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THE PO L IT IC A L
HIS T O RY O F T HE D E V IL .
IN O N E V O L U ME .
a
T HE
V
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PO L I T I C A L H I S T O R Y
OF T HE
D E V I L
AS WE L L
AN C IEN T AS MO DERN
IN T WO PART S .
PA R T I .
Containing a State of the Devil s C i rcumstances and ,
PA R T II .
B a d a s h e is, th e D ev i l m a y b e a b u s d,
Wh en M en u n w illing to be b la m d a lone,
L ON D ON
Pa ter noster R ow , 1 7 2 6
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AS C O N C E RN I N G A
D E D I C A T I O N .
PA RT I .
C HA P II I
. the original of the D evi l w h o he is wh at
. Of , ,
the D eluge
C HA P X O f th e D evi l
s second kingdo m and how he
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g ot foot i n
g i n the renewed world by h i s v i ctory
P A R T II .
C H AR . I Introducti on
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C HA P II . . O f H ell ,
as i t i s represented to u s a nd h ow ,
na me
CONTE N T S . !( lll
C HA R V
. . i n the P aga n
O f the D ev i l s manage ment
of tru e reli gi o n
CH A R . V I O f the e xtraordinary app earances Of the
.
called wi ts an d fools
C H AR . X . the vari ous methods the
Of D ev i l takes to
converse wi th manki nd
C H AR. XI . di vinati on sorcery the black art p awaw
Of , , ,
a n d wh a t m a b e supp osed to b e h i s en d w i th
y ,
O F T HE D E V I L .
C HAP I . .
some time a reso l ving whether they had best look into
it or no l est they sho u ld really raise the Devi l by
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u
p in the several gures which imagination h a s formed
H D
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2 T HE P OL ITICA L
mank ind which w e ca ll Devi l ; to S how what he is
, ,
The Devi l s history is n ot so hard to come at as it
seems to be his original and the rst rise of his family
i s upon record ; an d as f or his conduct he h as acted ,
ow n b ow .
the Bull and M outh &c from the greatest t o the least
,
.
, .
example
I think I do n o inj ury at a ll to the Devil to say that ,
Of
this you have a complete account in the history
Of the po p es decrees again st the co u nt de Toulouse ,
very particular and to Satan s full satisfaction
, .
sa
y I believe
, the Devil was innocent Of that matter ;
m y reason i s because Satan was n ever such a fool as
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l anders .
8 T HE PO L I T I C A L
am ong them .
to murde r him .
a
B H e never refused setting hi s hand to any Opini on
N . .
f f ?
a fair o Thorn what need we p ut it upon him seeing ,
expected .
and dra w his picture that people may know him when
they meet him an d see who and what he is and what
, ,
whether they do or n o .
r ighteousn ess tur n sot in his old age dishonou r all his
, ,
H I S TORY O F T HE D EV IL 13 .
daf
An d would Satan accor ding to the modern practice
,
tion ,
RO C H .
withstanding all that the D c vil and all the host of H ell
can do to prevent it .
sa
y
,
the Devil and all his power shall n ot preva i l aga i nst
dem en ta t .
able to contradict .
bee n the same thing and the same ple a has been their
,
C H A P II . .
a nd a n or a ll h is h ost, a n els,
y g
My n a me is L eg ion f or w e a re m a ny ,
.
H D . . C
18 T HE P OL ITICA L
ra th er _ foran addition to his infe r nal gl ory than a ,
art .
D P rithee hol d thy fool s tongue ; I tell thee if
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, ,
there i s any such place as we call n owhere that s all ,
about .
l
d
l make you think yourself da m n d f or want of a D e vi l .
G R That s l ike on e of your gr ace s paradoxes such
.
duke .
D Ay ay pray do I ll go and enj oy myself ; I won t
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that the L ord bro u ght the reality of the Devil into the
question and th e debate brought the pro igate to be
,
of repentance .
H ISTORY O F T HE D EV IL . 21
better.
b ow to h im as to a god .
world they had also some deities which they hon oured
,
treme misery .
after l ife they are r especti v ely the obj ect of ou r reve
,
H ISTORY O R T HE D EV I L . 23
of his history .
r or and amazement .
