/ VER.S.7· An Expt~fiti.nz, with Notn id· the Apo~l~s l~~guage giving place !o Satan, Ephef. :+· 1.6, z.7. Survey the 1mqmues of every age, and ts t1ot Satans hand mall this? Becaufe our firfi: Parent!: brought death into the WIDrld by his fL1g– gefiion, as alfo becaufe of the aCt of Ctfiin, he is caUed ~?»urtkercr fro~ the beginning,. Jgh, 8. · 'Tis flid of 'iud.u TreafoA again.ft Chrd}, Joh.13.z. The Devil put it into his hea1't : So to Anania.s, ACls 5. 3· why hath Satan put it ir.to thy hem-t to lye? So I Chro. 21. I. Satan provok._ed David to number thepeopl~: So.Mat•. J6, 23. Get thee luhind me, S~tan• .The Heathen who underfiood not the operation of the Devil, thought all our confliCts were againft in– temal paffions. Now the Apofile is cleart that we fight not only a– gainfl: lufls and carnal defires, but JPiritt4vti Wick_ednej{es i» high pl~zces, and principalitiu andpowers, &c. which arguetbthefight robe the more fore. Sometimes the Devil beginneth the tempta.:. tion,fometimes we; he be,gan withJud.u, he put it intohis heart, by the injection and immiffion of evil though~s : At other time-s our own corruption working freely~ the Devil may adjoyn bimfelf: As Z11nara fpeaketh of the outward power of the Devil ever tempefl:s; fornetimes be may raife tbe matter, at other times the matter being prepared, Satan may ad§oyn himfdf, and make the tempefl: more impetuous. Wdl then, all fin being from the D.:vrl) as we defic him, let us dtEfie his Work...s and luffs too. '.f'ledefie Sa– tan as the Purfevant ofdivine ruftice,bat we honour him as Head ofthe ctJ.rnal StP~te: We love his lufis, and fo call himFather', and keep the Crown upon his ~ead : M11ny rarl on him, and ye£ honour h1m; though he be a proud Spirit, he caretb not for praife or dif– prai{e; all his aim is at homage and obedience, fo he may ingror~ · our fpiricual refpeCls; other thiAgs ·do not move him. As Chritl: lovefh not aglaveriwg re!pea,when we violate his Laws: So Sa– tan 1s not exalperated With all language; his po~icy is to blind the mind, and carry on his Kingdom covertly in the darknefs cf thisworld: Evtry jinncr is really the 'Devils drudg. . - ob[ervM. ~. Again, From the uamre of the dmy p~efTc d, Tht~t ·:;.r the Jml ofChrifii.u;s to refift S~~Jtan. The Pomt IS cfgreat ufc: m the Chrr– Hian life, and aSubj4tl in whichmany, men of nore and (mineney · in the Church of God have travelled : BLt~ you: know nnder the Law ri~h men wmr to leave their gleanings for the poor ; ·therefore we tliay come and glrcan upfomerhing after the Reapers; poffibly,. p1\uth "• 16, asP 'BMz:. didfor Ruth,. they might let fall-feme handfulls, of pur-.· · ·· ·· pofe
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