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. BT 980 32 cop 1 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. CONTENTS. Page. All the passages where the original word Diabolos, SECT. VII. All the passages considered in which the terms Devil and Satan are used synonimously | 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 |