382 The goules e f feuaól calling toChritt. removed, before therecanbe any roomfor faith 9 and thefe hinder the power of Satan, that takes poffefi onof the foule naturally, and the fupreme offin,ít carries thewhole manaccor- ding to the lufts thereof; and the foule muft bee brought fromunder both thefe, before it canbe brought toJcfusChrift:the foulemuff bebrought from under the jurifdi&ion offin, and the domi- nionof;Saran, before it canbe tranflatedunto the kingdom 'ofGod, APRs 2 6. a S. the Apoftle was . fent to theGentiles to open their ewes, and to turne them from ; iarknefe to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Everyman bynature is in darknes, and under the powerof fin,now theApoftie muff turne them from thepower offin, before he can bring them toGod, and all this muff be done be- fore a mancan receive remifíìonof fins, and jufti- fication by the blood ofChrift,Nowdarknes,and flame, and Satan,expreffe their dominionover the faille, and wee cannot have finne and Satan to bee our Lord, and have Chrift our Lord too : thismuff be wrought in preparation! Matth. 12. 29. ?'heflrong maK àn14.11 beebound, andcall out before another ßr n man can come to tai poffi(liion: Satan is the ftrong man, who by the power of finne takespoff:effon ofthe foule : now the powerof finne and Satan muft bee cati out by the power ofpreparation and humiliation, Now for a man topluckeamore foule from the power of firme andSatan, and towreft the Reyes freinthe hand ofthe deviill, and to refcue a poore foulefrom the :malicert ftbeàviii,.and tobrake that ; ape and
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