Chapter 3

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of Two Wtnefics, of Goed and Honeft Report aveuching . before’
the Magiftrate upen their own Knowledge, thefe. two Things;
either that the Party Accufed, hath made a League with the
Bevil, or hath dene fcme known praBices of W itcheraft. And,
a!] Arguments that do Neeeflarily prove either of thefé,'
being brought by two fufficient Witnefes, are of Force, full
to Canvince the Party Sufpeled. XV. Ifit can be proved that

the Party Sufpetted, hath called upon the Devil, on. defired bis}
VHelps this is a pregnant proof of a. League formerly made be-

ameem them. XVI If it can be proved,. that: the Parts)
bash Entertained aE amiliar. Spirit, and had Conference ith

Encountred

ph, in the Likenefs of fonze vifible Creatures: here is Evsaence.
of Witcherafr.. XVI. If the Witnofes affirm upon. Outh,
that the Sufpetted perfon, hatk dene any Adtion, or workswhick
necefarily infers a Covenant made: as that be hath ufed En-
| chantments ; Divined of things before they comp. to pafss and
that pereimptorily 5 Raifed Tompefts : caufed the Form cf 4
WD cad Man te appear ; it proveth fufficiently that he or fise ts
a Witch. "This is the Subftance of Mr. Perkins. Take,
| Next, The Summ of Mr. Gaules Judgment,about the De-
Ire&tion of Witches. $1 Some Tekens for the Trial ot
It rrisches, are altogcther Unwarrantable. Such are the old
I< Pagani(h Sign, FheWitches Long Eyes ; The Tradition,
I« of the Witches not weeping; The cafting of the Wich
I< jnto the Water, with Thumbs, and Toes, ty’d_acrofs.
I‘ And many more fch Marks,which if they are to know a
I) <witch by,certainly ‘tis no other witch,but theUfer of thent.
Nil. There are {ome “Mokens for the Trial of Witches, more

probable : and yet not fo certain as to aftord Conviction.

Such are, {trong and long Sufpicion: Sufpeed Anceft-

Sors:fome Appearance of Fact: The Corpfe bleeding

IS Bewitched : The Suppofed, Witches unufual Bodily Marks;
1 © The Witches uftal Curfing.and Banning : The W itch-
1} © cs lewd and naughty kind of Life. III. Some Signs there
are of a Witch, more certain and infallible. As, Fer/l/y,
© Declining of Judicature, or Faltring, Faulty, Unconttant,
and Contrary Anfwers, upon Judicial and Deliberate
| ‘Examination. Secondly, when upo.i due Enquiry, into 4
I} © perfons Faith and Manners, there are foumd:all or msfi
¢ of the caufes, which produce 1tcheraft ; namely, God
iI) ‘ Forfaking, Satan invading, particular Sins difpofing, and:
MS Laftly a Compaét compleating all. Thrdiy, The Witches
Il. free Confeflion, together witli Full Evidence ofthe Fact.
if § Confeffion without Fact, may: be a megr Delufion ; and
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“upon the Witches Touch: The Te/timony of the Party.

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Fat without Confeffion may be a meer Accident. .4.thly|h
‘The Semblable Geftures & ACtions of fiulpected Witche |,
“es, with the comparable’ Expreflions of Affectionss ||
“which in all Witches. have. been obferv’d and found |}
*very muchealike. Fifthly, The 'Teltimony. of the Party i}

* jomtOaths of fufhcient perions,that havefeen certain prce |

“digious Pranks or Feats, wrought by the Party Accufed, )
_§1V. Among the moft unhappy Circumftances,to Cone ,

* viét a Witch. One is, A Maligning and Oppugning, the ,

*Word, Work;and worlhip of God : and by any Extra ,

fordinary Sign feeking to feduce any fret it; See Deut.1 3.

fr42. Math24.24. Act.13:8,10. 2 Tim. 3 8. Do but),

“mark well the places ; & tor this very Property ( of thus. |

*©ppofing and perverting ) they are all there conciuded ||

arrant and abfolute Witches: W: Itis not requifite, that :}

$10 palpable Evidence of Convittion, {hould here come ia, |
asin other more fenfible matters. Tis enough, if there be |

