The Political History of the DevilAMS Press, 2003 - 605 Seiten First published in 1726, this full-length study of the devil's role in society combines Biblical history with common sense as Defoe considers the conflict between forces of destructive evil and the benevolent Deity which controls the world. |
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... least not determine , that his residence or that of the whole army of Devils is yet in the same local HELL , to which the Divines tell us he shall be at last chain'd down ; or at least that he is yet confin'd to it , for we shall find ...
... least not determine , that his residence or that of the whole army of Devils is yet in the same local HELL , to which the Divines tell us he shall be at last chain'd down ; or at least that he is yet confin'd to it , for we shall find ...
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... least , have given an account of two or three thousand millions of Angels cut in pieces and wounded , yet he allows them to give over the fight , and make a kind of retreat ; so making way for the compleat victory of the Son of GOD ...
... least , have given an account of two or three thousand millions of Angels cut in pieces and wounded , yet he allows them to give over the fight , and make a kind of retreat ; so making way for the compleat victory of the Son of GOD ...
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... least he was auxiliary to Pharoah , it was a Victory over Hell and Egypt together , and he would never have suffer'd the Disgrace , if he had known it beforehand ; that is to say , tho ' he could not have prevented the Escape of Israel ...
... least he was auxiliary to Pharoah , it was a Victory over Hell and Egypt together , and he would never have suffer'd the Disgrace , if he had known it beforehand ; that is to say , tho ' he could not have prevented the Escape of Israel ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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