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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... perhaps the nature of the question will not admit . It is hard , indeed , to bring demonstrations in such a case as this : No man has seen GOD at any time , says the Scripture , 1 John iv . 12. So the Devil being a spirit incorporeal ...
... perhaps the nature of the question will not admit . It is hard , indeed , to bring demonstrations in such a case as this : No man has seen GOD at any time , says the Scripture , 1 John iv . 12. So the Devil being a spirit incorporeal ...
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... perhaps ( tho ' very ignorantly ) even with Paul and Timotheus themselves , so to give a Kind of Credit and Respect to her for speaking . But the Devil , who never speaks Truth , but with some sinister End , was discover'd here and ...
... perhaps ( tho ' very ignorantly ) even with Paul and Timotheus themselves , so to give a Kind of Credit and Respect to her for speaking . But the Devil , who never speaks Truth , but with some sinister End , was discover'd here and ...
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... perhaps , being the senior Officer , and disdaining to submit to any but to his former immediate Sovereign ; in short , he threw up his Commission , and in order not to be compel'd to obey , revolted and broke out in open Rebellion ...
... perhaps , being the senior Officer , and disdaining to submit to any but to his former immediate Sovereign ; in short , he threw up his Commission , and in order not to be compel'd to obey , revolted and broke out in open Rebellion ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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