‘but fo much Circumflantial proof or Evidence 5 as the ||,

* Subftance, matter,and Nature of fuch an Abltrufe Myte- |
2 “ry of Iniquity will well admit. [| fuppofe be mennsy that .\

) whereas in other Crimes, we Look for more Dirett Proofs, 37°),
‘ this there i a'greater ufe of Confequential ones | But ] could
i * heartily ih that the Juries. were Empannelled ofthe ,
ii *moft Eminent Phytlicians, Lawyers, and Divines, that 2 |
| } i * Country could aftord. : In the mean time, tis not to be },

me “called a Toleration, if Witches efcape, where Conviction,
| is wanting. To this pacts our: Gaule. |
|. Twill Tranfcribe a Little from one Author more. Tis’|

4 the Judicious Bernard of Batcombe; who iahis Gide to |
Grand-Fury men, atter he ha’s: mentioned feveral Faings }
that are {hrow’d Prefimprions' of a Witch, proceeds to {uch
“Things as are the Convretions of fuch an ones And he |
Mays; “ AWiteh, in League with the Devils isConvicred) by

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thefe Beidences. 3° I. By a Witches Mark 3 which is up-
‘on the Bafer fort ot Watches 5 and this, by the Devils ei-
‘ther Sucking or “Touching ef them. . Tertullian fays, If
Nis thé Devils euftome: to mark, his. - And note; That this
mark is Faftafible, and being prick‘d, ‘it will. not Bleed.
'Sometimes,its like a Teate’; ometimes but a Blewi/h Spot
fomeétimes a Red one; and fometimes the Flefh Sunk : but
‘the Witches do fometimes cover them... By the
/ Witches Words. As when they have been heard calling
on, fpeaking to,or Talking of, their Famsizars OF, when
they have been heatd ‘Felling of Hurt they have. done
‘to wan or bealt : Or when they have been heard Threats
“ning of fac Hurt 5 Or iB they have been heard Relaung
: thei Tianfportations. HI: By the Witches Deeds. As
‘ when they have been feen with their Spirits, or feen fecret-
; ly Feeding any. of their Imps. Or, when there can be
: found thei Pictures, Poppets; and other Hellifh Cons
‘ politions.. IZ. By the: W itches Extafies + With the
: Delight whiereaf, Witches are:fo taken, that: they will
“hardly conceal the fame: Or, however at fome time. of
other, they may be found in them. « V. By one or more
IN Feilow-WVirches; Confefting their own Witchoraft, & bear-
I< ing Witefs:againft others 5 if they can ‘make good the
NeTyrurh of thet Witnefs, and give fafficient proof of ‘it
As, that they have feen them with their Spirits 5 ‘or,that
il they‘have Received Spirits from them; or, that they can
N° tell, when they ufed Witchery-T ticks to Da Harm ors
| ‘that they told them what Harm they had done.; or. that
“they can fhow the mark upon them ; or, that they have
Il © been together in their Meetings ; and fuch ike. WBy
Mame Wanefs. of God Himfelt, happening upon the Exe-
Ih 4 crable Gurfes. of Witches ‘upon themfelves,' Praying .of
4God to fhow fome Token, if they be Guikty. VIL. By
“the Witches own eee of Giving their Souls to the
Devil. Iris no Rare thing, for Witches te Comtel

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‘Refczeus, out of the Trouble which atihistime do‘sthreates to fwal- |

-upen wsybe Glorienfy Conquered, by thy Powerful and Gracious Pre: }
“werfarics ; Let as gaickly find the? mocking of us glad, according to !

