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Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…
Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governor in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governour in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.
London: printed by Sam. Bridge for Nath. Hiller, 1697
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ABOUT the Time of our Blessed Lord's coming to Reside on Earth, we read of so many possessed with Devils, that it is commonly thought the Number of such Miserable Energumens was then increased above what has been usual in other Ages; and the Reason of that Increase, ⟨p. 67⟩has been made a Matter of some Enquiry. Now though the Devils might herein design by Preternatural Operations to Blast the Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, which Point they Gained among the Blasphemous Pharisees; and the Devils might herein also design a villainous Imitation of what was coming to pass in the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein God came to dwell in Flesh; yet I am not without suspicion that there may be something further in the Conjecture of the Learned Bartholinus hereupon, who says, It was Quod judaei praeter modum, Artibus Magicis dediti Daemonem Advocaverint, the Jews, by the frequent use of Magical Tricks, called in the Devils among them.
ABOUT the Time of our Blessed Lord's coming to Reside on Earth, we read of so many possessed with Devils, that it is commonly thought the Number of such Miserable Energumens was then encreased above what has been usual in other Ages; and the Reason of that Increase, ⟨p. 67⟩has been made a Matter of some Enquiry. Nowthough the Devils might herein design by Preternatural Operations to Blast the Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, which Point they Gained among the Blasphemous Pharisees; and the Devils might herein also design a villanous Imitation of what was coming to pass in the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein God came to dwell in Flesh; yet I am not without suspicion that there may be something further in the Conjecture of the Learned Bartholinus hereupon, who says, It was Quod judaei praeter modum, Artibus Magicis dediti Daemonem Advocaverint, the Jews, by the frequent use of Magical Tricks, called in the Devils among them.