Hands, and push _That_ upon us. We have to defend us, that Weapon in
_Eph. 6.16._ _The Sword of the Spirit, which, is the word of God_; but
when the Devil has that very Weapon to fight us with, he makes terrible
work of it. When the Devil would poyson men with false _Doctrines_, he'l
quote Scriptures for them; a _Quaker_ himself, will have the First
Chapter of _John_ always in his mouth. When the Devil would perswade men
to vile _Actions_, he'l quote Scriptures for them; he'l encourage men to
go on in Sin, by showing them, where 'tis said, _The Lord is ready to
Pardon._ I say this, The one story of _Davids_ Fall, in the Scripture,
has been made by the Devil an Engine for the Damnation of many Millions.
The Devil will fright men from doing those things, that are, _the Things
of their Peace_; but How? He'l turn a _Scripture_ into a _Scare-crow_
for them. The Devil will fright them from all constant Prayer to God, by
quoting that Scripture, _The Sacrifice of the Wicked, is an Abomination
to the Lord;_ the Devil will fright them from the Holy Supper of God, by
quoting that Scripture, _He that Eats and Drinks unworthily, Eats and
Drinks damnation to himself._ And thus the Devil will by some abused
Scripture, Terrifie the Children of God; the Scripture is written as we
are told, _For our Comfort_; but it is quoted by the Devil, _for our
terror_. How many Godly Souls have been cast into sinful Doubts and
Fears, by the Devils foolish glosses upon that Scripture, _He that
doubts is Damned;_ and that, _the fearful shall have their portion in
the burning Lake;_ The Devil sometimes has play'd the _Preacher_, but I
say, _Beware all silly Souls when such a fool is Preaching._

V. Grievous and Pulling Hurries to _Self-Murder_ are none of the
smallest outrages, which the Devil in his _Temptations_ commits upon us.
Why, did the Devil say to our Lord, _Cast thy self down_, but in hopes
that our Lord would have broke his Bones, in the fall? The Devil is an
_Old Murtherer_; and he loves to _Murder_ men; but no _Murder_ gives
him so much satisfaction, as that which at his instigation, men
perpetrate upon themselves. We see that such as are _Bewitched_ and
_Possessed_ by the Devil, do quickly lay violent hands upon themselves,
if they be not watched continually, and we see that when persons have
begun that _Unnatural_ business of _killing themselves_, there is a
_Preternatural_ Stupendious Prodigious Assistance, by the Devil given
thereunto