An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

Satan makes use of subtle, crafty men, and abuseth their parts for his own purposes. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. God never disappointeth those, whom he sets awork: If God disappoints the devices of men, these devices were not of God; Satan sets those awork, whose work God spoils. The Lord loves to break Satan's engines, tools and instruments. Christ came to destroy the works of the Devil, both his works within us, and his works against us. All Satan's works and workmen shall rue it, when Christ pleases. And here we see whom Satan sets awork, even men of the finest wits, of the most reaching brains, of the deepest judgements and richest endowments: these he draweth in to his pay, and makes serviceable for his ends; that's Satan's design; such as are amongst men, as the serpent amongst the beasts, the most subtle of all, these Satan makes use of: The deep policy of an Ahithophel, the Great Oracle of his times for counsel, he desires to improve against a David; The high parts and learning of a Julian, he desires to improve and boil up against the Christians; such a one will not only Fire and sword, but set hard to jeer and wit them out of the profession of the Gospel.

Satan makes use of subtle, crafty men, and abuseth their parts for his own purposes. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. God never disappointeth those, whom he sets aworke: If God disappoints the devices of men, these devices were not of God; Satan sets those aworke, whose work God spoiles. The Lord loves to breake Satans engines, tooles and instruments. Christ came to destroy the works of the Devill, both his works within us, and his workes against us. All Satans works and workmen shall rue it, when Christ pleases. And here we see whom Satan sets aworke, even men of the finest wits, of the most reaching braines, of the decepest judgements and richest endowments: these he draweth in to his pay, and makes serviceable for his ends; that's Satans designe; such as are amongst men, as the serpent amongst the beasts, the most subtill of all, these Satan makes use of: The deepe policie of an Achitophel, the Great Oracle of his times for counsell, he desires to improve against a David; The high parts and learning of a Julian, he desires to improve and boyle up against the Christians; such a one will not only Fire and sword, but set hard to jeere and wit them out of the profession of the Gospell.