THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL: CONTAINING HIS ORIGINAL; A STATE OF HIS CIRCUMSTANCES; HIS CONDUCT, RIOUS METHODS HE TAKES TO CONVERSE WITH ING WITCHES, WIZARDS, AND CONJUR- ERS; AND HOW THEY SELL THEIR THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH MANY OF THE DEVIL'S ADVENTURES. TO WHICH IS ADDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVIL'S DWELL- BY DEFOE, AUTHOR OF 'ROBINSON CRUSOE,' 'THE KINGDOM OF LILLIPUT,' ETC. Bad as he is, the Devil may be abused, Be falsely charged, and causelessly accused; SIXTH EDITION. BOSTON: PRINTED BY DOW & JACKSON. PREFACE. 943 D314 pol 1845 "THIS sixth edition of the History of the Devil, besides large impressions of the first, second, third and fourth, is a certificate from the world of its general acceptation; so that we need not, according to the custom of modern editors, boast of it without. evidence, or tell a f-b in its favor. "The subject is singular, and it has been handled after a singular manner. The wise part of the world has been pleased with it, the merry part has been diverted with it, and the ignorant part has been taught by it; none but the malicious part of the world has been offended at it. Who can wonder then, that when the Devil is not pleased, his friends should be angry? "The strangest thing of all is, to hear Satan complain that the story is handled profanely. But who can think it strange, that his advocates should be, what he was from the beginning? "The author affirms, and has good vouchers for it (in the opinion of such whose judgment passes with him for an authority,) the whole tenor of the work is solemn, calculated to promote serious religion, and capable of being improved in a religious manner. he does not think, that we are bound never to speak of the Devil but with an air of terror, as if we were always afraid of him. M368163 But |