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    his mind Independent of inclina- ' tiou . In making this assertion , I hope that I shall not be charged with a want of candor ; such persons may exist , I only assert that lam unacquainted with any .

    I am far from supposing that these are all the causes that might be adduced for the decline of public worship among the presb yterian dissenters ; other causes , perhaps even more weighty , may suggest themselves to your read - ers . Those that I have mentioned are , it appears to me , real and I think 1 have seen instances of the

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    Having examined the few passages in which the word &ta . £ ofa $ occurs , in the writings of the Evangelists , we must now advance to the history of the Acts of the Apostles * Ch . x . 38 . is part of Peter ' s discourse to Cornelius and his household . He is speaking of Jesus , of his miraculous power , and of his benevolent works : his

    words are these ; ¦ " How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy spirit a , nd with power , who went about doing good , and healing all that were oppressed of the devil , " evidently referring to the disorders which were cured by Jesus . It has never been

    contended by Christians , that the diseases of the human frame , even the most malignant , as madness and epilepsey , are to be ascribed to the agency of the . devil ; and this use of the phrase plainly shews , how it is to be understood in other passages . It is merely the language

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    of the Jews , borrowed from those who adopted this absurd notion , and by no means ascribes any real existence or agency to the devil . One Greek MS , ( see Griesbach in loco ) has the word ( crarava ) Satan , which makes the passage correspond with Luke xiii . Iff , where the woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and was bowed together , and could in no wise lift herself up / is said to have been bound of Satan .

    Actsxiii . 10 . are the words of Paul to Elymus , the sorcerer : it is said , that " Paul , filled with . the holy spirit ^ fixed his eyes on him and said , ' O full ofsubtilty , and all mischief , thou child of the

    devil thou enemy of all rig hteousness ! wilt thou not ' cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord V Paul was n man of strong feelings and strong p ' asbions , and no doubt was greatly irritated and provoked

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    ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEVIX . [ Continuedfrom p . 140 . ]

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    326 On the Existence of the Devil *

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    individual operation of each o ? them . Although I fear the evil is not altogether to be remedied , yet I believe that it may be checked , and 1 should now proceed to propose the means by which this is to be accomplished . But the remarks on the first part of my subject have extended to so great a length , that your readers will pro- * bably not be displeased if I defer my farther observations to your next number . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant ^ B .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 326, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/24/