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Rick: Gilm

EDINBURGH: JAMES NICHOL.

LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN: G. HERBERT.

M.DCCC.LXVII.

CONTENTS.

I. PREFATORY NOTE,

II. MEMOIR OF DR GILPIN,

III. DÆMONOLOGIA SACRA.

To the Reader,

CHAPTER I.-The introduction to the text, from a consideration

of the desperate ruin of the souls of men-'
-The text opened,

expressing Satan's malice, power, cruelty, and diligence,

CHAPTER II.-Of the malice of Satan in particular-The grounds

and causes of that malice-The greatness of it proved; and

instances of that greatness given,

CHAPTER III.—Of Satan's power-His power as an angel con-

sidered-That he lost not that power by his fall-His power

as a devil-Of his commission-The extent of his authority—

The efficacy of his power-The advantages which he hath for

the management of it, from the number, order, place, and

knowledge of devils,

CHAPTER IV.-That Satan hath a great measure of knowledge,

proved, by comparing him with the knowledge of Adam in

innocency, and by his titles-Of his knowledge, natural, ex-

perimental, and accessory-Of his knowledge of our thoughts-

How far he doth not know them, and how far he doth, and

by what means— -Of his knowledge of things future, and by

what ways he doth conjecture them-The advantages in point

of temptation that he hath by his knowledge,

CHAPTER V.-Instances of Satan's power-Of witchcraft, what it

is-Satan's power argued from thence-Of wonders-Whether

Satan can do miracles-An account of what he can do that

way-His power argued from apparitions and possessions, .

CHAPTER VI.-Of Satan's cruelty-Instances thereof in his deal-

ing with wounded spirits in ordinary temptations of the

wicked and godly, in persecutions, cruelties in worship-His

cruel handling of his slaves,

CHAPTER VII.-Of Satan's diligence in several instances-The

question about the being of spirits and devils handled-The

Sadducees' opinion discovered-The reality of spirits proved,

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CHAPTER VIII.-Of Satan's cunning and craft in the general-

Several demonstrations proving Satan to be deceitful; and

of the reasons why he makes use of his cunning,

CHAPTER IX.-Of Satan's deceits in particular-What temptation

is-Of tempting to sin-His first general rule-The con-

sideration of our condition-His second rule-Of providing

suitable temptations-In what cases he tempts us to things

unsuitable to our inclinations-His third rule-The cautious

proposal of the temptation, and the several ways thereof-

His fourth rule is to entice-The way thereof in the general,

by bringing a darkness upon the mind through lust,

CHAPTER X.-That Satan enticeth by our lust-The several ways

by which he doth it-Of the power and danger of the violence

of affections,

CHAPTER XI.-That lust darkens the mind-Evidences thereof

The five ways by which it doth blind men: (1.) By prevent-

ing the exercise of reason-The ways of that prevention:

(1.) Secrecy in tempting; Satan's subtlety therein; (2.) Sur-

prisal; (3.) Gradual entanglements,

CHAPTER XII.-Of Satan's perverting our reason- -His second

way of blinding-The possibility of this, and the manner of

accomplishing it directly, several ways; and indirectly, by

the delights of sin, and by sophistical arguments; with an

account of them,

CHAPTER XIII.-Of Satan's diverting our reason, being the third

way of blinding men-His policies for diverting our thoughts

-His attempts to that purpose in a more direct manner;

with the degrees of that procedure-Of disturbing or dis-

tracting our reason, which is Satan's fourth way of blinding

men-His deceits therein-Of precipitancy, Satan's fifth way

of blinding men-Several deceits to bring men to that,

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CHAPTER XIV.—Of Satan's maintaining his possession-His first

engine for that purpose is his finishing of sin, in its reitera-

tion and aggravation-His policies herein,

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CHAPTER XV.-Of Satan's keeping all in quiet, which is his second

engine for keeping his possession, and for that purpose his

keeping us from going to the light by several subtleties; also

of making us rise up against the light, and by what ways he

doth that,

CHAPTER XVI.-Of Satan's third grand policy for maintaining his

possession; which is his feigned departure: (1.) By ceasing

the prosecution of his design; and the cases in which he doth

it-(2.) By abating the eagerness of pursuit; and how he doth

that (3.) By exchanging temptations; and his policy therein

-The advantage he seeks by seeming to fly-Of his fourth

stratagem for keeping his possession, which is his stopping

all ways of retreat; and how he doth that,

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