Chap. I a. according to S: A4 A r' T x a vv. 375 willbe content to dwell in apoor,but it muff be a pure houle. The devil, on thecontrary, delights in fpirituall fluttifhnc fie : Harpy - like,he defileth all he toucheth : andCamelllike,drinks not of that water,that he bathnot firft fouled with his feet. Isgoneout ofa man ] In regard of inward illumination, and $ Pet. z.for outward reformation; inch as was found in B. Bonner,that brea- thing-devil, who at firft feemed to be a good man, afavourer of Luthers doarincs, ahater ofPopery, andwas therefore advanced by the Lord Cromwell ; to whom he thuswrote in a certain letter : Act ,and Mon.,,. Steven Gardiner for malice and difdain may be compared to the fot.siaa. devil in hell, not giving puce to him inprideat all---I miflikeira lbtd.999 -- him, that there is fogreat familiarity and acquaintance, yea and,_ fuch mutuall confidence between him an M. as naughty a fellow, and as very a Papift as any tha t I know, where hedareexpreffe it. Who can deny but that the devil was gone out ofthis man, for a-. time at leali ? He v alketb thorow dryplaces] Here theProverb holds true,. Animaficca f pienti/ma. Senfuail hearts are the fennith grounds that breed filthy venemous creatures,Iob40.I I. Bohemia lieth in In losi+ao ,,snit the fennel. This, Gulielmus Parifenfsr applieth to the devil in bumetti,bu:,bcc fenfuall hearts. Contrariwife, the fpirits of Gods Saints, which elf,+n omnibus , burnwith faith, hope and charity, andhaveall:evil humours dried del:eiJs maden up in them by that fpirit of judgement and of burning, thefe the :thus,. r devil likes not. The tempter findeth nothing in them, though he . Peck it diligently. He ftriketh fire,but this tinder takes not. Cxpic! complained he couldnever fàftenupon the Müfes, becaufehe could.. never finde them idle. So here. Verfe44, Ilefindeth it empty ] Thatis, idle and fecure, fwept OMdantvitiaa.. ofgrace,gatnifhed with vice,the devils faireft furniture. Verfe 451. And taketh feven other lbirits] As the Jaylour layes more loadof irons onhim, that hadefcaped his hand!,md is now recovered. And they enter in anddwell there] So they never doein a heart once truly fanOifitd. Luft wasbut a ftranger to David(no home- dweller)as Peter Martyrobferves out of that pafiage in Nathan: Parable, a Sam.Ia.4. And therecane a traveller to therich.man, Vic. Faith leaves never a flocs- conmer,e,4th 15.9 And the laßftate of that man is Worfe ] An Apoftate cannot chu'e unto himself a worfecondition. It is withfuch as in that cafe; Lev,13,I8,Iyt,a o._ If a man had: a bile healed and it after- wards .
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