Reas 1 1. This comes to pass from the injections, ⟨p. 48⟩and instigations of Satan. The Devil acts not only powerfully, but also subtly and craftily, he will endeavour to divert you from the performance of duty, he will persuade you to neglect it if he can; But it may be thou wilt say, thou wilt direct thy prayer unto God, and thou wilt have thine eye fixed upon God. Why now Satan will fall in with you, he will jog your arm, he will take off your eye from the mark, that you shall not be able to hit it. Thus he dealt with Abraham, as you heard before. Thus he dealt, Job 1. 6. Now there was a day when 1the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. I am not ignorant that many Interpreters, by the sons of God, do understand the Angels, because the Angels are called the sons of God, Job 38. 7. but 2it cannot be so taken here; I will give but one reason to prove it; because the place where the Angels are, is in heaven, and if so, then the Devil must be in heaven, which is by all denied; he never was in heaven, since he was cast out of it. And therefore Bolducius saith, that this day was the Lords day, and by the Sons of God are meant, the godly men, that lived in the time, and place where Job •ived, the posterity of Seth. And you hall find in Scripture this very ⟨p. 49⟩appellation given to them. Gen. 6. 2. The sons 3of God saw the daughters of men. These sons of God must needs be men, and not Angels; And so they are to be understood in this place in Job, the people of God met together, and came before the Lord, and Satan came also among them, he came to hinder them and disturb them. So it was Zach. 3. 1, 2. And be showed me 4Joshua the high Priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him; And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee O Satan, even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a firebrand plucked out of the fire? You see how Satan laboured to divert the thoughts, and distract the heart of the high Priest in the performance of religious duties. That is the first reason.
Reas 1 1. This comes to passe from the injections, ⟨p. 48⟩and instigations of Satan. The Devill acts not onely powerfully, but also subtilly and craftily, he will endeavour to divert you from the performance of duty, he will perswade you to neglect it if he can; But it may be thou wilt say, thou wilt direct thy prayer unto God, and thou wilt have thine eye fixed upon God. Why now Sathan will fall in with you, he will jogge your arme, he will take off your eye from the marke, that you shall not be able to hit it. Thus he dealt with Abraham, as you heard before. Thus he dealt, Job 1. 6. Now there was a day when 1the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Sathan came also among them. I am not ignorant that many Interpreters, by the sons of God, doe understand the Angells, because the Angells are called the sons of God, Job 38. 7. but 2it cannot be so taken here; I will give but one reason to prove it; because the place where the Angells are, is in heaven, and if so, then the Devill must be in heaven, which is by all denyed; he never was in heaven, since he was cast out of it. And therefore Bolducius saith, that this day was the Lords day, and by the Sons of God are meant, the godly men, that lived in the time, and place where Job •ived, the posterity of Seth. And you hall finde in Scripture this very appella ⟨p. 49⟩tion given to them. Gen. 6. 2. The sons 3of God saw the daughters of men. These sons of God must needs be men, and not Angells; And so they are to be understood in this place in Job, the people of God met together, and came before the Lord, and Sathan came also among them, he came to hinder them and disturbe them. So it was Zach. 3. 1, 2. And be shewed me 4Joshua the high Priest standing before the Angell of the Lord, and Sathan standing at his right hand to resist him; And the Lord said unto Sathan, The Lord rebuke thee O Sathan, even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a firebrand pluckd out of the fire? You see how Sathan laboured to divert the thoughts, and distract the heart of the high Priest in the performance of religious duties. That is the first reason.
- 1Job 1. 6.
- 2Job 38. 7.
- 3Gen. 6. 2.
- 4Zach. 3. 1, 2.
