PART I.

Containing a State of the Devil's Circum fiances, and the various Turns of his Affairs 3 from his
- Expulfion out of Heaven, to the Creation of Man> with Remarks on the feveral Miftakes concerning the Reafon and Manner of his Fall.
Alfo his Proceedings with Mankind ever fince Mam^ to the firit planting of the Chriftian Re ligion in the World.
PA R T II.
Containing his more private Conduc~b, down to the prefent Times: His Government, his Ap pearances, his manner of Working, and the Tools he works with.
Bad as he is, tie Devil may be abused,
Befalfly cbargd, and caufekjly accused,
When Men, unwilling to be blanfd alone,
Shift off thefe Crimes on Him which are their Own.
The SECOND EDITION. &&***&
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The PREFACE
TO THE
SECOND EDITION.
THIS Second Edition of this Work* notwith (landing a large ImpreJJton of the Fir ft, is a Certificate fromthe World of its general Acceptation > (b we need not, according to the Cuftom of Editors, boa ft
of it without Evidence, or tell a F b in
its Favour.
The Subject is fingular, and it has been handled after a fingular Manner : The wife World has been pleafed with ity the merry World has been diverted with it, and the ig norant World has been taught by it 5 none but the malicious part of the World has been offended at it : Who can wonder, that when the Devil is not f leafed, his Friends fhould be angry?
The flrangeft thing of it all is, to hear Satan complain that the Story is handled prephanely : But who can think it ftrange that his Advocates foouid BE, what he was from the Beginning ?
The Author affirms, and has good Vouchers for it (in the Opinion of Jach whofe Judg ment paffts with him for an Authority} that the whole Tenor of the Work is folemny cal culated to promote ferious Religion y and ca pable of being improv'd in a religious manner. But he does not think that we are bound ne ver to [peak of the Devil but with an Air
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of Terror, as if we were always afraid of him*
'Tit evident the Devil, as fubtle and as frightful as he is, has affed the ridiculous and foolifh "Party as much as moft of God's Creatures, and daily does fo. And he can not believe 'tis any Sin to expofe him for a foolifh Devil/ as he is, or fhew the World that he may be laugh d at.
Thofe that think the SubjeEt not handled with Gravity enough, have all the Room . given them in the World to handle it better ; and as the Author profeffes he is far from thinking his Tiece perfeh [, they ought not to be angry that he gives them leave to mend it. He has had the Satisfaction to fleafe fome Readers? and to fee good Men approve it--, and for the reft? as my Lord Rocheftery^/,r in another Cafe, .
He counts their Cenfure Fame.
As for a certain Reverend Gentleman, who is pie afed gravely to diflike the Work (he hopes, rather for the Author s fake than the Devil's) he only fays, Let the Performance be how it will, and the Author what he will, it is apparent he has not yet preach'd away all his Hearers.
It is enough to me (fays the Author] that the Devil himfelf is not pleafed with my Work, and lefs with the "Dejign of it ; let the Devil and all his fellow Complainers ft and on one fide, and the honeft, well mean ing, charitable World, who approve my Work, on the other, and 111 tell Nofes with Satan, if he dares.
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