A WONDER and yet no WONDER A GREAT Red Dragon in Heaven REVEL. 12. 3. And there appeared another Wonder in Heaven And behold a great red Drogon c. 2 COR. 11. 14. And no marvel for Sathan himself is transformed into an Angel of light LONDON Printed by J. Macock for Giles Calvert at the black spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1651. To my deerly beloved friends which are in Christ Jesus Grace Mercy Peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ THat which at this time moved me to present you with this ensuing Discourse is that heavenly and glorious shape and form wherewith the great Red Dragon is now come forth in the Spirits of Professors never was the Dragon in more glorious habit then now O how he is arrayed how his mouth is ful fraught with pretended immediate and perfect enjoyments of God in the Spirit under colour of which he seeks to deceive and by his taile to draw those down out of heaven into the earth that have shined as stars in heaven he is great and he is red that is to say he is mighty and he is bloody His mightiness and bloodyness lye hid under his glorious appearances He is called in Scripture that old Serpent whose tail is full of windings and turnings who was of old in the begining Gen. 3. He is called likewise the Devil and Sathan a Deceiver and an Adversary he is all these names under beautiful Discoveries and appearances of God he is wrapped up and covered in and under Doctrines Speakings Writings of men and Discoveries of God he ushereth in Errors with glorious truths In his appearing to Professors he looks first how their Natures are inclined he casteth an eye first at the bent of their Spirits That way which they are inclined he wil sute himself in apparell if they be inclined towards Notions Fictions Forms or pretended high injoyments of God without power he sutes himself accordingly he makes use of Scripture likewise to strengthen him in his Designs These and many others are his subtilties now adayes this Dragon is described to be a wonder in heaven Revel. 12. because of his seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads a wonder indeed you wil say it is when you come to be taken up with John into the Spirit The Dragon wants no wisdome to tempt deceive and devour for he hath seven heads no power to bring about his designs for he hath ten horns and he wants no glory wherewith to promise to professors if they will fall down and worship him because he hath seven Crowns Beloved Friends therefore I have written this ensuing Discourse likewise to shew you the multiplicity of subtilty power and glory that is in him to deceive and which I have seen to be in him Do not therefore O do not slight what I have written though confused and scattered it is the day of smal things which God would not have you despise consider well what I have written before you begin to censure it and if you finde any truth in what I write mind that more then he that writ it If you inquire whose this Discourse is it is the discourse of a bruised Reed and of smoaking flax of a suckling of a babe in Christ out of whose mouth God will perfect his praise Yours in him who is the truth and no lye Edw. Hide Junior REVEL. 12. 3 4. And there appeared another wonder in heaven and behold a great Red Dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads And his taile drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth And the Dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her child assoon as it was born IN the beginning of this Chapter There is a great wonder spoken of which appeared to John and which he saw a door being opened in heaven to him The wonder is as followeth A woman clothed with the Sun and the Moon under her feet and upon her head a Crown of twelve stars This woman is the Church of Christ his Spouse the Lambs bride as appears by many places of Scripture as Ephes. 5. 32. Revel 31. 9. The Sun wherewith she is cloathed is that light and glory which shines forth in the Gospel which is Christ the Son of Righteousness for so he is called in Malac. 4. 2. but unto you that fear my Name shall the Sun of Righteousness appear with healing in his wings The Moon is a light below the Sun and borroweth its light from the Sun and is nothing but that light and glory which shined and doth now shine forth in the Law The terme under her feet is nothing else but beneath her the Crown of twelve stars which is upon her head holds forth that Royall and Kingly glory wherewith the Church of Christ is cloathed so that the meaning of the wonder is this It holds forth that multiplicity of glory which the Church of Christ is in and under for there is a glory of the Sun a glory of the Moon and a glory of the stars a crown of twelve stars above her the Sun of righteousness in the midst of her and the Moon under her feet so that there is glory above her glory in the midst of her and glory beneath her insomuch that she is hem'd in with glory or it holds forth that variety of glory under which the Church is for there is one glory of the Sun another of the Moon another of the stars for one star differeth from another in glory 1 Cor. 5. 