‘what Cares, what Prayers, thos only knoweft, motovant the Ac- |

Pet:

Cricpantiments
They ate ‘Confiderable’ Things, which I have thu:
-Recwed 5 andiyet-it mutt be with Open Eyes, kept uportiy
Open Rules, that-we are to follow thefe things.
S. 8. But Furies are not'the only Inftrumerts to be im#,
ploy“d in fuch'a Work; all Chriftians are to be concerned
with daily and fervent Prayers, for the affifting of it. Ir
the Days of Athanafius, the Devils were found unable ta
ttand before, that Prayer , however then ufed perhaps with
too much ot Ceremony, Let’ God Avif>, Let hit Enemics be
Scattered, Let them alfo that Hate Him, fice before Him. |
O that inftead of letting our Hearts Rife againft one a>
nother, our Prayers might Ri/e unto an high pitch of Im?
portunity, torduch a Rifing of the Lord! Efpecially, Let |
them that are Suffering by Witchcraft, be fure to Stay and-
pray, and Befeech the Lord thrice; even as much as ever they |
can, before they complain of any: Neighbour for aftiicting
them. Let them alfo that-are Avcuféd ofitchcraft, fetthem- |
felves to Fas and Pray, and fo fhake off the D.emons that |
would like Vipers faften upon them ; and get the Fzters of
Fealoufie made profitable to them. . be
“And Now;-0 Zhou Hope of, New-England, and the Sactour there !
of inthe Time of Treuble ; Do thou lookmer cifully down upon as, C |

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lowias up... Let Satan be fhorily bru: fed under our Feet, and Let the i
Eovenanted Va fals of Satan which have Traiteroufly brought hing iM

Jence in the miaft of us. Abhor iss zot,O God, but cleanje us, but.)
heal us, but fave us, for the fzke ofihy Glory, Enwrapped in our Sak.
vations. By thy Spirit, Lift up a Standard againft our infernal a= >|

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the Days wherein we have: been’ vffh Bed. Accepr of al-our Endea- ||
vours £0 glorify thee, in the Fines that are upon us 3Sand among the

eK, Let thefeany poor and weak éfays, compofed winhtimhat Tears, yi

ceptance ofthe Ler... eos Amen.

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The Wonders of the Invifible World.

METI 7 re ee

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Uttered (in part) on Aug. 4. 1692.

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AT‘ Cclefiaftical Hiftory has Reported it unto us,
That a Renewned Martyr ac the Stake, {ee-
hg che Book of THE REVELATION thrown
Wy his no lefs Profane than Bloody Perfecutors, to
Je Burn’d in the fame Fire with himfelf, he cry’d
fut, O Beata Apocalypliss quam bene mecum agitur,
it tecum Comburar! BLESSED REVELATION!
hid he 3 How bleed am Vin this Fire, while I have
hee to bear me Company. _ As for our {elves this
Day, “tisa Fire of fore AffliGion aad Confufion,
yherein we are Embroiled ; but itis no Inconfide-
able Advantage unto us, that we have the Com-

TELATION, to affift us in our Exercifes, From

fut, at this Time, to lay before you; “tis that in _
I Nees 2 G se Rev

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any of this Glorious and Sacred Book, THE RE-.

(pat Book, there is one Text, which I would fingla

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“Invite you.

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2 She Wonders of the

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Rev. Uke 323

y © ad 7 ~y > y
Wo to the Tnbabiters a; fhe Earth, ana of the Séa : fo |
the Devil 45 COrBE A0IVYR UBIO VOU, having gved i
yao 7. ® , > ] 7 eo : } ? r * ? raft r ¥ 4 <e \
Wrata 5 becaufe he. caoeth, that be aath ont a (hort
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{HE Text is like the Cloudy and Fil
" . Tye} opr te ¥ Th

ery Pillar, wouchfated ‘unto I/raei
in the. Wilderne’$ of old ; there ¥
a very dark Gde of ity in the Intj

a mation, that, Tbe Devil 4s come dow |
having great Wrath; but ie has alio a bright fia

when it aftutes us, thar, He bes but a {hort tipey

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Unto the Contemplation of ‘bath, I do this Dai

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We have in our Hards’ 5 Letter “from? ‘our: Ay
cended Lord in Heaven, to. Advilé us of his ‘Bei
fill alive, and of his Purpole ere long, to give, ty
a Vifit, wherein we fhall fee’ our Living Redeemer
ftand at the latter day upon the Earth. “Tis the la
“Advice that we have had from” Heaven, “for ‘nor
fxteen Hundred years; and the {cope of “At, 45, ‘tif
reprefent how the Lord Jetus Chrift, having -begul
to fet up. bis Kingdom in the: World,by. the Preacl|
ing of the Gofpel, he wotild from tifie ro‘time tt
terly, break to pieces all Power? that thoutd~maki

a4 } tat . £ Fave « t rrict oh
ame become the” Kingdomes of oni Livd aad of a)
a Car,

