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A20531	Anwick his meditations vpon Gods monarchie and the deuill his kingdome And of the knowledge that man in this life may obtaine of the almightie, eternal, and most glorious godhed: with other thinges not only worth the reading but also the marking and the retayning.	Anwick, I.	1587 (1587)	STC 694; ESTC S108317	93,450	132

accomplishmēt of his eternall purpose By the story it appeareth that satan the God of this world and Prince that ruleth in the ayre hath the handling at God his appoyntment of all those thinges to execute Gods iustice so hath hee lykewyse of the swoord with all engins and munitions for wars whensoeuer they are abused in any euil cause For in euery controuersie right stryueth agaynst wrong and wrong agaynst right So hath it bene from the beginning is now shall continue to the end of the world And whosoeuer mayntayneth the wrong cause is led and guyded by Satan yea though hee winne the field So that whensoeuer any thing is done such as men cal mischaunce misfortune ill lucke mischiefe or what soeuer whereby any of mankinde is hurt in bodie or goods eyther by warres by fyre water storme or tempest heate of the Sunne cold of the Moone constellation of the Starres opposition of the Planets corruption of the ayre dampe of the Earth the abundance of Snow the extremity of frost the want of Rayne or too much wet the fury of beastes the venim of Serpentes or what soeuer else whereby God punisheth a people or nations in generall or some in particuler for sinne or other cause onely knowne to himselfe all is done by Gods almighty power and forepoyntment Satan being his instrument and executioner when it pleaseth God to vse him Thus appeareth that Satan and his angels are Gods instrumentes to execute his iustice where when and vpon whō it pleaseth God to appoint Not that Satan can desire to serue God or hath any zeale to doe iustice for hee is as naturall an enemy to mankynde as the Wolfe to the Sheepe the Catte to the Mouse c. But God vseth his naturall malice vnknowne to him to execute his iustice And although that Satan is called the God of this Worlde and Prince that ruleth in the ayre yet hee hath not the Elimentes planets and signes to vse otherwise then God hath forepoynted Neither doth hee knowe that hee serueth Gods holy purpose for these as incencible ignorant of Gods secrets as a dogge of mans secrets And as the water spaniel watcheth the shot to fetch the fowle being stricken or as the Iaylers watch at the iudgement seates and the hang man for the dayes of excution to doe their offices Euen so doth Satan and his angels wayt incessantly on the maiesty of God to be set a worke in theyr naturall offices which is to seeke whom they may deuoure For further proofe hereof wee neede not seeke of Histories seeing it is manifest in holy Scriptures and proued by daylie experience in our knowledge as well among our selues as other nations both neare and farre of how the wicked doe abuse the Godly some by priuy deceipt some by theft robbery some by open extortions some by culler of Law and autority spoile the goods and somtyme kill the bodies of godly and quiet people And for a recompence of their pestiferons wickednes against the godly and quiet people we see also how God maketh the wicked deuour one another among themselues And al by the ministery of satan working and ruling as a king among them his subiectes and children to whom they obay as vnto their king and father for so doth Christ Iesus call the wicked saying * yee are of your father the Deuil and yee doe the Iohn 8. 44. lustes of your father who is a murtherer from the beginning and shall bee to the ending in Cain hee murthered Abell hee abode not in the truth there is no truth in him he speaketh lyes by nature for hee is the father of lying and of lyers whyle they continue and delyte in lying God dealeth with Satan his angels and worldly adherentes as a Father dea●eth with a rodde the which after he hath corrected his Children therewith hee casteth into the fyre or elswhere carelesse what becoms of it euen so doth almighty God deale with Satan his angels and all the reprobate people of the World for when hee hath vsed them as scourges to punish other in this lyfe wherof some were as wicked as themselues so he reyseth vp wicked after wicked to punish one another that one may bee the end of another which cruelty and tyranny as they haue dealt with others and so by course one after another as worne rods hee casteth them into hell fyre * which before the World was begonne Mat. 25. 