Jimfelt r he lov<'s to patreunderany fortne, rathet tlien his own: .•." ; Themore holytne perforl,is, the '?or~·~a.refully doth•~a!an a~hlm • that by hls 1\alehemay enfnareus. In every monon ttlS g_ood to try the fpinrs, •whi!'thehliey beofGod; Good words are no meanesto d!llmguiih a Prophet fromta·Oevilf; s;J. mud himfelfe, while hewas alive, coulanothavi: fpoken inore gravely, more feverely, more div\hdy, then this evil! gholl, -For the Loril,.iH rent ihj'Kingdmle Otlt ofthy hAnd, Andgi"Ve it thy neighbour DIWid, becauji thou obeytdjl TJDt tho'lloyce oft h.. Lord,nor txtcute_dfl hHfierce wrath t~pon the Amalekllu;thtrtfort hathlhe 'I.orddofte thiJ D unto tfm thu da'j : -When fhe Devil! himfelfe imts.on gravity and religion;whocah, marvell at the liypowfie ofmen ( Well may lewd men begood Preach<ts, wh~h, Satanhimfdfe canplay the Prophet;Where are thof~ ig~orams that can think ch:imablyofcharms and fpdls, becaufe the1finde nothrng tn them,bur good words ( , What Prophet could fpeak better words,then this Devil in Samuds Mantle ( Nei. ther is ther' at any time fo muchdanger of!htll evill fpirit,as when he fpeaks bel\. I couldW,onder to heore Satan proach thus prophetically, ifi did not know, that as he was once a good Angell,fo hecanllillattwhat he was; Whiles S•ul wao in confultation offparing A tag, we !hall never finde that Satanwould lay any block in hisway: , Yq thel) be was a promptOr-ator, to induc~him into that finne; now that it is palland gone, he canlade S•ul with fearfull denunciations of jupgement: E 'till we have_fin~d,~-atan is a parafite; when wehave-finned heis aTyr:mt: What cares'heto flatter any.more, when he bath what hewould(. Now his o,nely work is to terrifiC:, and confpund, that he may enjoy what he hath won ; How much better is it fervingtbatMaller,whowhen we are tnQil: dejttled with theconfcience ofevil!, heartens us with inward comfort, and fpeakes pe:lCe to the foule in ·the midi\ oftumult ! · J r ·'
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