But when you have gone over all this and a great
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wi l l.
to mankind .
tion .
H IST O RY OF T HE D EV IL . 29
C HA P III . .
TO come to a regula r inquiry into Satan s a ffairs it is ,
P ar L ost l ib v
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, . .
And again the same author and upon the same subj ect
,
Ih lib
. . v i i.
C o ntemptu o us .
P ar L ost lib v
.
, . .
H IS T OR Y OF T HE DEV IL . 31
B ut S atan wi th hi s p owers ,
Ib lib v . . .
3
Mr P ool s
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are thesewords the words thi s S o me re fer ,
A nd O ss a s shattered to p o er P el i on broke
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L ib i p ix . . . .
b
S atan .
H ISTOR Y O F T HE D EV IL . 33
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,
an historian .
5
,
B ut broken di sconcerted a n d di s m ay d
, ,
,
C ou ld be revenged on G od hi mself a n d di e ,
Belial 2 C or vi 1 5
, . . .
Mammon Matt vi 2 4 , . . .
A b b a ddon or Apollion R ev ix 1 1
, , . . .
L egion Mark v 9
, . .
name for all d evils that i s to say for all evil spirits , , ,
all evi l powers all evil works and even all evil things
, ,
A dB
r v g which we translate Devil
, .
powers of H ell all the princes of the air all the black
.
,
H ISTOR Y O F T HE D EV IL . 39
sa
y
, a con demned spirit an d emplo yed in the same ,
an d aversion .
m a de h im a li ttle low er th a n th e an l
g s.
e
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and therefore those that list may go there for a ful ler
account of the matter .
se l v es .
runs away with them into the air and the l ike ; muc h ,
a
p g a ted and all
, his other devices assisted by which he ,
that body been all that we can con ceive to make him
formidable to u s would yet have been a hell to him ,
.
have acted terr i ble and even destru ctive t hi ngs u pon
m a nkind especially if this body had any powers given
,
1
8 11 11 11 have reassumed his original angelic heavenly
nat 11e lled with the principles of love to delight in
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even as they are were not their power lim i ted they
, ,
nat ure an d put the world into a general con a gra tion
,
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his wits and render him perfectly use l ess either to his
, ,
Maker or himsel f .
Bu t the dragon is chained the Devil s powe r is ,
y e s sir
, says ,he I sa w him very p l ain ; an d so they
,
Thomas
T H O Y es yes I am sure enough of it master ; to be
.
, ,
GE NT And h ow do you know twas the Devil
.
,
GE NT Well if you re sure Thomas there s no con
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GE T Well then yo u had a candle h a dn t you
N .
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, ,
as dim !
GE NT Well but if the Devil w a s clothed with re
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,
light with it .
h e w a s gon e .
T H O No I sa w his cloven foot very plain ; twas as
.
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big as on e of our bullock s that goes to plough .
ture.
coul d do .
GE N T Nay twas as wise as all the rest ; but come
.
, ,
you
T H O Y es yes I heard a voice but who it w a s th e
.
, , ,
L ord knows .
?
GE N T What kind of voice was it was it like a man s
.
voice
TH O No ; it was a hoarse u gly n oise like the croak
.
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H D . .
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T H O:
N 0 n ot I I could not have spoken a wo r d for
, ,
sorry afterwards .
kn ows everything .
GE N T No no twas n either the De v il Thomas n or
.
, , , ,
mas you had lain with that wench and being a young ,
you the Devil would fetch you away and you would ,
wit h her every night the Devil will hold the candle , ,
his power .
2 That he is man s irr econcilab l e en emy ; n ot as h e
.
mak e s a wr o n g j udgment of the reason of Satan s
resolution to disturb the felicity of man he tells us it .
or no .
better evidence .
found set not only a great valu e u pon her person but ,
knowledge .
imposed upon as sh e .
H e sha ll l
r u e o v er th ee .
a ppear recorded in the annals of Sat a n s rst tyrann y ,
y , ,
Devil .
