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A40160 The devil was and is the old informer against the righteous Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1682 (1682) Wing F1794; ESTC R30470 10,146 14

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THE DEVIL Was and Is the Old Informer AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS HE that is an Informer is a Persecutor and Spoiler and a Destroyer and the DEVIL is the Head of all Informers Persecutors and Destroyers of the RIGHTEOUS He is an Adversary of the Happiness of all God's People and an Accuser of them He is a Serpent an Enemy to all that which is good See his Emnity against Adam and Eve and against their Happiness how it did appear against Adam and Eve in Genesis And see his Enmity in the Sodomites who vexed Just and Righteous Lot's Soul from day to day and Noah a Preacher of Righteousness to the old ungodly World who did not regard him no more than Sodom did Lot but the one was drowned and the other was turned into Ashes And see the Serpent's Enmity in the Jews and in Corah Dathan and Abiram against Moses and what became of them who would have stoned him And you may see the Enmity of the Serpent in the Jews against the Prophets and did not both the ten Tribes and the two Tribes go into Captivity for disobeying the Lord like their Father Adam in their Enmity against his Prophets and righteous People And likewise you may see the Enmity of the Serpent in the Jews against Christ and his Apostles insomuch that Christ called the Jews Serpents and of their Father the Devil and what became of those Jews were they not scatter'd among all Nations and Jerusalem and their Place of Worship destroyed And ●hat Condition is all Christendom in that is erred from the Holy Ghost and Power the Apostles ●ere in have they not received the unclean ghost or foul spirit of the Devil the Enmity Adversary Accuser and Destroyer that old Informer that makes them to destroy one another makes them to envy and accuse and Informers and Destroyers of the Righteous And that foul spirit or unclean ghost hath brought Christendom all on heaps one against another that are not in the Spirit and Power of Christ the Apostles were in And in Iob chap. 1 2. there you may see the Devil and Satan who was the Enmity and Murderer appeared against Iob and his Sons and Daughters to the spoiling of his Goods yea and his Wife who said unto Iob Curse God and dye but Iob called her A foolish Woman and did not sin with his Lips though he lost his Sons and Daughters and his Goods and was stript of all and though the Devill Satan said unto the Lord If that he would put his hand against Job Job would curse him to his face Chap. 1. ver 11. And again Satan the Informer said Skin for skin yea all that a man hath will he give for his Life but put forth thine Hand now and touch his Bone and Flesh and he will Curse thee to thy face Job 2. But in all these false Informations of the Devill who was a murderer and a Lyar from the beginning and so was proved and manifest to be both a murderer and a lyar and a false accuser for Job blessed the Lord and did not sin with his Lips Iob 1 2. Chapters And Iob's Friends were miserable Comforters for the Lord said His Wrath was kindled against them for they had not spoken right of the Lord as his Servant Iob had and therefore Iob was to pray to the Lord for them and the Lord heard Iob's Prayer for them And Ioseph's mistris was a wicked Informer to her husband against innocent Ioseph first she Informed the men of her house then she Infocmed her husband whose wrath was kindled against him that he took him and cast him into prison And all this was because Ioseph would not yeild unto his Mistriss's wickedness and Sin against God so here was the Serpent and the Devil the adversary appeared against Innocent Joseph whom God was withal and made him to prosper Genesis 40. But in Proverbs 7. you may see how the Woman with the attire of a Harlot and subtilty of heart whose feet abides not in her House and lieth in wait in every Corner of the Street in Twie-light in the Evening in the black and dark Night deceived the Young Man void of understanding for they that have understanding will shun her for by the means of a Whorish Woman a man is brought to a piece of Bread and the Adulterous will hunt for the precious Life of the Righteous And though the Informers and Archers did sorely grieve Joseph and shot at him and hated him yet his bow abode in strength and Joseph's Brethren did envie him for his Dream but his Father Jacob observed his sayings And you may see how Pharoah King of Aegypt informed his People the Aegyptians against the Children of Israel and set Task-Masters over them that made their lives bitter and the Aegyptian Task-Masters obeyed Pharaoh's Commands and made them to make Brick without Straw and serve with Rigour But the Hebrew-Midwives would not obey Pharaoh to kill the Men-Children and the more Pharaoh and his Task-Masters persecuted and opprest them the more they Multiplyed But what became of Pharaoh and all his Persecutors and Informers at Last Did not God overthrow them in the Sea and deliver his People There Ran a Young man and told Moses and said Illdad and Madad were Prophecying in the Camp and one said unto Moses My Lord forbid them and Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake would God that all the Lords People were Prophets and that the Lord mould put his Spirit upon them Numb 11. Here Moses did not give Credit to those Informers but rather reproved them encouraged the Prophets desiring that all the Lords People were Prophets So Moses was far off from saying have them before a Magistrate and Fine them 20 l. apiece for speaking And what became of all those that went to search the Land of Canaan and brought an evil report upon the Land of Canaan cont●ary to God's promise and to Joshua and Caleb that these false Informers made the Congregation so envious that they were ready to stone Moses and did not those false Informers and them that joyned with them their Carcasses fall in the Wilderness Numb 14. And what became of Corah Dathan and Abiram and the 250. Princes that were famous in the Congregation and men of renown which told Moses and Aaron Ye take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation were holy every one of them for the Lord is among them wherefore then lift you up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord. See what high words these Informers could speak to insense the Congregation against Moses and Aaron and such as feared God Did not the Earth swallow up Corah and his Company alive and did not a Fire come from the Lord and consume the 250. men And on the morrow all the Congregation of the Children of Israel murmured against Moses and told him He had killed the people of the Lord Did not the Wrath of the Lord go out against them and
