THE CONTENTS.

PART I.
[Chap. I.]
Being an Introduction to the whole Work,Page [1]
[Chap. II.]
Of the Word DEVIL, as it is a proper Name to the Devil,
and any orall his Host, Angels, &c.		[18]
[Chap. III.]
Of the Original of the DEVIL, who he is, what he was
before hisExpulsion out of Heaven, and in what
State he was from that Time to the Creation of Man		[31]
[Chap. IV.]
Of the Name of the Devil, his Original, and the Nature of his
Circumstances since he has been call’d by that Name		[38]
[Chap. V.]
Of the Station Satan had in Heaven before he fell; the Nature
and Originalof his Crime, and some of Mr. Milton’s
Mistakes about it		[63]
[Chap. VI.]
What became of the Devil and his Host of fallen Spirits
after theirbeing expell’d from Heaven, and his
wandring Condition till theCreation; with some more
of Mr. Milton’s Absurdities on that Subject		[77]
[Chap. VII.]
Of the Number of Satan’s Host; how they came first to know
of the newcreated Worlds now in Being, and their
Measures with Mankind upon the Discovery		[86]
[Chap. VIII.]
Of the Power of the Devil at the Time of the Creation of this
World;whether it has not been farther straiten’d and
limited since that Time,and what Shifts and Stratagems
he is oblig’d to make use of to compasshis Designs upon
Mankind		[95]
[Chap. IX.]
Of the Progress of Satan in carrying on his Conquest over
Mankind, fromthe Fall of Eve to the Deluge		[111]
[Chap. X.]
Of the Devil’s second Kingdom, and how he got footing in the
renewedWorld by his Victory over Noah and his Race		[129]
[Chap. XI.]
Of God’s calling a Church out of the midst of a degenerate
World, andof Satan’s new Measures upon that Incident:
How he attacked themimmediately, and his Success in
those Attacks		[159]
PART II.
[Chap. I.]
The Introduction[192]
[Chap. II.]
Of Hell as it is represented to us, and how the Devil is to be
understood, as being personally in Hell, when at the same
Time we find him at Liberty ranging over the World		[206]
[Chap. III.]
Of the Manner of Satan’s acting and carrying on his Affairs in
thisWorld, and particularly of his ordinary Workings in the
dark, by Possession and Agitation		[216]
[Chap. IV.]
Of Satan’s Agents or Missionaries, and their Actings upon and in
theMinds of Men in his Name		[226]
[Chap. V.]
Of the Devil’s Management in the Pagan Hierarchy by Omens,
Entrails,Augurs, Oracles, and such like Pageantry of Hell;
and how they went offthe Stage at last by the Introduction
of true Religion		[245]
[Chap. VI.]
Of the extraordinary Appearances of the Devil, and particularly
of the Cloven-Foot		[265]
[Chap. VII.]
Whether is most hurtful to the World, the Devil walking about
withouthis Cloven-Foot, or the Cloven-Foot walking about
without the Devil?		[282]
[Chap. VIII.]
Of the Cloven-Foot walking about the World without the Devil
(viz.)of Witches making Bargains with the Devil, and
particularly of selling the Soul to the Devil		[316]
[Chap. IX.]
Of the Tools the Devil works with (viz.) Witches, Wizards or
Warlocks, Conjurers, Magicians, Diviners, Astrologers,
Interpreters ofDreams, Tellers of Fortunes; and above
all the rest, his particularmodern Privy-Counsellors
call’d Wits and Fools		[339]
[Chap. X.]
Of the various Methods the Devil takes to converse with
Mankind		[352]
[Chap. XI.]
Of Divination, Sorcery, the Black-Art, Pawawing, and
such likePretenders to Devilisms, and how far the
Devil is or is not concern’d in them		[377]
[The Conclusion.]
Of the Devil’s last Scene of Liberty, and what may be
supposed to behis End; with what we are to
understand of his being tormented for ever and ever		[404]

THE
HISTORY
OF THE
DEVIL, &c.

Chap. I.

Being an Introduction to the whole Work.

I doubt not but the title of this book will amuse some of my reading friends a little at first; they will make a pause, perhaps, as they do at a witch’s prayer, and be some time resolving whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Devil by reading his story.