C HA P V . .
q .
the fact was upon record and the rej ected troop are in
,
T wo u ld c al ci ne S in or m elt i t i nto a i r
, .
set pen to paper and wr ite this par t of his own history ;
,
62 T HE P O L ITIC A L
n o question but he could let us into the secr e t But t o .
than I am .
H ere stand ,
Ye angels .
P ar L ost l ib v i
.
, . .
earth .
gro king and but three white feet for the two white
,
Devil s story before his fall and but to very little of it ,
hi s pri de
Ha d cast h i m ou t fro m heaven w i th a ll hi s host ,
L ib i . .
H D. . F
66 T HE P OL ITIC A L
to b e prou d ? How did it con sist that pride a nd pe r
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earnest or in j est .
C HA P V I . .
f a terb ei ng ex elled
th eir
p f r om h ea v en , a n d h is
last ; or that ,
But let that be as Mr Milto n s extraordinary genius .
n o di f cul ty to g o in no n on e at all , , .
descensus A vern i
F a cilis sed revocare gradu m
Hoe O pus hIc labor est V i rg
. .
a nd a bsu r d .
r o th rou h th e ea r th c c this I i s
g o in
g t o a nd
f g say ,
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, ,
hi s foot upon .
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F rom hi s expulsion I take h is rst view of horror to ,
w ere expelled as is p
oetically hinted
, at before .
hated a sight .
they reso l ved on at their rst asse m bly ; and the n ext
shoul d be how they were employed in all that spac e of
,
f
mean the xed stars planets &c had then any exist , , .
,
ridiculous .
All Mr Milton s schemes of Satan s future conduct
.
C HA P V II . .
Of th e n u mber of S a ta n s h ost ; h ow th ey c a me rs t
n umber .
it
.
u
p a dreadful resolution to rui n Adam and all his po s
place .
mical guesses at .
H ere the Devil fou nd not subj ect Of wonder only but ,
and wonderf ul .
, ,
position the order and ex a ctness and yet inc onc eiv
, ,
In a word and to sum u p all the Dev i l s story fro m
,
pu rpose .
86 T HE P O L I T ICAL
C H A P V III
. .
Of th e ow er
p of th e D ev i l o
fa tt th e time
h e c r ea ti o n
s w or ld
o
f th i a n d w h eth er i t h a s n o t b een
f a r th er
sh f ts a n d str a ta g em s h e i s o blig ed to m a k e u se o
i f to
c om a ss h is desig n s u on m a n k i n d
p p .
lous towns and cities and lay waste the world ; at the
,
o u t s p ecial permission .
Maker ; but that all his milder measures with man are
the e ff ect o f a political scheme and don e upon mature ,
solve that passed there ; but except for some very little
contradiction which we nd i n the sacred writings I
, ,
, .
the rui ns .
N ow here is
a specimen of Satan s good will to
mankind and what a havoc the Devil would make in
,
them all into the sea and choked them ; these I say , ,
sacrices .
the Dev i l but from him that made the Devil and
, ,
ways takes care to keep the door open that any of his ,
agents may enter after him without any more dii c ulty
hence the same argument especially the last h a s so , ,
deny you anything after they are but weak enough and
,
But to come back to the m ethod of Satan s tempti n g
her viz by whispering to her in her Sleep ; it w a s a
, .
It must he
confessed that it was un accountabl e de
,
g e n era c
y even
, Of their common reasoning which ,
But here to be sure began the Devil s n ew king
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H D
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98 T HE P OL ITIC A L
Nay that those countries should be p eople d when
,
, ,
C H A P IX . .
have stood .
s ectiv el
p y for themselves and families .
and bring it to you with all speed for the ease of your ,
mind .
valued ! yes yes in his favour is life ; what can all the
, ,
quite wrong .
re qui r ed ?
C AIN That may indeed be the case n or do I think
.
,
destruction .
h umbl y paid ?
H ISTOR Y O F T HE D EV I L . 109
D We h ave
.
mother of mankind
D We did
. .
direction crave ?
D We did
. .
C A I What S poke
N . t h e ?
oracle h e s God to me ;
wh at j ust comman d d ye bring ? what s to be done ? am
I to bear the insulting j unior s r a ge and meekly ,
thee to punish .
heavenly j ustice .