Wthrift, and’ be {aall Reign for ev ever.. “Tis a
M-ormentary on what had been written by Daniel,
* with jome ‘Touches
ipon, The Fifth; wherein, The greatne/s of the King
dom under the whole Heaven, fhali be given to the peo-
ible of the Saints of the moft High : And altho’ it
thave, as ‘tts exprefled by one of the Ancients, Tot
Sacramenta, quot verba, a Myltery in every Sylla-
Hle, yet ic ts not altogether to be neglected: with
Wich a Defpair, as that, I cannot Read, for the Book
Ms Sealed » it isa REVELATION, and a fingular,
Hind notable Bejing is pronounc'd upon them that
tthumbly ftudy ic. Chat
v§* “The Divine Oracles, have with a moft admiras
Wale Artifice and Carefulnefs; drawn, as the very. pi-
Mibus “Beverley, has laborioutly Evinced, an exaa
WLINE OF TIME, from the Firft Sabbath at the
Lreation of the World, unto the great Sabbatifm
ut the Refitution of all Things. In that famous
iM’ ine of Time, from the Decree for the Reftoring of
Jerufalem, atter the Babylonifh Captivity, there féem
io remain a matter of Yov0 Thoufand and Three Huns
litred Years, unto that New ferufalem, whereto thé
W#Church is to be advanced, when the Myftical Ba-
‘Wylus thall be fallen. At the Refarreétion of our
uf_ord, there were feventeen or eighteen Hundre
Wf thofe Years, yet upon the Line, to Run unto,
GT he Reft which Remains for the People of God 3 and’
this Remnant in the Line of Time, is here in’ our,
wApocalypfe, varioufly Emboffed, Adorned, and Sig-
Mealiged ‘with fuch Diftinguiihed Events, if we
3 ris, C2 tind

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4. Bie Wonders of the
mind them, will help us eftape that Cenfure; Canal}
ye not Difcern the Signs of the ‘Vimes ? a
The Apoftle Fobn, for the View of thefe Things

had laid before him,as Econccive,a Book, with leavesq
or folds; which Vilumn was written both on thel¥
Backfide,& on the IJnjide, & Rolid up in a Cylindria-|
cal Form, under feven Labeis, taftned with fo manyj}
Seals. The Firft Seal being opened, and the Firftif
Label removed, under the firft Label the Apottle fawit
what he faw, of a firft Rider Pourtray‘d, and fo ony}
till the laft Seal was broken up ; each of the Sculps
tures being enlarged with Agrecable Vifoms and Voz |
ces, to Illuitrate ic. The Book being now Unrok
led, there were Trumpets, with wonderful Conco-4
mitants,. Exhibited fucceflively on the Expanding)
Backfide of it. Whereupon the Book was Eaten,
as it. were.to be Hidden, from Interpretations 5 tilly
afterwards, in the Infde of it, the Kingdom of}
Antichrift came to be Expofed. Thus, the Judg-{
ments of God on the Roman Empire, firlt unto thes
Downfal of Paganifm, and then, unto the Downs!
fal_of Popery, which is but Revived Paganifm, ares}
in. thefe Difplayes with Lively Colours and Fea-.ij
tures made fenfible unto us. il
Accordingly, in the Twelfth Chapter of this4
Book, we have an Auguft Preface, to the Deicrip=;
tion of that Horrid Kingdom, which our Lord
Chrift refufed, but Antichrift accepted, from the;
Devils Hands; a Kingdom, which tor Toelve}
Hundred and Sixty Years together, was to be a cons}
tinual. oppreffion upon the People of God, and
oppolitioss|

Fuvilible World

ppofition. unto his Intercfts; until the Arrival
f that Wuftrious Day, wherein, The Kingdom
alt be the Lords, and de fhall be Governour amon

pe Nations... The Chapter is (as an Excellent
ferfon. calls ic) an Extvavafated Account, of the
jrcumftances, which befel the Primitive Church,
bing cae firlt Four or Five Hundred Years of