41. This woman so cloathed with glory being with child and cryed travelling in birth and pain to be delivered there appears presently another wonder in heaven which is that which I intend now to speak to And there appeared another wonder in heaven and behold a great red Dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven Crowns upon his heads c. The words are one of the Wonders which John saw being taken up by the Spirit into heaven there being a door opened to him It is said in heaven it appeared to him from whence we may draw this conclusion That there is no seeing of a Wonder but in heaven there is no seeing of heaven without being taken up by the Spirit into it unless a door be opened in heaven to us If we have a desire friends to see a Wonder we must desire God to take us up into heaven and there to open the door of heaven to us for so Iohn was taken up into heaven see Revel. 1. 10. and there a door was opened to him see Revel. 4. 1. This Wonder is a Wonder indeed What That a great Red Dragon should be seen in heaven Stand astonished and be amazed ô ye heavens was there ever such a thing heard of If you could but see it you would stand astonished and admire But to come neerer to
brought down unto hell Matth. 11. 23. Secondly The Dragon in heaven is the Dragon in Glory which is nothing else but the Dragon in an Angel of Light 2 Cor. 11. 14. Gal. 1. 8. And no marvel for Satan himself is changed into an Angel of Light And Satan was changed into an Angel of Light in those false Apostles in this respect in preaching another Jesus Spirit and Gospel that was not preached received and accepted and truly we may see the Dragon changed into an Angel of Light in our days in this respect There is another Jesus preached that was not preached not that Jesus which dyed at Jerusalem but one which is within us say some when as he that dyed at Jerusalem and he within us is all one Jesus or another Jesus that is they preach salvation by works another Spirit which is a Spirit of freedom to do any manner of wickedness and another Gospel which is justification by Works not that Gospel which Paul preached That Christ dyed at Jerusalem for our sins according to the Scripture and that he was buried and that he rose again 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. In which saying lies hid more glory than we dream of and is more hard to be believed than many think it is Thirdly The Dragon in heaven is the Dragon at rest for Heaven notes rest See Revel. 18. 7. She saith in her heart I sit a Queen and am no Widdow and shall see no sorrow She sits a Queen sitting notes rest she sits a Queen that is as one in State and Honour and no Widdow that is she is in no Widdows state which is a sorrowful state she sits a Queen there is the great red Dragons being at rest in her which is the Dragons being in heaven I shall further illustrate it by these four following things that is to say The Dragon in Heaven is the Dragon in and under things that seem to savour of Piety Zeal Holiness and Righteousness The Dragon in Heaven is the Dragon I say covered over with a seeming savour of Piety Zeal and Holiness He pretends much Piety Zeal and Holiness in Professors much Prayer much Fasting much keeping of the Sabbath much giving of Alms as in the Scribes and Pharisees he did When the Sons of God came to present themselves before God He came with them Job 1. 6. which was to shew how religious he was but under these his specious shews lies subtilty mingled with bloudyness and cruelty Secondly The Dragon in Heaven is the Dragon in Peace for Heaven notes Peace that is at quiet with a Professor that he doth not disturb nor molest him night nor day so that the poor soul knows not what to do Now the Dragon is then in Peace when he sees all is so in the soul as he would have it he will never trouble that soul but if it be not so in the soul as he would have it as it is not in Saints O then he is never at Peace and Quiet but is always tempting and troubling it so that the soul hath no quiet in its Spirit the Dragon thinking thereby to bring about his Designes Thirdly The Dragon in Heaven is the Dragon in joy Now then the Dragon is in joy if I may so say when by his tempting and troubling of a Saint he hath gotten the best of him then he rejoyceth O how merry and joyful he would be indeed if he could quite ruine a Saint The Dragons joyfulness lies in the Saints sadness trouble and overthrow The more or less sad troubled or overcome they are the more or less is his joy Lastly The Dragon in Heaven is the Dragon in a pretended perfect immediate and high enjoyments of God in the Spirit Allegorizing the Scripture and so denying the letter thereof Those whose eys God hath opened cannot but subscribe to this for this is to be seen now a days in Professors O how have they pretended perfect immediate enjoyments of God in the Spirit under pretence whereof denying the Scripture O how they have vaunted and said we enjoy God immediately that is without the Scripture Alas what is the Scripture say they how scornfully they have spoken of it though it be profitable for Instruction that the man of God be throughly perfect to salvation as Paul saith Some there are that Allegorize the Scripture and under pretence of that make void the Letter which allegorizing the Scripture they call the spiritual interpretation of the Letter when as the spiritual interpretation of the letter is that interpretation which the Spirit of God gives of the Letter It is true there are some things in Scripture which are to be taken otherwise then they are set down in the letter that is when they are allegorically parabolically and symbolically spoken But they allegorize every place of Scripture almost which I know no warrant for and so deny the letter I will name but one place of Scripture and that is in 1 John 4. 