, , ,
a s may b e said really childless for his two son s were thus
, ,
with him .
it namely what was the mark that God set upon Cain
, ,
by which he was kept from being fallen u p o n by Abel s
f riends or relations ? but as th i s does not belong to the
Devil s history and it wa s God s mark n ot the Devil s
,
,
,
the father of the holy race ; for during his time and
his son E nos the text says that men began to call on
, ,
look back upon Cain and his wicked race and being ,
But the Devil had met with too much success in his
rs t attempts not to go on with his general resolution
,
them .
ing ; and though the Devil could not make the women
handsome or ugly on one or other families yet he ,
stra i nt .
choose .
This was certainly the height of the Devil s king
H IST O R Y OF T HE D EV IL 1 17 .
his weak resistance made the Devil reco v ering his hold
, ,
C HA P X . .
D ev il s
Of th e k ing dom,
sec on d a nd h ow h e got f ooting
in th e r en ew ed w o r ld, b h i v ic tor o v er N oa h a n d
y s y
h is r a ce.
must omit it .
An d n ow having mentioned Satan s being in the
,
sa
y when
,
he saw this he took care to speed himself
,
somewhere else that way and where they say a piece of,
any n ew species .
ru ted race still ; as Cain was the obj ect then so Noah
p ,
thanks and pra i s i ng the p ower that had been his pro
,
H e bu i lt a n a lta r u n to th e L or d a n d of er ed bu r n t ,
f
o er i ngs u on th e a lta r
p Gen vi i i 2 0 . . . .
De v i l to go to work with .
prot .
seen .
proper for the support Of his Old age and subtilly set ,
being too strong for the Old man s ) drank him down
,
Ca na a n a ser v a n t of ser v a n ts sh a ll h e b e 50
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serp ent the tool to beguile E ve and draw her into dis ,
obedience .
formed of it .
once in his drink but that being fallen into that sin it
,
Noah thus overcome and Satan s conques t carried
, ,
b ility or probability in it .
H D
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n ex ed to it if broken ?
v era l thousands .
F ur i es .
and h e l aughed at .
a ll to worship .
himself .
more .
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all this was during the life of the rst post diluvian -
the world .
idolat ry .
people .
c ov er
y of it b y the E u ropean n ations in the sixteenth
centu ry .
CHA P xi
. .
Of God s h ou t of th e mids t of a de
c a lling a ch u r c
g en era te w or ld, a n d of S a ta n s n ew m ea su r es u o n
p
th a t i n c iden t : h ow he a tta ched th em im media tely,
a n d h is su ccess i n th ose a tta cks .
to give an account of .
the last was the worst and most shameful ; for Lot ,
L ot says ,
My da ugh ters begu iled m e, a nd I a lso did
dri nk .
Abr aham indeed went Off the stage free and so did ,
fo r example ,
both together .
H e sent incestuous R euben to lie with his father s
concubine Billah , .
master .
H e sent P otiphar s wife to attack Joseph s chastity ,
1
. It was in the night they marched thro u gh ;
whether the Dev il saw it in the da r k or n o that s n ot ,
my busin e ss .
too.
a t s ea ow ,
n ,
word the Devil s whole history does not furnish u s
,
that was Moses s partner in all the great things that
Moses did in Pharaoh s sight and that was appointed ,
u
p the passion s o f the people to a height to be rude
a n d unmannerly to him ( Aar on ) and perh aps to ,
compliance .
See this cunning agent when he has m a n s de ,
Th i s indeed is in par t the benet of the De v il s
, ,
force .
But this was the Devi l s w ay with mankind namel y , ,
off enders .
the rock bread from the air sent the fowl s to feed them
, ,
lowed u p alive .
their o r der .
their Maker .
H e made him for his word s sake give Ziba ha lf his
, ,
(
though David s re p entance for the last sin kept the
thron e .
kingdom .
si n
. This w a s indee d a masterpiece Of the Devil s
, ,
s mee .
great deal of the country from him and among the rest , ,
signied nothing .
t r o u ble with .
tribes .
But n ow the Devil s power manifestly received a
c h eck and the hand of G od appeared in it and that
, ,
H ISTORY O F T HE D EV IL .
