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ir f pi F ^ * > T" ^ T ^ 162 ZION’S LANDMARKS. ledge of good and evil tbou shaltnot eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die.” Now here is God’s command in plain words to Adam, in the garden of Paradise. Now to prove that the first path the devil walked in on earth was directly across God’s com mand. Genesis, iii. 4: “And the serpent saidunto the woman, ye shall not surely die.” Then here you can see the devil’s old path lies dirictly across God’s commands. God said thou shall surely die—the devil said ye shall not surely die. Then take this for granted, that the devil’s road in all things directly lies across God’s road. Thus, says Jesus, he was a lii.r ’roin the beginning ; and 3'ou m.'.v s;; v also, he was amurdert r from t. baginning. And from that day to this, the devil’s paths in which lie and all his agents have walked, have always crossed God’s paths.— .1 few more citations I will give you, to confirm this truth. The next case—by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Abel brought of the firstlings of the flock for his sacr^ce, and obtained witness he was righteous by believing in Jesus Christ and his blood. And as a figure of the Baviour’s own arm has brought salvation, says the prophet personating Christ, and salvation is of the Lord. And again: thou shalt be for my salvation to the ends of the earth. So then salvation don’t come by the joint works of the Saviour and the sinner, but of the Saviour from the foundation to the top stone ; and this joint Avork of the Saviour and sinner for salvation, is one of the devil’s by-paths to hell ; but Avorks for salvation, without faith in Christ, is one of the devil’s cross roads to hell. So then you can see that the devil’s path of old time, and devil’s Avorship, and devil’s agents, lie across God’s commands, Avorship, and plan of salvation for sinners.— Then mark the length of his foot, if you can, for that is his track so far. You knoAV God said to Abraham he Avould make him the father of many nations, and that Sarah should have a son, and that he preached religion king the gospel to Abraham, saying. in thy seed shall all nations be blessed. Now, Avhat does the detdl do but goes in one of his by-paths and round about Avays, and gets right across God’s promise, purpose and oath; and plays a devil trick Avith old Sarah, and gets her to put Hagar in and But O which he believed, he offered his firstlings and shed their blood.— Witness Noah, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, &c., doing the same ; all Avhich was to shoAV that all true Avorshippers of the true and living God, must worship him by faith in and through a crucified and bloody Saviour, or all their splendid Avorship is not Avorth a groat. But mark this —the deAul aa’us a murderer, so was Cain, and he brought his offering of the first fruit of the ground, witlumt faith or blood, for the remission of sins. Her'e you see again the devil’s ])ath—Cain’s path, and Cain’s offer' ing and Avorship, lie directly across God’s commands and God’s road for a sinner to get to heaven bjy through the blood of Jesus. For Cain is for going right across God’s road to get to heaven, without blood, and by the road of his own offering; which thou sands and tens of thousands have been at and noAV are at to this day; and a~ mounts in theAvholesum to go to hea ven by Avorks of their own, Cain like, or to join their merits with the Saviour’s for salvation, and then di vide the glory both on earth and in heav-en Avith him. This Tast is one of the devil’s by-paths, in Avhich he is leading cap tive thousands to perdition. For my promise ; and that Sarah and Abra ham might wait no longer for God’s promise, but go to Avork in their OA\'n way to fulfil it. This is about the amount of all the stratagems of the new scheme preachers at this day— they make by their money and ex ertions bond boys and cast outs, but never, no never. a real Christian a child of promise, for this takes the poAver of God to strengthen the min isters, and give poAver to the dead to and barren Avorab of the church, produce a promised Isaac. Again: Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated. But the devil gets right across God’s path, and stimulates Esau to kill Jacob to pre vent the promised seed. Again: from Joseph Avas to come the shep herd and stone of Israel, (Jesus Christ;) but the devil crosses God’s path, and Joseph is sold into Egypt to prcAmnt it. Again : God said to Moses, carry Israel to the land of Canaan, and he had SAvorn this to Abraham. But Avhat does the devil do but stirs up Balaak and Balaam, all this affair Ave see the devil’s path lies right across God’s commands.