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2. His old Enmity and Hatred against the Souls of Men. 'Tis another Hell to him, to see them restored to the Favour of God, and his glorious Image re-engraven on them. He is a jealous Jailer, and if possible will not lose any of his Captives. Being condemned to everlasting Burnings, he will make them feel his Fire.

2. His old Enmity and Hatred against the Souls of Men. 'Tis another Hell to him, to see them restor'd to the Favour of God, and his glorious Image re-ingraven on them. He is a jealous Jailor, and if possible will not lose any of his Captives. Being condemn'd to everlasting Burnings, he will make them feel his Fire.

The Scripture represents him as a strong and subtle Adversary: a roaring Lion that goes about seeking whom he may devour, and the old Serpent. His Enmity is universal, his Diligence is equal to his Malice, and his Malice whets his Invention to lay such Trains as may be destructive ⟨p. 253⟩to them. His Strength does chiefly lie in his Subtlety. If Men could see him in his Native Shape of Darkness, an infernal Fiend, the most cursed Creature, or what he is relatively to them, a Liar and a Murderer from the beginning, how would they flee with Horror from his Temptations? But he does not awake Sinners, and then wound them; he is not seen till felt, nor discovered till he has fastened his Stings in their Souls. He spreads his Snares in the Dark; and when their Spiritual Senses are locked in a Midnight Sleep, he destroys them.

The Scripture represents him as a strong and subtile Adversary: a roaring Lion that goes about seeking whom he may devour, and the old Serpent. His Enmity is universal, his Diligence is equal to his Malice, and his Malice whets his Invention to lay such Trains as may be destructive ⟨p. 253⟩to them. His Strength does chiefly lie in his Subtilty. If Men could see him in his Native Shape of Darkness, an infernal Fiend, the most cursed Creature, or what he is relatively to them, a Liar and a Murderer from the beginning, how would they flee with Horror from his Temptations? But he does not awake Sinners, and then wound them; he is not seen till felt, nor discover'd till he has fasten'd his Stings in their Souls. He spreads his Snares in the Dark; and when their Spiritual Senses are lock'd in a Midnight Sleep, he destroys them.