, ,
s a v no worse of it .
account .
1 76 T HE MOD ER N
powe r that not only his angelic strength seems to have
,
p a c i ty and thereby
, led them into abs u rd and ridiculou s
pleased .
H . D .
1 78 T HE MODER N
it was not ; a n d at this r epu l se he ll gr oaned the ,
stra i ghten her hand a little I cannot but fear the Dev i l ,
b y it .
V ic isti G a lilea n .
the restoration .
Since this time indeed th e Devil s a ffairs went very
merrily on an d the clergy brought so many gewgaws
,
most concerned in .
then .
H eath is called the Devil s ditch ; so the Devil built
Crowland abbey and the whisperi n g place in Glon ,
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oester cathedral ; n a
y the cave at Castleton ,only b e ,
extraordinary befalls us we presently say the Devil ,
C H A P II . .
of the law .
much more eas i ly may the same crime make the same
devil though every way m eaner and more c on tem pti
,
h e had the angel ( Satan ) before his face i n his local ity ,
his body .
1
f
e ect by the mischief he does and mor e by the mis
f , ,
, ,
Devi l has l iberty to be there or n ot be there as he ,
1 92 T HE MODER N
the Devil is in hell an d hell is in the Devil ; he is lled
,
reigning pass i on in his mind ; and all the little con sti
tuting parts of his torment such as rage envy malice , , , ,
c ei v e rightly of it .
, ,
s cribe for all that treason and those high crimes and
,
O tu fundamenta gessisti
was inconceivabl e .
g a
u e,l oose u ngovern ed fe ll ow we must be cont e nt to
, ,
C HAP . 1 11 .
Of th e m a n n er of S a ta n s a c ting a nd ca r ryi ng on h is
f
a ir s i n th is w o r ld, a n d p a r tic u la r ly o h is or din a r
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a y
w ork i ngs i n th e da rk , by p ossession a n d a g i ta ti on .
over mankind .
ou sa
y y .
waking .
things by agitation
, .
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H ISTOR Y O F T HE D EV IL . 20 1
can have been man a ged more subtly and closely and
in the same mann er has he acted I n ou r times in order ,
and distraction .
fall u p on the Scots ? nay did not the Devil w i th the same
,
s ubtlety send down the archbisho p s order to impose
conceal i ng of .
yet they are in all a ges much the same and have the ,
to what pu rpose .
208 T HE MOD ER N
s omething and some good for n othing ; but h is peop l e
,
to do .
the chair .
b lish m en t .
H D . .
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whi l e die d and was buried an d good king popery
, , ,
"
T o these countries thus regain ed to Satan s inferna l ,
tirely possesse d .
Thus far w e have a mel ancholy n ew of the Devil s
n ew con quests and the ground he has regain ed u pon
,
i tsel f .
e ,
durable an d immortal .
the late proj ect called the South sea stock Nor did
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cause at this time n ot the Devil with all his angels are
,
I ret u rn to Satan s i nterest in the several govern
"
to in its p l ace .
m ethod ?
What would hi s pu b lic appeara n ce have signied ?
who woul d have entertai n ed him i n his ow n prop er
HIS T O R Y O F T HE DE V IL . 217
Simpleton also who Satan has set up for a cun n ing fool
, , ,
n ature .
Innite variety illustrate the Devil s reign amo n g
the sons of men all wh i ch he m a n a ges w i th adm i rable
,
who n either have the Devil in them nor are they m uch ,
o f devotion
God s altar ; are n ot ou r churches ( aye and meeting ,
the prayer book and the other adj usting their dress
- ?
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the air the p ostures and the behav i our ; let him keep
, ,
n ow .
f ew !
But I return to the Devil s managing ou r wicked
part for this he does with most exquisite subtlety a n d
,
, .
sa
y a good angel an d a devil then i t i s no unj ust re
, ,
I come to my text
To this p u rpose give me leave to borrow a few l ines
of a friend on this very part of the Devil s manage
ment .
An d has so meth i ng to do wi th u s a ll S i r , .
