Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians

To this they Answer, 1. By following the example of Christ Jesus in opposing truly quoted and rightly understood Scripture, to the Scripture which is falsely quoted and misapplied (which latter is as bad as the former) the Devil wrests and so wrongs the Scripture (and knows it) though it be to his own confutation and confusion: they say (as our Saviour did) again, It is written, and as the Devil knows that the seeming opposite Scriptures may be reconciled, so he cannot endure that they should be reconciled; he will rather be silent and answer nothing, as when Christ opposed his half quotation by a whole one. Thus then may the Young man Answer; Satan, thou knowest that Abraham, Moses, David, &c. were born of God and had the witness of his Spirit that they were his Children, and yet were not without sin, but sinned after their new birth or conversion; and thou knowest that if we say (the we spoken of in the foregoing Verses, who had fellowship with God) if we say that we have not sinned (since conversion) we make him a liar and his Word is not in us, 1 Joh. 1.10. This the Devil either cannot or will not reconcile, though he knows 'tis reconcilable with the fore-alleged Texts, and therefore they are misapplied as to the case in hand and the persons concerned in this dispute. But,

To this they Answer, 1. By following the example of Christ Jesus in opposing truly quoted and rightly understood Scripture, to the Scripture which is falsely quoted and misapply'd (which latter is as bad as the former) the Devil wrests and so wrongs the Scripture (and knows it) though it be to his own confutation and confusion: they say (as our Saviour did) again, It is written, and as the Devil knows that the seeming opposite Scriptures may be reconciled, so he cannot endure that they should be reconciled; he will rather be silent and answer nothing, as when Christ opposed his half quotation by a whole one. Thus then may the Young man Answer; Satan, thou knowest that Abraham, Moses, David, &c. were born of God and had the witness of his Spirit that they were his Children, and yet were not without sin, but sinned after their new birth or conversion; and thou knowest that if we say (the we spoken of in the foregoing Verses, who had fellowship with God) if we say that we have not sinned (since conversion) we make him a lyar and his Word is not in us, 1 Joh. 1.10. This the Devil either cannot or will not reconcile, though he knows 'tis reconcileable with the fore-alledged Texts, and therefore they are misapplyed as to the case in hand and the persons concern'd in this dispute. But,