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CHAP. 8.--OF THE BINDING AND LOOSING OF THE DEVIL.
"After that," says John, "he must be loosed a little
season." If the binding and shutting up of the devil means
his being made unable to seduce the Church, must his
loosing be the recovery of this ability? By no means. For
the Church predestined and elected before the foundation of
the world, the Church of which it is said,
"The Lord knoweth them that are His," shall never be seduced
by him. And yet there shall be a Church in this world even
whe
"After that," says John, "he must be loosed a little
season." If the binding and shutting up of the devil means
his being made unable to seduce the Church, must his
loosing be the recovery of this ability? By no means. For
the Church predestined and elected before the foundation of
the world, the Church of which it is said,
"The Lord knoweth them that are His," shall never be seduced
by him. And yet there shall be a Church in this world even
whe