41 was prepared for the Deuill and his angels and consequently for the reprobate seede of Adam HOW THE MOST PARTE OF mankinde serueth Satan and of his rewards for their seruice CAP. 9. IT is an olde saying the Deuil is good to his Children for commonly they triumph in the world and beare the greatest sway both of high and lowe degree some continue long in their wickednes and some are cut of in short tyme. And all both by the appointment of God * who hath appointed the water of the Seas their ba●ndes which th●y shall not passe * Who hath nombred Psal 104. 9. the Starres and calleth them all by their names Then must hee also ōr none but hee can do it appoint the nomber of dayes that euery one of mankind both elected and reiected chosen and refused hath to liue in this world which Eccles 3. 1. c. none can ouerpasse * For God hath appoynted to euery thing his conuenient tyme a tyme to bee borne and a tyme to dye both by his forepointment And touching the wicked reprobate that tryumphe in this World * they haue their portions in this lyfe they leaue y● Psal 17. 4. 23. 2. c. rest of their substaunce vnto their Children * Dauid erred with griefe to see the wicked excell in prosperity to what they list to corrupt others to speake blasphamie without correction or aduersity And when hee sought to knowe the cause hee could not reach it vntill the holy ghost wrought in him to the end * who reuealed vnto him by comparing vertue 1 Cor. 2. 10 with vice which hee calleth the going into the sanctuary of the Lord the ende of those men whom God doth set in slippery places to cast them downe to a fearefull end Thus the reprobate serue Satan their father and God of Iohn 8. 24. this World * and his lustes they obay to obtayne their fleshly desires the ritches the honor and glory of this world which is the kneeling downe to * worship Satan that he required Matt. 4. 9. of Christ Iesus But the reprobate whom God hath not chosen doe daily kneele and woorship Satan to obtayne their filthy lustes and couetous desires Yea they doe it with ten tymes more diligence then the elect children of God doe the will of their good father Yea and very many of Gods elect do often tymes yea too to often kneele and woorship satan come after him by obaying their wicked lustes in couering the ritches pleasures and glory of

euill which two woordes among others are too too much abused Albeit written * woe bee to them that speake good of Esai 5. 20. euill and euill of Good as the Papistes doe prayse and exalt the Popes religion and disprayse the holy seruice of God and true preaching of the Gospell They ymagin darknns to bee light and light to bee darknes therefore woe to them all other wicked ●ectes For good euil shal remayne vntill the worldes end and shal bee rewarded in euerlasting lyfe or death either with ease in ioy or els with payne in sorrow for euer As for the abuse of those woordes good and euil I wil onely name them as a good man a good horse a good dogge and il man c. whatsoeuer pleaseth our fantafie● we cal good and the contrary wee call euill So that as our affections vs moue and lead vs euen so wee vse or abuse those woordes good and euill with all other benefites of God But my definition of good eull before God is the keeping and breaking of his holy commaundements For whatsoeuer God willeth and commaundeth man to doe the same is good to be done in thought woord and deede And the contrary is euil that is to say sinne or wickednes Good and euill are otherwise expressed by these woordes vertue which commonly is whatsoeuer is good I liken to a fair tree hauing many b●aunches ladan not onely with pleasant and sweete smelling leaues but also with most dilicate and Contrariwise vice which signifyeth whatsoeuer is euill I liken also to an il fauoured tree hauing as many braunches as vertue and heuier laden but both the leaues and fruict are ful of deadly poyson most horrible to behold and lothsome to the tast of all that truely feare God And yet to the vngodly as pleasant and delicate to their sense as the fruict of vertue to the godly because gods elect which are the godly are eyther holden vp or r●ysed when they haue fallen by the ministery of the woord woorking by the power of the holy Spirit giuen vnto them from the Father and the Sonne ● Tim. 2. 26 Iam. 4. 