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reptil_a but_o when_o it_o come_v to_o small_a or_o lesser_a thing_n and_o corpuscle_n as_o fly_n and_o louse_n the_o paint_v colour_v or_o effigiate_v the_o like_a they_o be_v not_o former_o acquaint_v with_o and_o to_o thing_n of_o another_o nature_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o they_o also_o expect_v their_o weakness_n and_o knavery_n or_o as_o the_o apostle_n style_v their_o juggl_n their_o foolery_n be_v manifest_a to_o all_o men._n the_o hartummim_n i_o say_v may_v be_v some_o knavish_a painter_n who_o have_v the_o feat_n dexterity_n or_o knack_n of_o colour_v and_o cast_v a_o seemly_a glass_n upon_o thing_n and_o because_o that_o the_o priestly_a order_n may_v be_v è_fw-la secretioribus_fw-la unto_o pharaoh_n the_o mecashaphim_n may_v be_v the_o counsellor_n for_o state-matter_n but_o sure_a subtle_a and_o politic_a orator_n who_o with_o fallacious_a argument_n cunning_a pretence_n and_o plausible_a rhetoric_n can_v so_o disguise_v truth_n and_o flourish_v up_o knavery_n and_o falsehood_n that_o falsehood_n shall_v seem_v truth_n and_o truth_n but_o falsehood_n and_o so_o be_v just_o call_v meeashaphim_n colourer_n changer_n or_o perverter_n of_o the_o face_n of_o thing_n as_o the_o other_o just_o hartummims_n from_o their_o paint_n forge_v colour_v or_o fucuss_v of_o thing_n but_o both_o mere_a juggler_n though_o in_o several_a way_n the_o one_o in_o and_o by_o word_n the_o other_o by_o and_o upon_o thing_n chap._n xxviii_o some_o motive_n for_o the_o draw_v off_o of_o man_n from_o this_o doctrine_n propose_v i_o shall_v add_v a_o few_o particular_n more_o for_o the_o prevent_v the_o growth_n of_o and_o long_a adhesion_n to_o this_o gross_a blasphemous_a and_o abominable_a doctrine_n 1._o then_o i_o will_v persuade_v man_n that_o they_o will_v be_v indeed_o and_o in_o truth_n what_o they_o profess_v to_o be_v deist_n and_o not_o demonomanists_n worshipper_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n not_o adorer_n of_o the_o devil_n all_o idolatry_n be_v abominable_a but_o this_o most_o as_o be_v not_o only_o simple_a idolatry_n or_o mere_a downright_a atheism_n in_o the_o positive_a but_o idolatry_n and_o atheism_n too_o in_o the_o superlative_a for_o if_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o worship_v the_o heathen-god_n i._n e._n man_n famous_a in_o their_o generation_n for_o the_o invention_n of_o many_o useful_a thing_n but_o deify_v by_o the_o pagan_a superstition_n eph._n 2.12_o they_o then_o that_o worship_n the_o devil_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o transcendent_o atheistical_a as_o worship_v the_o worst_a of_o thing_n that_o can_v be_v imagine_v the_o ascribe_v of_o great_a work_n title_n honour_n excellency_n etc._n etc._n to_o a_o person_n be_v worship_v rev._n 4.18_o but_o if_o it_o be_v more_o than_o the_o person_n or_o thing_n deserve_v it_o be_v idolatrous_a and_o may_v nay_o do_v come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o high_a atheism_n if_o do_v to_o the_o devil_n adore_v magnify_v exalt_v god_n the_o work_n power_n wisdom_n goodness_n and_o providence_n of_o god_n this_o will_v keep_v you_o safe_a from_o be_v infect_v with_o the_o leaven_n of_o this_o doctrine_n thus_o shall_v you_o preserve_v yourselves_o deist_n and_o christian_n and_o only_o thus_o adore_v christ_n jesus_n as_o the_o only_a potentate_n the_o power_n that_o only_o do_v great_a wonder_n if_o you_o adore_v he_o not_o thus_o you_o make_v he_o but_o a_o idol_n or_o a_o trifle_n we_o have_v no_o ground_n reason_n motive_n or_o command_v to_o worship_n or_o believe_v in_o he_o but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n if_o i_o do_v not_o the_o work_v of_o my_o father_n believe_v i_o not_o but_o if_o i_o do_v believe_v i_o for_o the_o very_a work_n sake_n john_n 10.37_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o power_n and_o miracle_n we_o may_v and_o must_v
