Chapter 3

CHAP. I.

_Being an Introduction to the whole Work_, Page 1

CHAP. II.

_Of the Word_ DEVIL, _as it is a proper Name to the Devil, and any or all his Host, Angels_, &c. 18

CHAP. III.

_Of the Original of the_ DEVIL, _who he is, what he was before his Expulsion out of Heaven, and in what State he was from that Time to the Creation of Man_ 31

CHAP. IV.

_Of the Name of the Devil, his Original, and the Nature of his Circumstances since he has been call'd by that Name_ 38

CHAP. V.

_Of the Station Satan had in Heaven before he fell; the Nature and Original of his Crime, and some of Mr._ Milton's _Mistakes about it_ 63

CHAP. VI.

_What became of the_ Devil _and his Host of fallen Spirits after their being expell'd from Heaven, and his wandring Condition till the Creation; with some more of Mr._ Milton_'s Absurdities on that Subject_ 77

CHAP. VII.

_Of the Number of Satan's Host; how they came first to know of the new created Worlds now in Being, and their Measures with Mankind upon the Discovery_ 86

CHAP. VIII.

_Of the Power of the Devil at the Time of the Creation of this World; whether it has not been farther straiten'd and limited since that Time, and what Shifts and Stratagems he is oblig'd to make use of to compass his Designs upon Mankind_ 95

CHAP. IX.

_Of the Progress of Satan in carrying on his Conquest over Mankind, from the Fall of_ Eve _to the Deluge_ 111

CHAP. X.

_Of the Devil's second Kingdom, and how he got footing in the renewed World by his Victory over_ Noah _and his Race_ 129

CHAP. XI.

_Of God's calling a Church out of the midst of a degenerate World, and of Satan's new Measures upon that Incident: How he attacked them immediately, and his Success in those Attacks_ 159