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But what do the heavens gain by Satan's casting down? And how doth his descending to the earth work man such woe? Ans. For heavens gain,^e they are well rid of the malicious accuser of the brethren. Who would know more, must strive to get to heaven, and if more be needful, there his information shall be certain. As for mans woe by Satan's company here on earth, who so doubts hereof, may well suspect himself to have already received of him that deadly hurt, in blindness of mind and hardness of heart, whereof none save Jesus Christ the good Physician of our souls, by the^f eye-salve, and ^ganointing of his spirit, can work the cure. Is it not woeful to the flocks and to the herds, when ravenous beasts do frequent their pastures? then woe to man because of ⟨image 3⟩Satan: for the peril of the lamb from the wolf; of the kid from the leopard; of the fat beast from the Lion; and of the sucking child from the Asp, is nothing comparable to the danger of man from this old serpent, who in craft and cruelty, yea in every hurtful property goes beyond them all. Other devouring creatures keep their circuits and observe their times; they are sometime weary, and not always hungry; some are unfit for the dark, and others afraid of the light, whereby their silly pray gets some respite: but Satan is a prince ^eof the darkness of this world, who yet for his advantage ⁱcan transform himself into an Angel of light, so as the day and night are to him both alike for the working of our woe: he is ever greedy, and never weary, and therefore always seeking; and if we dream of any restraint to him for time or place we deceive our selves, for he was a ^kmurderer from the beginning, and so will continue till time shall be no more; and he ^mcompasseth the whole earth walking in it to and fro, even