— Read—thou shall not commit adul tery; thou shall have no other gods be side me. Here you see all this affair, both whoredom and idolatry, right across God’s commands. But more than this and that is, here we see the devil religious, but his also in opposition to God’s. Again : God commanded Saul to kiU all the Amalekites, spare neither man nor beast, the devil crosses God’s commands, and gets Saul to save Agag the king, and some of the best of the flocks.— Again : God commanded Samuel to anoint David king. But the devil gets across the path, and stimulates Saul with ten thousand men to kill David and also his OAvn daucfhter Michel. Agaa’n : God commanded that Israel s'lould not be numbered. But the devil stood up right across God’s path and the persuasion of Joab, and tempted David to do so. Time Avould fail me to tell you of Herod, to put the Saviour to death before his time—and of Peter, who Jesus calls satan, to prevent God’s decree, who had verily foreordained before the foundation of the Avorld, ^*ffi^lP9CsuT'^rouTd a therein. And they have guide, even the spint of truth good that shall lead them into all truth ; and, says Christ, God's AVord is truth.—■ Thus the spirit leads by the word, and so those that go by the word can’t go Avrong. I have much to say here, but for Avant of room dare not. The next thing I have to do, is to prove that the devil has a cloven foot; and while I am doing this do you take the measure. The first print of the devil's cloven or forked foot, is found in the garden of Paradise, in these Avords: the serpent beguiled me and I did eat —and, you shall not surely die.— Then subtilty and lying Avas the devil's forked foot in the first in stance ; and this is h.is cloven foot to this day, and tlu' cloven foot of all his ministers. Lying and sub- tilty for gain Av-as the foot of Ba laam, Judas, and the false pro phets, and all false ministers—gain by religion. Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Thus, says Jesus, he Avas a liar from the beginning, a liar and the father of ig and that lies are of his own make. So his cloven foot is seen in all his ministers, in giving out doctrines he crucified and slain for the sins of men—yet Peter Avas for his not dying. And also of Pontius Pilate—and the JeAvs rolling a great stone to the mouth of his grave to prevent his resurrection ; for God had said he would not leave his soul in hell, nor suffer his Holy one to see corruption. And also of the JeAvish magistrates, who opposed the preaching of the apostles, Avhom Christ had commanded to preach.— And also of the pagan priest, the popish priest, the high church priest, the act of uniformity in England, and a,lso the missionary priest—and of the crusades, and of Mahomet and his folloAvers, and a thousand other evidenc^ to prove from scripture ■Ttfi’te’n'ai5Ws‘a'n’cf ote’cesTlfnli'e ch u rc and historical facts, that from the while he gives the advice, to cast the Midianitish ladies and their idols the road of Israel, over AA-hich stdBB^i bling blocks stumbled 2-3,000 to their ruin in the camp of Israel. And in beginning of the world to this day, the devil’s paths in religion lie direc tly across God’s commands. This you Avill find to he true in all cases, except Avhere he finds it most to his concealing his cloven foot, he takes to the bushes or some hy-path and thus gets ahead of God’s people to chock up the road Avith stumbling blocks ; or to make a fork road to lead part of them out of the king’s ligliAvay, but those led out of the way are not the king’s troops, for he says, though fools they shall not err Avhich directly cross those of God’s,^ word. And this is done by lying and subtilty crossing God’s com mands and saying, God says so, oi God knoAvs so, and you minst do so; when God ill his Avord has said di rectly to the contrary. This is the devil’s track, measure it Avho Avill; telling lies on God to his people, to set God to fall on them to pun ish them for breaking his com mandments, and taking the devil’s road. And thus the new sclseme preachers have set God on Zion to her present cnr,se, so I say, and the great book Avill back me in all this. Again : the devil’s cloven foot is seen in Esau. Yes, here his forked hoof is religion on one side and blood on the other. This, then, is the devil’s cloven foot. I knoAv his track, religion and blood; yea, law religion is also the devil’s club foot, that his wolves may drink tlu» blood of saints. Thus you may see the devil’s cloven foot in Cain, Esau, Judas, and the pagan priest, the Roman priest, the high church priest, and law priest, of different ages. And it seems that some missionary priests have this foot, for I have undoubted evidence that one said,not long since, he could stand and see old LaAvrence’s head 1
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