ch. V. -:35 -:13 25: 41-46 27: 50 MARK 9: 1 : 42-49 14: 73 LUKE 8: 55 10: 15 12: 1-5 : 19, 20 16: 23 21: 22 -: 31, 24: 37-39 32 page. ch. 7. 115, 1.26 115, 127, 133 137, 149, 155 185, 235, 320 191 22, 109 147, 153 1:54, 224 187 314 158 115, 155 183,249, 254 314 187 67 179, 191, 192 192 187 183 19, 51, 78 109, 112, 136 158 187 ib. JOHN 10: 15 182 16: 1-3 129 19: 30 187 ACTS 2: 23-31 17, 18 19, 29, 49, 67, 68 185, 188 3: 23 7: 43 10 11 13: 10, 11 : 41, 42 ROMANS 2 6: 6 7:4 -: 24 13: 1 5: 12-21 1 COR. 5: 5 15:55 15: 24-29 15 PHILIP. 2:9-12 COLLOS. 2: 11 4: 13 -:23 HEB. 4: 12 12: 23 200 ib. 261 250 182 ib. ib. ib. 331 187 48, 66, 222 331 330 ib. 182 112, 129 237 JAMES 1 3: 6 1 PETER 3: 19, 20 4: 17-19 2 PETER 2: 4 JUDE 7 REV. 1: 18 6: 8 7:14-17 20: 13, 14 5: 13 330 186 186 187 119 115, 119, 193 182 187 237 78 page. 182 105 260 ib. 153 68 69 225 19, 225 331 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. BY WALTER BALFOUR. CHARLESTOWN (Ms.) GEORGE DAVIDSON, PRINTER. District of Massachusetts, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the ninth day of June, 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. By Walter Balfour." 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, to 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. SECT. II. Introduction SECT. I. Common opinions of the Devil and Satan briefly stated Remarks on Genesis 3. showing that the serpent which deceived Eve was not a fallen angel SECT. 111. All the texts in the Old Testament where the original word Shaitan, or Satan, occurs, considered SECT. IV. SECT. V. CONTENTS. SECT. IX. PART I. SECT. X. The opinion that the Devil or Satan is a real being, All the passages in the New Testament where the SECT. VII. All the passages considered in which the terms Page. Objections considered Concluding remarks, pointing out the evils which 13 19 35 64 98. 116 151 169 180 190 196 All the texts noticed where Olim occurs in the Old Testament, but is rendered by words which do not express or imply eternal duration All the passages noticed where Olim is used, and SECT. III. All the texts where Olim occurs, is rendered by words which convey the idea of endless duration, and applied to punishment, particularly consid- All the places noticed where Aion and Aionios are rendered ages, course, never, forever, evermore, eternal, everlasting; but which have no relation SECT. VI. All the places where Aion and Aionios are render- SECT. VII. All the places where Aion and Aionios are used to express the duration of punishment, particularly considered, in whatever way rendered in the SECT. VIII. Concluding remarks on Olim, Aion and Aionios, |