2. Every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ come in the flesh is of God that is come within us say they And so under pretence of this deny Jesus Christ in manifestation in the flesh and suffering at Jerusalem c. and so utterly overthrow what Christ hath done for us and so they become the greatest Antichrists in the world There are two sorts of Professors in the world that deny Jesus Christ come in the flesh One sort of Professors are those that altogether look at Jesus Christ within them and deny him without them and these are those that deny Jesus Christ come in the flesh and so are the Antichrist There is a second sort of Professors that look at Jesus Christ altogether without them as one suffering at Jerusalem and being raised c. but never look at him as within them they never find the Life Power and Spirit of him within them and so they are Antichrist as well as the other Now that Professor which acknowledgeth Christ come in the flesh and Christ come in his flesh and whose faith is fixed on Christ as one in the Heavens and in every place and as one that is in his heart as well as he is in the Heavens and in every place is not Antichrist If it be so that there is such a thing as the great red Dragon in Heaven then beg of God a sight of him in Heaven for you cannot see him till a door be opened in Heaven to you as there was to John He may stand at your right hand and left hand and you see him not Till you be taken up by the Spirit into Heaven you cannot discern his seven heads ten horns and seven crowns that is to say those multiplicities of subtilties policies and glory wherewith he deceives poor Souls and till you know his tricks you cannot beware of them but he will set upon you on every side and you shall see it not he will blind your eyes that the light of the glorious Gospel of Jesus
tempt deceive devour and the like O friends look about you he hath not only a politique crafty head for to tempt deceive devour and the like but he hath a perfection of heads and they are full of policy and craftiness which policy and craftiness he makes use of against the Saints to perplex and rouble them on every side night and day The eighth thing to be enquired into is what those ten Horns of the great red Dragon are His Horns hold forth his power and strength We use to say there is strength in Horns The number ten being joyn'd to them it holds forth this That multiplicity of strength and power that is in the great red Dragon to bring about his Designs He hath not only Wisdom Policy and Craftiness in him for the acting of his Designs but he hath a multiplicity of strength and power likewise to bring about his Designs If a man had never so much wisdom and policy to act his Designs yet if he wanted strength his wisdom and policy would stand him in little steed Wisdom without strength availeth little But the Dragon hath both and a multiplicity of both as I said before and therefore O Saints beware of him The ninth thing to be enquired into is What the seven Crowns upon the great red Dragons head are Seven as I said before is a perfect number Crowns hold forth this to us Dignity Rule and Royalty So that the meaning of it is this There is a perfection of Dignity Rule and Royalty wherewith the Dragon is invested His Crowns upon his heads speak him to be a perfect King and Ruler he delights to be King and to reigne in the whole world but especially in Saints he would fain be King there he would fain wear the Crown in a Saint O that Saints would therefore take heed of him and not suffer him to use his scepter in their hearts but let Jesus Christ use his scepter whose right it is The tenth thing to be enquired into is what the tail of the great red Dragon is It is those windings and turnings that are in the great red Dragon The tail of the Dragon it turns this way and that way and if it cannot prevail it will turn every way see how the tail of the great red Dragon several waies winded and turned towards Jesus Christ when he was had by the Spirit into the Wilderness to be tempted in Mat. 4. