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48 THE CABALA ; OR-,
this means, that the tormenting of finful fouls is made over to them. The other theologians fay, that no devil was created evil, but that they were driven and cad; out of heaven from the orders of good angels, for their pride-; whofe fall not only our and the Hebrew theologians , but alfo the Ajfyrians , Arabians , Egyptians, and Greeks, do confirm by their tenets. Pherycies , the AJJ'yrian, , deferibes the fall of the devils ; and Ophis , that is, the develifh ferpent, was the head of that rebelling army ; Trifmegiftus fings the fame fall, in his Pimander; .and Homer, under the name of Ararus, in his verfes ; and Plutarch, in his Difcourfe on Ufury, fignifies that Empedocles knew that the fall of the devils was in this manner ; the devils themfelves often confefs their fall. They being caft out into this valley of mifery, fome that are near to 11s wander up and down in this obfeure air; others inhabit lakes, rivers, and feas ; others the earth, and terrify earthly things, and invade thofe who dig wells and metals, caufe the gaping of the earth, to ftrike together the foundations of the mountains, and vex not only men but alfo other crea- tures ; fome being content with laughter and delufion only, do contrive rather to weary men than to hurt them ; fome heightening themfelves to the length of a giant’s body, and again fhrinking themfelves down to the fmallnefs of pig- mies, and changing themfelves into different forms, to difturb men with vain fear ; others ftudy lies and blafphemies, as we read of one in third book of Kings, faying, “ I will go forth and be a lying fpirit in the mouth of all the prophets of Ahab.” But the worfl fort of devils are thofe who lie in wait, and overthrow paffengers in their journies, and rejoice in wars and effufion of blood, and afflidt men with moft cruel ftripes : we read of fuch in Matthew , “ for fear of whom no man dared pafs that way.” Moreover, the Scripture reckons up nodiurnal, diurnal, and meridional devils ; and deferibes other fpirits of wickenefs by different names, as we read in Ifaiah of fatyrs, fcreech- owls, firens, ftorks, * owls ; and in the Pfalms , of afps, bafilifks, lions, dragons ; and in the Gofpel, we read of fcorpions, and Mammon, and the prince of this world, and rulers of darknefs, of all whom Beelzebub is the prince, whom the Scripture calls the prince of wickednefs.
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