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War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness,…
War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness, in a dialogue discovering the corruption and vanity of youth, the horrible nature of sin, and deplorable condition of fallen man, also, a description of the power and rule of conscience, and the nature of true conversion. : To which is added, an appendix, containing a dialogue between an old apostate and a young professor, worthy the perusal of all, but chiefly intended for the instruction of the younger sort. / By B.K. author of Zion in distress, or The groans of the Protestant church.War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness, in a dialogue discovering the corruption and vanity of youth, the horrible nature of sin, and deplorable condition of fallen man, also, a description of the power and rule of conscience, and the nature of true conversion. : To which is added, an appendix, containing a dialogue between an old apostate and a young professor, worthy the perusal of all, but chiefly intended for the instruction of the younger sort. / By B.K. author of Sion in distress, or The groans of the Protestant church.
New York: printed by William Bradford, 1707
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And now these Christians whose most tender heart Dares not believe them, fearing to depart From Gods directions, which in his blessed word He hath so plainly left upon record: These are the men this wicked Strumpet hath So often made the objects of her Wrath, Making the Earth to drink the guiltless Blood, Of such as for Gods holy Word have stood. Oh! Let the blood-drunk Earth ne'er cease to cry Unto the Heaven enthroned Majesty, 'Till God take vengeance, as he did on Cain, For all the righteous Abels she hath slain. Not for denying, but honouring the Lord, Yea, for believing that his sacred Word Is the most perfect, and the truest guide, The Rule by which all Doctrines should be tried. Our blessed Lord bids search them, for saith he, They are the words that testify of me. •• h•re's the cause, behold the reason why •e Whor• h•s acted so much cruelty. In […] •hers doth this W•••e ••vent, Whereby she daily slays the innocent. ⟨p. 138⟩The numbers she hath murdered do surmount The strictest of Arithmetics account What Country hath not tasted of the Cup, That her most bloody hands have filled up? How hath she stirred up Nations to engage Against each other, to satisfy her Rage? Where Millions have been brought unto the dust, Only to satisfy this Strumpets lust; That she the better might engross the power Of Hell into her hands, and so devour At her blood-thirsty pleasure, such as she Could not persuade to love Idolatry. Perfidious France! whose most inhumane wrath Passing the limits of a Christian Faith Within the space of eight and twenty days, Thy bloody hands most treacherously Betrays Ten thousand Souls, and to that bloody score, Adds quickly after twenty thousand more. How many murders more that Popish Nation Have done, the Romish Histories make relation; And yet from Cruelty, Rome has not ceased, But as her years, her Murders have increased; And swoln to bigger numbers in less space, As Bellarmine affirmeth to her face; Who thus attests, that from the morning light Until the Sable Curtains of the night Were closely drawn, her bloody hands did ••ay A hundred thousand Souls; O! let that day In Characters of blood recorded be, That may remain unto Eternity. O let the Eth that drinketh in the rain, That did receive the blood of all the slain;