7. And the reprobate which are the vngodly are throwne downe and kepte vnder by the ministery of Satan and theyr owne lustes to whom they * are captiues And yet wee are exorted * to resist the Diuill and hee shall flee from vs resist him by committing our selues carefuly and har●ely into Gods ●uition in the name of his welbeloued sonne by 〈◊〉 fayth in his worde and promises by humble obedience to his holy lawe precepts and ordinaunce by prayer fasting alm●sse deedes Phili. 2. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 18. and charity to all For by those meanes wee are willed * to worke out our saluation with feare and 〈…〉 ing * For if the righteous be scarsely saued wher shal y● vngodly appear Not that our doing the forenamed woorkes should any way deserue our saluation but being done of vs they are the fruicts of our fayth and loue towards God and our Neighebours which are the things commaunded by our sauiour Mat. 5. 1● Iohn 14. 2● Christ when hee sayde * Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good woorks and glorifye your Father which is in heauen And yet must we not do those works to the entent to be seen praysed of men but chiefly for the loue obedience we owe to God to geue good example to others And wheras Saynt Peter sayeth if the righteous be scarsely saued c. hee meaneth not that Gods elect are in his sight at any time in hazard of theyr saluation but in theyr own consciences to themselues it semeth y● they are saued with great difficulty they considering theyr manifold sinnes and often wauering in theyr faith whē they see what is in themselues And no merueile though they stacker at the assaults of Satan for hee presumeth sawcily * without bidding as it Iob 1. 7. 2. ● seemeth among the holy Angels into the presens of God much more dare he enter into the corrupt silly mindes of mankinde to dispute with theyr soules for life and death charging them with those things which theyr consciences cannot deny As Idolatry Blasphemy Periury Murder Adultery Fornication Theft False witnes Pryde Disobedience and whatsoeuer vice els Now it is most true that Satan doth chalenge euery soule of mankinde by the seuere iustice of God because no man liueth without sinne euery soule by Adams fall is condemned Now if the soule of man reply confessing his sinnes and in repentance alledging the merits of Christ Iesus thereby to bee saued Satan will reioce and say nay that cannot be for thou hast so little esteemed of him and his precepts that hee cares not for thee * for thou cryest and hee answers not thy soule Iames 1. Psalm 77. Haba 1. 2. * Behold thou art tossed like a waue of the Sea thy fayth is between hope and ●read therfore thou canst receaue no pardon at the Lords hand And with infinite nombers of such disputations and assaultes Satan hath doth now and euer shall in this life vex the very elect of God * Therefore put Ephes 6. 1. 1 ●n all the armour of God that you may bee able to stande agaynst Satan for we wrastle not agaynst flesh and blood but agaynst the world and the Deuill into whose power God geueth the wicked and disobeient Saynt Paule telleth the causes at large * The wrath of Rom. 1. God is reaueled from Heauen agaynst al vngodlines of men which with hold the truth in vnrighteousnes For as much as that which may bee knowne of God is shewed vnto them euen the inuisible thinges that is his eternall power and Godhead are seene by the creation of the worlde being considered in his woorke to the end that men should bee without excuse because when they know God they did not glorifye him as God neyther were thankfull but became vayne in Ephes 4. theyr ymaginations theyr foolish hartes were blinded full of darkenes when they professed themselues wise they became fooles As men do in these dayes as often as they do any thinges of themselues without the counsell of Gods woord without the which there cannot bee any thing well done So were they blinded that they turned the glory of the incorruptible God into ymages not onely of corruptible men but also of birdes and fower footed beastes and of cr●aping thinges euen vile worms wherefore God gaue them ouer into theyr owne lustes that is into the power of Satan to all vncleanes to defyle theyr owne bodies betweene themselues turning the truth of God into a lye worshipping and seruing creatures forsaking the creator which is most holye and blessed for euer Amen For these causes God gaue them into vile affections so that the weomen did chaunge theyr naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature and the men lykewise left the naturall vse of the woemen and