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A wonder and yet no wonder a great red dragon in heaven.
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Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.
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the world are but one mans wife in unity and all the men in the world are but one womans husband in unity so that one man may lie with all the women in the world for they are his wife in unity and one woman may lie with all men in the world for they are her husband in unity That there is no act that is sinful before God That the holy Spirit is not God That Jesus Christ hath no other then a humane nature These and many others are the Principles that the great red Dragon with his Tail windes into Professors thereby to cast them out of Heaven into Earth And therefore Friends take heed of him he is very subtle his Tail is full of windings and turnings if it were possible he would deceive the very Elect If you be Professors in shew and not in deed he will drag you down from Heaven into Earth that is he will drag you down from your glorious profession into Earth that is into such an estate of earthly-mindedness and wickedness that all that see you and behold you shall say of you as it shall be said of Babylon when she is destroyed Alas alas that great City that was clothed with fine linnen and purple and scarlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls for in one hour so great riches is come to nought Revel. 18. 16 17. So shall they say of you O glorious Professors that have been as stars shining in Heaven clothed with fine linnen purple and scarlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls which are nothing but the parts and gifts and righteousness of men Alas alas those glorious Professors for in one hour as it were are they come to nought So that you see how the Dragon draws Professors out of Heaven into Earth by winding with his Tail false and unsound principles into them Quest But may some say You hold a falling away from grace do you not Answ. No but I hold a falling away which is now fulfilled before the day of Christ come spoken of in 2 Thes. 2. 3. And besides I hold a falling away from the end of the Commandment which is Charity out of a pure heart and a good Conscience and of faith unfeigned from which some having swerved have turned aside to vain jangling which was Hymeneus and Alexander 1 Tim. 1. 5 6 20. And also a falling away from the heavenly gifts of those that are inlightened and are made partakers of the Holy Ghost and have tasted the good Word of God and of the powers of the world to come Hebr. 6. 4 5. If Professors have reached no further then Charity though it be out of a pure heart and of a good Conscience and of Faith unfeigned and no further then a being enlightened and a tasting of the heavenly gifts and a being made partakers of the Holy Ghost and a tasting of the good Word of God and of the powers of the World to come they are liable to be by the Tail of this great red Dragon drawn out of Heaven that is drawn from these into Earth so that they will become earthly filthy vain and the like The third Basis or Thesis upon which I shall build my Discourse is this That there is multiplicity of subtilty strength and glory in the great red Dragon to deceive accuse set upon tempt and destroy This is clear from the words and it will appear to be so from other places of Scripture see Gen. 3. 1. Now the Serpent was more subtle then any beast of the field which the Lord God had made That sheweth that there is a multiplicity of subtilty in him We wrestle not only with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers Ephes. ult. Chap. That place of Scripture sheweth that there is a multiplicity of power in him If thou wilt fall down and worship me saith the Serpent to Christ I will give you all the glory of the world That speaks a multiplicity of glory in the Dragon We shall a little hold forth his subtilty power and glory First we shall speak of his subtilty see Job 1. 6. When the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord Satan he came among them See his subtilty in it under pretence in coming to pray with the sons of God he came to accuse and set upon Job as you shall see by and by And the Lord said unto him From whence comest thou Then Satan answered the Lord From going to and fro in the Earth and from walking up and down in it See his subtilty here in leaving out like a roaring Lyon seeking whom he may devour And the Lord said unto Satan Hast thou considered or hast thou set thy heart on my servant Job that there is none like him in the Earth a perfect and upright man one that feareth God and escheweth evil Then answered Satan the Lord and said Doth Job fear God for nought Hast thou not made a bedg about him and about his house and about all that he hath on every side Behold his subtilty again in accusing Job As if Satan should have said Thou hast made a fence against all that he hath and he serves thee for that it is not for nought that he serves thee thou hast encreased his substance and blessed the work of his hand and he serves thee for that but put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath and he will fall acursing of thee and that to thy face And the Lord said unto him Behold all that he hath is in thy power only upon himself put not forth thy hand So Satan goes forth from the presence of the Lord After he had Gods Job away he went it was for Job that Satan presented himself before the Lord Now in Cap. 2. they came the second time to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came with them And the Lord said unto him from whence comest thou And Satan gave him the like answer as before And the Lord said unto him Hast thou consider'd my servant Job a perfect upright man that feareth God and escheweth evil and still he holdeth fast his integrity although thou movedst me against him to destroy him without cause The subtilty of the Serpent in presenting himself before the Lord was not only to accuse Job but likewise to move God against Job for to destroy him without cause And Satan answered the Lord Skin for skin yea all that a man hath will he give for his life But put forth thy hand now and touch his bone and flesh and he will curse thee to thy face See how he further accuseth Job before God that so God might destroy him or that he might have him to destroy As if Satan should have said to the Lord thus All that a man hath before he will lose his life he will part with all yea skin for skin but do but touch his bone and flesh and he will fall acursing of thee
