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.

  • Zachary Taylor
Date:
1696
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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Now it ts fo long, fitice the Devil was in that happy place, where Saints and Angles arc, that a wan may very rea- fonably fitfpeSt his infor¬ mation, efpec tally con ft- dering his fate, which made him incapable to refolve the Cue ft ton. 1 wonder how the Church of Rome will requite the Devil for bis kind vouch¬ ing thefe Supcrfiitious De-Shines. to inquire, whether Saints and Angels did not hear our Prayers ? And the Devi] remerobring very well that he hinifelf was once an Angel in Heaven, a flu red him that they did, though he Raid not fo long there, as to hear any. They further inquired, if it was not lawful to worflnp Pill hi es and Images ? And the De¬ vil could difeern no hurt at all in a man’s humbling himfelf before thofe pretty play things. They then would know*; whether any Protcflant, Presbyterian, &:c. could forgive fins ? and the Devil being a good Cafuifl, told them, they could not. It was then demanded, whether the Vriefis of the Church 0/ Rome, could not for¬ give fins ? And what cannot they do, that can turn a Wafer into Flelh and Blood ! }es they could forgive fins. And is not this a good Charitable Devil that direfts people whither to go for the Remi(lion of their lins *, but at the fame time he is a blockifh Devil to betray fuch a fecret as is enough to ruin his Kingdom. But they proceed , and the Devil muft tell them, whether the Priefis of the Church of R ome have not power to eaft out Devils ? And to his fad grief and pain he feltv they had. Be it fo, they make but ill improvement of this Talent, for the Devil, as you will find, was too hard for them, and maugre their Ex- orcifms, kept his Burrough. Then they defired to know, whe¬ ther any Protefiant or Presbyterian,'S\C. Minifter could caft out De¬ vils ? And if by calling out Devils they mean fuch juggling knacks, as the Popifh Exorcifls are known to ufe, the Devil here bad fairefl at the Truth, when he faid they could not. For the Clergy of the Church of England underlland the nature of Chrifts Kingdom, and the operation of his Grace, which effe¬ ctually doth call: Devils and all evil out of the hearts, and fouls of men far better than to expofe God and Religion to the Buffoonry of Atheifts, by pretending to fuch Mountebank tricks, as are an infamous fcandal to both. As for Diflenters, let them anfwer for themfelves, for though their warm zeal be¬ trays