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Hri'dantty : ic ihows us the Face of the Church,
rik in Rome Heathenith, and then in Rome
averted, before the A4an of Sin was yet come
) Mans Ejrate. Our Text contains the Accla-
jations made upon thexmott Glorious Revolution
pat_ever yet happened upon the Roman Empire ;
amely, ‘Loe wherein the . Travailing Church

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Foughe forth aChiifianEmperour.This was a moft

minent Viétory over the Devil, and Refemblance
t the State, wherein the World, ere long fhall

be, The Kingdom of our God, and the Power of

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hs. Chrafts » leas here nored.
/Firlt, As a matter of. Triampb. ‘Tis faid, Re-

ice, ye Heavens, and ye that dwell in them. The

‘hints in both Worlds, took the Comfort of
ime e 1 1 +
fis Revolution; the Devont Ones that had out-

ved the late Perfecutions, were filled -with
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‘ranfporting Joyes, when, they faw the Chrifiax
ecome the lmperial Religion, and when they

jw Good Men come to. give Law unto the reft
f Mankind ; the Deceas'd Ones alfo, whofe

lood had been Sacrificed in the Ten Perfecuti-
ds, doubtleis made the Light Regions to ring with
Mllelwjabs unto God, when there were brought

6 BCbe. Wonders of the
unto.them, the Tidings of the Advances now Gis |
vento the Cbriftian I Religion, for which’ they had}
Lifffer ed Mart yy ‘dom, |
Secondly, Rew npatter of Horror Shs tad. Pea
to tbe’ ipbabireks of the Earth and of the Sta. The
Esrth ils mmicans the Falfe Courch, the Sea means tp
the Wide World, in Propherical Phr Afzology. There}
was yet left a vaft party of men that were Enemics i"
Chrifian Religion, in the. power Of it; ay
vat p party y lefe for the Devil to work upon: unta i
hefeis, a ’ denounced ; and why fo ?. “tts added,"

unced
r or the Devil is come dewn unto you, having grear
dabei becaule » he knows, that he has but a {hort times

hefe were it feems tohave fome ‘defperate and’

Beiter Attempes of the Devil, made upon then ¥
Tn the mean time, we may Peers in this for our

DOCTRINE:

Cre WO proceeds from fhe Great _WRATH, with i
whic ch the DEVIL, tower ds the Lu7? rd OF bis EL hi’ ME, it
A make a DESCENT “upon @ smi erable W ‘orld.
rt have sue Publithed a moft awftd and melee | i
arming for our felves at this day; which b has four

i P ropafitions, comprehended 1n it.

Propofi ition oy

That there is 2 Devil, 1s a Thing Doubted BH
none but fuch as are under the Influence of the)
Devil |

Muvifible World 7
Weil. For arly to. Deny*the Being of a Devil
Walt be from an Ignorance or Profanenefs, worle
Watt Digboiiea!” A Devil! What is that 7 We have a
Definition ef rhe nftery in Eph. 6.12.0 Spirs-
tal’ Wiehednefs,; hat is, A wicked Spirit, A «Devil
Ma Fullée-Aneei, an Angel Fallen trom the Pear
nd Love of God? and from all Celeftial Glories ;
it Fallen to°all ‘manner of Wretchednefs and Car-
pdnefS. “He'was once in thar Order of Heavenly
Créaturés. which God tn the Beginning made Ad
iftiing Spirits; for his own peculiar Service and
MH onoukincthée management of the Univerfe 3 but
Wve may ndéw write that Epitaph upon him, How
Wet thou fella from: Heaven! thou haft faid in thine
Wadeart, Twill Exatt my Thrcne above the. Stars of
Navod's bet chow art brought doun to Hell’ A Devil is a
Ppiritesl’and'a Raricnal Subftance, by his Apostaly
rom God, Inclined unto all chat is Vicious, and
or that 4r8f2/7 confind unto: the Atmofphere of
his Barth! is Chains ander Darksze[s, unto the “fudg-
sient of the Great Day. ‘This is a Devil; and the
MExperience OF ~Mankind as well as the ‘Le/fimony
of Scripture, does abundantly prove the Exilitence
of fuch a Devil. |

‘About this Devif,there are many Things, whe:
IpFiwe may reafonably and prontably be Inqu..-
Rive’; fuch things, I mean, as are in our Bibles Re-
Iweakd unto us; according to which 4F we do not
Hlpeak, on fo Dark a Sub ea, but according to our
fown uncertain, and perhaps humourtome Conjes
Wtares, There isino Light in us. 1 will carry ha
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8 Che Conrers of the |

with me, but unto one Paragraph of the: Bible, {4
to be informed of three. Things, relating to the |
Devil “tisthe Story of the Gadaren Energumen,
in the fifth Chapter of Mark.

