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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.
Prop. II. The Devils are the great Adversaries of humane Souls. Tis here said about the devil, He is your Adversary; or as the Article intimates, he is that your Adversary.
Prop. II. The Divels are the great Adversaries of humane Souls. Tis here said about the devil, He is your Adversary; or as the Article intimates, he is that your Adversary.
If it be asked, How the Devils are our Adversaries? In general they labour to do us all the mischief they can devise. They pursue our Hurt in all ways, and by all means. Yet in some sense they cannot come at us unless according to Law. Know, That the Greek word here notes ⟨p. 5⟩properly an Adversary at Law; tis a law-Term that is used here. Thus First, the Devils are our Adversaries as Accusers. Tis the Character of the Devil in Rev. 12. 10. The Accuser of our Brethren, which accuseth them before God, day and night. He is called a Satan, and a Devil for this very Cause. The Devils are first our Tempters, and then our Accusers. They complain to God against us, that we do not fear Him, that we do not love Him, that we do not seek Him, as we ought to do: they represent our faults before the Lord, as things that make us unfit for any Mercy at His hands. There is a Court kept somewhere in the Invisible world, at which, Devils endeavour to prefer as many Complaints as they they can against us. They first get and then bring matters of Accusation which we might be Indicted and Condemned for.
If it be asked, How the Devils are our Adversaries? In general they labour to do us all the mischief they can devise. They pursue our Hurt in all waies, and by all means. Yet in some sense they cannot come at us unless according to Law. Know, That the Greek word here notes ⟨p. 5⟩properly an Adversary at Law; tis a law-Term that is used here. Thus First, the Devils are our Adversaries as Accusers. Tis the Character of the Devil in