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A summarie ansvvere to al the material points in any of Master Darel his bookes More especiallie to that one booke of his, intituled, the Doctrine of the possession and dispossession of demoniaks out of the word of God. By Iohn Deacon. Iohn Walker. Preachers.

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Title: A summarie ansvvere to al the material points in any of Master Darel his bookes More especiallie to that one booke of his, intituled, the Doctrine of the possession and dispossession of demoniaks out of the word of God. By Iohn Deacon. Iohn Walker. Preachers.
Author: Deacon, John, 17th cent.
Publication: Londini :: Impensis Geor. Bishop,; 1601.
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Subject terms: Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.; Demoniac possession -- Early works to 1800.; Exorcism -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "A summarie ansvvere to al the material points in any of Master Darel his bookes More especiallie to that one booke of his, intituled, the Doctrine of the possession and dispossession of demoniaks out of the word of God. By Iohn Deacon. Iohn Walker. Preachers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20001.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.

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THE FIRST DIALOGVE. pag. 1.

MAster Darel his bookes no better then factious Pamph∣lets.: pag. 2
The Epistles Dedicatorie, to those his said Pamphlets, are sharply and soundly censured.: 3
Master Darel is a man very peremptorie in deprauing publike authoritie.: 4.5
From what fountaine such vndutifull railings proceede.: 6
Master Darel his two tricks of legerdemaine.: 7
His Doctrinall treatise is but an hotch-potch of things.: 9
The method of that booke is truly laid downe.: 10
Whether Master Darel his pretended patients, were essentiallie possest with a Diuell?: 12
The word possession is not to be found in all the originall.: 12.13
The pretended effects of those eight Demoniakes, did not proceed from any supernaturall cause.: 13
The actions or passions of those his pretended Demoniakes, they were not any supernaturall matters.: 14.15
The Diuell his entring in and going out, is to be vnderstood me∣taphorically, as appeares by sundrie places.: 15
Whether the Diuell be essentially inherent within the possessed: or the possessed essentially inherent within the Diuell.: 17
To be in a Spirit, what it importeth.: 19
To haue a Spirit of an vncleane Diuell, what it is.: 20
Whether Satan be able to dispose of our members being but with∣out vs.: 21
It is an idle conceit to dreame that the Diuell hath an earnest de∣sire to be essentially within a man.: 22
Whether the effects of precedent possessions be the certaine signes of subsequent possessions.: 23
How the Iewes did discerne of possessions then.: 24
No possessiōs in Israel, till a little before the cōming of Christ.: ibid.
Whether Saul was essentially possessed of Satan.: ibid.

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The word possession is not to be found in the Bible literally and pro∣perly appropriated to Diuels.: 25
The word Daimonizetai is truly interpreted.: ibid.
The word Bagnath rightly expounded.: ibid.
The word Bagnath importeth only but mentall passions, and no essentiall possessions.: 26
The opposition of Spirits ouerthroweth the supposed essentiall pos∣session in Saul.: 27
The effects of Sauls passions, they conclude no essentiall possessions at all.: 28
The manner of Sauls deliuerance, argueth only but mentall pas∣sions.: ibid.
Reasons against the supposed essentiall possessing of Saul.: 30
Whether the curing of the Serpentine stings by the brazen Ser∣pent, did typically foreshew Christ his powerfull expelling of Diuels from out of mens bodies.: 31
Reasons concludently prouing that there were no possessions in Is∣rael before the comming of Christ.: 32
Whether senselesnes be a true signe of essentiall possessions.: 34
Whether Sommers was senselesse in his supposed fits.: ibid.
Whether foming at mouth be any true signe of possession.: 36
Whether Sommers was of an extraordinarie stature.: 37
Whether he was of a supernaturall strength.: 38
Whether he had a supernaturall knowledge.: 39
Whether he spake Latine supernaturally.: 40
The historie concerning the eight supposed Demoniakes is shrewd∣ly tainted.: 41
The examination of Sommers his supposed signes of possession.: 43
Exorcistes his applying of those signes is censured.: 45
Whether Scripture signes be put downe as directions to determine of future possession.: 48
Whether essentiall possession be an ordinarie disease, and sole prayer and fasting an ordinarie medicine to cure the same.: 50
Whether the essentiall possession of Diuels be a written or an vn∣written iudgement of God.: 53
Whether as great cause that the Lord should inflict the iudgement of possession vpon men now, as at any time heretofore.: 55
Whether it be iudgement inflicted vpon men for sinne.: 56
Whether the consent of Churches, Fathers, Trauellers, Papists, and vaunts of Iesuits, may suffice to proue the pretended pos∣session.

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Whether essentiall possessions be as ordinarie now, as are other dis∣eases: and haue also as ordinarie a remedie to cure them.: 61
Whether the continuance of like sinnes argueth the continuance of like supposed essentiall possessions.: 65
Whether our corporall senses may truly discerne of the essentiall possessions of Diuels.: 69
Whether it bee reasonable to put men to proue the now being of essentiall possessions.: 70
Whether the pretended passions in the Chesshire Demoniake, may concludently proue essentiall possessions.: 71
Whether in any of his fits he was vtterly senselesse.: 74
Whether wagging of his head be a supernaturall action of Sa∣tan.: 71
Whether this boy be raised vp of God, to proue the truth of these supposed essentiall possessions.: 77
Whether the supposed dispossession of those eight Demoniakes, doe proue essentiall possessions.: 78

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