was a tree to be desired to make one wise the woman takes of the fruit thereof and presently falls upon eating See when the Serpent had made her question the authority of Gods Word and told her that she should not certainly dye if she did eat but her eyes should be opened and she should be as God in the knowing of good and evil and likewise had perswaded her that the tree was good in respect of food and pleasantness to the eye and that it was a tree to be desired because it makes one wise the woman together with the man presently takes of the fruit of it and eats as I said before The man and the woman had a desire to have their eyes opened they had a desire to see but not in the light of God they thirsted after knowledg they coveted to be as God in knowing good and evil they coveted to be that which God would not have them they coveted to satisfie their eyes and their pallates they coveted wisdom that was not the wisdom of God and this was their fall So that though they shined like stars of Heaven before now they are cast down from thence into Earth and are become now earthly worldly carnal and sinful So that this is one way that the Dragon draws stars out of Heaven into Earth by making Souls question the Authority of Gods Word whether or no it be true The second way or manner how the great red Dragon draws with his Tail the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and casteth them to the Earth is by taking of them up into an exceeding high mountain that is by lifting them up on high and so shewing of them the glory of this world by promising them it if they will fall down and worship him Thus he hath dealt with many in our days he hath exalted them on high and given them a sight of his glory as credit honour repute esteem in the world which are the Devils glory Now those that have been like shining stars in Heaven in the appearance of others the great red Dragon by the presenting of this his glory before them hath by his Tail drawn them out of Heaven and cast them inthe Earth So that this is another way the Dragon takes to draw the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and cast them into the Earth he shews them the glory of this world and by that draws them out of Heaven into Earth as he hath done many in our days who are turned from their shining like stars in Heaven to the Devils glory that is they seek after credit honour repute and esteem in the world of which thing we have had woful experience in our days The third way and manner how the great red Dragon draws with his Tail the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and casteth them to the Earth is by his false application of Scripture to Professors as that place of Scripture 1 Cor. 6. 12. All things are lawful And if all things be lawful then say they all manner of wickedness is lawful and so we may commit it The Apostle saith not there that all manner of wickedness is lawful as fornication idolatry adultery and the like for saith the Apostle in Vers 13. The body is not for fornication but for the Lord And besides if we look in the beginning of that 13 Verse he speaks of meats for the belly And in 1 Cor. 10. 23. he speaks not there neither that all manner of wickedness is lawful though many say it is confirmed from these places of Scripture for he speaks against that in the beginning of the Chapter and besides he speaks there of going to feasts and eating of meats and in Vers 19. he speaks of his liberty to do those things which the weak could not And then that of Rom. 14. 14. the Dragon makes a false application of to poor Souls I know and am perswaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of it self but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean to him it is unclean Say some nothing is unclean to us no not sin we can commit any sin for we esteem not any thing to be unclean but those that do to those it is sin O subtle Devil He speaks in the Chapter of observing days and eating herbs he doth not there speak that sin in it self is not unclean whether they esteemed it not to be unclean or whether they esteemed it to be unclean sin is unclean And then that place of Scripture the Devil makes application of to Professors Tit. 1. 15. Vnto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbeleeving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled We are pure say they and so all things are pure to us adultery fornication c. we are not defiled but beleeving and so all things are pure to us but those that beleeve not their minds and consciences are defiled O poor creatures where are you who hath bewitched you The meaning of that place is not that sin is pure to those that are pure and beleeving that is a delusion of Satan for those words all things are meant days and meats See in Rom. 14. 20. All things saith he indeed are pure but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence In which Chapter he speaks of meats and days as I said before which are now pure to him seeing the Ceremonial Law is abolished by Christ which put a difference between meats Thus you see how the Devil beguiles them thereby leading them to all manner of wickedness So that this is another way the Dragon takes to cast shining stars out of Heaven into Earth he makes false application of Scripture to them and so draws them out of Heaven into Earth The fourth way and manner how the great red Dragon draws with his Tail the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and casteth them to the Earth is by ushering in Errors with these six glorious Truths following that is to say God doth all things Is all things All things are in God All things are of God All things are through God And all things are to God First of all God doth all things and it is clear from Scripture 1 Cor. 12. 6. He worketh all in all But yet it is to be taken that he doth all things in his Son nothing out of his Son by him and in him he made the world and he upholds it by him But with and under this glorious Truth the Devil ushereth in somewhat that is not truth thereby to draw those that are like shining stars in Heaven out of Heaven into the Earth that which he ushereth in in this saying God doth all things is this If he doth all things then he doth sin he acts sin there is not any thing that is but he doth it wickedness is that he doth