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A33367	Look about you, for the devil that you fear is in you, or, The right devil unfolded in his descent, form, education, qualification, place and nature of torment : with many other divine secrets, never from the beginning yet extant till this last witness, so beneficial both for the seed of gain, and the seed of faith / written by Laur. Claxton.	Claxton, Laurence, 1615-1667.	1659 (1659)	Wing C4579; ESTC R32621	55,901	151

from my Seed-spring I speak it if there were a devil without man as there is not that devil would tremble to behold thy carriage and hear thy expressions for pride doth so much attend thee that thou knowest not how to fashion thy garment nor which way to hang thy Cloak upon thee now being richly clad thou knowest not well what to think of thy self that whether thou be a god or a man thy garments so glitter and thy heart so proud and carriest thy head so high that the poorer sort of thy seed stands cap in hand to thee yea gazing after thee that thou art so puffed up with the thought of this that thou thinkest in thy self none in the world like unto thee for beauty and proper person so richly adorned with jewels of gold and silver that thou thinkest every one that looks upon thee admires thee from hence it is thy devil or soul is so ravisht with the vain glory of this perishing world that thou art never better but when thou art abroad shewing thy bravery with thy servants standing bare head before thee in the open streets as also to your Church you go and what is the load-stone drawing you thither onely because you would be looked upon as good Church-men and to have the praise of the world also to shew your fine rags as aforesaid and to see and be seen who outstrips thee in apparel or what new fashion is invented this and onely this is the greatest load-stone inviting you otherways if thou wentest to hear sin reproved and thereby become humble for that thy rude carriage and corrupt behavior then it would appear in thy language but thou art so much a stranger to sobriety of speech that upon every occasion thou hast these and such like expressions God damn me I will have my will the devil take thee for thy pains what are you mad you damn'd whore I think the devil is in thee the devil confound me body and soul if I be not revenged on thee the devil rot thee and the pox of God take thee for a pocky devilish whore by his life blood heart and wounds I will be the death of thee with many such wretched blasphemous expressions that the moderate devil doth even tremble to hear the language of this dark ranting devil In these not excluding the light ranting devil but as far over boots and shoes are they in these and such like cursed language so that before I pass to the next sort of the seed of Cain I shall parly a little with thee about these wicked tearms aforesaid Dost not thou desire to be saved this I am sure thou wilt acknowledge and yet thou callest upon God to damn thee how canst thou think to be saved when thy tongue will witness that many times thou hast said God damn me and whereas thou saith the devil take thee for thy pains thou little thinkest that thou art that devil Oh freind time is coming that thou shalt finde thou and such as thou art the onely devil and therefore for the time remember when ever thou saith the devil take thee then thou must take her or take him to whom thou utterest those words it is thou devil-man thy self must take them and when thou saith thou art mad I think the devil is in thee thou speakest truth not knowing it and so when thou saith If I be not revenged of thee the devil confound me soul and body now if thou be not revenged as many times thou art not then thou art justly confounded and if thou do revenge thy self thou art also confounded in that thou shouldest leave that to the Lord For revenge is mine saith the Lord I will not thou I will as I see cause revenge it so that in this thou hast sealed thy condemnation and whereas thou saith the pox of God take thee ah poor ignorant soul thy tongue declares what a corupt ulcerated humor doth run in the veins of thy soul and body that thou thinkest God like thy self when he declares himself a God all holiness and purity glorious immortal that no mortal corruption could in the least touch him for it is written Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption and that such a devil as thou shalt say the pox of God when it is really and truly the pox of thy devil lust within thee as aforesaid I told thee how thou wouldest hazard not thy credit and estate but thy soul also for a beautiful yet pockey creature in whom and for whom thou hast not onely beggered thy wife and children but corrupted thy body that thy nose or thy bowelts rot within thee and yet thou so audaciously shalt say the pox of God when it is the pox of a whoring lustful devil thy self and then in all thy discourse thou must swear by his life when thou hast nothing to do with it in that his life is death in thee and to thee for thou hatest in thy life to be conformable to the life of Christ and therefore take notice thou hast no share nor benefit in his heart blood or wounds it was never spilt nor wounded for them that are far better qualified then thou yet the blood or wounds of the Lord was not for any of the seed of Cain but he was onely wounded and spilt his hearts blood for the seed of Adam or Abraham that blessed Seed of Faith therefore thou wretched soul let this my short parley with thee be for ever a Memento to look into thy soul and there thou shalt finde the devil that tempts or infuseth thee to utter all this diabolical language but true is that saying in John from the blessed tongue of Christ Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do for from him to you comes cursing oathes and lies who is the father of it As let but any sober man observe their quality in this and you shall have them swear and say God forgive me whore and cry God forgive me lye and say God forgive me thus thou thinkest it is nothing but with one and the same tongue say and unsay to lye cheat whore swear and be drunk and onely say I have sinned God forgive me and so commit the like wickedness again and again and thinkest this will serve thy turn but alas for thee the portion prepared shall at the great day lie heavy upon thee as read Matth. 12. 36 37. verses I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof at the day of judgement for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned for out of thy own mouth he will judge thee as thou shalt read at large in the next Chapter that shall shew the place and nature of the devils torment 3. The next sort of the seed of Cain are qualited and acted forth to all maner of covetousness and worldly mindedness insomuch that

