Proposition IV.

Proposition IV.

Most Horrible Woes come to be inflicted upon Mankind, when the Devil do•s in Great Wrath, make a Descent upon them. The Devil, is a Do-Evil, and wholly set upon mischief. When Our Lord once was going to Muzzle him, that he might not mischief others, he cried out, Art thou come to Torment me? He is, it seems, himself Tormented, it he be but Restrained from the Tormenting of Men. If upon the Sounding of the Three last Apocalyptical Angels, it was an outcry made in Heaven, Woe, Woe, Woe, to the inhabitants of the Earth by reason of the voice of the Trumpet. I am sure, a Descent made by the Angel of Death, would give cause for the like Exclamation: Woe to the World, by reason of the Wrath of the Devil! What a Woeful plight, Mankind would by the Descent of the Devil, be brought into, may be gathered from the Woeful pains, and wounds, and hideous desolations, which the Devil brings upon them, of whom he has with a Bodily Possession made a Seizure. You may both in Sacred and Profane History, read many a direful Account of the Woes, which they, that are possessed by the Devil, do undergo: And from thence conclude, What must the Children of Men, hope from such a Devil! Moreover the Tyrannical Ceremonies, whereto the Devil uses to subjugate such Woeful Nations or Orders of men, as are more Entirely under his Dominion, do declare what Woeful Work, the Devil would make where he ⟨p. 16⟩comes. The very Devotions of those forlorn Pagans, to whom the Devil is a Leader, are most bloody Penances: and what Woes indeed must we expect from such a Devil of a Moloch, as relishes n• Sacrifices like those of Humane Heart-Blood, and unto whom there is no music like the bitter, dy•ing, doleful Groans, ejulated by the Roasting Children of men.

Most Horrible Woes come to be inflicted upon Mankind, when the Divel do•s in Great Wrath, make a Descent upon them. The Divel, is a Do-Evil, and wholly set upon mischief. When Our Lord once was going to Muzzel him, that he might not mischief others, he cry'd out, Art thou come to Torment me? He is, it seems, himself Tormented, it he be but Restrained from the Tormenting of Men. If upon the Sounding of the Three last Apoclyptical Angels, it was an outcry made in Heaven, Wo, Wo, Wo, to the inhabitants of the Earth by reason of the voice of the Trumpet. I am sure, a Descent made by the Angel of Death, would give cause for the like Exclamation: Wo to the World, by reason of the Wrath of the Divel! What a Woful plight, Mankind would by the Descent of the Divel, be brought into, may be gathered from the Woful pains, and wounds, and hideous desolations, which the Divel brings upon them, of whom he has with a Bodily Possession made a Seizure. You may both in Sacred and Profane History, read many a direful Account of the Woes, which they, that are possessed by the Divel, do undergo: And from thence conclude, What must the Children of Men, hope from such a Divel! Moreover the Tyrannical Ceremonies, whereto the Divel uses to subjugate such VVoful Nations or Orders of men, as are more Entirely under his Dominion, do declare what VVoful Work, the Divel would make where he