2. By Quality
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2. By Quality
He is Unclean; and that in regard of his Condition. Perdition.
He is Vncleane; and that in regard of his Condition. Perdition.
Condition or property in himself: Perdition, which he doth work upon others; for he labours to infect man, that he may make him, both in wickedness, and wretchedness, like himself.
Condition or property in himselfe: Perdition, which he doth worke vpon others; for hee labours to infect man, that he may make him, both in wickednesse, and wretchednesse, like himselfe.
1. Unclean, in respect of his own Condition. The Devil was by creation good. God made him an Angel of light; he made himself an Angel of darkness. 1God saw every thing that he had made: and behold, it was very good. If every parcel of the Creators workmanship was perfect; without denial those Angels which once stood before his face, and attended the hests of the Lord of hosts, were principally perfect. Therefore the devil, as he is a creature, is good: according to S. Augustine. Ipsius Diaboli natura, 2in quantum natura est, non est mala. The nature of the devil, insomuch as it is a nature, is not evil. But John. 8. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his