O our God, our God, open our eyes we pray thee, that we may see the unseen Enemies which are daily and hourly assaulting of us. Might the most High GOD pronounce an Ephatha ⟨p. 44⟩over our slumbering eyes, we sh•ld soon perceive the Ground about us covered and the […] about us crowded with Armies of Terrible ones whom our Souls are endangered by. There is a Sarco-cosmo-pneumato-machia a War with the Flesh, the World and the Devil, which you are all pressed unto. The Apostle hath in Eph. 2. 2, 3. given us the Names and Qualities of three Captains which the infernal Army of our Adversaries is under the Conduct of. It makes an hot Battle indeed when our Enemies fire by Salves, pouring in scalding sulphureous Showers of Lead upon us, by firing three Ranks together. Behold such is the Fierce Combat which every one of you are put upon. Yea there are no less than Three mighty Armies firing upon you all at once. There are Three most potent, most wily, and most malicious Commanders, who with all their Hellish forces are attempting to seize thy immortal Soul, O man; Oh how fain would they make a Prize of it, and keep it in their horrid Clutches for evermore! There is a Black Prince who has an unknown Power of Troops, raging, and ramping and roving, (like wild Arabians) within the Atmosphere of our Air, to which the Vengeance of God ⟨p. 45⟩hath confined them for their Apostasy▪ This Grand Seignior of Hell is, as Mahom• is called in the Apocalypse, The Grand Abaddon or Apollyon of Souls. This Monarch of the Lapsed Angels cannot have his Envy at man, or his Hatred of God satisfied without enslaving all the Children of Adam not only under his Condemnation, but under his Jurisdiction also. There are vast, hideous multitudes of desolate Spirits always ready at a minutes Warning to serve him in Spoiling the Happiness of men by keeping a Distance between God and them. He, and all this his forlorn Crew are more unwilling to let any men please God, than Pharaoh was to Dismiss the Israelites from the Brick-kilns of their Bondage. David was not more dogged for his Life by Saul than we are by these roaring Dragons of the Wilderness. Besides these, The Subjects, the devoted Vassals which this Fly-God hath already gained unto his party, of the Humane Race, do set themselves with might and main to promote his Interest every where, being led captive by him at his will;
O our God, our God, open our eyes we pray thee, that we may see the unseen Enemies which are dayly and hourly assaulting of us. Might the most High GOD pronounce an Ephatha ⟨p. 44⟩over our slumbering eyes, we sh•ld soon perceive the Ground about us cover'd and the 〈…〉 about us crouded with Armies of Terrible ones whom our Souls are endangered by. There is a Sarco-cosmo-pneumato-machia a Warr with the Flesh, the World and the Devil, which you are all prest unto. The Apostle hath in Eph. 2. 2, 3. given us the Names and Qualities of three Captains which the infernal Army of our Adversaries is under the Conduct of. It makes an hott Battle indeed when our Enemies fire by Salves, pouring in scalding sulphureous Showres of Lead upon us, by fireing three Ranks together. Behold such is the Fierce Combate which every one of you are put upon. Yea there are no less than Three mighty Armyes fireing upon you all at once. There are Three most potent, most wily, and most malicious Commanders, who with all their Hellish forces are attempting to sieze thy immortal Soul, O man; Oh how fain would they make a Prize of it, and keep it in their horrid Clutches for evermore! There is a Black Prince who has an unknown Power of Troops, raging, and ramping and roving, (like wild Arabians) within the Atmosphere of our Air, to which the Vengeance of God ⟨p. 45⟩hath confined them for their Apostasie▪ This Grand Seignour of Hell is, as Mahom• is call'd in the Apocalypse, The Grand Abaddon or Appollyon of Souls. This Monarch of the Lapsed Angels cannot have his Envy at man, or his Hatred of God satisfyed without enslaving all the Children of Adam not only under his Condemnation, but under his Iurisdiction also. There are vast, hideous multitudes of desolate Spirits alwayes ready at a minutes Warning to serve him in Spoiling the Happiness of men by keeping a Distance between God and them. He, and all this his forlorn Crue are more unwilling to let any men please God, than Pharaoh was to Dismiss the Israelites from the Brick-kilns of their Bondage. David was not more dogg'd for his Life by Saul than we are by these roaring Dragons of the Wilderness. Besides these, The Subjects, the devoted Vassals which this Fly-God hath already gained unto his party, of the Humane Race, do sett themselves with might and main to promote his Interest every where, being led captive by him at his will;
