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truth_n	life_n	light_n	way_n	7,290	5	5.4656	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00407	The scourge of securitie, or The expulsion and returne of the vncleane spirit. By William Est, minister and preacher of Gods word, at Bedford in Deuonshire	Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625.	1609 (1609)	STC 10537; ESTC S111377	36,719	111

laboureth to auoide euen the smallest sinne Surely the reason is because the one hath the spirituall eies of his minde blinded so that hee seeth not how great and greeuous euill hang ouer his head which that high iudge reserueth for him against the day of vengeance the other setting Gods iustice before their eyes and the seueritie of the eternall torments which the iust iudge inflicteth vpon these short fading pleasures of sinne by all meanes endeuoureth to refraine the same O that men were not distitute of these eies of their minde that they might contemplate vpon the miseries and torments which are layd vp in hell for the wicked that they might betime betake them to newnesse of life and come out of the snares wherewith this prince of darknesse holdeth them captiue and will in the end vnlesse they repent cast thē for euer into vtter darknesse where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth The Diuell now stoppeth their eies with earth that is with the vile corruptible abiect things of the world for the loue whereof they make small reckoning of the life to come but then to their perpetuall griefe they shall perceiue how they were blinded and confesse too late we haue erred from the way of truth and the light of righteousnesse hath not shined vnto vs Wis 5. Now let vs see how the Diuell maketh the sinner also deafe whē ye see a man warned counselled exhorted perswaded by many that he should in his iourney turne and decline from such a way for ther are theeues lying in wait to take away his money and life hee harkeneth to none of them goeth boldly on his iourney the way infested with Theeues falleth into their hands is robbed and slaine would yee not think this man to be deaf or out of his wits In like manner when God by his word Preachers diuine inspirations c. Incessantly warneth and calleth vnto the sinner knocketh at the doore of their hearts desireth craueth and beggeth them to open vnto him his head being full of deawe and his locke of the droppes of the night Cant. 5.2 Sheweth him the dangerous course he taketh the pit of destruction he is falling into the way he goeth leadeth to eternall torments c. Notwithstanding hee will not heare but goeth on still the broade way that leadeth vnto hell shall we doubt but that the Diuell hath stopped the spirituall eares of such Thus yee see how the Diuell maketh the sinner dumbe deafe and blind that he may the more quietly keepe possession of his soule Euen as a man that would quietly sleepe and take his rest commandeth his seruants and familie to keepe silence that the noise may not disturbe him 2. hee shutteth the windowes that the light may not offend his eies hee getteth him into a close roome and if any enquire for him willeth his seruants to denie him to bee within all these this subtile enemie of mankind causeth in the sinner that he may sleepe quietly in his sinne he diligently laboureth to stop the entrings and passages of the soule which are the senses that no Diuine light should come in at the windowes thereof to disperce the darknesse and blindnesse of the minde as we see in Pharao and the Scribes and Pharisies which could not bee wonne nor reclaimed by the myracles they sawe with their cies And if we beate their eares with neuer so many Sermons lay before their cyes the ioyes of the heauenly kingdome the most horrible torments of hell they still persist in their life as if they heard nothing at all so we see many to continue so indurate in inueterate hatred or in vnchast loue that with no perswasions no preaching no counsell they will be reclaimed from their hatred or filthy lust who seeth not heere the power of the Diuell in stopping both their spirituall cares and eies least they should conuert and escape out of his clawes He stoppeth also their mouths that no spirituall cōmunication of God or godlinesse should proceede from thence partaining to the saluation of their soule when to scurrilitie cursing c. and all corrupt and rotten communication their mouthes are alwaies open and lauish If a man should aske them whose mouth ouerrunne with filthy words like an vncleane Mill that cannot grinde without fowle water whether they haue had at any time al this yeare any godly conference concerning God the saluatiō of their soules they will answere if they would confesse the truth that they neuer had any thought or speech of any such thing who doth not heere plainly see that those are also dumbe though otherwise verie talkatiue vae tacentibus de te domine saith Augustine quia ipsi loquaces muti sunt cum non tuas laudes dicunt Aug. in medit And lastly he laboreth to keepe thē frō conuersing with good men least that the light of their good exāples should expell the darknesse of their mindes their wholsome exhortations rouse thē from the sleepe of sinne and so they might repent bee turned vnto God c. Take heede therefore saith Cyprian quisathanam habent suggestorem habebunt etiam tortorem In ser de ieiuni 3 In this one man 4 myracles were wrought the deafe did heare the dumbe spake the blind sawe and the possessed was deliuered This euidently euinceth that Christ is the true Messias to saue and free vs from the power of Sathan who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the Diuell Act. 10. For this purpose appeared the Sonne of God that he might loose the works of the Diuell 1. Iob. 3. Let vs therefore flie vnto him in all our dangers and necessities and he will refresh vs. Mat. 11. Finis 1. part vel conc primae Pars 2. vel conc secunda IN this part is described the effect of the myracle which according to the diuersitie of the subiects was threefolde and that according to the three diuers opinions and iudgement of the beholders 1 In the promiscuall companie saith Mat. 12.23 All the people were amazed that is they admired the power of God which shined forth in this myracle 72. they spake honorably of Christ the Messias the Author thereof Is not this the sonne of Dauid that is the promised sauiour of the line of Dauid of whom it was foretolde that he should doe such myracles Esa 35.5 And this effect of the myracle it selfe was good simple true and sincere 2. verse 15. in the Pharisies which maliciously did slander this Diuine myracle affirming that the efficient and principall worker thereof was Beelzebub a most abhominable and filthy Diuell by whose power Christ as his Minister did cast out Diuels which blasphemous slāder against their owne conscience they did to that end publikely before deliuer before the people that by extenuating and diminishing of the miracle they might withdrawe and alienate the mindes of the simple people from Christ Beelzebub signifieth dominum seuregem muscarum it was the God or Idoll of