by birthright or inheritance as the eldest son Secondly Whether it came by thy accute subtile wit and ripe ingenuity in improving thy Art or Calling by which thou wert capable of by which fleshly wisdom of thine thou art possest in thy riches Ans I shall from my seed-spring give thee the result of my thoughts as touching thee and as sure as God is God thou shalt finde what I write is truth 1. For the first Suppose in my condition as I am kindered or friend should unexpected by me give me a thousand pound a year more or less now it is just in me to receive it and possibly as justly I improve it onely here consists the danger that if by these riches my soul is drawn from God and more delighted in the pleasure of my riches then God so that I think my self a great man and now am grown lofty hard-hearted and such like corruption attends me in so much that not onely my self but likewise my neighbors takes notice that I am not like the man I was before So that now thou that hath thy greatness successively is not by Scripture condemned provided it prove not a snare or a thorn to choak thy soul by having such a deep impression in thy heart that the infallible truth cannot take root in thee onely here is the hazard as aforesaid if thou use it as though thou use it not which is no easie thing yet if thou canst make use of it to the glory of our God by feeding the hungry and clothing the naked in the name of a Prophet or a righteous man so said and so done thou shalt have a Prophets or righteous mans reward which is eternal life in the world to come I say if these things in the enjoyment of thy riches are performed by them then it may be thou art one of those few of the rich and noble that shall be saved But 2. Thou that hast got thy riches by thy subtil wit is much different from the other in that the first was freely given so that he came justly by it but as for thee thou best knows how thou came to thy greatness for thou hast heard as aforesaid it is a wonder for a man to do just and upright things and yet grow rich therefore the Scripture calls thee to account and that the more thou mayest remember not many years ago thou wast but a poor Journy-man of thy Trade not worth a groat but in debt and now in these few years thou art worth thousands O friend deal plainly with thy soul though thou may hide it from man thou canst not hide it from God for thy ways are naked to his glorious piercing eye that although thou may blind man with thy fair carriage and sugared pretences seemingly gilt over with holiness and purity of life yet for all this our glorious personal God doth know and in thy conscience will read how many thou hast cheated and murthered to make thy self great by undoing of others in this thing are not most of your Doctors over shoes and boots in this crying sin in taking a crown for that which cost but six pence and not onely so but for want of judgement and mercy destroys the poor creature to the utter ruin of his family so that thou art of that number that treadeth in the broad way that at last will lead thee to the destruction of thy soul eternally yea world without end and therefore take notice that God is not afraid to call thee to account or that he will be more merciful to thee then a beggar because of thy greatness or that thy white hand or fair face adorned with Silk Gold or Silver shall cause an eye of compassion more to thee because of that then to a black deformed creature No no our God thou shalt finde seeth not as man seeth neither is his thoughts as mans if he were then had the fair neat rich proud daughters of Sion been respected but in stead of a blessing he blasted all their glory and their bravery as you may read at large Isaiah 3. from the 16 to the end first repeating how they walked with stretched-out necks and wanton eyes walking and mincing as you go and making a tinkling with your feet therefore the Lord in stead of shewing mercy did smit with a scab the crowns of the heads of the daughters of Sion yea the Lord did discover their secret parts and took away all their bravery of tinkling ornaments about their feet their cauls and round tires like the Moon the chains bracelets mufflers the bonnets tablets ear-rings and nose-jewels wimples and crisping-pins the glasses and fine linen the vails with the changeable suits of apparel O if God were a respecter of persons here was invitations plenty but you may read that in stead of a sweet smell he gave them a stink and in stead of a girdle a rent in stead of well-set hair baldness in stead of beauty burning yea and that with eternal burnings shall all proud despisers of this infallible truth undergo at the great and terrible day of our Saviors appearance concerning which I shall open at large in the last Chapter Thus much in answer to your Pleas now I shall prove from Scripture the seed of Cain to be of the devil The devil or Seed of Cain infallibly proved from experience in Scripture II. BEcause of the great opposition that may arise up against this glorious Truth through the exceeding pride and unbelieve in the hearts of most men give me leave to cite a few Scriptures in confirmation of this work in hand In the first Epistle of John the third Chapter you shall find it thus written Not as Cain which was of that wicked one and slew his brother Also in the 13th chapter of Matthew it is thus written He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man and the field is the world the good seed are the children of the kingdom and the tares are the children of the wicked one and the enemy that soweth them is the devil Moreover in the 8th chapter of S. John Christ Jesus the God of Truth speaketh thus Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do he hath been a murtherer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there was no truth in him when he speaketh a lie then he speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father thereof My spiritual and rational friends which are sober was not Cain the first murthering lying man that ever was born of a woman seeing no true Christian can gainsay it was not that cursed Cain from the beginning that murthering devil and father of lies spoken of by Christ aforesaid in answer to those carnal Jews which boasted themselves to be of Abrahams seed and were not those lustful murthering-minded Jews or Gentiles which our Lord branded with titles of serpents vipers children of the devil and such like