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cause_n	wrong_a	wrong_n	wrong_v	43	3	9.2243	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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