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Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and…
Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possessed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and relief experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania / written by Cotton Mather ... and recommended by the ministers of Boston and Charleston.Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possesed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania / written by Cotton Mather ... and recommended by the ministers of Boston and Charleston.
Boston: printed by R.P., 1689
Discourses › A Discourse on the Power and Malice of the DEVILS
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IT is a Relation made by David of an Encounter by him once met withal in 1. Sam. 17. 34. Thy Servant kept his Father's sheep, and there came a Lion and took a Lamb out of the Flock. There is an horrid Lion by which your souls are pursued and endangered: This Lion fetched away, after a very dismal manner, one, that was with us, when this Flock was last before the Lord; and he seeks, he longs he roars, in that or some way to make a Prev of all. I am keeping my Fathers sheep, and would labour to reason from the hellish Lion every L•mb that may lie in his way. Accept therefore the Text now read, as, The warning of the Lord.
IT is a Relation made by David of an Encounter by him once met withal in 1. Sam. 17. 34. Thy Servant kept his Father's sherp, and there came a Lion and took a Lamb out of the Flock. There is an horrid Lion by which your souls are pursued and endangered: This Lion fetch'd away, after a very dismal manner, one, that was with us, when this Flock was last before the Lord; and he seeks, he longs he ruars, in that or some way to make a Prev of all. I am keeping my Fathers sheep, and would labour to resone from the hellish Lion every L•mb that may ly in his way. Accept therefore the Text now readd, as, The warning of the Lord.
Multitudes of Jews, dispersed in diverse Countries, being Converted and Baptised by the Ministry of the Apostle Peter, at Jerusalem; he writes to them an excellent Epistle to fortify them against the Persecutions which their Christianity might expose them to. He advises them, first, unto the more general, and then, unto the more special Duties of the Christian Religion. The last ⟨p. 2⟩of his divine Counsels is. To resist the temptations of the devil. And the Text before us contains the Argument whereby we are to be excited thereunto; tis drawn from the Disposition of the Devil; who is here exhibited, First, as an Adversary. Secondly, as a potent Adversary, a Lion. Thirdly, as a cruel Adversary, a roaring Lion. Fourthly, as a restless Adversary, a Lion seeking whom he may devour. This then is the Doctrine to be now attended unto, The Devil is a potent, a cruel, and a restless Adversary to the souls of men.