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how much more shall the blood of Christ, &c. purge your consciences from dead works, to serve the living God?-Heb. ix. 9. 13, 14.

The law, having a shadow of good things to come, &c. can never, with those sacrifices they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect: for then would they not have ceased to be offered; because that the worshippers once purged, should have had no more conscience of sins: but in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. Let us draw near, &c. having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, &c. -Heb. x. 1-3. 22.

We trust we have a good conscience in all things, willing to live honestly. -Heb. xiii. 18.

This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.-1 Pet. ii. 19.

Having a good conscience; that whereas they speak evil of you, &c. Baptism doth also now save us: not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. -1 Pet. iii. 16. 21.

Let us not love in word, &c. Hereby we know, &c. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. -1 John iii. 18-22.

CHAP. XXVIII.

OF THE DEVIL: OF HIS SUBTILTY BY HIMSELF, AND BY HIS INSTRUMENTS, WICKED MEN, FALSE TEACHERS, DECEIVERS, AND SEDUCERS. THE

DESCRIPTION OF THEM.

SECT. 1. Of Satan, the Devil himself. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made: and he said unto the woman, Yea (or because), hath God said, Ye shall not eat of

every tree of the garden? The woman said unto the serpent, We may eat, &c. but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die; for God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good, &c.-Gen. iii. 1-7.

Satan was a lying spirit, in the mouth of all his prophets, to persuade Ahab, &c.-1 Kings xxii. 21-23. 2 Chron. xx. 21, 22.

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. -1 Chron. xxi. 1. 2 Sam. xxiv. 1.

Now there was a day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord: and Satan (or the adversary) came also among (or in the midst of) them: and the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then said he, &c. From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it, &c. He said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him? &c. Put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face, &c. Then Satan, having leave given him, destroyed all he had.Job i. 6, &c. ii. 1-3.

Hast thou considered my servant Job? &c. still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life: but put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone, and his flesh, and he

will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said, He is in thine hand: but (or only) save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job, &c.-Job ii. 3-7.

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand, to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem, &c.Zech. iii. 1, 2.

Jesus was led up of the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted, &c. the tempter came to him: he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered, and said, It is written, &c. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge, &e. Jesus said, It is written again, &c. The devil, &c. sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me, &c. Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God; and him only shalt thou serve. Matt. iv. 1-12.

When Jesus was come on the other side, &c. there met him two possessed with devils, &c. and they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? &c. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go, &c. The whole city came out, and besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. --Matt. viii. 28-35. Mark v. 2, &c. Luke viii. 27, &c.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house, from whence I came out: and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished: then

goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits, more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse than the first. - Matt. xii. 43-45.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and, &c. The tares are the children of the wicked one : the enemy that soweth them, is the devil.-Matt. xiii. 19. 38, 39.

Jesus rebuked the devil, and he departed out of him, and the child was cured from that very hour, &c. Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.-Matt. xvii. 18. 21.

Christ suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. Mark i. 24, 25. 34.

Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning, fall from heaven. Luke x. 17, 18.

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils, &c. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Because ye say, I cast out devils through Beelzebub. But if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out?-Luke xi. 14, 15. 17-21. Mark iii. 22, 23.

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed? &c.-Luke xiii. 16.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.-Luke xxii. 31, 32.

Ye are of your father the devil; and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: when he speaketh a lie, he

speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.-John viii. 44.

The devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, &c. After Jesus had given the sop to Judas, Satan entered into him.-John xiii. 2. 26, 27. Luke xxii. 3.

The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.-John xiv. 30. When the Spirit is come, he will reprove (or convince) the world of sin, of righteousness, &c. of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.-John xvi. 8, 9. 11.

I pray, &c. that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.-John xvii. 15.

Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost? Acts v. 3.

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. Rom. xvi. 20.

Then come together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency. -1 Cor. vii. 5.

Confirm your love toward him, &c. lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. -2 Cor. ii. 8-12.

If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel, &c.2 Cor. iv. 3, 4.

But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, &c. No marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.-2 Cor. xi. 3. 14. Acts xiii. 10.

There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me.-2 Cor. xii. 7.

Ye walked, &c. according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. -Eph. ii. 2.

Let not the sun go down upon

your wrath, neither give place to the devil.-Eph. iv. 26, 27.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, butagainst principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places: wherefore, take unto you the whole armour of God, &c. above all, taking the shield of faith, whereby ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. -Eph. vi. 11-13. 16.

