The False Colours of Satan
Another subtility is to draw men to evil, sub specie boni, under a pretence of good.—The pirate doth mischief by hanging out false colours: so doth Satan by hanging out the colours of religion. He puts some men upon sinful actions, and persuades them much good will come of it. He tells them in some cases they may dispense with the rule of the Word, and stretch their conscience beyond that line that they may be in a capacity of doing more service. As if God needed our sin to raise his glory.
The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken by Storm
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Thomas Watson, The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken By Storm (New York: Robert Moore, 1816)