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aset of religious enthusiasts, who were in use of 
afsembling in a certain house of worfhip in the 
neighbourhood of Elizabeth Town, and whose tenets 
ran much on the notion of the devil being fond of 
money. This article in their creed was admitted 
by all, as also that he made much more use of money 
to bribe Christians, than Indians ; which was clear 
from the former being greater worfhippers of the 
Golden Calf, than the latter, wholly owing to his 
machinations. A wiser head than the rest suggest- 
ed the idea of bribing the devil himself with money, 
to prevent his working on the pafsions of any of 
their sect. The scheme was highly applauded, and 
approved of as the best that could be devised ; and 
the projector of it himself, requested to set about 
collecting sums of money, adequate to the businefs, 
which he had the humanity to do without losing 
much time, lest the devil fhould be at work on them 
. in the interim ; and to inforce his arguments, he told 
them thateach man’s fhare fhould be placed to his own 
account; and as they all knew the devil was nct to 
be put off with a trifle, he hoped they wotld contri- 
bute accordingly. 
** Conttibutions went on liberally ; and no inconsi- 
derable sum was collected, with which he went off, 
to bribe the devil, as already said, with the consent 
and approbation of all concerned, ; but whether he 
found him worse to please than he expected, and did 
not get his businefs effected, was not known when 
I was there ; but so it was, that he had not return. 
ed, though he had then been two or three months 
away upon that businefs.” 
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