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... devil , is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the devil . For any to deny the being of a devil must be from an ignorance or profaneness , worse than diabolical . A devil . What is that ? We have a definition ...
... devil , is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the devil . For any to deny the being of a devil must be from an ignorance or profaneness , worse than diabolical . A devil . What is that ? We have a definition ...
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... devils are ! When we speak of the devil , ' tis a name of multi- tude ; it means not one individual devil , so potent and scient , as perhaps a Manichee would imagine ; but it means a kind which a multitude belongs unto . Alas , the devils ...
... devils are ! When we speak of the devil , ' tis a name of multi- tude ; it means not one individual devil , so potent and scient , as perhaps a Manichee would imagine ; but it means a kind which a multitude belongs unto . Alas , the devils ...
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... devils in the high places of it ; and these devils have a prince over them , who is king over the children of pride . ' Tis proba- ble that the devil , who was the ringleader of that mutinous and rebellious crew which first shook off ...
... devils in the high places of it ; and these devils have a prince over them , who is king over the children of pride . ' Tis proba- ble that the devil , who was the ringleader of that mutinous and rebellious crew which first shook off ...
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Mourts Relation | 34 |
Thomas Morton | 70 |
Francis Higginson | 80 |
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