The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two PartsDefoe, Daniel
Philosophy
The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts
Defoe, Daniel
Devil -- Early works to 1800
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 Attacks_ 159
PART II.
CHAP. I.
_The Introduction_ 192
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 Name_ 226
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
Religion_ 245
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
Fools_ 339
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
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
DEVIL, _&c._
CHAP. I.
_Being an Introduction to the whole Work._
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