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    to * , 0 ®^ - w ^^ t ^^ S ^ w ^ ih cialed those * arts o | m ^ KmAdftmQr napj > gy ,, ^ hich b . ^ ar strong tra ^ e ^ of tl * eir Oriental oMg ^ , f ^ i ; la considering tliec theological charunt **!* c \ f flw > ^ Atn / r Aif 1 iiim < vo K * r wKaqa f iL V >

    • mow ^ -v ^ . * w »« uv » jw >**«« r ***!* ^ V «« UjVp « V ,- « ru < i ^ OV iitflueiice , su ^ l by alliances , wi th who ox it wa 3 supnosed that the kfws / of the Creator , of the universe inigh $ jbff ^ ggfr * trouled , Mfc current superstitions iwdSt be better understood , when we consider the prevalence of those , opinions on the nature aad power of the principle of evilr in which manysects * both of Mahometan and Christian Orientalists concurred .

    Neither the opposing principle of evil , as recogmzedby the Islamite and the : Christian Manichaean , nor that with- whjcfa . the forbidden alliances of the ina ^ tdle ages were supposed to be entered into as a constantly active belligerent power , seem > in many .

    respects , to . coincide with the theological j Lucifer . I % \ is true , that , in the pmpular mythology of much remoter tunes , in the heathea days of Europie the principle of evi ^ as a fatality , as . an almost equally ^ balanced ^ existence of cojaflioting ppysrer , see me every vyhere u predominant article pf belief :

    but the perfect and scientific character afterwards give i * to the operations of the . same ppuxoiple , seems to be ; the product of the conjoined efforts of the Talmudist , Gnostic and ; Mahometan speculators , in the schools where unbounded licence of inquiry was encou-R ^ V «« S | lVW&U <; A ^ UCi UVCr Ul XU ^^ XJL- y Y 9 tM , 9

    PIAVVWAr&gjed * Fr 9 on these arose thi ^ laboured , wiredrawn treatises on spiritual and daemoiiiacal essences and intelligences , a ^ n < J the hysterias qf popular tactics , on which was tO ( be carried on the unceasing combat between the two principles which th # y represented .

    As mjgjitrhave been e ^ pected ^ the coUGt rie ^ . ^ rapat exposed to the influence qt Hispan-Arabic opjj ^ ip ns ^ . were the fi ^; ip p& ein ^ d ou 4 a ^ $ *© , subjects pf persecution as soon as the K&faWM pi ? th © ch | i |^^ W 4 M 3 ^ fvak ^ 9 ed . i Tfee Af 6 % S , m ^ M ww r ^/ Bl ^ irj step , % fiWBS t ¥ ^ wHH wa |? Jx ^ W # aae 8 ? Wi IfeJwsw ^ r yji ' 9 iiwict » i » mmte *

    aiyi ^ jpwft 1 ^ « M « jw « wiByi S ^ Wmm ^ f ^ V ^ - t ^ bo . fQ r ^ ¦ HP * JP ^ w aSe became th ^ ; mh

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    temporal « cjS ^ f ^^ M ^ w ^ W ^ f ^ mankind . 9 | be Jiiomipr ^ 5 ^ 0 ^ wa ^ a . ccordiiig : ly early and long thejahpsea ratious , and mapyj feliVvletioJs to ; tlie ^ rjag ^ vwMchJse ^ d ^ lT ^ veQf ^^ ce ^ C ©^!^ j $ e *^ $ m t ^ Devil ^/ k ^^ ip ,, ^ s . ure « oon to be uanermost * unless hi ^

    subjects were most vigorously ; put dwviu The same spirit seems to have dictated the charges on this head which-were brought against the Templars . . , It | £ rather singular , that the l ^ elief in communion with the ? evil sp ^ r ^ t , magical incantations and witchcimlt should have survived , nay ,, haver a , c-

    quired for a time deeper influence over the inind , from the Reformatipn . But , perhaps , this is ^ scribal ) le ( inthe same way , a ^ weB shall here ^ f * ter o ^ eFve concerning several matters of opinion \ y akin * from being , specula tire , became iir

    tbea dogmatic ) , to th ^ , ^ ligl ^ t in whi ^ h n ? tea began .-to , consider op ^ niqns and prejudices , which , h ^^; bej » j ^ tood ^ eply . rootcd in th ^» M $ NK ^ T cre ^ ta be at Quce discjvrdeii . tiath ^ r adm . it J ed a » d enforced the beliefc q (? . the , e « isi-i

    ejnce and constantly . active energies o ( an . tevil principle ^ - t though fey diar carding . all the legendary sjTjeculation ^ ojl which it h ^ ad . long- been , founded , he recognized i | merely uacfer ^ tW

    character of the theological § ataoy and gave it a dogjna . tic vteight ? and saleeanjity , by ba ^ mg it pa scriptaj * nl authority . In this li g ^ t , the pprfl ^ QU ^ oa of dealers in black arts-was a ^ p ^ rge veringly and unrekntixigly pursued by professors of toe Reformed fadthy ^ as

    even ia darker ag ^ s ^ bjr those v ^| - had handled the same subject a& cfiae of ^ a more speculative character * Th ^ r ^ w ^ s < a species of joviality attaqhed to the older popular t ^ emons , ; , fo , the pucks , s wart-elves and \ gpbtins ,, the bogles , neklfera « and nixes , who vexed and crossed the victiois of

    thQifway-% vaj ; 4 % af ^ - Thi » disappe ^ rB ^ with / the Refonmation ; but the principle of controul ^ over the benevolent agency q £ Providenco W 4 ^ fvSt ^ , ^ 4 wt ( wr ? ^< l alf . ita operatioa ^ tr ^ sferr ^ d to the a ^ cfiwi . 0 &&P Jt > e ^ afid ^ xxti ^ hrist . ^ || i finoj ^ e impo ^ t ^ nt jth ^ qlpgi ^ l op ^ IJHMHn ^ WSp ^ gSjTTTs » jW . * ^* t { JTi ^ B $ S ** w& » JvWl ¦**\ t » w' ^^ w l » y th § dir ^ tion , gjven , to fvits ^ ttflii ^^ r

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1823, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1780/page/5/