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[pre]diction of its Prepenochan? or safety not withstanding. And ye Gates of hell shalt not prevail against it. The plain import of which is this. ___ viz

 The Chh of Ct built on him as ye foundation whom shall be preserved and safe in Spite of all opposition made against it from hell or Satan. - here we shall briefly consider two things,

I. The Opposition made to ye Chh of Ct as built on him from hell ___ By ye Gates of hell, as all agree, are meant ye Power and ye Policy of hell; or ye actings and Opposition to ye Chh by Satan both as a Scan?, and as a Serpent by Power and by Policy, by ?ance? and Terand?, Rage and subtilly.. And whereas in those things he acts not visibly nor is immediately in his own Person; but by his instruments and Agents an ?renth; he hath always had two souls in general of them imployed in his service - by ye an we? incentis? his Rage, by ye other his Craft. he animates and instigates ye are as a Iron?, ye others as a Serpent - in ye one be acts as a Dragon, in ye other as the Nest of two ravens like a Salub? - the one is ye unbelieving world?, ye other Saducees of all kinds. Wherefore his want and measure in this Case is twofold; the one an effect