An Essay On Evil Spirits Or Reasons To Prove Their by William Carlisle

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Latter opinion, for the suppose that the expressions sessed with the Devil —pos- — casting out Devils, are only an accomodation to vulgar opinion, and that the persons said to be possessed, were only mad watic, or persons subject to epilepsy, Thus they have explained away the account given concerning these demoniacs. opportunity of examining in the or /w- gospel have never had the I one complete treatise against the opinion of real possessions, except one written by Hugh Farmer, which was put hands by a kind friend.

Government. whose bidding suns lighted up systems rolled to could his plainly of no value all their magnificent first parents lay solely in eating of that fruit command, and were condemned and punished. for this they 33 MORAL EVIL CONSIDERED. Again, Tempter, we are informed who had fallen from ruin and with ; first all his dignity parents, premeditated their the craft and subtlety imagin- able, accosted the general parents of by reason of his and glory, and misery, envying the into a state of degradation happiness of our or that the Serpent, mankind, and cunning and falsehood, he pre- happy and innocent pair to rebel Maker, and to sin against his infinite Thus they fell from their original and vailed with this against their Majesty.

Compel and ; of perpetual exaltation in usefulness and life, powers are so limited, that he cannot his ; did only allure, he could not fasten an immediate, much pression on the will. Therefore, a resolute negative would have made him victorious. nish the rich goodness of on man every ance; and it less an irresistible Nor does it im- tar- God, because he bestowed qualification relative to his perseveris unjust and unreasonable to judge of the value of a benefit, by the ungrateful abuse of the receiver, and not from evil of sin therefore in the its own has brought upon ought not liability to sin, imputed to be Divine goodness.

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