The Surey impostor : being an answer to a late fanatical pamphlet, entituled The Surey demoniack / By Zach. Taylor.

  • Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705.
Date:
1697
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Credit: The Surey impostor : being an answer to a late fanatical pamphlet, entituled The Surey demoniack / By Zach. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Olympia Blinys obfervation might have told him ; and they that think that faro, cer- Name Impofed from tbofe Swarms of Flies, that did attend his 5a- 5f^ces (which 18 Bedes Opinion} are fo far from Imagining it to be (viz . mu fed’ in Contempt (as the Editor will have it) to his Lord (hip, that they rum) Jm no~ affirm it to be done by way of Homage and Acknowledgment, unto 'd*0 Taqu 'em ^ieir * orc* an^ Rafter. But had betaken notice of this, his Sarca- Myiodtmvo- ftical Wit upon the Devil had been loft. cant, extra 7 hen, good Mr. Carrington, consider what you fay, There are ^dTbue^b. one ^0rC PeoP’e had need to have good Memories ; and in the 25;. c. 26. Harangue you have to the Devil, on his challenging you to Speak Latin, or Greek, p. 13. you have thefe Words, p. 14. Didft thou learn all thefe Tongues and Idioms, by thy long Travels thro' the Earth in all thofe times xvberein they flourifhd, or by converfing with all in Hell, that great Emporium, whither Men re fort of all Ages, Speeches and Countries ? But is it not better to fpeafthat one Eanguage of thine old Heavenly Country, which I hope to learn, and thou halt irrecoverably forgot, than to befo univerfal a Linguifl as thou pretendeft to be? Mr. Carrington, do you tell us the Devil hath irrecoverably forgot He¬ brew ? (for that you mean by the Language of his Old Heavenly Coun¬ try) which you hoped about this time to havelearn’d, from one that I had Reafon to be well acquainted with: And doth he afterwards tell you, that his Mafter’s Name is Beelzebub, which is an Hebrew Name ? How are thefe Things Confident ?. And fince fas you fay) Aden of all Speeches and Countries, converfe with the Devil in that great Emporium of Hell, do you not think thatfuch Schifmaticks, as Corah, Dathan and Abiram were, go thither ? And why might not the Devil (according to your learned Notion) by converfing with fuch a parcel of Schifmaticks, rub up fome Memoirs of that Language of his Old Country ? Thefe, and your other many Frothy Speeches, will mightily Shock the Credibility of your Narrative ; efpecially when we, with fome of your Profefiors (as youcantingly call them) call in Queftion, p. 23. the Lawfulnefs of your talking thus familiarly with Satan. You fay, indeed, That found J^eafon, and efpecially the Bible, that Epitome of all paft, prefent and future Libraries, that fure Buie for all ABions, 2 Pet. 1. 19. (the Words are, We have alfo a more fure Word of Prophecy) that Oraculous Eefolver of all Cafes, Rom. 3. 2. (the Words are, Unto them were committed the Oracles of God) gave fufficient Satisfaction about it. Pray Mr. Carrington where is it ? For I have purpofely tranferibed the Texts, that your Bigotted Followers may fee it is not there ; and I confefs my felf fo Igno¬ rant, I can find no Authority for it in my Bible. I meet with the Archangel deputing with the Devil; but his Words were few, The Lord rebuke thee, Jud. v. 5. And I find he durft not befo bold as you are, or bring any railing Accufation againft him. He reproaches him not with his Condition, comparing it with that of his own (and I rake St. Michael the Archangel to be in as good a Condition as Mr. r Carrington