Firft, chen ; ‘Tis to be granted ; The Devils are
fo many, that fome Thoufznds, can fometimes at |}
once apply themiclves to vex one Child of Man. /
{tis faid, in Marc. 5. ry. He that was Poffeffed \:
with the Devil, had the Legion. Dreadful to be}
{poken ! A Legion confilted of Twelve Thoufand »i}
Five Hundred people : and we fee that in one man.
or two, fo many Devils can be {pared for a Gar- jj
tilon. As the Prophet cry‘d out, AdvMitudes, Mule.
titudes, in the Valley of Decifion! Sol fay, There are.
multiiud:s, multitudes, im the valley of Destruction, |
where th: Devils are! When we fpeak of, The De-))
vil, “tis, A Name of Multitude sit means not One.
Individual Devil, fo Porent and Scient, as perhaps
a Adan chee would imagine; bur ic means a Kind,
which a Adultitude belongs unto. Alas, The Devils, -
they twarm about us, like the Frogs of Egypt, in the
molt Retired of our Chambers. Are we at our
Boards ¢ There will be Devils to Tempt us unto
Senfuality : Are we in our Beds? There will be
Devils to Tempt us unto Carnality; Are we in
our Shops? There will be Devils to Tempt.us un-
to Diihonefty. Yea, Tho’ we get into the Church |
of God, there will be Devils to Haunt us in- the +}
very Tempie it {elf, and there Tempt us to manifold |
Misbehaviours. I am verily perfwaded, That. |
there are very few Humane Affayrs, whiercinig

OMmée

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Brbitible Tiarid
ome Deyils aré not Infinnated ; ‘There 1s not fo
nuch as.a. fourney intended, but Satan will have

Wo Hand. in Hindering or Furthering of it

-Secondly;* Tis to be fuppofed, That there is a
ott of Arbitrary, even Military Government, a-
aong the Dewis.. This is intimated, when in Adar.
. 9 Le Unelean Spirtt (aed , My Nome is Legion:
rey are under fuch a Dilcipline as Legions uic to
ec. Hence we vead about, The Prince of the Pow-
» of the Air : Our Air has A Paver | or an Army,
f Devils in the High Pise/s of v3 and thete De-
ils have a Prince over tlyem, who is, King over the

Wildren.of Pride. ‘Tis Probable, That the Devil,

rises the-Ring-leader of chat mutinous and
ebellious Crew, which firft hook off the Authori-

My of God, issnow the General of thofe Hellith

Armies ; Our Lord, char Conquer'd him, -has told
is the Name of him; ’tis Belzedud ; ’ds he. that
3 the Devil, and the rett are, bis Angels, or his
souldiers. Think on, vaft Regiments, of. crucl,
ind bloody French Dragoons, with an latendant -o-
rer them, over-running a pillaged Neighbourhood,
ind you-will think a lirde, what che Cotilticution
imong the Devils 1s. |

| Thirdly, Tis to be fuppofed, That fome Drvels
ie more peculiarly Commijjion'd, and perhaps Qua-
ifyd, for fome Countreys, while others are for
others. This is intimated when in Adar. 5. Io.

