As these Things may perhaps run promiscuously thro' the Course of this whole Work, and frequently be touch'd at under other Branches of the _Devil_'s History, so I do not propose them as Heads of Chapters or Particular Sections, for the Order of Discourse to be handled apart; for (by the way) as Satan's Actings have not been the most regular Things in the World, so in our Discourse about him, it must not be expected that we can always tie our selves down to Order and Regularity, either as to Time, or Place, or Persons; for Satan being _hic & ubique_, a loose ungovern'd Fellow, we must be content to trace him where we can find him. It is true, in the foregoing Chapter, I shew'd you the DEVIL entred into the Herd Ecclesiastick, and gave you some Account of the first successful Step he took with Mankind since the Christian Epocha; how having secretly managed both Temporal and Spiritual Power apart, and by themselves, he now united them in Point of Management, and brought the Church Usurpation and the Army's Usurpation together; the Pope to bless the General in deposing and murthering his Master the Emperor; and the General to recognise the Pope in dethroning his Master Christ Jesus. From this time forward you are to allow the _Devil_ a mystical Empire in this World; not an Action of Moment done without him, not a Treason but he has a Hand in it, not a Tyrant but he prompts him, not a Government but he has a ---- in it; not a Fool but he tickles him, not a Knave but he guides him; he has a Finger in every Fraud, a Key to every Cabinet, from the _Divan_ at _Constantinople_, to the _Mississipi_ in _France_, and to the _South-Sea_ Cheats at ------; from the first Attack upon the Christian World, in the Person of the _Romish_ Antichrist, down to the Bull _Unigenitus_; and from the Mixture of St. _Peter_ and _Confucius_ in _China_, to the Holy Office in _Spain_; and down to the _Emlins_ and _Dodwells_ of the current Age. How he has managed, and does manage, and how in all Probability he will manage till his Kingdom shall come to a Period, and how at last he will probably be managed himself, _Enquire within, and you shall know farther_. 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.