A DECLARATION OF OLD NICK, Prince of the Air, and all his Infernal crew, to the inhabitants of the whole world, but chiefly to the Quakers of Great Britain etc  
WHereas it is well known to the whole universe, that our dominions extend from one end of the earth to the other, and that we are the first, and the most ancient hellish Prince, that ever reigned on the earth, or in the hearts of the disobedient, and that our kingdom is an everlasting kingdom of darkness, horror, burning pain, fire, stinch, and what not, which no honest body can deny: and seeing there is in this later age, and especially in these South countries, crept into our dominions, a fallacy, which is got into the hearts of some sorts of people, which do affirm, and say, they have new lights and inspirations, wherewith they begin to dazzle, and blind the eyes and minds of our well affected subjects to our kingdom, who are pursuing to their utmost power, and strive to be greatest, and most eminent in the same; these sorts we say do endeavour to bring them out of our old way of error, blindness, sedition, treason, murder, and such like, which as far as we can apprehend, will be to the utter (if it were possible) overthrowing and subversion of us, and our territories, by their pretended holiness of life; a false zeal, and a counterfeited Religion, if not timely prevented, we therefore seeing this danger approaching, and what is like to ensue, do declare, with all our infernal spirits and angels; that we ever were, are, and still will be utter enemies to all that is called good, honest piety, love, unity, peace, faith, obedience, holy life, and christianity, and whatsoever is contrary to our meaning and excellent nature.  
And likewise we do declare, that whosoever shall attempt at any time, to usurp any power, beyond or above us, whereby to deprive us, or our successors of their undoubted government, thereby to procure any thing in that kind, to the advancement of their own interest; they shall suffer the most heavy hand of vengeance, curse, and burning with fire, and gnashing of teeth (for ever) that can be imagined or thought on.  
And we do declare, that we will do our endeavour, by our own power, to root out of our Dominions, all the rest, (called by them truth) & all that kind of Religion, which they so much brag & boast of, and pretend to have a right unto: and we do grant a toleration to all our subjects under our jurisdiction, to be of any judgement or belief they please; whether it be Atheistical, Papistical, Tyrannical, Turkish, Heathenish, Mahometical, Antichristian or Infidel, provided it be not Christianism or Judaism.  
Item, We declare, that we will maintain and defend all manner of perjury, blasphemy, murder, sacrilege, witchcraft, conjuring, enchantments, sorcery, sedition, envy, backbiting, idolatry, adultery, oppression, pride, drunkenness, covetousness, hypocrisy, and whatever is delightsome to the will, and satisfying of flesh and blood with all manner of bestiality; that is, to defile themselves even with beasts, and with their own kin; by having to do with as many as their corrupt imagination can think upon, with all manner of ravishments.  
Item, We Declare to all our obedient Servants, of what Degree, Condition, Age, or Sex they be: to Device, Plot, Counterplot, Undermine, Deceive, defraud, x, Cog, Dissemble, Circumvent, coney-catched, Befool, Besot, Baffle, Cheat, and Delude, any other of what Nation soever they be.  
Also we Declare by our Satanical power to use all the means possible to set whole Kingdoms together by the Ears, to divide the people one against another, and they against their lawful governor, even to the Death, be it by poisoning, Heading, Killing, or Hanging; and to stir them up to Rebellion, by insinuating into their minds, all m●●ner of mischief, bloody-mindedness, Revenge, quarrelling, and Disobedience, to bring all things out of Order and Frame into confusion; to invent Lies, Forgeries, and to broach our damnable Doctrines, to fill their Ears and Hearts with Novelties, and falsehoods, to pretend one thing, and to mean another to dissemble to the life like as our beloved Son Judas did, with a Kiss.  
Item, We declare to the World, that we would have all in the same as we are, and have been from the beginning, liars, Murderers, Perjurers, breakers of Oaths, Vows, and Covenants, Sabath breakers, to fast for Debate, and Strife, to feast to superfluity of Gormandising, surfeitings, Gluttony, drunkenness, even to excess.  
All which we command and charge upon the incurring of our high displeasure of Everlasting Punishment to those that disobey our real meaning and intention.  
Dated at the High Court of Gehenna the bottomless Pit, in the six thousand year of our Reign, witness ourselves Great Belzebub Prince of Darkness, and our infernal Spirits. 

Lucifer:  
Satan:  
Serpent:  
Diablus;  
Mammon:  
Abadon:     

POSTCRIPT.  
GIve no place to the Devil; Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves Servants to obey, his Servants ye are to whom ye obey; the wages of Sin is death without  
END.   

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