I hold that the devil doth really possess some men, the spirit of melancholy others, the spirit of delusion others... Religio Medici - Page 62by Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
| sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...melancholy others, the fpirit of deUifion others ; that as the devil is concealed and denied by fome, fo God and good angels are pretended by others, whereof...the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example. SECT XXXI. Again, I believe that all that ufe forceries, incantations, and fpells, j are not witches,... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 370 pages
...; and therefore that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil, is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a Rabbin than...the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example. Again, I believe that all that use sorceries, incantations, and spells, are not witches, or as we term... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 pages
...; and therefore that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil, is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a Rabbin than...the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example- (f \ Again, I believe that all that use sorceries, incantations, and spells, are not witches, or as... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...somewhat the new church view of the spiritual world, is evident from such observations as these : " I hold that the devil doth really possess some men,...good angels are pretended by others, whereof the late detection of the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example. * * * I do think that many mysteries... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 596 pages
...therefore that opinion, that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil,6 is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a rabbin than...good angels are pretended by others, whereof the late defection8 of the maid of Germany* hath left a pregnant example. • That lived, without meat, on the... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 pages
...therefore that opinion, that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil,6 is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a rabbin than...delusion others : that, as the devil is concealed and denied7 by some, so God and good angels are pretended by others, whereof the late defections of the... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1835 - 592 pages
...therefore that opinion, that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil,6 is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a rabbin than...possess some men ; the spirit of melancholy others j the spirit of delusion others : that, as the devil is concealed and denied7 by some, so God and good... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...therefore that opinion that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the devil, is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a rabbin than...of melancholy others, the spirit of delusion others ;(78) that as the devil is concealed and denied by some, so God and good angels are pretended by others,... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 238 pages
...therefore that opinion that Antichrist should be born of the tribe of Dan by conjunction with the' devil is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a rabbin than...good angels are pretended by others, whereof the late detection of the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example. XXXI. Again, I believe that all that... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1845 - 412 pages
...melancholy others, the fpirit of delufion others ; that as the devil is concealed and denied by fome, fo God and good angels are pretended by others, whereof the late defection f of the maid of Germany hath left a pregnant example. xxxi. Again j I believe that all that ufe forceries,... | |
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