THE CONTENTS.
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PART I.
Chap. I.
Being an Introduction to the whole Work, Page 1
Chap. II.
Of the Word DEVIL, as it is a proper Name to the Devil, and any or all his Host, Angels, &c.18
Chap. III.
Of the Original of the DEVIL, who he is, what he was before his Expulsion out of Heaven, and in what State he was from that Time to the Creation of Man 31
Chap. IV.
Of the Name of the Devil, his Original, and the Nature of his Circumstances since he has been call’d by that Name 38
Chap. V.
Of the Station Satan had in Heaven before he fell; the Nature and Original of his Crime, and some of Mr. Milton’s Mistakes about it63
Chap. VI.
What became of the Devil and his Host of fallen Spirits after their being expell’d from Heaven, and his wandring Condition till the Creation; with some more of Mr. Milton’s Absurdities on that Subject77
Chap. VII.
Of the Number of Satan’s Host; how they came first to know of the new created Worlds now in Being, and their Measures with Mankind upon the Discovery86
Chap. VIII.
Of the Power of the Devil at the Time of the Creation of this World; whether it has not been farther straiten’d and limited since that Time, and what Shifts and Stratagems he is oblig’d to make use of to compass his Designs upon Mankind95
Chap. IX.
Of the Progress of Satan in carrying on his Conquest over Mankind, from the Fall of Eve to the Deluge111
Chap. X.
Of the Devil’s second Kingdom, and how he got footing in the renewed World by his Victory over Noah and his Race129
Chap. XI.
Of God’s calling a Church out of the midst of a degenerate World, and of Satan’s new Measures upon that Incident: How he attacked them immediately, and his Success in those Attacks159
PART II.
Chap. I.
The Introduction192
Chap. II.
Of Hell as it is represented to us, and how the Devil is to be understood, as being personally in Hell, when at the same Time we find him at Liberty ranging over the World 206
Chap. III.
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 Possession and Agitation 216
Chap. IV.
Of Satan’s Agents or Missionaries, and their Actings upon and in the Minds of Men in his Name226
Chap. V.
Of the Devil’s Management in the Pagan Hierarchy by Omens, Entrails, Augurs, Oracles, and such like Pageantry of Hell; and how they went off the Stage at last by the Introduction of true Religion245
Chap. VI.
Of the extraordinary Appearances of the Devil, and particularly of the Cloven-Foot 265
Chap. VII.
Whether is most hurtful to the World, the Devil walking about without his Cloven-Foot, or the Cloven-Foot walking about without the Devil? 282
Chap. VIII.
Of the Cloven-Foot walking about the World without the Devil (viz.) of Witches making Bargains with the Devil, and particularly of selling the Soul to the Devil 316
Chap. IX.
Of the Tools the Devil works with (viz.) Witches, Wizards or Warlocks, Conjurers, Magicians, Diviners, Astrologers, Interpreters of Dreams, Tellers of Fortunes; and above all the rest, his particular modern Privy-Counsellors call’d Wits and Fools339
Chap. X.
Of the various Methods the Devil takes to converse with Mankind 352
Chap. XI.
Of Divination, Sorcery, the Black-Art, Pawawing, and such like Pretenders to Devilisms, and how far the Devil is or is not concern’d in them 377
The Conclusion.
Of the Devil’s last Scene of Liberty, and what may be supposed to be his End; with what we are to understand of his being tormented for ever and ever 404