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over all things and is kindly disposed; while the lord of 

 death has an evil will, but has power over nothing, ex- 

 cept as he receives authority beforehand from Him 

 Who rules over all, Who is Almighty GodjThe devil 

 can, therefore, injure no one to such an extent that he 

 is consumed either by the fires of death which he has 

 kindled and continues to maintain by means of dread- 

 ful earthquakes, or by such other fiendish enmity or 

 malignity as he delights in. For he is allowed to do 

 nothing more than the task at hand, as is evident from 

 what I have just related about the case of Job. And if 

 it should be thought necessary to cite several examples 

 in one speech, it will be found that instances of this sort 

 are both plentiful and convincing. 



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OTHER ICELANDIC WONDERS! ORE AND MINERAL 

 SPRINGS 



Son. It seems evident that the more examples I can 

 hear you cite of the sort that leads to knowledge, the 

 better it will be; and from the instance that you have 

 just given I can see clearly that if Satan was not able to 

 carry out his will against one man, except as far as he 

 was permitted, he will surely have even less power to 

 carry out his desires against many thousands, either by 

 his own effort or through a servant, except as far as per- 

 mission has been given. Now if we are to go on with this 

 entertaining conversation, as we have been doing, I 

 should like to know, whether there are any other things 

 about this island which you think are worth discussing 

 or which seem remarkable. 



