he has not yet preach'd away all

bis Hearers.

It is enough to me (fays the Author) that the Devil himself is not pleased with my Work and lefs with the Design of it; let the Devil and all his fellow Complainers ftand on one Side, and the honeft well meaning, charitable World, who approve my Work, on the other, and I'll tell Nofes with Satan if he dares.

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CONTENTS.

CHA P. I.

BEing an Introduction to the whole Work. Page x

CHA P. II.'

Of the Word DEVIL, as it is a proper Name to

the Devil, and any or all his Hoft, Angels, &c. 21

CHA P. III.

Of the Original of the DEVIL, who he is,

what he was before his Expulfion out of Heaven,

and in what State he was from that Time to the

Creation of Man.

CHA P. IV.

35

Of the Name of the Devil, his Original, and the

Nature of his Circumstances fince he has been call'd

by that Name.

CHA P. V.

42

Of the Station Satan bad in Heaven before he fell;

the Nature and Original of his Crime, and fome of

Mr. Milton's Miftakes about it..

CHAP. VI.

71

What became of the Devil and his Hoft of fallen Spi-

rits after their being expell'd from Heaven, and

; his wandring Condition till the Creation; with

fome more of Mr. Milton's Abfurdities on that

Subject.

CHAP. VII. CO

86

Of the Number of Satan's Hoft; how they came first

to know of the new created Worlds now in being,

and their Meafures with Mankind upon the Disco-

very.

CHA P. VHI.

95

Of the Power of the Devil at the Time of the Grea-

tion of this World; whether it has not been far-

ther traiten'd and limited fince that Time, and

what Shifts and Stratagems he is oblig'd to make

ufe of to compass his Designs upon Mankind. 106

CHAP. IX.

Of the Progrefs of Satan in carrying on his Conqueft

over Mankind, from the Fall of Eve to the De-

luge.

CHAP. X.

124

Of the Devil's fecond Kingdom, and how he got foot-

ing in the renew'd World by his Victory over Noah

and his Race.

CHAP. XI.

145

Of God's calling a Church out of the midst of a degene-

rate World, and of Satan's new Measures upon

that Incident: How be attacked them immediate-

ly, and bis Succefs in those Attacks...

179

PART

PART II.

CHAP. I.

The Introduction.

Page 217

CHA P. II.

Of Hell as it is reprefented to us, and how the De-

vil is to be underflood, as being perfonally in Hell,

when at the fame Time we find him at Liberty

ranging over the World.

CHA P. III.

232

Of the Manner of Satan's acting and carrying on

his Affairs in this World, and particularly of his

ordinary Workings in the dark, by Poffeffion and

Agitation.

CHA P. IV.

243

Of Satan's Agents or Miffionaries, and their Actings

upon and in the Minds of Men in his Name. 254

CHAP. V.

Of the Devil's Management in the Pagan Hierarchy

by Omens, Entrails, Augurs, Oracles, and fuch

like Pageantry of Hell, and how they went off

the Stage at laft by the Introduction of true Religi

on.

CHAP. VI.

275

Of the extraordinary Appearance of the Devil, and

particularly of the Cloven-Foot.

279

CHAP,

Whether is most hurtful to the World, the Devil

walking about without his Cloven-Foot, or the

Cloven-Foot walking about without the Devil?

CHA P. VIIE

316

Of the Cloven-Foot walking about the World with-

out the Devil, (viz.) of Witches making Bar-

gains for the Devil, and particularly of felling the

Soul to the Devil.

CHA P. IX.

354

Of the Tools the Devil works with, (viz.) Witches,

Wizards or Warlocks, Conjurers, Magicians, Di-

vines, Aftrologers, Interpreters of Dreams, Tel-

lers of Fortunes; and above all the reft, his par-

ticular modern Privy-Counsellors call'd Wits and

Fools.

CHAP. X.

380

Of the various Methods the Devil takes to converfe

with Mankind.

CHA P. XI.

393

Of Divination, Sorcery, the Black-Art, Pawaw-

ing, and fuch like Pretenders to Devilifms, and

how far the Devil is or is not concern'd in them.

The CONCLUSION.

410

Of the Devil's laft Scene of Liberty, and what may

be fuppofed to be his End, with what we are to un-

derftand of his being tormented for ever and ever.

450

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