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    and the Jews , with wicked hands , crucified the Lord of glory ; yet both Christ prayed for them , and Peter exhorts them to repentance , that , their sins , may be blotted out . Devil . But this m ^ n hath not , cannot , shall not repent *

    Rotkwell . If he had not , thou wouldst not have told him so ; but if he have not , I believe God will give him repentance , and thoii shalt not be ^ ble to hinder it . DeviL Thou art a murtherer thyself ^ and yet talkest thus .

    Rothwell . Thou liest again . I have fought t , he Lord ' s battles against his known enemies , the idolatrous and bloody papists in Ireland , rebels to the queen my sovereign , by whose authority I bore arms against them , [ when chaplain to the Earl of Essex . ] Otherwise I have killed no man .

    DeviL ( Swore and blasphemed . ) Thou didst murther one this day 5 as thou earnest hither ; and there is one behind thee will justify it . Rothwell looked over his shoulder , and with that the devil set up a hid&ous laughter , that nothing could be heard for a great

    while , and then said , Devil . Look you now ; did not I tell you J would make Rothwell a fool ; and yet it is true thou didst murder one this day ; for as thou earnest over the bridge ( which he named ) there I would have killed thee , and there thy horse

    trod \ ipon a ( lie and killed it . Master Roth . well ' s horse , you must know , stumbled there . It seems the . devil , had power to cause it , but without hurt either to Master Rothwell or his horse .

    KbthwelL Thou hast oft beguiled me ; I hope God will , in tjipe-,. g , ive me wisdom to discern , and ^ ppMf er to withstand alL thy delusions £ and he it is that hath

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    delivered me out of thy hand * , and will I doubt not , also deliver this poor man . The devil blasphemed fearfully , quoted many scriptures out of the Old and New Testament , both in

    Hebrew and in Greek , cavilled and played the critic , and backed his allegations with sayings out of the fathers and poets in their Own

    language , which he readil y quoted , so that the company trembled to hear such things from one that understood no learning , and that moved neither tongue nor lip .

    Master Rothwell was mightily enabledjb y God ' to detect the devil ' s sophistry . DeviL What stand I talking with thee ? all men know thou art bold Rothwell , and fearest nobocly , nor carest for words , therefore I

    will talk" to thee no more : ( that name lie carried to his grave . — They would Say , that is he that the devil called bold Rothwell ) . Rothwell , ( turning to the people ) said , good people you see the goodness of our God , and his great

    power . Though the devil made a fool of me now , through my weakness , God hath made the devil dumb now ; do you see how he lieth ? therefore let us go to prayer ; that God who hath made him dumb will ( I doubt not ) drive him out of this poor man .

    Devil , ( raged , blasphemed , and said , ) Andwilt thou go to prayer ? if thou do , I will make such a noise , that thy prayer shall be distracted , and thou knowest God will not hear a distracted prayer . But thou hast got a device , because thou wilt not be distracted

    with thy eyes in prayer thou wink , est ; ( so he always did , ) but if thou pray I will pull' out thy eyes , Rotkwell . I look to find thee as

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    140 Account , of ' Master Rdtktpell , " the Exorcist .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 140, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/12/