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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64269	The devil turn'd casuist, or, The cheats of Rome laid open in the exorcism of a despairing devil, at the house of Thomas Pennington in Orrel in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster / by Zachary Taylor ...	Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705.	1696 (1696)	Wing T595A; ESTC R39717	24,170	30

friend The Protestants are desired to attend that they I suppose may be informed of the truth of some new coin'd Articles of Faith from him that was the Author of them And because the Priest perceived some of them to be afraid at the Demoniacks roaring foaming slavering c. he bid them not to fear for the Devil should not hurt them He had him at command as they should see he would command him to kiss his foot it is a wonder that in conformity to his Masters Greatness it was not his Toe and he should obey By this passage one would think the Devil had lost his Pride and the Priest had found it Accordingly he gave the word of command and the Devil kist the shadow of his Shoe-tie and was not this a very humble Devil Then they proceeded to examine him as to his Creed as if they meant to know what Religion he was of and you need not in the least doubt but the Devil is a good Roman Catholick for they ask'd him if there were not a Purgatory Speak Devil I command thee saith the Priest is there not a Purgatory and the Devil inform'd him that there was Very well But is it not necessary to pray for souls that are in Purgatory Now had this Spark of Divinity consulted his own reason that would have told him that it was not proper to expect the truth of God from the mouth of the Devil or had he consulted his own School-men he might have learn'd that it was unlawful to adjure the Devil in order to learn somethings from him for Aquinas from Saint Chrysostom assures us that we ought not to believe the Devil though he deciare nothing but the truth Salutiferum nobis dogma datur ne credamus Doemonibus quantumcunque denuntient veritatem Aquin. 2da 2dae Qu. 90. Ar. 2. that they may be delivered thence And the Devil and Priest agreed that it was Thus understanding one another and agreeing in the Fundamental Articles of Faith for you read that the Devils believe Jam. 2.19 though it is an uncomfortable faith of theirs for it makes them tremble he proceeded to other matters of Doctrine and always had the satisfaction to find the Devil of his own opinion Amongst other Queries he demands to know whether it was not necessary to pray to Saints and Angels and adjured the Devil to tell the truth and because he found him sometimes sturdy and a naughty Boy he and his Partners would Box him about the Ears sometimes all four at once for the Devil being an haughty spirit cannot as we are told brook such affronts and the Devil thus chastis'd acknowledged that it was his curiosity then led him to inquire Now it is so long since the Devil was in that happy place where Saints and Angles are that a man may very reasonably suspect his information especially considering his fate which made him incapable to resolve the Question I wonder how the Church of Rome will requite the Devil for his kind vouching these Superstitious Doctrines whether Saints and Angels did not hear our Prayers And the Devil remembring very well that he himself was once an Angel in Heaven assured him that they did though he staid not so long there as to hear any They further inquired if it was not lawful to worship Pictures and Images And the Devil could discorn no hurt at all in a man's humbling himself before those pretty play things They then would know whether any Protestant Presbyterian c. could forgive sins and the Devil being a good Casuist told them they could not It was then demanded whether the Priests of the Church of Rome could not forgive sins And what cannot they do that can turn a Wafer into Flesh and Blood yes they could forgive sins And is not this a good Chatitable Devil that directs people whither to go for the Remission of their sins but at the same time he is a blockish Devil to betray such a secret as is enough to ruin his Kingdom But they proceed and the Devil must tell them whether the Priests of the Church of Rome have not power to east out Devils And to his sad grief and pain he felt they had Be it so they make but ill improvement of this Talent for the Devil as you will find was too hard for them and maugre their Exorcisms kept his Burrough Then they desired to know whether any Protestant or Presbyterian c. Minister could cast out Devils And if by casting out Devils they mean such juggling knacks as the Popish Exorcists are known to use the Devil here bad fairest at the Truth when he said they could not For the Clergy of the Church of England understand the nature of Christs Kingdom and the operation of his Grace which effectually doth cast Devils and all evil out of the hearts and souls of men far better than to expose God and Religion to the Buffoonry of Atheists by pretending to such Mountebank tricks as are an infamous scandal to both As for Dissenters let them answer for themselves for though their warm zeal betrays them too oft to a superstitious Credulity yet I think they are generally too wise to be engaged in such Artifices And though must confess I hear that some of them do intend to bless the world with the Narrative of a late Miracle of this nature which they wrought yet if the presence of a neighbouring Justice of Peace which as I hear struck their Affidavit-men dumb for that time hath not convinced them of their Vanity I wish them to consider what they are doing and save some of us the labour of spending time and Paper in Animadversions on their Folly But to return this was a tedious way of proceeding by particulars to compromize therefore all in one he fairly ask'd The Priests used to teach the people that they ought to believe as the Church believed but now it seems they have changed their note and would have them believe as the Devil belives whether Salvation was to be had in any Church but only that of Rome And the Devil very officiously told him there was not Right faith the Priest I know that as well as thou why then dist thou ask me saith the Devil Only saith the Priest that I might make the to satisfie these people of this truth And having made such powerful discoveries as these are by the Ingenious Confession of a knowing Devil Mr. Books desired that William Winstanl's Maid might be sent for which accordingly was done She is a Protestant but her Master is a Papist and when she came the Devil beat about him froth'd and foam'd and cryed out Art thou come Art thou come And then the same question was put again and met with the same answer as it was as oft as any Protestant or any that they suspected in danger of turning Protestants did appear For when another person came in whom not without reason they were jealous of as