Of the Nature of Spirits. I 2y
alfodo affirm that there are Tome of thefe Spirits good ; for Eufebitu in the faidbook and 6 Chapter ; andSc. <±Angufline concerning the fame in his book of The Qtty of God , the 9 Chapter and the 8, with very great and flrong Arguments do convince the Platonicks, that none of thefeD<ew<w are good. There 1$ but all evil;and that we do alfo approve of from their names, no D<"»on which are every where fet forth in holy Scripture ; for the Goi ' Devil is called D/Vi^o/«/, that is, flowing downwards: that he Why he « which fwelling with pride , determined to reign in high « ,,e <l oi- places, fell flowing down wards to thelowefl parts, like the ol " lut ' torrent of a violent dream, as Cajfiodoriu writeth. And he is called Sarhan$hzi is,an adverfary;who as Si.Jerome teflifieth, Satben% by reafonof the corruption of his own malice, he continu- ally refifteth,and is an adverfary againfl God, who is the chiefeft good. He is called Behemoth in the 40 Chapter of Bebeattb , Job, which fignifieth an Ox ; for even as an Ox defireth hay, fo he with the teeth of his fugged ions , coveteth to deftroy the upright lives of fpiritual men. And Leviathan in the Leviathan. fame place, which fignihes an addition, becaufe the Devil al- waies endeavours to adde evil to evil , and punifliment to punifhment. He is alfo called in Revelation 1 5. -^folljon, A n signifying a rooter out, for he rooteth our the vertues which God planteth in the Soul. He is called a Scr/w;Mn the 1 2 ASerttnt. of the Revelation, by reafon of his virulency. A Lion in the 1 Epifl.Ptfrrandthe laft Chapter,which roareth about feek- ing whom he may devour. He is called a cunning Workman ffa.f 5. becaufe by his malice the veflels that are elected and approved. He is called, Ifa.34. Onocentnurut Sryntts, Pilofns, Syren, Lamia, Ulula,Struthh. And by David in the 90 Pfal. an jifpe, Bajiliske and Dragon. In the Gofpel Mammon, the Prince of this world, and Ruler ofdarknefi.
Caftor. Why therefore have the Divines declared v That the Almighty hath given two kindes of Spirits unto men • theonegood, the keeper and preferver of their lives, the other evil, refitting the good : if they arc all evil ? Pollux.Tht holy Dolors dounderftand by the good Spirit a good Angel/uch as we read£*/>£we/was to Tobia/,vtho bound
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