Whe Devils befoughr Our Lord, Mach, that. he would

got fend them away out of the Countrey. Why was
hat ? Butin all probability, Becaule Thefe Divels
: were

ro «6: Ye Wonders of the
! ea more Able, ces Do the Works of the Divel, im}
chia tere jan in anothers” Tris not'li! kely ih
ac every Livel do’s know every® Langukge’; or
sry. Divel can hens sn Mifchief. 11s porat

hat the age na y if I may call it fo, ve
Bxwcation, OF all Divels, is not alike, and that therét)
rnavebe fome Dilference in their Abilities, Tf md :
might make an Inference from what the Divéls Dott
co what they are, O1 1e Cannot forbear Dreaming thatd)
e:are Degrees of Divels.: Who ‘can allow that’!
wchTrifing Demensas that of Mascon, orthof that?
Once intelte -d our New-berry, are of fovmuch Gran?

bel

detityias thofe Demin whole Games “are smighty?"
Is inbtiennes? Yea) Tis Certain,ithaelallepivelsa
colnet make a lik ce) Figure, in the Invisible World.
Jsor.cde’s<it) look” agreeab bly, That’ the “Demons >
wich ‘were the Familiars of'duch a Man‘as the Old uth
A polienius, ditier not ‘fi om thote Bafer) Goblins *thae!4
cheie to Nef in the Hlehy and loathfome Rags, ‘of
a Beatily Ratouore f eee Oalys why may not
fome > Divels, be more Accomplished tor what is
to. be done in fach and fuch places: when others
nuit b: Detach d for-other ‘Territories ? Each Divel
as he tees his advantage, Cries out, Let me be im’ this
Countrey, rather than another. Gut Enough, it not Toe
much, of thefe Things,

Propofition If,

‘There isa Divellifh Wrath againft Mankind. with: |
which the Divel is, for Gids Sake Inipiteds. The?)
Devil

Babtivie word iI
Divel 1 16 st broiling under the intoller: a ane
acerminable Wrat, bol God and a fiery
| 30d, is that with s He uae scl 15 fo
. ‘nflamed. MesHaks T {é AC yeuirs
; ry, 8. 21. Tiey j yet hil "2 ana
gna toll ipmard. Thefiritand. cht: {Wrat
af onasiel God Hin Hae ;
Tbe Go that in le bite, 4 not have mere)
7 Ej and the Gd that for PEE 4 bir , wis i Mai him #0
avour + anddo he can have no Kindue(s for that
po who has “no Mercy, nor Favour for him.
Hence’ tis, that he cannot bear the Name of God
Nhould be ‘Acknowledged in’ the World; Every
Wcknowledement paid unto Ged, is a frefh. Dr rop
of Purning Brimitone sisi upon the Livel;
We do's make his Infolent, tho” Inipotent Batte-_
ries, even upon Hy Thrine of God Hintel!: and
: ‘oolifhly affects have himtelf exalted unto
bat Glorions Hie Throne, by all people, as” he
‘ometimes ‘1s, By Pxcreate Watches. wg is“ hor, 1-
ble Dragon’ dos not only wah
Witte Stars of God, but at elie
made the Siars, being defirous t
God and the Pivel are fworn
other; the ‘Terms bers ween cher
Lech. rr. 18. My Soul |
WSoul allo Abbarred me. }
Wrath, or Difpleafare and 1 Pee wdice at God, pro-
ceeds the Livels. Wrath at us, the poor Children
Wof’Men. Our doing the Service of God, is_ one
I} ching that Expofes us to the Hrath of the Divel.
estoy ase We

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The Wonners of rhe

the High-Prief's of the World; when all)
e calld upon, Praife ye the Lord, they jt
6 us thoic demanded Prazjes, of God, fay-sip
VO: Ofer them for Us. Hence ‘ts, that:)}
el has aa Quarrel with us, as he had with,
Ure euge-Prieé in the Viton of Old: Our béar-_)
ie the tare of God: ts ‘another thing that brings;
th #o.OL the Lavell upon us. As a Liere.. lt
throb oG at aman, will tear the. very” Pidiay,
i, if 1¢ come in his way 3. fach a, Tygrey b
tHe <b 3. becaufe God faid of old, Let:us. wake
on” our Image, the Devil is ever jaying, Let us
pul this man to pieces. Bur the envious Pride of the;
Devil, is one thing more that gives an Edge unto,
his Furious Wrath againft us. The Apoftle has gies of
ven us an hint, as if Pride bad. been’ the Condemnre '
tion of the Devi. "Tis not unlikely, that the De-, |
vils affectation tobe above that Condition which, |