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. First the Tempter came to Christ and said If thou be the Son of God command these stones to be made Bread Here the Divel would make Christ question his Son-ship Jesus Christ he had heard a voice from the most excellent glory that he was Gods beloved Son now the Divel he endeavours to make Christ question that he was Gods Son he saith unto him If thou beest the Son of God turn these stones into Bread As if he should have said Thou a Son of God and cannot turn these stones into Bread A Son of God can do it it bespeaks thee not to be a Son of God if thou dost not turn these stones into Bread He endeavours to make him question his Son-ship from his not turning stones into bread just so he deals with a poor soul Thou a son of God and not do this that is to say subdue corruption and withstand sin When the Divel hath gotten a poor soul into the wilderness as he did Christ so that the poor soul is ready to favnish for bread from heaven then the Divel saith unto him to make him question his son-ship If thou be a son of God relieve thy self succour thy self for a son of God can turn stones into bread But Christ said unto him It is written What is written This That man shall not live by Bread alone but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God When the Divel could not prevail this way see how his tail winds another way Then the Divel takes him up into the holy City and setteth him on a Pinacle of the Temple and saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written He shall give his Angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone Here he tempts him to destroy himself moving this to Christ as an Argument to do it that is to say if thou beest the Son of God thou may'st cast thy self down thou needest not fear for he shall give his Angels charge over his Son and they shall bear thee up in their hands they shall hold thee up lest thou dash thy foot against a stone As if he should have said Thou needest not fear doing of it God hath given a charge to Angels to keep thee from hurt so that if thou dost it Angels will bear thee up and keep thee they have a charge to do it and they must perform that to God just so the Divel sets upon poor souls when he tempts them to make away themselves O saith Satan thou may'st destroy thy self Angels will bear thee up and keep thee lest any hurt befal thee thou mayest do this and that for thou art under the protection of Angels This Satan tempts them to when poor souls are in the wilderness that is in a bewildred condition But Christ said unto him It is written again Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God When the Divel could not prevail this way see how the Dragon winds his tail another way Again the Divel takes him up into an exceeding high Mountain and sheweth him all the Kingdoms of the World and the glory of them and saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me Here the Divel sets Jesus Christ on high and sheweth him all the glory of the world promising Christ it all if he would be a worshipper of him As if he should have said Do but turn a worshiper of me thou shalt have all the glory of all the Kingdoms of this world He seeks here to make Christ worship him by shewing and promising him the worlds glory Thus he seeks to prevail upon poor souls to make them worshippers of him he presents the glory of this world before them as profit credit esteem honour repute and the like and promiseth them they shall have all of it if they will worship him How many poor souls have bin caught in this snare But Jesus said unto Satan Get thee hence Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Then the Divel leaves him c. So that you see what the tail of the great red Dragon is that is to say those windings and turnings that are in the great red Dragon and how Jesus Christ answereth the Divel in all these three temptations which may teach us how to answer him when the Divel tempts us for as
the windings of his tail are against Jesus Christ so they are against us He tempts us as I said before somtimes to question our son-ship and somtimes to destroy our selves and someimes to fall down and worship him by his setâ—ing before us the glory of the world as he did before Christ The eleventh thing to be enquired into is What the third part of the stars of Heaven are which by the tail of the great red Dragon are drawn out of heaven and cast into the earth The third part of the stars of heaven are those that are unstable infirm unsetled not built upon the sâ—re foundation that in appearance have shined like stars in heaven they are not to be understood the material stars but it is a Metaphorical kind of expression borrowed from the stars they shined as the stars As there hath bin some in our days that have shined so in shew but are now cast down out of heaven into the earth so that now their lights are put out they themselves are become earthly worldly carnal and the like The twelfth thing to be be enquired into is What the earth is into which the great red Dragon casteth the third part of the stars of heaven The earth somtimes is put for the men of the earth As O earth hear the word of the Lord sometimes it is put for the material earth as Gen. 1. 