ΑΝ INQUIRY INTO THE SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE CONCERNING THE DEVIL AND SATAN: AND INTO THE EXTENT OF DURATION EXPRESSED BY THE TERMS OLIM, AION, AND AIONIOS, RENDERED EVERLASTING, FOREVER, &c. IN THE COMMON VERSION, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN APPLIED TO PUNISHMENT. SECOND EDITION. BY WALTER BALFOUR. CHARLESTOWN (Ms.) DAVIDSON, PRINTER. BT 980 ·B2 1827 сор. District of Massachusetts, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirtieth day of December, A.D. 1826, in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, WALTER BALFOUR, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit: “An Inquiry into the scriptural doctrine concerning the Devil and Satan and into the extent of duration expressed by the terms Olim, Aion, and Aionios, rendered everlasting, forever, &c. in the common version, and especially when applied to punishment. Second edition. By Walter Balf In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act entitled 'an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, 10 the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching, historical and other prints.”” JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. 1477 841 SECT. I. Common opinions of the Devil and Satan briefly Remarks on Genesis 3, showing that the serpent which deceived Eve was not a fallen angel All the texts in the Old Testament where the original word Shaitan, or Satan occurs, consid- The opinion that the Devil or Satan is a real being, All the passages in the New Testament where the All the passages where the original word Diabolos, translated Devil, is used, considered 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 |