upon the Serpent, and said that which was true, but kept back the confession of her Concupiscence, without which the Serpent could not have hurt her.How commeth it to passe that the old Serpent the Authour of all is not called to be examined?Because that the Lord would shew no mercy to him, wherefore he only pronounceth Judgement against him.What learn you from thence?That it is a mercy of God when we have sinned to be called to ac∣compt, and to be examined either by the Father of the houshold, or by the Magistrate, or by the Governour of the Church; and a token of Gods fearfull Judgment when we are suffered to rest in our sins with∣out being drawn to question for them.What observe you in the sentence against the Serpent?That the first part contained in the 14. ver. is against the Instru∣ment of the Devil; and that the other part contained in the 15 ver. is against the Devil.What learn you of this proceeding to sentence?That after the cause well known, Judgement should not be slacked.Why doth God use a speech to the Serpent that understandeth it not?It is for mans sake, and not for the beasts sake.Why for mans sake?To shew his love to mankind by his displeasure against any thing that shall give any help to doe hurt unto him; in which respect he commandeth that the Oxe that killeth a man should be slain, and that the flesh thereof should not be eaten; (Exod. 21. 28.) like a kind Father that cannot abide the sight of the knife that hath maimed or killed his child, but breaketh it in peeces.What manner of curse is this, when there is nothing laid upon the Serpent, but that he was appointed to at the beginning, be∣fore he became the Devils Instrument to tempt Eve?It is true, that he crept upon his belly before, and eat dust before, as appeareth in the Prophet, Esay 65. 25. but his meaning is, that he shall creep with more pain, and lurk in his hole for fear, and eat the dust with lesse delight and more necessity.What learn you from thence?Not to suffer our selves to be instruments of evill to any in the least sort, if we will escape the curse of God; for if God did pu∣nish a poor worm, which had no reason or will to chuse or refuse sin, how much lesse will he spare us which have both?What is the sentence against the Devill?The Ordinance of God, That there shall be always enmity be∣tween the Devil and his seed on the one side, and the woman and her seed on the other, together with the effect of this enmity.VVhat doe you understand by the seed of the Devill, seeing there is no generation of the Devils, for that there is no male nor female among them, neither have they bodies to engen∣der?The seed of the Devill are all both wicked men and Angels, Joh.0