2: 20, 2l--good they had not been born, and better
they had not known and made profession of the name of Christ.
We read that the tail of the dragon, or that the dragon by his tail,
did draw and cast down abundance of the stars of heaven to the
earth. Rev. 12:4; Isa. 9:14,15. The prophet that speaketh lies
either by opinion or practice, he is the tail, the dragon's tail,
the serpentine tail of the devil. Isa. 9:14,15. And so in his order,
every professor that by his iniquity draweth both himself and others
down to hell, he is the tail. Nor can Satan work such exploits by
any, as he can by unrighteous professors. These he useth in his hand
as the giant useth his club; he, as it were, drives all before him
with it. It is said of Behemoth, that "he moveth his tail like a
cedar." Job 40:17. Behemoth is a type of the devil; but behold how
he handleth his tail, even as if a man should swing about a cedar.
This is spoken to show the hurtfulness of the tail, as it is also
said in another place, Rev. 9:5,10,19. Better no professor than a
wicked professor; better openly profane, than a hypocritical namer
of the name of Christ; and less hurt shall such a one do to his own
soul, to the poor ignorant world, to the name of Christ, and to the
church of God.
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