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have_v a_o devil_n mat._n 11.18_o it_o be_v very_o improbable_a that_o the_o jew_n who_o so_o general_o frequent_v john_n preach_v and_o hear_v he_o so_o glad_o think_v he_o to_o be_v possess_v with_o a_o devil_n and_o yet_o some_o of_o they_o may_v think_v he_o to_o be_v a_o little_a craze_a in_o his_o intellectual_n nay_o general_o it_o seem_v the_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o the_o jew_n think_v all_o these_o man_n that_o hold_v any_o new_a strange_a or_o unheard_a of_o doctrine_n in_o religion_n to_o be_v mad_a and_o hence_o festus_n to_o st._n paul_n thou_o be_v beside_o thyself_o too_o much_o learning_n have_v make_v thou_o mad_a act._n 25.24_o it_o be_v the_o strangeness_n of_o paul_n doctrine_n that_o make_v festus_n think_v he_o mad_a so_o do_v the_o jew_n think_v the_o samaritan_n to_o be_v mad_a and_o possess_v with_o devil_n yea_o and_o christ_n also_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n for_o the_o newness_n strangeness_n or_o madness_n of_o his_o doctrine_n as_o they_o account_v 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such_o act_n any_o such_o feat_n record_v of_o they_o by_o any_o of_o the_o evangelist_n they_o cry_v they_o roar_v they_o talk_v foolish_o run_v into_o mountain_n and_o desert_n and_o tomb_n cut_v themselves_o with_o stone_n break_v their_o fetter_n be_v mischievous_a to_o passenger_n but_o have_v not_o may_v not_o do_v not_o madman_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n by_o their_o work_n you_o shall_v know_v they_o say_v christ_n why_o how_o wherefore_o then_o may_v they_o not_o be_v madman_n and_o madman_n mere_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o demonium_fw-la habentes_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o add_v this_o christ_n himself_o confess_v that_o what_o he_o cast_v out_o that_o the_o child_n of_o the_o pharisee_n cast_v out_o too_o mat._n 12.27_o and_o argue_v large_o from_o it_o to_o justify_v himself_o and_o act_n but_o never_o do_v or_o can_v the_o pharisee_n child_n cast_v out_o real_a devil_n otherwise_o man_n shall_v be_v strong_a than_o devil_n flesh_n than_o spirit_n and_o 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that_o christ_n cast_v out_o be_v but_o what_o the_o child_n of_o the_o pharisee_n cast_v out_o therefore_o all_o that_o christ_n cast_v out_o be_v but_o disease_n and_o not_o devil_n and_o be_v it_o not_o now_o than_o a_o most_o monstrous_a apostasy_n and_o most_o intolerable_a idolatry_n and_o that_o even_o to_o the_o devil_n himself_o to_o attribute_v such_o a_o excellency_n of_o operation_n to_o the_o devil_n which_o be_v never_o exert_v by_o christ_n himself_o indeed_o can_v not_o because_o there_o be_v never_o occasion_n for_o it_o well_o this_o be_v one_o result_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n it_o be_v a_o apostasy_n from_o that_o fundamental_a truth_n god_n manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n this_o be_v almost_o but_o it_o must_v not_o be_v forget_v here_o that_o though_o christ_n cast_v not_o out_o any_o real_a devil_n proper_o so_o call_v yet_o cure_v disease_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o he_o do_v he_o manifest_v forth_o his_o glory_n and_o godhead_n as_o full_o and_o 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