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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12373	Satans compassing the earth. By Henrie Smith	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22692; ESTC S107437	17,258	55

calleth himselfe the quier of the earth as if should brag of his liberalitie Thus he vvhich is euill it selfe doth shun the name because he would not be hated and therefore no maruell if men call euill good and would bee counted honest though they be neuer so lewd for so vvill the deuill but as God neuer called the deuill but by those names vvhich the deuil hated so he neuer calleth sinners by those names which they call themselues for if you obserue the Scripture there is no name of the deuil but in some place of Scripture or other the wicked are caled by the same name he is called a liar they are called liars he is called a tempter they are called tempters he is called a murderer they are called murderers he is called a slanderer and they are called slanderers he is called a viper they are called vipers he is called a lion they are called lions he is called a wolf and they are called vvolues he is called a serpent and they are called serpents Thus God wold they that shal be damned shoulde haue the name of him which is damned to put thē in minde Now none of the deuils names are in the booke of life and therefore liars tempters and slanderers and murderers and defamers are not therefore these are the deuils names This I note to shevv you hovv deadly God doth hate sinne that neither the deuill nor his followers coulde euer get a good name of him for all his compassing he could neuer compas this to shuffle any praise of himself into this booke of life for he doth not compasse heauen but earth though he would compas both the deuil himselfe doth tel vs here that he compasseth he telleth vs not why hee compasseth but his name Satan that went before which hee spake not of doth tell vs why he compasseth Because it signifies an aduersarie it giueth vs to vnderstande that hee compasseth the earth like an aduersarie God doth compas the earth like a wall to defend it the deuill compasseth the earth like an enemie to besiege it For enemie is his name he is enuie euen to the name Three things I note wherfore the deuill may bee saide to compasse the earth First because hee tempteth all men Secondly because hee tempteth to all sinnes Thirdly because he tempteth by all meanes So that whosoeuer sinneth wherein soeuer he offendeth whereby so euer hee is allured the sin and the sinner and the baite are compassed and contriued by this Archpolitique which calles himselfe a Compasser Many haue their names for naught because they doe nothing for them like Labans images which were called Gods though they were but blocks but the deuill deserues his names he is not called a tempter and a lyer and a slaunderer and an accuser and a deceiuer and a murtherer and a compasser in vaine like Saint George which is alwaies on horse-backe and neuer rides but hee would doe more then by his office hee is bound to Other are called officers because they haue an office but hee is called enemie because he sheweth his enuie Other are called Iusticers because they should doe iustice but hee is called a tempter because he practiseth temptations Other are called pastors because they should feede but he is called a deuourer because he doth deuour and we call him a Compasser because that he doth compasse Euer since hee fell from heauen hee hath liued like Cain which cannot rest in a place but is a runnagate ouer the earth from dore to dore from man to man begging for sinnes as the starued soule begges for bread He wold haue dwelt in heauen and not been compassing the earth he should haue sung with the Angels not bin quareling with mē but he hath changed his calling is become a cōpasser that is to laie fetters vpō men as God hath fettered him left they should ascend to the place from whence he is fallen Therefore in this the Lier spake trueth when he said I come from compassing the earth as if he shoulde say to God I come from the slaughter of thy seruants not to aske forgeuenes for all the soules which he hath slaine alredie but to get a commission that God would make him knight Marshal ouer the world to slay and kil as many as he hated like the bramble which sette it selfe on fire first and then fiered all the wood Peter describing the deuils walke saith that he goeth about The deuil saith that he goeth a compassing Peter puts in seeking whom he may deuour the deuil leaues out deuour and sayth no more but that he compasseth This circular walke is particular to the deuill and therefore may be called the deuils circuite All other creatures goe forward but the diuil goeth about which may well be applied to the craftie deuil because to goe about is commonly taken to vndermine when he meaneth he wil destroy you then we say he will compasse you so when the deuil compasseth then beware least he deuoure For the deuill goeth about men as the Fowler goeth about the larke to snare her as the thief goeth about the house to robbe it as the iuie goeth about the oake to kil it The deuils walk is a siege which goeth about but to find an issue to goe in for he goeth about but vntill he can gette in to be a possessor He is content to be a compasser The first name the deuill hath in Scripture is a Serpent he is a Serpent and so are his waies like a serpent which windeth himselfe like a circle As God is said to make an hedge about men so here the deuill is saide to make an hedge about men but this is an hedge of temptations and that is an hedge against temptations As Dauid saith the Angels compasse vs so might he say the deuils compasse vs. Satan compasseth and man is compassed Satan is like the circumference and man is as it were the Centre that is temptations goe round about him and hee dwelleth in the middest of them Thus much of Compassing now what hee doeth compasse I come from Compassing the Earth This is the diuils pilgrimage from one end of the earth to the other and then to the other againe and then backe againe like a wandering Marchant which seeketh his trafficke where hee can speede cheapest I haue hearde of some trauellers which haue gon about the earth but I neuer heard of any that had seene all partes of the earth but this olde Pilgrime Satan which hath beene in heauen and in Paradise and in the earth and in the sea and in hell and yet hath not done his walke but like the Sunne which courseth about the earth euerie day so there is no day but Satan seeth euerie man vpon earth as a compasse hath no end so he makes no ende of compassing Because hee is such a compasser of the world therefore Paul calleth him The God of this worlde not a peece of the worlde as