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he might learn that Mankind was to be preferi“d.
unto, might be the occafion of his taking up Arms,
againtt the Iamertal Kine. However, the Devil. at
S00 Le ee aye) of PTI SS, Sik oo My
now lees Adan lying in the Bofome of God,. buc. iM
Himleif Gananed in the Rottom of Hells and this) in
Enrages him exceedingly nie
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gly; O. lays hey¥ cannot bear,

, j i} “ ay pe 9? 2 y\
i, that man thould nor be as milerable as mylelt. — |
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The Devii,in the profecution,& for the execution,
of His wrath upon them, often Setts a, Liberty to. i
make a Defcent upon the Children of mea. When

¢ le ;
Favilivte Morid
he Devil does Hurt unto use Comes Down unto USy
or the Randezvouzeof the Infernal Troops, 3 indeed
Ih the Supernal Parts of our Air. But as tis faid, 4,
narrow of the Air does not fall down without the will
¢ God 3 {0 I may fay, Not a Devil inthe Ai, can
me down without the leave of God, Ok this we
Wf mous Inftance inthat Arabian Prince, of wacom
Whe Devil was unable fo much as toTouch any thing,

Lit

Vhall I Smite ‘em ,
trike, a Blow, till the Lord fay, Go down and [mite ,
nut fometimes He does obtain trom the High Poffe/-
Nor of Heaven and Earth, a Licenie, torthe doing of
it, The Divel fometimes does make» moft rueful
Havock among us ; but ftill we may fay to him, as
pur Lord faid unto a great fervant of his, Thow could-

I) have no power again|t me, except it were given thee

Kom above. The Divel is called in x pet.5.8. your Ad-
erfary. Tis a Law-term ; and it notes, 4% Adver-
Vary at Law. The Divel cannot come at us, except
tin fome fence according to Lav ; but fometimes he
Hoes procure fad thingsto be inflicted, according to
jthat Law of the eternal King, upon us. The Divet
Wrirft Goes up asanAccufer againtt us : He is therefore
Wiyled The Accufer; and it is on this account, that his
Tbroper Name, does belong unto him. ‘There is a

Sourt fomewhere kept ; a Coust of Spirits, where

the Divel enters all ire of Complaints againft us
| all

14 Khe Wonders of of the

all ; hecharges us with man ritole I fins againtt the Lord
our God : There he loads rich heavy Imputathe
ons, of Hy pocrily » Iniquity. ' tiobedience =” where
upon he urges, Lord, Ser Sens wow €: roe the! Death ww hick|
$5 their HY, apes, pa ud unto Sexz! lio ‘Aibchds ite in the’
Heavens donor now ‘take off hi; : Dibels: the Devil |
then witha Con eHlion e > F
Deferoyer upon us. bh tne

God Bers: down, as a
hit Ibe sen oan Attoriney,
to deipe eak th nether ucdements of Heaven may tet

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Ordered for us 3, he then alto pleads that she -may

¢ the ages of thot Jacg ments ; and the}

God of Heaven fometimes- after a fort figns “a'|
a

War sr gle i Deftroying Angel, todo what-has bin |
def: ved to b be done tor tid "Deftroyit s¢ of shen. But fuch'}

a Per milion irom God, for the Divel to Come down,’
and Break im upon mankind, oftentimes mutt be Ace!
companyed wich ods: toa trom fome wretc shes of}
mankind it teli. Very man 15,43 tis hinted in Gen.
4. 9 His Beuthers Reaea We ardito héep one ans
other trom che incoads of the Divel) by tatitiial and 4
padi 1 Withes of prok loeriry to one another. When.
roaly peor hs sive their Confents in witeberaf ts di:
abcitally performed, for- the Divel to annoy their
Neighbours, he finds a Breazh madeim the | Hedge ||
about us, Whereat he Rafhes in upomus; With! giise !
vous molzitations. Yea, when Impioas pedisle! that |
never faw the Divel do bacurter their Caries againft 9
their Neie yiibours, thofe are fo ma iny Watch words: |
whereby the Mattives' of Hell are ‘animated pre |!

fently to fail upon us. °Tis thus, that the Devil |
gets. Leave to worry us.

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th atear Propoition IV.