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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
Multitudes of Iews, dispersed in diverse Countries, being Converted and Baptised by the Ministry of the Apostle Peter, at Iesuralem; he writes to them an excellent Epistle to fortifie 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 Counsils 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 Aversary. 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.
Prop. I. There is a Combination of Devils which our Air is filled withal. A Devil is a spiritual and a national Substance, full of all Wickedness, confined by God unto our Air is his Gaob, for his Apostasy from the Company & Employment of the holy Angels. His Title is that Eph 6. 12. a spiritual wickedness; that is a wicked spirit. A Devil was once an Angel, but Sin has brought him to be Fallen Angel; an Angel full of Enmity to God and man; an Angel made a Prisoner within the Atmosphere of the Earth which we tread upon.