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A70069 The Devil was and is the old informer against the righteous Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1683 (1683) Wing F1795; ESTC R30471 10,143 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 P●ophets 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 ●erpent 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 what Condition is all Christendom in that is erred from the Holy Ghost and Power the Apostles were in have they not received the unclean ghost or soul 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 soul 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 Info●med 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 contrary 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 them lift you up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord. See what high words these Informers could speak to insense the Congregation against Mose 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 259 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 there