·•d•erfory i'l;e d;/le/1 t"'h•6••• liT«" ro.,ing ly- A thus doubring,are mooued·to behold.t!ie'for- .n,Jiek._mgwhom hem•J deoolirt.Eph.6.p:r:ou· biddeh fruite. Fift!y, they nofooiier fee' the . jlriHe not •gainjljlejh Md.blaod,but ag.,nf/ pr•~- beautyt~ereof,but they defire it; Sixtly,th~t cip•litiet;mdpowm,•nd wor/Jlygouernors; the they may !'atisfie their cfefini,they eate ofthe .prince/•fdark,~•~ ofthil_worlJ,•g•i•jlJPiri.,t••ll fruite,which by the hands of;he woman, was wi<h£dn•ffis,Whtch ..,., mfoperctlefl••ll thingt. taken .from the tree: by wblch aB: theybell; Theitdegree, andd!uerfirie: for of comemerlydinoyallto God. Gen.3.i,2,3; thefe Angels,one is chief<, and the rer\ atten" 4S,IS, 7,8. il'ants, Thechiefe is Beelzobub, princ< ofthe Thus withoutconfrrainr; rbey willingly fall re£\ ofthe diuels, and the world, farreaboue from their integrity ; God .vpo,n iu£\ cauf.s them all in malice.M1r. 15.41 ..Awayfrar'ilme leauing thetn tO theMfdu~s, •i1d freely fuffe1' curftdint"""'•flingfire,prep•redforth• diringthem ro fall. For we m~£\not think, ~at ,,.n.nd.hi< Angelr.z.Cor.4•'r·wl"fi mindt ihe man~ fall was either by chaunce, or God not g•J•fthil wor/J h<th blinded.Reuel.tz.7.And kno•.,ingofir;orbarely winking >tit, or by_ there -w.u war inhea~t~m, Micht~el,anJ bil .An. h!s b.ue permifsien)oraga·infi his wil:but ra-: geltfought Withthed"g.n,<ndthedr•gon and B thermiraculouOy, not without the will of hit Angelsfought. · God,and yet without all approbationof it. Mini£lring Angels, are fuch as waite vpon II. Th~grearnesoftbistransgrefsion mn£\ the diuell,in accomplilhing his wickednefii:. · be effectried,not by theexternal obiect,(>t the I I I• ·Their puni01menr. God, afcertheir bafendofan apple, bu.t by the offenceit confall, g~ue them euer to perpetuall torments, taioeth ag:lin£\ Gods maie£\y. This offence without any hope of pardon, Jude, verfe li. appear<thby many trefpatfes committed in z.Pet.>+ qodJP•redn~ttheAngelsthath•d that action. The r. is <!oubting of Gods finned,bntc•fl themd•Wntini• hel,<nddeliuertd word:z.w!nt off~ith1 forthey beleeue not them into ch•ints ofdAYk.,ntslo be ktpt '""''dam. Gods threatning,(Jnthatdayyeutte tl><rof,yoN n<tion. 'Fhis he did: Fit£1, to admoniih men, Jh•ll die the Jwh:) Bur being bewitched with what gr,at puoiihment they deferued. Sethediuels promife, (yefh•N blli'<! q•ds) they condly,-ro !hew that grieuous tins murt more ceafe to feare Gods puniihmeat, aod are,ingrieuoufiy be punill\ed. flamed with adef1re of ~;:rcarer dignity. 3. The fall ofAngels was the more grieuous, Theircudo!itie,io forfaktng Gods word,and becauft both their nature was more able to feeking other wifedome. 4· Their pride, ia refill,& tbediuel was the lir£\founder ofllo. c feeking toina~nifiethemfeliles , and to l>eTheirpunilhmentiscafier, orm~~~grie; , comelike6od.s.ConremprofGod,in tranf. uous. · · · grcfsing h,is .commaundemenrs again£\ their Their eatier punifhmenti~ doo~le,Thelirlf~ owne confcience. 6. In that they preferre the · is their deieC!ion from heauen.:. Ptt.:.4.0'od diuellS,Jfiire<:;od. 7· Ingratitude, that in as «f/ th• .Angelrthatfinned intoheR.The fecond, much as in them lyeth, they expell Gods fpiis the.abridging ~nd limitation oftheir powrir dw~Jiing in them, and defpife thateucrlacr,Iob t.u.The Lordf•ia 'IJnto Sae.n, Behol"'- aing blctfed vnion.8. They murrher both an th<t he bath isin thine h>nd, m•IJ 'IJfonhim themfelueS1nd their progenie. laynotthine hand. - II I. The fruite orelflcts. Out ofthis corThemore gricuou• paine, is that torment rupt e£\ate ofour fir£\ parents,arofethedlate in the deepe, which is endreflhnd infinite, in. ofinfidelity or~nbeliefe, whereby God harh time and meafure. Lnk,e8. 31. Andthey 6e. includedalln1•n vnder fin ne, that bee might (ought him, that be wouldnoi comnund them •• manife£\ his mercy in the lilluation of Come, goe downtintotht dee~e. · ' · and his iufiice in the condemnation ofothers. Rom. I I. 3z.God bathJlmt '!lp i!Omm ill 'IJnbeCHAP. X'l, D liefe,thathenlighthauemercyon a/1. GaJ.3.::i. The Scripturebath'concluded all 'Vndcrfin, tb•t tbep,.nliji by tl>< foithoj'lefi'! ClnijlJhMtfbec Ofm..Jf•H ••d dl(obeditnct. AD•mt f~ll, was his willing re~olting, to dtfobedtence by eating 'the.forbidden fruitedn Lldami fall,wee may note the man-' ner,gri:at,netTe,and fruit ofit. ·1.-TI1e tnanner of.A<(arlii'fall, was on this forr:IHr£\;the diuell, hio.Qln(i il,llnl!"djately be– fore fallen.himfelfe,jotinuateth vnto our firfh parents,that both theponiffiment for eating the forbidden fmir was ;.ii&rr.aine, and rHar God was nottrui: in'his wor8 vnto them. se." condly•,by this legerd~!llain~.bee bliode<hhe cyelioftheirvnder£lanoing. Thirdly beehJg' thu3blinded,theybelilnneto di£\rua'~bD and tolloubt ofGoaffauoor; Fourr.hfy,t'b'ey giRtnltl them that bcleeue. , In this e£\atc,weemullconfidedinne, and the puni!hmcnt offinne.Slnne is three-fold. · The firft, is the participation of .Adamr both tranfgrlffion andguilti•es, whereby in his finne,all his pollerity finrled,Rom. 5.1 • As"J ooe""'".finenrr,edintothe wor(d,&byjin'diAth: fo death t1ftTuJ vpon t~O mtn, ~n that AIJ men hnut Jinn•d. th~ r:~fonofthis is reltqy. .Adamwas n6tthen.-.:)muate'map, bqt'[eprefented all manUi~d~,ahd rherefole16ok'c what good he reO!iu:~fF~.'1'. 6?d> o~!~~ldfewllere, both wer~ l:bll\mon to orners·witl1·liim. 1. Cor. r 5. i:.A~I~f!.llamll/fmm'aje,fo.if' Cbrifl •Umen rift •gAin!~ · · .... ' · C Ag1ine,
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