A nd of so me ( l ike th e v i c a r of B addow ) ,
C HAP V . .
th e D ev il s m a n a g em en t i n
Of p g h i e th e
r a r ch
y a an
p a ea n try o
g f h ell ; a n d h ow th e
y w f
en t o t h e st a
g e
to p ass .
the world not at that time only but since have been
, , ,
l ikewise interpreted .
H D
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22 6 T HE MODE RN
Shoul d be immortal .
228 T HE MOD E RN
i n gly done : the othe r pigeon did the like on the hil l
in Africa where it commanded them to b u il d anothe r
,
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,
, ,
the question .
Greece .
Diana at E phesus ,
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, ,
on e T h a m u z an E gyptian w h o w a s o n bo a rd a ship ,
, ,
fr om the shore .
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How fa r ou r ancient friend Merlin or the gra ve; ,
matr on his ( Satan s ) most trusty an d well beloved -
I confess it is n ot v ery incongr uous wit h the Devi l s
temper or with the n ature of his business to shift
, ,
, ,
n ew f ound Operators
-
such as witches magicians di , , ,
by he r pro fession .
name .
privy councillors
- .
ing of .
themselves . if
v iz
.
,
being full of emptiness and makes it very con ,
by the Devil .
to h is posterity n i l da t gu od n on h a bet
,
.
C HAP VI . .
,
Of th e ex tra or di na r
pp y a
f ea r a n ce o the D ev il, an d
a r ticu la r l
p y of th e c lo v en f oo t .
S O ME
people wou ld fain have us treat this tale of the
Devil s appearin g with a c l oven foot with more solem -
the Devil .
and that is that the fact is not true but the belief of
,
,
that m forme r tim e s when Satan drov e a gr eater t r ade
,
HIS T OR Y O F T HE D EV IL . 24 9
!
magical power by wh i ch he wrought h i s infernal
,
the Devil and put this glorious engine the cloven foot
, , ,
ashamed of us .
place .
his heart .
thing but the cloven foot and that all the rest of him
,
of him .
and so far hands on the Devil s interest by t
ow eI f u l a enc y of art as the Devil himself us
p g ,
term i ne
Whether is most hurtful to the world the Devil ,
H D
. .
2 58 T HE MOD E RN
C H A P V II . .
sa
y to it ; but that which is still more pungent in the
case is these thin g s are so out of his road and so foreign
, ,
the consequences .
F oster .
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the Devil has thought t to act in a gu r e mo r e suitab le
to his dignity an d on occasions consistent with himself ;
,
,
-
a ru ffian .
particul ar .
These are some of the Devil s extraordinaries and it , ,
sa
y
, was really demented ever after that is as we vul , ,
half an hour before the time appo i nted lest the king s ,
a n c r oc .
worked being wide open they saw the poor man ( the ,
u
p an d cut the poor creature down .
whip for letting her ladysh i p fall into the water before
s h e was q uite over Thus also as fame tells u s sh e
.
, ,
!
What devil it was that Dunstan took by the nose with
2 70 T HE MODER N
his red hot tongs I have n ot yet examined anti quity ,
s o lon g .
quality .
N or does my lady d ss s wearing sometim es a ,
How happy are those people who they say have the
particular quality or acquired habit called the second
, ,
y
~
, ,
H D
. . T
2 74 T HE M OD ER N
d e vi l It is natu r a l to h uman c r eatu r es to d e s ire to
.
V e ry w el l say s sh e suppos e you can what s that to
, , ,
me
I to l d he r it was nothing to her any f u rther than tha t
as sh e knew he r self to be o r iginally n ot the same crea
t ure sh e seemed to be but was of a sublime angelic
~
I nd e ed .
t beautiful or deform ed
,
.
eff ected it .
sh e knew it already
) if sh e pleased
, I would go to my
chamber and fetc h her my magic looking glass where -
,
that u nderstood it .
m ake an apparition of me ?
An apparition madam ! sai d I ; yes to be sure : wh y
, ,
y our advantage ?
With that she turned pal e and angr y and then r ose
, ,
u
p hastily and l
, ooked i nto the g l ass ( a large p ier ,
, ,
gl ass .
h er to conside r .
a bout it .
I talking to n ow ?
