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little doth he think that ignorance in the scriptures, neglect of Gods worship, profaning Gods sabbaths, with greedy affecting the wealth, pomp, and pleasures of this world do give advantage unto Satan against his soul; and therefore while the matters of this life do answer his desire, he can sing to himself this pleasant requiem; ^osoul, soul take thy rest. But our voice from heaven cries woe to all such inhabitants of the earth because of Satan; for they are of this world, and he is^p their prince, and their ^qGod, who having blinded their minds,^r worketh in their hearts, and so keeps them sure in his possession: Indeed like a seeming friend he suffereth all ^sthings to be in peace; but woeful peace, like to Absalom's wine which he gave to Ammon, that^t when his heart was most merry therewith, his least suspected deadly wound might light upon him. Every one^u by nature is the child of wrath, and so of himself full of all misery; but merciless Satan seeks the increase hereof, by causing the root of mans corruption to spread forth the branches of all transgressions: indeed he is not the beginner of every sin, for much impiety flows from mans inbred impurity; yet so sure a friend is Satan to corruption in the works of darkness, that if nature do but stretch forth the hand, Satan will thrust at the elbow: doth Cain hate Abel? then will Satan bring this hatred from the heart to the hand, and cause^x Cain to kill Abel: Is Judas covetous? then will Satan for the satisfying of that desire^a make him traitorous: let him find but a sparkle, he will soon kindle it to a flame; so that woeful is his coming to all natural men.