crew twice did not the Truth that Christ spoke to the High Priest put him into such a Wrath or Rage that he tore or rent his Clothes And were not Peter and Iohn haled before Ananias the High Priests Court where the Rulers Elders and Scribes and Iohn and Alexander and many of the Kindred of the High Priest were gathered together and did not they set Peter and Iohn in the midst and exaamin them and charged them to speak no more in the Name of Iesus but Peter and Iohn said unto them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you or unto God judge ye for we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard then the High Priest threatned them and let them go Act. 4. And again you may may see how the High Priest and all that were with him were filled with Indignation and rose up against the Apostles and cast them into the common Prison but the Lord delivered them And you may see all along in many places of Acts how the Jews rose up against the Apostles and how that one of the Officers came and told the Chief Priests Captain That the Apostles were preaching in the Temple which they cast into Prison and the Captain and the Officers brought them and set them before the Council and the high Priest and they took counsel to slay them but Gamaliel said unto them Refrain your selves from these men and let them alone for if this Work or this Counsel be of men it will come to nought but if it be of God you cannot overthrow it lest happily ye be found even to fight against God And his Counsel swayed and stopt the High Priest and his Court for Murdering of them And Saul he made Havock of the Church entring into every house and haling men and women committing them to prison and Saul yet breathed out Threatnings and Slaughters against the Disciples of the Lord and went to the High Priest and desired of him Letters to Damascus to the Synagogues If he found any of this Way whether they were men or women he might bring them bound to Jerusalem So his Authority was from the Chief Priest to persecute but Christ met him in the way and told him It was hard for him to kick against the Pricks and said unto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me for he was persecuting Christ in his Members and Christ converted him and after some time sent him to Damascus to preach his Gospel where he was going to persecute but after many dayes that he had preach't the Gospel at Damascus the Iews there took counsel to kill him and they watch't night and day at the Gates to kill him but the Disciples of Christ took Paul by night and let him down by the Wall in a Basket and so he scaped those murdering Professors without Possession as you may see in Act. 9. So he that went to persecute at Damascus was persecuted at Damascus for preaching Christ whom he was going to persecute and here you may see how the Persecutors were Confounded And in Act. 14. there you may see how the unbelieving Iews stir'd up the Gentiles made their minds evil-affected against the Brethren and Elimas the Sorcerer withstood Barnabas and Paul to turn away the Deputy from the Faith Here you may see the professing Jews and the Sorcerer were found in one spirit but the Jews were spiritually blind with Evil and God struck Elimas naturally blind and the Jews which were more than forty that came to the Chief Priests and Elders and said unto them how that they had bound themselves under a Curse that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul and the Chief Priests and the Council were to mannage this matter for these Murderers then they were to send to the Captain that kept Paul a Prisoner to bring him out of the Castle which was his Prison to the Chief Priests and Elders under a pretence that they would enquire something of him and these Murderers were ready to murder him before ever he came near them but the Captain of the Castle understanding the thing the Lord put it in his mind to send Paul away by which the Innocent esc●p't the hands of these Murdering Informers and Lyars which the Chief Priests and Counsel had a hand in and Paul had more Mercy from the Roman Captain than he had from the professing Jews and their Priests And after a while Ananias the high Priest with the Elders with a certain Orator named Tertullus informed the Governour Faelix against Paul and after a great deal of dawbing plausible expressions as you may see in Acts 24. said they We have found this man a Pestilent Fellow a Mover of Sedition among all the Jews throughout the World and a Ringleader of the Sect of the Nazareans and so after many grievous false Charges they laid against Paul Paul had liberty to clear himself from their Lyes and Slanders and false Informations and when they had kept Paul about two years in Prison there Festus came into the Province then the High Priest and chief of the Jews informed him against Paul and desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem the Jews lying in wait in the way to kill him but Festus said unto them Which among you are able go down to Cesaria to accuse this man and when they came there they laid many grievous Complaints against Paul which they could not prove and so the Lord delivered him out of these Murderous Informers hands though Festus would have done the Jews a pleasure as having Paul up to Ierissalem to be judged there by him but Paul appealing unto Caesar prevented him and the Jews and the high Priest of their Design against him as you may see in Act. 25. more at ●●rge And what became of Jezebel with her informing Letters that she wrote in Ahab's name to the Elders and Nobles that were in the City dwelling with Naboth who bid them Proclaim a Fast and set up Naboth on high among the People and sent two Sons of Belial before him to bear witness against him saying Thou didst Blaspheme God and the King and then carry him out and stone him that he may dye and they did so according to Iezebel's Information and when they had killed him she and her Husband took possession of his Estate but what Destruction came upon Ahub and Jezebel and all that took their part as you may read the entence and Judgment 1 King 21. And therefore let all Murderers Informers and Sons of Belial take heed who seek the Destruction of the Righteous in that they bring Destruction upon themselves as you may see all along in the Scriptures what was the End of such whether they were high or low Priest Professor or Prophane the Righteous God spared none and therefore read the Scriptures from one end of the Book to the other there you may see the fad Examples and Judgments that have come on such whom the Devil who was the great Informer hath made Lyars and Informers False Witnesses and False Accusers against the Righteous and let them be like so many Way-marks to shun the Evil but Christ is come to destroy the Devil and his Works and to bruise his Head who was the Informer against Job and the False Teacher and Informer of Adam and Eve to transgress the Command of God therefore if Christ destroyeth the Father of all such Informers Persecutors and Lyars and False Witnesses his Children may fear Destruction and the Saints canning Halelujah over the Devil Satan Serpent and all his Followers that do his work whom the Living God will Reward accordingly G. FOX THE END LONDON Printed by JOHN BRINGHVRST at the Sign of the BOOK in Grace-Church Street 1682.