"That there is a Devil, is a thing……" — Cotton Mather

"That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil."

— Cotton Mather

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17 Quotes by Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I…
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.
Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.
If we admit instrumental musick in the worship of God, how can we resist the imposition of all the instruments…
A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.
Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.
I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of raising a lesson out of…
Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures.…
Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!
Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.
What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that…

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself. — Teresa of Avila
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate… — Teresa of Avila
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors. — Francis Bacon
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. — Pearl Bailey
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too. — Josephine Baker
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. — Hosea Ballou
A church debt is the devil's salary. — Henry Ward Beecher
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between… — Hans Bender
God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The… — Ezra Taft Benson
A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an… — Ezra Taft Benson
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his… — Ambrose Bierce

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