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against the rulers of the darkneffe of this world, against pirituall wickedneffe in high places. V.14. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breft plate of righteousneß.

John 8.44. Te are of your father the devil, and the lufts of your father ye will do; He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him, when he speaketh a lie, he fpeaketh of his own, for he is a Liar, and the Father of it.

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2 Cor. 4.4. In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them, which beleeve not, left the Light of the glorious Gospel of Chrift, who is the Image of God fhould fhine unto them.

Eph.2.2. Wherein, in time paft ye walked, according to the courfe of this world, according to the Prince of the power of the Aire, the Spirit that now worketh in the Children of difobedi

ence.

Mat.12.24. But when the Pharifees heard it, they faid, this fellow doth not caft out Devils, but by Beelzebub the Prince of the devils. 1 John 3.8. He that committeth fin is of the des vil, for the devil finneth from the beginning for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil, V.10. In this the Children of God are manifeft, and the Children of the devil, whofoever doth D

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not righteoufneffe is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Rev.12.9. And the great Dragon was caft out, that old Serpent Called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world, he was caft out into the Earth, and his Angels were caft out : with him.

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Cor.11.3. But I fear, left by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his fubtilty, fo your minds fhould be corrupted from the fimplicity that is in Chrift.

Job 1.7. And the Lord faid unto Satan, whence comeft thou? then Satan answered the Lord, and faid, from going to and fro in the Earth, and from walking up and down in it.

you, that he

Luke 22.31. And the Lord faid, Simon, Simon ;
behold Satan hath defired to have
may fift you as wheat.

1 Pet.5.8. Be fober, be vigilant, because your ad-
verfary the devil, as a roaring lion walketh a-
bout, fecking whom he
may devour.
Mat.8.29. And behold they cried out, Saying;
what have we to do with thee Fefus, thou Son of
God? art thou come hither to torment us before

the time.

V.31. So the devils befought him, faying, if thou caft us out, fuffer us to go away into the herd of fwine. Mat.4 1. Then was Fefus led up of the Spirit into the wilderneffe, to be tempted of the divel.

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2 Cor.6.15. And what concord hath Chrift with Belial? or what part hath he that beleeveth with an Infidel?

Zach.3.1. And he fhewed me Fofuah the High Prieft ftanding before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan ftanding at his right hand to refift him.

V.2. And the Lord faid unto Satan, the Lord rebuke thee O Satan, even the Lord that hath chofen Ferufalem, rebuke thee, is not this d brand pluckt out of the fire?

James 2.19. Thou beleeveft that there is one God, thou doft well, the divels alfo beleeve and trem

ble.

Luke 4.33. And in the Synagogue there was a man which had a Spirit of an unclean devil, and cris ed out with a loud voice,

V.34. Saying, Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, thou Fefus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the holy One of God.

A&s 19.15. And the evil Spirit answered and faid, Fefus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?

Eph.4.26. Be ye angry and fin not, let not the Sun go down upon your wrath;

V.17. Neither give place to the devil.

Acts 5.3. And Peter faid, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghoft, and to keep back part of the price of the land?.

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Pfal.

Pfal.78.49. He caft upon them the fiercenesse his anger, wrath, and indignation and trouble, by fending evil Angels among them.

Acts 26.18. To Open their eyes, and to turn them from darkneffe unto Light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveneffe of fins, and inheritance among them which are fanctified by faith that is in

me.

The next of Gods works to be confidered and underftood by us is

II. His Providence.

As God Created the World, and all the Creatures therein by his Almighty Power, So he upholds, directs, difpofes, and governs them all by his Providence. Nothing fo Cafual, but he difpofes of it; No Agent fo free,as to be exempted from his Controule; No affliction or Evil of Punishment, but he hath a hand in it; But as for fin, he neither is, nor poffibly can be the Author, or Approver of it.

Heb.1.3. Who being the brightneße of his Glory, and the expreffe Image of his Perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our fins, fate down on the right hand of the majesty on high. Col.1.17. And he is before all things, and by him all things Confift.

Pfal.

Pfal.36.6. Thy Righteousneße is like the great Mountains, thy judgments are a great deep, o Lord thou preferveft man and beast.

Mar.10.29. Are not two Sparrows fold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father?

.30. But the very haires of your head are all numbred,

V.31. Fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many Sparrows.

Dan.4.34. And at the end of the daies 1 Nebuchadnezzar lift up mine eyes unto Heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I biefed the most High, and I praised, and honoured him that liveth for ever, whofe dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his Kingdome is from generation to generation. V.35. And all the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing, and he doth according to his will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the Earth, and none can stay his hand, or fay unto him what doft thou? Prov,16.33. The Lot is caft into the Lap, but the whole difpofing thereof is from the Lord. Pfal.103.19. The Lord hath prepared his Throne in the Heavens, and his Kingdome ruleth over all. Acts 17.25. Neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. D 3

V.26.

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