Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either…

Again, Man was under the Power of Sin, and so under the Tyranny of Satan. Sin was a Lord, a Ruler over him; not only over his outward man, whose members were the weapons of it, but over the inward too. It had strong-holds in his Reason, and a throne in his Will; he was a drudge, a slave to his lusts, hurried up and down by one Corruption or other; wandering in error, or swelling in pride, or pining in envy, or boiling in malice, or burning in lust, or drowning in sensual pleasures, some way or other serving his Iniquity. Satan, the Ruler of darkness, hath a Palace in his heart, and keeps possession there; upon all occasions he blows up Original Corruption into sinful motions, motions into consents, consents into acts, acts into habits. Thus he carries on the sinner in a circle of sinning, till inevitable ruin overtake him; but in and through Christ there is deliverance from this horrible servitude. The Holy Spirit comes and rescues the sinner; it opens his eyes to see himself standing, as he doth, at the brink of Hell and Death; it melts him into tears and godly sorrows for sin; it breaks down the strong-holds and throne of sin in the heart; it casts out Satan and the hellish furniture; it translates the poor sinner from the power of darkness, into the Kingdom of Christ, into a Region of Grace and Power, where Sin and Satan cannot have the Victory. Those precious Promises, that sin shall ⟨p. 90⟩not have Dominion, that Satan shall be bruised under our feet, are now sealed and experimented in the heart. The poor Captive is now brought out of Bondage, into the true liberty of Holiness and Obedience. Here we see the matchless incomparable Love of God, which delivered us from so many great Evils. Hezekiah being rescued from Death, made his acknowledgements: O Lord, thou hast in love to my soul delivered me from the pit of corruption: or, as the Original hath it, Thou hast loved my soul from the pit of corruption. Every Believer, who hath tasted of the great Salvation, may say, Lord, thou hast loved me from Sin, Satan, Death, Hell, by delivering me from all these evils.

Again, Man was under the Power of Sin, and so under the Tyranny of Satan. Sin was a Lord, a Ruler over him; not only over his outward man, whose members were the weapons of it, but over the inward too. It had strong-holds in his Reason, and a throne in his Will; he was a drudg, a slave to his lusts, hurried up and down by one Corruption or other; wandring in error, or swelling in pride, or pining in envy, or boiling in malice, or burning in lust, or drowning in sensual pleasures, some way or other serving his Iniquity. Satan, the Ruler of darkness, hath a Palace in his heart, and keeps possession there; upon all occasions he blows up Original Corruption into sinful motions, motions into consents, consents into acts, acts into habits. Thus he carries on the sinner in a circle of sinning, till inevitable ruin overtake him; but in and through Christ there is deliverance from this horrible servitude. The Holy Spirit comes and rescues the sinner; it opens his eyes to see himself standing, as he doth, at the brink of Hell and Death; it melts him into tears and godly sorrows for sin; it breaks down the strong-holds and throne of sin in the heart; it casts out Satan and the hellish furniture; it translates the poor sinner from the power of darkness, into the Kingdom of Christ, into a Region of Grace and Power, where Sin and Satan cannot have the Victory. Those precious Promises, that sin shall