succession of the treasonoble act. So now, Sin that was in the beginning of the world, was to bring in the Kingdom of Satan; and the next Generation upheld it, and the next upheld the same, and the next Generation went on the same way; so that every Generation is not only guilty of those particular sins which they com∣mit; but they be guilty of all that went before, because they uphold the succession of the King∣dom of the Devil, and the opposition of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ: As for instance, Take a scorner of Religion, that is one sin (for we cannot open things but by instancing in particu∣lars) I say, take a scorner of Religion, know thou art not guilty of these acts of scorning only in thy self, but art guilty of all the scorn∣ing of Godliness since the beginning of the world; why? Because thou holdest a successi∣on of that way of scorning of Religion. So a Blasphemer may be said to be guilty of all the blasphemies in the world; why? Because he upholds the succession of that way of sinning a∣gainst God; and so opposing the Kingdom of Christ, and upholding the Kingdom of the De∣vil. This is the third thing, Sin is the uphol∣ding of the Kingdom of the Devil in the World.Fourthly, A Fourth thing is this, That Sin, it is a fulfilling of the will of the Devil: That is ano∣ther distinct Consideration, and you shall see that in the opening of it, it will be of distinct use to you: I say, it is a fulfilling the will of the Devil; that place is very famous for that in the 0