20. but here it is to be taken for that which the first man is off the first man is of the earth earthly so that it is taken for that earthly mindedness worldliness wickedness wretchedness and filthiness which was in Adam after his fall The thirteenth thing to be enquired into is What the meaning of the great red Dragons standing before the woman which was ready to be delivered is standing is a posture of readiness to devour so that it holds forth this the readiness that the Dragon is in to devour the man-child and that term before her that is before the womans face facing of the woman the womans readiness to be delivered signifies her being nigh at hand to bring forth Now what a sad thing it would be for a woman to have one that seeks her life and the life of her child stand facing of her when she is ready to bring forth it will endanger both the woman and child so it is here O what a sad thing it is to the Church of Christ to have the great red Dragon stand facing of her when she is ready to be delivered of Jesus Christ it is the only way to make the Church of Christ miscarry Thus you see that the meaning of the Dragons standing before the woman holds forth That there is a readiness in the Dragon to devour the Babe either by facing of the woman and so making of her miscarry by reason of fear or by devouting of the Babe when he is born The fourteenth thing to be enquired into is what the meaning of that saying is for to devour her child as soon as it was born To devour is to eat up quite to make an end of as soon as it was born that is so soon as it was brought forth So soon as ever the Saints of God are in a readiness to bring forth Christ in them the great red Dragon stands before their face for to devour him he cannot endure Christ should be in them or brought forth in them but seeks to destroy him 〈◊〉 just as Herod and the Scribes and Pharisees after Christ was born did seek to devour Christ without us so the Dragon seeks to devour him within us and for this purpose she stands before us and faceth us that he might be the more ready to catch and lay hold of Christ and quash the appearing of him in us You know what a sad thing it would be for a woman to have her child as soon as it was brought forth snatcht from her and devoured and eaten up before her face O how it would trouble her So for a soul to have Jesus Christ so soon as he is brought forth in it snatcht from it and devoured and eaten up before its face O what a sad case that soul will be in O how it will cry out for is Jesus is Jesus as the woman would for her child O my child my child The terms in the words being thus explained the first Thesis or Basis upon which I shall build my discourse is this That there is such a thing as the great red Dragon in heaven It is cleer from the words and it is cleer from other Scriptures as that Scripture in Luke 10. 18. saith Christ to his Disciples I beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven he was in heaven and Christ saw him fall from his seat Question But you will ask me What Is Satan in heaven To that I answer as followeth First Satan in heaven is Satan in a Priestly shape Secondly Satan in heaven is Satan in a Prophetical shape Thirdly Satan in heaven is Satan in a Kingly shape First of all Satan in heaven is Satan in a Priestly shape appearing as the Priest Christ Jesus acting his Priesthood doing the very office and work of Christ as offering sacrifice to God putting up petitions to him praying and the like Secondly Satan in heaven is Satan in a Prophetical shape as the Prophet Christ acting him as a Prophet prophesie as he did that is to say speak to edification exhortation reproof and of things to come O how Satan hath bin in heaven in some in this respect in our days In what a Prophetical shape he hath appeared who have prophesied out of their own hearts who have followed their own spirits and have seen nothing but vanity and lying Divination saying The Lord saith and the Lord hath not sent them and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word and they have with their lyes made the heart of the righteous sad when God hath not made sad Ezek. 13. All which we cannot but see fulfilled in our days Thirdly Satan in heaven is Satan in a Kingly shape acting the Kingly Office of Christ reigning ruling and commanding within the heart and without as Christ But to make things more plain the Dragon in heaven is the Dragon on high Secondly The Dragon in glory Thirdly The Dragon at rest For heaven presents us with all these three things Height Glory and Rest First of all The Dragon in heaven is the Dragon on High that is to say in the Chair Seat and Temple of God shewing himself that he is God and saying that he is God 2 Thes. 2. 4. He it is that exalts himself as the Eagle that sets his nest among the stars Obad. 1. 4. He is that Lucifier that ascends into heaven and that exalts his Throne above the stars that sits upon the mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North Isa. 14. 13. He is that Capernaum which is exalted unto heaven and which shall be
Christ shall not shine into your Souls he will have you one way or another and if he cannot prevail one way he wil another he will endevor to catch you by the inclination of your mind and nature he will watch which way they are carried so set a trap for your spirit Secondly If it be so That there is such a thing as the great red Dragon in Heaven then Friends take heed of him for he stands at Joshuah's right hand he will appear in his white rayment to you because you are Saints he will put on his most beautiful robes when he appears to Saints thereby to deceive them Take heed of his Heads lamb-like Horns and glorious Crowns lest by his subtilty strength and glory he fetch you down from your professions and though he appear in never so much glory stoop not at all and do not obeysance to him O noble Saints no not a jot notwithstanding his crowns of glory Thirdly If it be so That there is such a thing as the great red Dragon