Upon this, the Text says, that God answered ver. 11. _Behold all that he hath is in thy Power_; now 'tis plain here, that God gave up _Job_'s Wealth and Estate, nay his Family, and the Lives of his Children and Servants into the Devil's Power; and accordingly, like a true merciless Devil, _as he is_, he destroy'd them all; he mov'd the _Sabeans_ to fall upon the Oxen and the Asses, and carry them off; he mov'd the _Chaldeans_ to fall upon the Camels and the Servants, to carry off the first, and murther the last; he made Lightning flash upon the poor Sheep, and kill them all; and he blow'd his House down upon his poor Children, and buried them all in the Ruins. Now here is (1.) a Specimen of Satan's good Will to Mankind, and what Havock the _Devil_ would make in the World, if he might; and here is a Testimony too, that he could not do this without leave; so that I cannot but be of the Opinion he has some Limitations, some Bounds set to his natural Fury; a certain Number of Links in his Chain, which he cannot exceed, or, in a Word, that he cannot go a Foot beyond his _Tether_. The same kind of Evidence we have in the Gospel, _Matth._ viii. 31. where Satan could not so much as possess the filthiest and meanest of all Creatures, _the Swine_, till he had ask'd leave; and that still, to shew his good Will, as soon as he had gotten leave, he hurried them all into the Sea and choak'd them; these, I say, are some of the Reasons why I am not willing to say, the _Devil_ is not restrain'd in Power; but on the other side, we are told of so many mischievous things the Devil has done in the World, by virtue of his Dominion over the Elements, and by other Testimonies of his Power, that I don't know what to think of it; tho', upon the whole, the first is the safest Opinion; for if we should believe the last, we might, for ought I know, be brought, like the _American Indians_, to worship him _at last_, that he may do us no Harm. And now I have nam'd those People in _America_, I confess it would go a great way in favour of Satan's Generosity, as well as in Testimony of his Power, if we might believe all the Accounts, which indeed Authors are pretty well agreed in the Truth of, namely, of the Mischiefs the _Devil_ does in those Countries, where his Dominion seems to be establish'd; how he uses them when they deny him the Homage he claims of them as his Due; what Havock and Combustion he makes among them; and how Beneficent he is (or at least negative in his Mischiefs) when they Appease him by their hellish Sacrifices.