7. It is manifest that as the good Angels are the Ministers of God for the Salvation of mankind, so the evil Angels are ministring spirits only seeking the destruction and damnation of Men; and though God doth use the Ministry of these that are evil and have an evil will, yet he useth them well, and to good ends, that is, as the executioners of his justice to chasten the godly, and to restrain, or destroy the wicked. Therefore God and the Devil do not afflict, tempt or do any other thing for the same ends; for God acteth to prove, preserve, and stir up to goodness, but the Devil acteth to bring into sin and evil, to destroy and to bring to despair, as is manifest in the History of _Job_. And therefore here we may consider the several ways wherein God useth the evil Angels as his instruments, and that is in these particulars. 1. God useth him generally for temptation both of the good and the bad; so he tempted _David_, Christ and the Disciples, for Satan had _desired to sift them as wheat_, and therefore he is called ὁ πειρόζων, the tempter: and these temptations are internal and spiritual, for _we fight not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places_. And in these as far as concerneth the faithful, he acteth but only as God permitteth or ordereth him, as is plain in the case of _David_, where one Text saith, _Jehovah moved David to number the people_, and in another place, _and Satan stood up, and moved David to number the people_: where it is to be noted that God did it as the director and orderer, and Satan performed it as his instrument and servant. And the Apostle telleth us; _that God is faithful, and would not suffer the believing Corinthians to be tempted above what they were able, but would with the temptation also make a way to escape, that they might be able to bear it_. 2. God maketh use of him for the chastisement and affliction of the godly, as is most manifest in that of _Job_; but this only so far as he is limited, ordered and commanded from God and no further. 3. When Satan as a tormenting or punishing instrument is used of God, he hath his commission given him how far only he shall act and proceed, beyond which he cannot go one hairs breadth, as is manifest in the case of _Ahab_ and the _Gadarens_ Swine, so that we may conclude this with the learned Aphorism of _Piscator_ in these words: _Etsi autem Satan seu Diabolus cum suis Angelis Deo et filiis Dei adversatur quantum in ipso est, nimirùm voluntate et conatu: non tamen effectu; ita nimirum ut vel fidelibus perniciem afferre, vel quicquam efficere possit quod Deus nolit. Deus enim illum potentiæ suæ fræno vinctum constrictumq tenet: ut ea modò exequatur quæ ei divinitùs mandata, aut concessa fuerint._ 8. Lastly, we shall now examine the particulars wherein learned _Zanchy_ doth acknowledge the faln Angels to have power over our and other sublunary bodies, and they are principally these. [Sidenote: _De oper. Dei._ _l._ 4. _c._ 10. _p._ 186.]