and womens fpirits, is,they know not God, therefore they do not love God, but fear his anger they do not know.

fuchon of reafon

And as for the devil, they fear him to be fome fpirit flying in the air, even a fiction of their own brain: The thorow its ignorance hath created fuch a devil to it felf, that the fear of it hath caufed many men and women to loose their wits.

When as indeed, and in truth, there is no devil but men and wo men, neither doth any devil commit fornication, neither temporal nor fpiritual with idols,but men and women; neither doth any devil, perfecute and kill the Saints,or others,but men and women; fo that there is no other devil to be damned to eternity, but men & women.

So that this is to be minded, that all the Scriptures as they were: fpoken by the holy Prophets, and Apoftles, they were spoken to men and women, that is, to Saint, and devil, for the Scriptures were fpoken to none but to these two.

And thefe two are men, both Saint and devil, and yet all the Interpreters of Scriptures cannot find what the devil is, nor where he is. And if they were well examined, they would hardly find where, and who are Saints.

And all this ignorance that lieth upon the fpirits of men and women, that produceth the trouble of mind, or that non-fatisfacti on, it is because the teachers of the people are ignorant, and blind themselves in the knowedge of the true God, and the right devil, and of the true interpretation of the Scriptures.

So the mysteries of the Kingdom of eternal Glory is hid from their eyes, fo that they have not fatisfaction in themfelves, nor the people that hear them; fo that whilft they preach to others they themfelves are caft-aways, or as Chrift faith, The blind leads the blind, and both fall into the ditch of eternal perdition.

Yet I confefs they cannot help it, for it is the infline of nature for the fpirit of reafon in man, to go to preach before he be fent; And it is the inftinct and nature of the Spirit of Faith, not to be willing to go on Gods Meffages, when he is fent of God.

This I can experience to be truth in my felf, for I was the unwillingeft man in the world to be publick, either in temporal things, or in fpiritual matters, fo that I was forced by a curfe from the Lord if would not go.

But now I fee the fame curfe did God lay upon all Prophets and Mellen