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Page 81
... Faith . On the other Part [ Mather wrote in 1697 ] , there were many per- sons of great Judgment , Piety and Experience , who from the begin- ning were very much dissatisfied at these Proceedings ; they feared lest the Devil would get ...
... Faith . On the other Part [ Mather wrote in 1697 ] , there were many per- sons of great Judgment , Piety and Experience , who from the begin- ning were very much dissatisfied at these Proceedings ; they feared lest the Devil would get ...
Page 82
... Faith , " and follow her to heaven . " Once in the wilderness , he himself conjures the Devil by exclaiming , " What if the Devil himself should be at my very elbow ! " Immediately , he beholds " the figure of a man , " and this figure ...
... Faith , " and follow her to heaven . " Once in the wilderness , he himself conjures the Devil by exclaiming , " What if the Devil himself should be at my very elbow ! " Immediately , he beholds " the figure of a man , " and this figure ...
Page 85
... Faith obeyed . " The clarification that this reading achieves for the story should remove some of the objections ... Faith was actually present , for he writes that " the wretched man beheld his Faith , and the wife her husband , " and ...
... Faith obeyed . " The clarification that this reading achieves for the story should remove some of the objections ... Faith was actually present , for he writes that " the wretched man beheld his Faith , and the wife her husband , " and ...
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