We would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us. -1 Thess. ii. 18.

I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you.-1 Thess. iii. 5.

That wicked one be revealed, &c. whose coming is after the working of Satan; with all power, and signs, and lying wonders.-2 Thess. ii. 8, 9.

Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.-1 Tim. iii. 6.

In meekness instructing those, &c. that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive (or alive) by him at his will.-2 Tim. ii. 25, 26.

Through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Heb. ii. 14.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James iv. 7.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist, stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren.-1 Pet. v. 8, 9.

I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.-1 John ii. 13, 14. v. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 3.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil; not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.-1 John iii. 8. 12.

The angels which kept not their first estate (or principalities) he hath reserved in everlasting chains. The archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation; but said, The Lord rebuke thee. - Jude 6. 9.

The devil shall cast some of you into prison: thou dwellest even where Satan's seat is. -Rev. ii. 10. 13.

Them of the synagogue of Satan, &c. Rev. iii. 9.

The angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon; but in the Greek Apollyon. -Rev. ix. 11.

There was war in heaven; Michael, and his angels fought against the dragon, &c. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him, &c. The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God, day and night, &c. Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea, for the devil is come down unto you, having wrath. Rev. xii. 7-13.

Three unclean spirits, like frogs, came out of the mouth of the dragon, &c. the spirits of devils, working miracles, &c. Rev. xvi. 13, 14.

Satan laid hold on, bound, cast into the bottomless pit, and sealed up from deceiving, &c. let loose again, and then cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.-Rev. xx.

SECT. II. The Instruments of Satan; Seducers, Deceivers, &c.

LET no man deceive you by any means. -2 Thess. ii. 3.

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, &c. that is the thing which

the Lord hath not spoken. Deut. xviii. 22.

The devil was a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets, to deceive Ahab.-1 Kings xxii. 19, 20. 23. Ezek. xiii. 9.

The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.-Jer. xiv. 14, 15.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves; ye shall know them by their fruits, &c. We have prophesied in thy name, cast out devils, and done many wonderful works.-Matt. vii. 15, 16. 22, 23.

Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, &c. of the doctrine of the Pharisees, &c.-Matt.xvi. 6.11,12.

Take heed that no man deceive you: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many, &c. many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many, &c. Then if any shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there is Christ, believe it not for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before: wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth, &c. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matt. xxiv. 4, 5. 11.23-28.

Ye received me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. John v. 43.

Elymas, &c. seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith, &c. Paul, &c. said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief! thou child of the devil; thou enemy of all righteousness: wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? - Acts xiii. 8-11.

Certain men, &c. have troubled you gospel unto you, than that ye have

with words subverting your souls, saying, &c.-Acts xv. 1. 24.

After my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock: also of your ownselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them: therefore watch.-Acts xx. 29-31.

The Sadducees say, That there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. -Acts xxiii. 8, 9.

Mark them which cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have received, and avoid them: for they that are such, serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words, and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the simple. Rom. xvi. 17, 18.

There must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest.-1 Cor. xi. 19.

How say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead? -1 Cor. xv. 12.

We are not as many, which corrupt the word of God, &c.-2 Cor. ii. 17. Them which desire occasion, &c. for such are false apostles, deceitful workers; transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ; and no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light: therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works, &c. Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise: for ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.-2 Cor. xi. 12-15.19,20. There be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ: but though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you, than that which wehave preached unto you, let him be accursed: as we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other

received, let him be accursed.-Gal. i. 7-9.

False brethren, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; to whom we gave place by subjection, no not foran hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you: but of those who seemed to be, &c. Gal. ii. 4-6.

They zealously affect you, but not well: yea, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.-Gal. iv. 17.

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ: for neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.Gal. vi. 12, 13. Phil. iii. 2.

Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. -Eph. iv. 14.

This I say, lest any should beguile you with enticing words, &c. Beware, lest any man spoil you through phi losophy, and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ, &c. Let no man judge you in meat (or for eating), &c. intruding into those things which he hath not seen, &c. and not holding the head, &c. Why are ye subject to ordinances? Touch not, &c. -Col. ii. 4. 8.16-21.

Let no man deceive you by any means, &c. That man of sin, &c. who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God, &c. Then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming; even him whose coming is after

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