I think you are mad says sh e ; w h y you w ill m ak e ,
NO madam said I tis n ot certain ; as I said b e fo r e
, , , ,
I question i t .
o u for it
y .
w ay.
v a nished ou t of my sight .
day that had courted a l ady a l ong time had the mis
, ,
a t him .
coronet .
by
Th u s what devil of quality would be conned to a
P n w h o inheriting all the pride and insolence of
, ,
devil in E ssex who upon laying a j oiner s mallet in the
, ,
,
.
the like .
i s a real devil .
n ot .
C HA P V III . .
s elli ng th e sou l to th e D ev il
a nd
p f
a r ti c u la r ly o .
hoof I should expect that the Devil was not far off
, ,
tain : every coin has its counterfeit every art its pre ,
U
2 90 T HE MODER N
L or d shoul d pay thee homage How many woul d agr ee
with him here for a less price ! They say O live r
Cromwell struck a bargain with him and that he gave ,
discovery .
him I cann ot tell they must l ook to that who make the
, ,
We have another example of a man s sel l ing himsel f
to the Devil that is very r emarkab l e and that is in th e
, ,
to have little in it .
, ,
been true if we had not been sure they were fal se and
, ,
co v enants n amely ,
buying .
se ll ing .
I The Devil s part : this was gen erally some poo r
.
, ,
( )
I .That he should n ever want victuals ; That
he sho u ld neve r be a cold ; That he should al ways -
been before .
that any man should depend upon him for the per
f orm an c e of an a greement of any kind whatever when ,
a fte r wards .
,
i t
m ised her gr eat th i ngs 1 f sh e could bring the lady to
/
,
but her till sh e gave him leave and that he should not
, ,
her why she shut the door and where was the perso n ,
-
, ,
said n ot a word .
nd
" l '
but
minutes after that the chair removed there ap p eared a ,
table also ; and the Old woman and the two men
seemed to talk together b u t the young man could n ot ,
light the other en d he did that too and all the room ,
l
says he have I sold my so to the Devil
,
u ? Y es says ,
he ; why was that the Devil ? Yes says the Old hag
, , .
And what s next ? says he ; when shall I see the l ady
fo r whose sake I have done all this ? You sh all know
that p r esently said sh e ; and opening the door in the
, ,
ou t Of his sight .
to uch him .
were praying for the poor man the Devil was obliged ,
i s as well .
, ,
that kind .
W
the roof of the house with them and the like all which , ,
should thus put thems elves into his hand but to make ,
with fools and beaus and this brings me to the subj ect
of buying and selling itself and to examine what i s ,
or such a time .
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30 6 T HE MODER N
ca se ; and th erefo r e I do n ot see wh y the wr e tch es that
truth in devils .
g o a great w a
y in crime and that perhaps fu r ther i n , , ,
by the soft and the smooth the fair and the artful the , ,
C HA P . IX .
-
Of th e tools tire D ev il w ork s w ith v i z , iz a rds.
or w a r lo ck s, c on u r ers, m a ic ia ns,
j g
ers, i n ter r eters o
g p f dr ea ms ,
te ller s
ff
o or tu n es a n d,
p la tion e cr ea tu r a r u m c o n ov i t Cr ea torem
g .
himsel f .
astronomers .
augurs .
wise men of the E ast ( for so they are cal led ) m ade , ,
them over only laid the m asid e a l ittl e for the present
, ,
cursing Israel .
w or ds o f G o d a n d k n ew th e k n ow led e o
, g f th e M o s t
H igh w h ic h sa w th e v isions of th e A lmigh ty f a lling
, ,
e o n d th e w ord
f
o silv er a n d
g ol d I c a nn ot
g o b ,y f
o th e
n ow I sh a ll
beh old h im, b u t n ot n igh th er e sh a ll c ome
f
a sta r ou t o Ja cob, a n d a sc e tre sh a ll r ise ou t o I s
p f
r a el, a nd sh a ll s m ite th e cor ner s o M oa b, a nd destr o
f y
a ll th e ch i ldren o
f S eth ; al l which express n ot a k n ow
c all .
pressions
It might be expected of me however i n j ustice to , ,
are n o conj urers that they do not deal with the Devil
, ,
, .
, .
