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2. The Devil was the party seducing, (man only seduced) and still endevo••• what he can to destroy all: therefore none stands up to preserve him. Because […] hand is against all, therefore all hands are against him. Being thrown out from t•• presence of God, in spite he wounded his Image, that he might do him all the mischief he could: therefore he perisheth without redemption.

2. The Devill was the party seducing, (man onely seduced) and still endevo••• what he can to destroy all: therefore none stands up to preserve him. Because 〈…〉 hand is against all, therefore all hands are against him. Being throwne out from t•• presence of God, in spight he wounded his Image, that he might doe him all the mischiefe he could: therefore he perisheth without redemption.

3. The Angels were more excellent and glorious natures by creation, and ne• rer to God than men: more subtle, more powerful: their dwelling in the hig•e•• heaven. Whereas one half of man was but refined dust, and his mansion the ear•• more remote from the glorious presence of God. Angelus ergo quantò sublimi•• […] gloria, tantò major in ruina, Aug. The higher the Angel was in glory, the deep• in misery. Homo autem quantò fragilior per naturam, tantò facilior ad veniam. […] man, the more frail he was by constitution, the more easy he is to redemption. Therefore God took pity on man, who was but dust: and pitied not the devils, because they had once been Angels.