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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... Worship at first , it was to be done Step by Step ; for Example . 1. It was sufficient to bring Mankind to a Neglect of God , to worship him by halves , and give little or no Regard to his Laws , and so grow loose and immoral , in ...
... Worship at first , it was to be done Step by Step ; for Example . 1. It was sufficient to bring Mankind to a Neglect of God , to worship him by halves , and give little or no Regard to his Laws , and so grow loose and immoral , in ...
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... worship . So absolute a Conquest had the Devil made over Mankind im- mediately after the Flood , and all taking its Rise and Beginning at the fatal Defeat of Noah , who had he liv'd untainted and invulnerable , as he had done for six ...
... worship . So absolute a Conquest had the Devil made over Mankind im- mediately after the Flood , and all taking its Rise and Beginning at the fatal Defeat of Noah , who had he liv'd untainted and invulnerable , as he had done for six ...
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... worship in his Name ; this I take from the most antient Account of Idolatry in the World ; nor indeed could the Devil himself find out any other Reason why Men should Cannonise or rather Deify their Princes and Men of Fame , and worship ...
... worship in his Name ; this I take from the most antient Account of Idolatry in the World ; nor indeed could the Devil himself find out any other Reason why Men should Cannonise or rather Deify their Princes and Men of Fame , and worship ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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