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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 persons in New-England. Particularly, a narrative of the marvellous trouble and relief [sic] 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 that 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 [sic]. / Written by Cotton Mather, Minister of the Gospel. ; 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 possessed persons in New-England. Particularly, a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef [sic] 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 that 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 [sic]. / Written by Cotton Mather, Minister of the Gospel. ; And recommended by the Ministers of Boston and Charleston.
Boston: printed by R.P. i.e, 1689
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The Devil is a potent, a cruel, and a restless Adversary to the souls of men.
Prop. 1. There is a Combination of Devils which our […] is filled withal. A Devil is a spiritual and a […] Substance, full of all Wickedness, confined by God unto our Air as his Gao•, for his Apostasy from the Company & Employment of the only Angels. His Title is that in Eph 6. 12. a spiritual wickedness; that is a wicked spirit. A Devil was once an Angel, but Sin has brought him to be a Father Angel; an Angel full of Enmity to God and man; an Angel made a […] within the Atmosphere of the Earth which we tread upon
Prop. 1. There is a Combination of Devils which our 〈…〉 is fill'd withal. A Devil is a spiritual and a 〈…〉 Substance, full of all Wickedness, confined by God unto our Air as his Gao•, for his Apostasy from the Company & Employment of the only Angels. His Title is that in Eph 6. 12. a spiritual wickedness; that is a wicked spirit. A Devil was once an Angel, but Sin has brought him to be a Father Angel; an Angel full of Enmity to God and man; an Angel made a 〈…〉 within the Atmosph••e of the Earth which we tread upon
The Scriptures of Truth allow us these Conclusions about the Devils of He•.