them vvhich haue faith and them which haue no faith they vvhich haue no faith fall like an Elephant which when he is downe riseth not againe they which haue faith doe but trip and stumble fall and rise againe their fals doe teach them to stand their weaknes doeth teach them strength their sins doth teach them repentance their frailnes teach them constancie as Peter was better after his deniall then he was before Iudas did neuer stand but semed to stand the Disciples knew not that he was a theefe and intended treason for they asked Is it I is it I Christ knew as it appeareth when hee gaue him the sop and said That which thou doest doe quickly if euer he had stood hee could not haue bin tearmed the sonne of perdition Many did seem to the world to go out of the Church but Iohn saith they were neuer of the Church meaning that if they had ben of the Church they coulde not haue gone out of it for the true vine coulde not leaue her grapes nor the oliue her fatnesse nor the fig tree her sweetnes so they which stande in the faith doe not fall awaie but seeme to fall as hypocrites seeme to stande The best men haue had their slips but alwayes they rose againe as though they had sinned to teach vs repentance therfore their sins are written which els should haue bin concealed for their honour for they were not registred in spight to disgrace them but to admonish vs that when we see such a field of bloud lyke carcases which the dragon hath slaine wee may feare to set vppon him vnarmed least we be slaine like other as Salomon beheld the fielde of the slothfull which was full of thistles and weedes Prou. 24.30 So we must behold the sins of other to learne by them I passed by saith Salomon and considered it well I looked vpon it and receiued instruction this note is in the margent of your Bibles that I might learne by another mans fault so Salomon sheweth howe we should looke vpon other mens falts if we beholde and consider them and looke vppon them to receiue instruction as Salomon did then do wee behold and consider and looke vppon them well or els as Abraham might see the smoake of Sodome but Lot might not see it so they which can make vse of sin may heare and see speake of errors of men yet is it not lawfull for thē because they are as a spider which gathereth nothing but poison Did not many peruert the sins of the Patriarches and applie them to themselues as they shuld applie their doctrines But these things saith Paul are not written for our imitation but for our admonition that is for a caue at least we do the like for they repented that which they did and shall we do that which hey repented Christ saith Followe me without limites but Paul saith Be ye followers of me as I follow Christ so wee must followe the Patriarches and Prophets and Apostles as they followed Christ least following that which they repented we sustain or suffer that which they escaped This is a lesson for all but Christ Let him which thinketh he stande take heed least he fall When Paul had distilled the capital sinnes of the Israelits this is the quintescence that is all the profite which hee coulde wring out of them Let them that thinke they stand take heed least they fal Who would haue said that Ierusalem would haue become an harlot that the chosen people should become the cutsedst vppon the earth yet so it is saith Paul thus thus they haue done and thus hath God forsaken them that all the world may take heed how they stirre vp the lion of Iudah which deuoureth the wicked like bread Who wold haue thought when Lot was grieued with the sinnes of Sodome that he would haue committed a worse sinne himselfe first to drinke til he was dronke then to lie with his own daughters yet he did so Who would haue thought that Noe when he builded the Arke because hee beleeued in God gaue example to all the world how they shuld saue themselues when the floud was past woulde haue giuen the first example of sinne to his ovvne sonnes Who would haue thought that when he was persecuted for his godlynes in the desart he vvould haue slaine the husband for the lust of the wife vvhen the blessinges of God did call him to thankfulnes Who would haue thought that Salomon vvhen he praied in the temple and was tearmed by God the wisest man in the world would haue taken mo concubines vnto him than any heathen in the world How are the mightie ouerthrowen saith Dauid 2. Sam. 1. Like Peter which said he would neuer forsake Christ and forsoke him first The straunge men are fallen Euen Salomon himselfe and Dauid and Noah and Lot and Sampson Peter the light of the world fell like the starres of heauen these tall souldiers strong oakes fayre pillers lie in the dust whose tops glittered in the aire that they which think they stand may take heed least they fall Can I loke vpon these ruines without compassion or remember them without feare vnles I be a reprobate my heart of flint Who am I that I should stand like a shrubbe when these Caedars are blowen downe to the grounde and shewed themselues but men the best man is but a man the worst are worse then beasts no man is vntainted but Christ they which had greater gifts then we they which had deeper roots then we they vvhich had stronger hearts then wee they which had more props then vve are fallen like a bird vvhich is vvearie of her flight turned back like the wind in the twinkling of an eie 2. Kin. 8.13 Who would haue mocked him that shoulde haue said sometime as Elisha said to Hazael vvhat vvickednes he should do in time to come that he should slay and trample men vvomen and children Hazael blusht to heare thus of him and saide Am I a dog that I should doe this as if he would neuer doo it vvhile he vvere a man but count him a dog vvhen hee comes to that so they which are changed like Hazael blush to heare thus of him and would haue scorned somtime at him which should once haue saide when they were zealous and studious preachers persecuted for their preaching that the time would come when they should be loiterers time-seruers louers of the world greedie wolues deuourers of their flockes and persecutors they would haue saide Am I a dog Am I a beast Am I a reprobate that I should doo this they would neuer beleeue this til it came to passe and being fallen they saie they sinned lyke Hazael which blusht before he sinned and was impudent after Therefore let no man saie what he will be before he haue examined what he is but run his course with a trembling feare alwayes looking downe to the rubs which lie before him the worthies