the Story of the _Gadaren Energumen_, in
the fifth Chapter of _Mark_.

First, then, 'Tis to be granted; the _Devils_ are so many, that some
Thousands, can sometimes at once apply themselves to vex one Child of
Man. It is said, in _Mark 5.15._ _He that was Possessed with the Devil,
had the Legion._ Dreadful to be spoken! A _Legion_ consisted of Twelve
Thousand Five Hundred People: And we see that in one Man or two, so many
_Devils_ can be spared for a Garrison. As the Prophet cryed out,
_Multitudes, Multitudes, in the Valley of Decision!_ So I say, _There
are multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of Destruction, where the
Devils are!_ When we speak of, _The Devil_, 'tis, _A name of Multitude_;
it means not _One_ Individual Devil, so Potent and Scient, as perhaps a
_Manichee_ would imagine; but it means a _Kind_, which a _Multitude_
belongs unto. Alas, the _Devils_, they swarm about us, like the _Frogs
of Egypt_, in the most Retired of our Chambers. Are we at our _Boards_?
There will be Devils to Tempt us unto Sensuality: Are we in our _Beds_?
There will be Devils to Tempt us unto Carnality; Are we in our _Shops_?
There will be Devils to Tempt us into Dishonesty. Yea, Tho' we get into
the Church of God, there will be Devils to Haunt us in the very _Temple_
it self, and there tempt us to manifold Misbehaviours. I am verily
perswaded, That there are very few Humane Affairs whereinto some Devils
are not Insinuated; There is not so much as a _Journey_ intended, but
_Satan_ will have an hand in _hindering_ or _furthering_ of it.

Secondly, 'Tis to be supposed, That there is a sort of Arbitrary, even
Military _Government_, among the _Devils_. This is intimated, when in
_Mar. 5.9._ _The unclean Spirit said, My Name is Legion:_ they are such
a Discipline as _Legions_ use to be. Hence we read about, _The Prince
of the power of the Air_: Our _Air_ has a _power_? or an Army of Devils
in the _High Places_ of it; and these Devils have a _Prince_ over them,
who is _King over the Children of Pride_. 'Tis probable, That the Devil,
who was the Ringleader of that mutinous and rebellious Crew, which first
shook off the Authority of God, is now the General of those Hellish
Armies; Our Lord, that Conquered him, has told us the Name of him; 'tis
_Belzebub_; 'tis he that is _the Devil_, and the rest are _his Angels_,
or his Souldiers. Think on vast Regiments of cruel and bloody _French
Dragoons_, with an _Intendant_ over them, overrunning a pil