The Soul's Conflict with Itself

Besides, if we look down to inferior causes, the soul is oft cast down ¹by Satan, who is all for casting down, and for disquieting. For being a cursed spirit, cast and tumbled down himself from heaven, where he is never to come again, is hereupon full of disquiet, carrying a hell about himself, whereupon all that he labours for, is to cast down and disquiet others, that they may be (as much as he can procure) in the same cursed condition with himself. He was not ashamed to set upon Christ himself with this temptation of casting down, and thinke• Christs members never low enough till he can bring them as low as himself.

Besides, if we looke downe to inferiour causes, the soule is oft cast down ¹by Satan, who is all for casting downe, and for disquieting. For being a cursed spirit, cast and tumbled downe himself from heaven, where hee is never to come againe, is hereupon full of disquiet, carying a hell about himselfe, whereupon all that he labours for, is to cast downe and disquiet others, that they may bee (as much as he can procure) in the same cursed condition with himselfe. He was not ashamed to set upon Christ himselfe with this tempration of casting downe, and thinke• Christs members never low enough till he can bring them as low as himself.

1. 12. In regard of Satan, who is all for casting down.2. In regard of Satan, who is all for casting downe.

By his envy and subtlety, we were ¹driven out of Paradise at the first, and ⟨p. 15⟩