Daemonologia Sacra Or A Treatise Of Satans Temptations – Alexander Grosart (1)

3. satan’s temptations. error. Though successes, plenty, and abundance of worldly comforts argue of theuiselves neither love nor hatred, truth nor falsehood because the wise providence of God, for holy ends and reasons often undiscerned by us, permits often the tabernacles of robbers to prosper, and permits those that ‘ deal treacherously ‘ with the truths of God ‘ to be i^lanted, to take root, to grow, yea, to bring forth fruit’—never- theless if in a way of error they meet with outward blessings, they are apt to ascribe all to their errors, and to say as Israel, Hosea ii.

5, will go after my lovers that gave me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink,’ without any serious consider- ation of God’s common bounty, which upon far other accounts, ‘ gives them corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplies their silver and gold,’ which they prepared for Baal, ver.

8. I shall not need to add any- thing further for the proof and explanation of this than what we have in Jer. xliv. 17, 18, where the Jews expressly advance their idolatrous worship as the right way, and confirm themselves even to obstinacy in the pursuit of it, upon this reason : ‘ We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the, queen of heaven ….

for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil: but since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out our drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.’ (9.) Ninthly, Instead of better arguments, Satan usually makes lies Ms refuge : and these respect either the truth which he would cry down, or the errors which he would set up.

Those lies that are managed against truth are of two sorts : mistakes and misrepresentations of its doctrines, or calumnies against the persons and actions of those that take part with it. Those lies that are proper to bespatter a truth withal are such as tend to render it unlovely, inconvenient, or dangerous.

desperate ruin of the souls of men—The test opened, expressing Satan’s ^llc5>power, cruelty, and diligence, Chapter II.—Of the ^aK^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^^^]^ly-Hisdwwg^ 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 oftknowl^dg^ 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 Ms knowledge of things fiiture. 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 ^ntchcraft i what it is—Satan’s power argued from thence—OfpyoncTei^r—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 ^^Selt^-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 i^igmg^ in several instances—The question about the being of spirits and devils handled—The Sadducees’ opinion discovered—The reality of spirits proved, /U7 o Chapter VIII.—Of Satan’s cunning and craft in the general Several demonstrations proving Satan to be

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