This fearful estate is called Damnation, and draweth1 after it the full height and top of all iniquity, hatred of God, obstinate Unrepentance, final Desperation, and such like. Wherefore the qApostle, to express the sinfulness of these damned Spirits, calleth them Spiritual things of Wickedness; that is, the spirits wholly drowned and swallowed up in wickedness. And our Saviour Christ, John 8. 44. The Devil is a Liar, & the father of Lies; and when he speaketh a Lye, he speaketh of his own. Finally, he calleth sin, The doing of the lusts of the Devil. As rJohn doth, The works of the Devil: telling us, that she sinneth continually (for that is the force of the present tense ⟨p. 231⟩from the beginning, ever since the World was made. Therefore he is called The tunclean spirit, The uwicked one, yea, The xTempter: not only vile and wicked himself, but tempting and soliciting other to it: for as they fear not to oppose themselves directly against the most high Majesty: so towards men they cease not to use all means that may be, both force and fraud, to draw them away from God.
This fearefull estate is called Damnation, and draweth1 after it the full height and top of all iniquitie, hatred of God, obstinate Vnrepentance, finall Desperation, and such like. Wherefore the qApostle, to expresse the sinnefulnesse of these damned Spirits, calleth them Spirituall things of Wickednesse; that is, the spirits wholly drowned and swallowed vp in wickednes. And our Sauiour Christ, Iohn 8. 44. The Deuill is a Lyer, & the father of Lyes; and when he speaketh a Lye, he speaketh of his owne. Finally, hee calleth sinne, The doing of the lusts of the Deuill. As rIohn doth, The workes of the Deuill: telling vs, that shee sinneth continually (for that is the force of the presenttense ⟨p. 231⟩from the beginning, euer since the World was made. Therefore he is called The tvncleane spirit, The uwicked one, yea, The xTempter: not onely vile and wicked himselfe, but tempting and solliciting other to it: for as they feare not to oppose themselues directly against the most high Maiestie: so towards men they cease not to vse all meanes that may be, both force and fraud, to draw them away from God.
- 1And this estate is called Damnation; drawing with it the full height and top of all iniquity, hatred of God, obstinate unrepentance, final desperation, and such like.And this estate is called Damnation; drawing with it the full height and top of all iniquitie, hatred of God, obstinate vnrepentance, finall desperation, and such like.
- qEph 6. 12.
- r1. John 3. 8.1. Iohn 3. 8.
- s[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- tMat. 12. 43.
- uMat. 13. 9.
- xMat. 4. 3.
