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the_o author_n and_o father_n of_o sin_n yet_o see_v we_o can_v ascribe_v a_o infiniteness_n to_o he_o we_o must_v admit_v that_o as_o to_o act_n of_o sin_n at_o least_o he_o may_v be_v more_o or_o less_o sinful_a and_o that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o his_o heart_n may_v be_v more_o draw_v out_o by_o occasion_n motive_n and_o provocation_n beside_o we_o be_v express_o teach_v thus_o much_o rev._n 12._o 12._o the_o devil_n be_v come_v down_o have_v great_a wrath_n because_o his_o time_n be_v short_a where_o we_o note_v 1._o that_o his_o wrath_n be_v call_v great_a imply_v great_a than_o at_o other_o time_n 2._o that_o external_n motive_n and_o incentives_n as_o the_o shortness_n of_o his_o time_n prevail_v with_o he_o to_o draw_v forth_o great_a act_n of_o fury_n three_o whatsoever_o occasion_n do_v draw_v out_o or_o kindle_v malice_n to_o a_o rage_n satan_n have_v meet_v with_o they_o in_o a_o eminent_a degree_n in_o his_o own_o fall_n 11._o and_o man_n happiness_n nothing_o be_v more_o 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a_o rage_n against_o the_o hand_n that_o afflict_v it_o thus_o do_v satan_n fall_n enrage_v he_o and_o the_o more_o when_o he_o see_v man_n enstate_v into_o a_o possibility_n of_o enjoy_v what_o he_o have_v lose_v the_o envy_n and_o pride_n of_o his_o heart_n boil_v up_o to_o a_o madness_n for_o that_o be_v the_o only_a use_n that_o the_o wretched_o miserable_a can_v make_v of_o the_o sight_n of_o that_o happiness_n which_o they_o enjoy_v not_o especial_o if_o have_v once_o enjoy_v it_o they_o be_v now_o deprive_v this_o beget_v the_o rage_n and_o wrath_n in_o cain_n against_o abel_n and_o afterward_o his_o murder_n the_o eye_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v evil_a where_o god_n be_v good_a hence_o may_v it_o be_v conclude_v that_o satan_n be_v a_o wicked_a spirit_n and_o this_o wickedness_n be_v capable_a of_o act_v high_a or_o low_o according_a to_o occasion_n and_o with_o a_o suitableness_n thereto_o can_v but_o show_v a_o unconceivable_a malice_n against_o we_o our_o happiness_n and_o 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do_v it_o will_v argue_v much_o for_o his_o power_n delrio_n if_o we_o can_v imagine_v as_o some_o do_v that_o they_o turn_v their_o rod_n into_o real_a serpent_n the_o power_n be_v evident_a and_o there_o be_v this_o that_o favour_n that_o opinion_n it_o be_v say_v they_o can_v not_o make_v louse_n which_o seem_v to_o imply_v they_o real_o do_v the_o other_o thing_n and_o it_o have_v be_v as_o easy_a to_o delude_v the_o sense_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o louse_n as_o in_o the_o rod_n if_o it_o have_v be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o delusion_n neither_o be_v some_o a-wanting_a to_o give_v a_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o power_n viz._n serpent_n louse_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o offspring_n of_o putrefaction_n by_o his_o dextrous_a application_n of_o the_o seminal_a principle_n of_o thing_n rivetus_n he_o may_v quick_o produce_v they_o if_o we_o go_v low_a and_o take_v up_o with_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o think_v that_o they_o be_v neither_o mere_a delusion_n nor_o yet_o true_a 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