H . D .
3 22 T HE MOD ER N
C HA P X . .
the whole race and eve n the earth they dwelt upon
, ,
N on in dig et l
c a ca r i u s . b
These are those who they tell us ou r wi tches , , ,
dev i ls .
says struck his claw into her han d and though it did
, ,
said N O
,
.
u pon her
( I suppose ) for sh e confessed they were to be
employed in her service ; they attended in the shapes
of two little dogs and a mole The rst sh e bewitched.
b urnt as sh e deserved .
, p
cion tis ten to on e but you nd him at the bottom
,
of it.
As to dreams I have nothing to say in Satan s p r e
,
p y , ,
faction .
question s
, ,
so again ?
, , ,
did so .
rational ly .
did several .
the door too ? But as for that when our L ord said G o , ,
xxxi 2 4 An d G od c a me to L a ba n th e Syri a n i n a
.
,
dr ea m Matt ii 1 3
. T h e a ng el of th e L o r d app ea r ed
. .
,
The old lady who u pon the maid Betty s notion , ,
together down goes the card table and put the wax
, ,
candles ou t .
left still burning in the room yet the ladies were all so ,
confusion .
i t out .
H D . . z
3 38 T HE MODER N
that pu ll ed down the sconce all insist that the candles,
nion of it .
mony than the Old lady that heard the footman s out
them .
goods tell where they were who stole them and how
, ,
on e ; a
cheat .
,
l eave ; but at length the Devil s patience being tired
, ,
the Devil for fear the people should know he did not :
ti l l n ow he had a m bo dex ter cheated the Devil on ,
turn s and tricks which men put upon him very often
34 4 T HE MOD ER N
the murdering part so fa r that when they confess e d ,
a ss
p .
Thus you see the Devil may be wronged and fal sel y ,
their craft .
C H AP XI . .
sand tricks and arts to make us bel ieve it too and that ,
Dev i l .
it was all the Devil and that the man was a witch ; ,
e m ost h i h G o d w h ich sh ew ed u n to th em
f
v a n ts o t h g ,
p reti n
g dreams 8 m Among th,
ese doubts he
. makes ,
h a v e n otw ith sta n din g done the Devil goo d service and
, , ,
A r t th ou com e to tor m en t u s be f o r e o u r ti m e It is
evident the De v il apprehended that Christ would chain
them u p before the day of j udgment ; an d therefore
some think the Devil here being as it were caught , , ,
h im th a t h e w ou ld n ot comm a n d th em to g o ou t i n to
th e deep our learned annotators think that part is n ot
rightly rendered adding that they do not believe the ,
must .
i n all this only that they are taken for the e ff ects of
,
secret .
W ic m g sorc e_r
y , , or h a t glse
l
to do .
H D
. . A a
3 54 T HE MOD ER N
e very day a n eare r way to go to work with m ankind
than he had before .
Unarmed ; you ll say what arms should I take ? ,
tive ; I don t know what Sata n might be scared at in
thos e days but he is either grown cunninger sin ce
,
But be it on e way or t other the historica l pa rt ,
popery .
f usion presently .
But this is not the case at all H eaven has not let go
the government of the creation to his subdued enemy ,
two .
fame of .
they k now it or no .
3 66 T HE M O DER N
And let non e of my readers be angry or think them ,
with here .
the soul an d see there how the passions which are the
, ,
many have had their throats cut for their money have ,
phet told him how he would act the devil upon the
-
v a n t a do
g th a t h e sh ou ld do th is th ing
,
? and yet he
was that dog and did all those cr u el th i ngs for all that ;
,
H . D .
3 70 T HE MOD E R N
T HE C O NC L USI O N .
s ta n d of h is bei n
g t f
o r m en ted o r ev er a nd ev er .
of time .
Since then the Devil s empire is to e xpire and come
, ,
the Word of God I hope you will beli eve the Devil ,
him .
nature .
h appy for my work that even this par t too does n ot belong
,
raised him for you and set him in your view that you
, ,
time p ast .
T H E E N D O F T H E H IST O R Y O F T H E D EV IL .
O ! F OR D : P RI N T E D BY D . A
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. TAL BO YS .