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Or if it so fall out that the power of grace seize on the heart of a servant or son, so that he begin to be sensible of the ignorance, disorders, profaneness, and sinful confusions of the house where he dwells: desires to spend the Sabbath as Christians use to do: then presently begins Satan to put rage into the heart, and frownings into the face of the father or master of the family: he then takes on, tells him, that such preciseness is not for his profit, he'll have no such inferior fellow to be a reformer of his family: he'll not be controlled and contradicted in his own house, he'll govern ⟨p. 201⟩his people in the old fashion as his father did before him, &c. so that there is no longer biding for that new convert under such a crabbed master, without a very great deal of patience. All this, and a thousand more mischiefs are the black broods and bloody effects of Satan's malice against the power of the Word, and the plantation of grace.

Or if it so fall out that the power of grace seaze on the heart of a servant or sonne, so that he begin to be sensible of the ignorance, disorders, prophanenesse, and sinfull confusions of the house where he dwels: desires to spend the Sabbath as Christians use to do: then presently begins Satan to put rage into the heart, and frownings into the face of the father or master of the family: he then takes on, tels him, that such precisenesse is not for his profit, hee'l have no such inferiour fellow to be a reformer of his family: hee'l not be controlled and contradicted in his owne house, hee'l governe ⟨p. 201⟩his people in the old fashion as his father did before him, &c. so that there is no longer biding for that new convert under such a crabbed master, without a very great deale of patience. All this, and a thousand more mischiefes are the blacke broods and bloudy effects of Satans malice against the power of the Word, and the plantation of grace.

GOD Himself is the GOD of peace, CHRIST JESUS the Prince of peace, and the blessed Spirit is the fountain of peace, that passeth all understanding, the holy Word is the Gospel of peace, the faithful Ministers are the Messengers of reconciliation and peace, the Saints of GOD are the children of peace: The Devil and the rebellious corruptions of profane men are indeed and truth the true causes of all these stirs and strong oppositions, which are raised any where, at any time, any ways in the case and cause of Religion. The fault I confess, and imputation of troublesomeness is laid upon GODS children by the lewd tongues of graceless men. See