INQUIRIES. 1. Into the Scriptural Doctrine concerning the DEVIL AND SATAN. 2. The Extent of Duration, expressed by the terms OLIM, AION, AND AIONIOS, RENDERED EVERLASTING, &c. &c. IN THE BIBLE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN APPLIED TO PUNISHMENT, 3. The New Testament Doctrine concerning the POSSESSION OF DEVILS. BY WALTER BALFOUR, OF CHARLESTOWN, MASS. THIRD EDITION. PROVIDENCE: PUBLISHED BY Z. BAKER, GOSPEL MESSENGER OFFICE. 1842. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Providence Benjamin F. Moore, Book, Job, Card and Fancy Printer. 1477 72-1 CONTENTS. Page v. Remarks on Genesis iii. showing that the serpent which deceived Eve was not a fallen angel All the texts in the Old Testement where the original word Shaitan, or Satan occurs, consid- ered The opinion that the Devil or Satan is a real being, with other connected opinions, shown to have their origin in heathenism All the passages where the original word Diabolos, translated Devil is used, considered SECT. VII. All the passages considered in which the terms Devil and Satan are used synonymously SECT. VIII. All the texts considered where the Devil is sup- posed to be called the evil one, the tempter, the great dragon, the serpent, and old serpent, the |