The doctrine of devils proved to be the grand apostacy of these later times. An essay tending to rectifie those undue notions and apprehensions men have about dæmons and evil spirits.

CHAP. XIV. It nullifies the admiration Angels had for him.

VVEll, this of that particular; justified in or by the Spirit. The next, is seen of Angels 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, seen, looked upon, observed and admired of them, Spectabatur, or spectabilis erat, a very honourable Person; according to that of St. Peter, The things of Christ were so mysteriously admirable, that the very Angels desire to look, peep into, or have a glance of them, chap. 1.12. And St. Paul says, they were such, as in them appeared the manifold Wisdom of God, unknown formerly to the princi∣palities and powers, even in the heaven∣ly places; (much more unknown to De∣vils) Ephes. 3.10. Yea the Psalmist tells us, and the Apostle out of him, or ra∣ther God himself by them both, That

the Angels generally, all the Angels of God, the best of them (and that in part, for his works which were infinitely more excellent than theirs) were to wor∣ship him, Heb. 1.6. And yet how so? If Devils could and had been incarnated, could, and had done, as many, or as great, yea more and greater Miracles, than ever Christ did any. I might go on, and shew, That in all those other particulars, as well as the former, Men hugely derogate from the Honour of Christ, apostate from the truth and com∣fort of the Gospel, when they be so cre∣dulous, as to entertain this Doctrine of Devils.