And how apparently Righteous are the Judgements of the Lord! that those men who would here entertain the Devil into their hearts, and daily familiarity, should be then entertained by him into his place of Torments, and there remain for ever in his society! Though few entertained him into Visible familiarity with their bodies as Witches do, who so make him their Familiar; yet all wicked men do entertain him into more full and constant familiarity with their souls, then these witches do with their bodies, How familiar is he in their ⟨p. 197⟩thoughts, to fill them with vanity, lust, or revenge▪ How familiar is he in their hearts to fill them with covetousness, malice, pride or the like evils? and to banish all thoughts of returning to God, and to quench every motion that tendeth to their recovery? How familiar is he with them▪ even when they seem to be worshipping God in the public Assemblies; stealing the word out of their hearts, filling them with vain and wandering thoughts, blinding their minds that they cannot understand the plainest words that we are able to speak to them, and filling them with a proud rebellion against the Direction of their Teachers, and an obstinate refusal to be ruled by them, b• the matter never so necessary to their own salvation? How familiar ar• these evil Spirits in their houses, filling them ⟨p. 198⟩with ignorance, worldliness, and ungodliness, and turning out •ods service, so that they do not pray together once in a day, or perhaps at all? How familiarly doth Satan use their tongues, in cursing, swearing, lying, ribaldry, backbiting, or slandering? And is it not just with God to make these friends their familiars in Torment, with whom they entertained such familiarity in sin? As Christ with all the Blessed Angels and Saints will make but one Kingdom or family, and shall live altogether in perpetual Delights: so the Devil and all his Hellish Angels and wicked men shall make but one house-hold, and shall live altogether in perpetual misery. O poor sinners! you are not troubled now at his presence▪ and power your hearts, but will you not then be troubled at his presence, and tormenting ⟨p. 199⟩power? As long as you do not see him, let him do what he will with you, it grieves you little or nothing at all: but what will you say when you must see him, and abide with him for ever?
And how apparently Righteous are the Judgements of the Lord! that those men who would here entertain the Devil into their hearts, and daily familiarity, should be then entertained by him into his place of Torments, and there remain for ever in his society! Though few entertained him into Visible familiarity with their bodies as Witches do, who so make him their Familiar; yet all wicked men do entertain him into more full and constant familiarity with their souls, then these witches do with their bodies, How familiar is he in their ⟨p. 197⟩thoughts, to fill them with vanity, lust, or revenge▪ How familiar is he in their hearts to fill them with coveteousness, malice, pride or the like evils? and to banish all thoughts of returning to God, and to quench every motion that tendeth to their recovery? How familiar is he with them▪ even when they seem to be worshipping God in the publike Assemblies; stealing the word out of their hearts, filling them with vain and wandering thoughts, blinding their minds that they cannot understand the plainest words that we are able to speak to them, and filling them with a proud rebellion against the Direction of their Teachers, and an obstinate refusal to be ruled by them, b• the matter never so necessary to their own salvation? How familiar ar• these evil Spirits in their houses, filling them ⟨p. 198⟩with ignorance, worldliness, and ungodliness, and turning out •ods service, so that they do not pray together once in a day, or perhaps at all? How familiarly doth Satan use their tongues, in cursing, swearing, lying, ribaldry, backbiting, or slandering? And is it not just with God to make these friends their familiars in Torment, with whom they entertained such familiarity in sin? As Christ with all the Blessed Angels and Saints will make but one Kingdom or family, and shall live altogether in perpetual Delights: so the Devil and all his He••ish Angels and wicked men shall make but one house-hold, and shall live altogether in perpetual misery. O poor sinners! you are not troubled now at his presence▪ and power your hearts, but will you not then be troubled at his presence, and tormenting ⟨p. 199⟩power? As long as you do not see him, let him do what he will with you, it grieves you little or nothing at all: but what will you say when you must see him, and abide with him for ever?
