A Memorable Fancy V.
Once I saw a Devil in a flame of fire, who arose before an
Angel that sat on a cloud, and the Devil utter'd these words:
'The worship of God is: Honouring his gifts in other men,
each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men
best: those who envy or calumniate great men hate God; for there
is no other God.'
The Angel hearing this became almost blue but mastering
himself he grew yellow, & at last white, pink, & smiling, and then
replied:
'Thou Idolater, is not God One? & is not he visible in Jesus
Christ? and has not Jesus Christ given his sanction to the law of
ten commandments, and are not all other men fools, sinners, &
nothings?'
The Devil answer'd: 'bray a fool in a morter with wheat, yet
shall not his folly be beaten out of him; if Jesus Christ is the
greatest man, you ought to love him in the greatest degree; now
hear how he has given his sanction to the law of ten
commandments: did he not mock at the sabbath, (...)
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