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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

much time we may as well go for it seems the Devil had out witted them and by gaining delays had raised new out works to defend his Hutt But Mr. Brooks that he might disguise the Baffle as well as he could asked him whether he staid there that he might convert any Protestant to the Catholick Faith And the Devil being willing to please him and finding that he would believe any thing that he said told him that he did Hereupon Mr. Brooks took the opportunity to acquaint the Company that he had some friends about Ormskirk c. that he intended to send for to see this wonderful work And no doubt but it must be pleasant Entertainment for his friend to see the Devil baited and then he commanded the Devil to retire into the lower parts and taking off the Stole he bespeaks the Demoniack to rise up by the name of Thomas Ashton and enjoyned him to say five Ave Marias and five Pater-nosters So he began but he could not speak plain for the Devil as yet it seems stuck in his throat the Priest therefore was obliged to renew his charge unto the Devil go down Sirrah saith he so the Demoniack swallowed him cleaverly and then he speak plain and the Priest having thus laid the Devil he hung out the Flag of Defiance and challenged any protestant whomsoever to raise him again and make him speak I had almost forgot to tell you that here again Mr. Brooks charged the Demoniack to kiss the Priests feet which as you have heard were four Three of them being together he went and reverently paid his Salute but Mr. Brooks told him there was a fourth whom he was to seek out and kiss his feet also So about he goes and the Devil either having a good Nose or the Priests Toes a strong scent he quickly smelt him out did obeisance down to the ground and adored his Sandal And now the last Scene being over Mr. Prooks by way of Epilogue Query whether this Homage of the Devil to the Priest be not in allusion to that in the Psalmist Kiss the Son least he be angry ●sal 2.12 or in imitat●●●●● that Mary that kissed our Saviours feet Luke 7.38 If the first 't is gross Idolatry for to kiss there is to worship If the last 't is vile Hypocrisie for for what she did was to express the sincerity of her Repentance but what they do is only gratifie the Priests Ambition made another harangue unto the people the substance of which was to signifie his hopes that that days work would be a means to the Conversion of many then present and save their Souls And now you see the secret is out They have made a Pupet-Show of Religion produced God and the Devil like St. George and the Dragon upon the Stage and have basely betrayed the cause of God and given the advantage to the Devil for you find that notwithstanding the assurance the Priest pretended to from Christ's hearing his prayers and what perhaps he more relied on the promise that the Devil gave him more than once to depart The Devil keeps his hold and all that he can do is to get him to lie snug in some private corner till he be again brought forth like Sampson to make sport unto the people for the honour of their Dagon But for all the Priests hopes the last Act wherein the Devil got the better of him and made him either to believe a Lye when he believed his word promising to go out or to belye the Devil telling the people that he had promised to go out at such an hour when he had not done it hath altogether spoiled his Harvest for it hath catc ed Mr. Priest within the Horns of this Dilemma Either the Priest would have cast out the Devil and could not or else he could have cast out the Devil and would not If he would have cast out the Devil and could not he hath discovered his own weakness and that he hath no power over the Devil nor that God was present with him in his undertaking but for that he believed the Devil hath given him up to believe a lye as is the doom of such Bigots 2 Thes 2.9.10 If he could have cast out the Devil and would not he discovers his own Villany who perfidiously suffers the Devil to Tyrannize over the persons of Christians when it is in his power to relieve them When the Farce was over Mr. Skinner askd the Demoniack how he did And he said pretty well Are you not hungry Thomas saith he yes saith Thomas and dry too And well he might by the account you have read So the people with drew and left them to their Pontifical repast whilst the hearts of good men bleed to see Religion exposed thus to the just Exceptions of Libertines and Atheists and Christianity abused by those who labour to make the world believe that they are the only Proprietors of it But as we are bound to pity and pray for them that are Guided I ought to have said misguided by such wilfully blindfolded Guides So acquiescing in God's Providence we must Remember that he hath thought it necessary that offences should come Mat. 18.7 and it concerns them to remember that there is a Woe denounced against that man by whom the offence doth come On Monday following this Exploit the General Quarter Sessions was held at W●gan at which time I acquainted the Justices of Peace with what had passed and got a Warrant to apprehend the Demoniack that it might have been tried whether had more power over the Devil the Priests or Justice This as I am told made the Priest to scamper tho he was not in the least affected by the Warrant not being so much as named in it But through a mistake the Officers mist their Prey and we our Sport However this hath laid the Devil for the present for I hear no more of him in our Neighbourhood nor I believe ever shall FINIS