in Heaven having seven heads ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads be not afraid of him let not his monstrousness trouble you do not fear lest he should by his policy and strength set upon you fear not his strength nor policy your God will strengthen you with strength in your Souls by the Spirit against him never think that you shall not be able to deal or grapple with him seeing God will make perfect his strength in your weaknesses Do not cry out O surely surely I shall be overcome by his temptations but rather fill your mouths as Christ did his against him with It is written It is written It is written and bring no railing accusation against him as Moses durst not but cry The Lord even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke him then you shall see him go from you and leave you as he did Christ Fourthly If there be such a thing as the great red Dragon in Heaven and that this Dragon is the old Serpent and the Serpent is the Devil and Satan then this may serve to inform some that deny the Dragon old Serpent Devil and Satan that say there is none such I say this may serve to inform them of the truth of it that there are such Quest But may some say If there be such from whence is the Dragons rise otherwise the Serpent Devil and Satan 2. What was his fall And 3. where is this Dragon otherwise the Serpent Devil and Satan Answ. Without question his rise with other Angels was from God but his not keephis first state but falling away from it was from himself and in himself Secondly What was his fall It was this He being at first a good and holy Angel himself and partaking of the brightness of the angelical Glory living and dwelling in the same with the rest of his Brethren the Angels fell from his first estate or principality and lost his own former habitation or beginning and God hath reserved him in everlasting chains under darkness unto the Judgment of the great Day Jude v. 6. The forsaking of the Society of his fellow good Angels if I may so say and forsaking of his first estate of Glory leaving his former habitation was his fall like Adam and us who left our first estate and habitation which was in God and fell to the eating of that which was forbidden 3. Where is this Dragon He is in the Ayr 2. He is in the children of disobedience Eph. 2. 2. wherein in times past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the Prince of the power of the Ayr the Spirit that now works in the children of disobedience The second Thesis or Basis upon which I shall build my Discourse is this That the Tail of the great red Dragon is that by which the Dragon draws the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven into Earth This is clear from the words what the Dragon and the Tail of the Dragon is and what Heaven and Earth is I have at large shewed before and therefore I will not unfold the terms again but make some Application of the words First This may serve to inform us of the truth of this how that the great red Dragon by his tail draws the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and casteth them into the Earth This we may see fulfilled in our days how many shining stars hath the tail of the great red Dragon drawn out of Heaven and cast into the Earth So that though they shined as stars in Heaven before now they are become earthly worldly carnal and wicked and do not stick to commit all manner of wickedness with greediness Quest But may some say How doth the Dragon with his tail draw the third part of the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and cast them to the Earth These manner of ways following That is to say First He deals with them as with Adam and Eve just as he drew Adam and Eve to eat of that which is forbidden so he draws the stars of Heaven out of Heaven and casteth them into the Earth See how he drew them to eat of that which was forbidden Gen. 3. Yea saith the Serpent unto the woman hath God said Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden No saith the woman We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden we may not eat of it nor touch it for God hath said it lest we dye Yea hath he said it is it indeed so are you not mistaken are you sure God spoke it See how the Serpent sets upon her and endeavors to make her question the authority of Gods Word And hath God said Ye shall surely dye that is certainly dye If you eat ye shall not certainly dye Here the Serpent makes himself to have more power then God Ye may eat safely ye shall not though God hath said it dye For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil As if the Serpent should say Let God say what he will you shall not dye for instead of dying if you eat your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods in the knowing of good and evil Come saith the Serpent eat do not fear you shall not dye for you shall know good and evil and ye shall know good and evil as gods know it even that very day you eat it shall be so ye shall no sooner eat but it shall be so These things he gives as Reasons that the woman should not dye if she did eat because her eyes should be opened and they shal know good and evil as God that very day they did eat Now when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes and that it