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moving and Inlarging his Kingdom. Bur Chriſt forced the Deviis our of Perlonsz they did nor yield Voluntarily tor 4 crearer Advantage, but Forcibly for no Advantage. He did not vray the Devils to Come our, nor make ule of any of che Devil's S.craments ; upon the uſe of which by ſome Original Comp.zet, he was 0!;\izcd to come our, upon a Soul's ſurrender of ir felt by Faith to him 34 bur rhey came our unwillingly upon the Aurhort- tative Words of C'rilt, wichout the uſe of any Magical Rites and C:rommies, reftitying the leaſt Zymage done to hm.
| 27 And if I by f Beelzebub caſt out devils, by Rub, whom do vour children caſt zhem our? Theretore they thall be your judges.
Our Saviour's Argument is. this , Where the Caje 35 ? he ſame, the Judgment ought to be the ſame; and the contrary Judgment ſpeakerh Malice and Hatred ot the Perſon. Do I caft our De- vils? So do your Children. You fay they do it by the rower ot God, why do you fay that I do ir by a Prince ot Devils: Whar appeareth in cheir caſting ot rhem our more than 1 me, wiiich c:n argue that they do 1t by the Power 0: G t, and | by the Powerof whe Prince of Deviis* The only Quejtion ts, Wno our Saviour here meanerh by tncir Children 2 Some tlunk chat he meaneth his own Ap?/Hes, who were all of them Jews, and to whom they mizhr be more tavourable chan to him , becauic of their Relation ro them. Ochers think char he means lome Ex:iciits amongft the 7ews ; tluch rlicy had, Acts 19. 13. Bur Concerning theſe, there is a double Opinion 5 ome chink char they were fuch as themſelves , Ated by Compatt of tlic Devil. Others think thar they Invocating the God of Abran.um, 7ſ-ac, and 7b, God might Honour them 1o far , as upon thar Javo- cation to command the Devil our of Perſons. Origen and fuſtin 1:rtir hou tell us, that there were ſome that uted that form with ſuch ſuccett. Bur ſo they might do, and yer not obtain their FF trom a Divine Influence, nor 1o much c.18 as flatter out Devils, upon an /{194;e firſt paid to the Devil. 1 find ſoine Pificulry to perfvade my felt, that 1n thoſe crimes, eſpecially when God, by this Miraculous Effet, was Demonſtrating the Me/- {i s, God ſhould to far concur with any but him, and thoſe that Gd it by his expreſs N.ame and Authority : And I obſerve; that when the ſeven Sans of Sceva attempred ſuch a thing, A&s 19.13, to crfed over them which had Evil Spirits , in the Name of the Ind Jens, und ſaid, We adjure you by Teſs whom Paul preacheth , {which they being the Sons of the chief of the Prieſts, would not have done, it the more gratetul Form of, The God of Abra- ham, Izac and Jacob, would have done it;) yet could they not prevail, (as you read there , ver. 14,15, 16.) Our Saviour's meaning theretore muſt certainly be, either , 1. You do not ſay fo of your Children, my Apoſtles, who do , and proteſs ro do what they do by a Power derived from me : Why do you ſay this of mc, not of them? 2. Or, There are ſome of you who ſeem to caſt out Devils, whenas the Devil only plays with them, and vields to their Magical Arts for his own Advantage, and abartes ſome more Extern.cl Effe&s on Peoples Bodies, upon the Surren- der of their Souls to him , by believing he is able to Cure chem, and imploring his Help; yer you think chefe Men endowed with the Power of Grd ; Whyare you ſo unequal to me ? I obſerve, tho' we read of Fxci/ts amongſt the Jews, Affs 19.13. yer they are called ooueytuerce, Vagrants ; They were an idle vag.chond ſort of Pertons, ( tuch probably as we call Gypſies) with whom, or by whom , ic is not probable God would work flich Effeds, eſpecially at ſuch a time; tho' chey uſed the Names of Abraham, 1/:.c,and 72h, Nay, it is plain trom the Story of the As, thar tho! they uſed the Name F295, God would nor work by them, wv. 15. The Demmiach leapt upon them , overcame them, prevailed 24118 them , ſo that they fled out of the Houſe naked and wounded.
28 Bur if I caſt ont devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God 1s come unto you.
Luke hath the ſame, chap. 11. 20. only for the Spirit of God, he haci the Fmger of Gd. By the Kingdom of God, he here mean- et the Coming of the Meſſizh, which is fo called, Dan.2.44. The time is come When the Lord begins his Kingd»m ef Grace ; ſet- ring up his King upm his Holy Hill of Zion, Plal. 2.6. Whence we may obferve, that Chriſt giverh in his caſting out of Devils by a Divine Power, as an Argument to prove himſelf the Meſſiah : For, ſaich he , by this you may know, ie Kingdom of God 3s come ammeg$t vous that there 1s one come among you who by the Finger , Power , or Spirit of God , caits our Devils. But where had the force of this Argument been, it the Jews had had Ex- o:cilts, whom God had fo honoured, tho' /agabond's, as co caſt out Devils, upon their calling upon the God ot Abrahum, Iſaac, and 7.coh, while in the mean time they derided and contemned Chriſt ?
29 Or elſe, how can one enter into a ſtronz man's houſe, and fpoil his goods, except he firſt bind the ſtrong man, and rhen he will ſpoil his houſe.