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And this may serve to admonish those,¹ who think their faith is so strong, that the devil cannot annoy them or any way bewitch them. But if the devil have power by Gods permission to torment the bodies of the faithful, yea to destroy the bodies of Jobs children, who no doubt were the true servants of God, he may if God give him leave, bewitch the godliest man that liveth. For we know what the holy Ghost faith: that all things fall out,² and all things come alike to good and bad; and there is no difference in outward things oftentimes between the children of God and the wicked.

And this may serue to admonish those,¹ who thinke their faith is so strong, that the diuel cannot annoy thē or any way bewitch them. But if the diuell haue power by Gods permission to torment the bodies of the faithfull, yea to destroy the bodies of Iobs childrē, who no doubt were the true seruants of God, he may if God giue him leaue, bewitch the godliest man that liueth. For we know what the holy Ghost faith: that all things fall out,² and all things come alike to good and bad; and there is no difference in outward things oftentimes betweene the children of God and the wicked.

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2. 2Eccles. 9. 2.

To the holy city] That is Jerusalem,