'Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there.
. . . Unhappy the soul where these seven evil spirits dwell, and wherein they rule. For these are, in a certain way, worse than the one who brought them there; since it is they who in this life corrupt souls; while he, after this life, torments them. He opens the door; they, once entered, lay waste and destroy everything within. He tempts; they kill. He can tempt and vex a man; but without these others he cannot kill the soul. And so they are worse than he is; for they injure more grievously than he can. He, tempting and persuading, is truly wicked; they by doing and destroying are yet more wicked. To the one the Apostle delivered a man, for the destruction of the flesh; but of these others he says: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body (I Cor. v. 5; Rom. vi. 12). It is no wonder then that the last state of this man is worse than the first; since lie is first oppressed by the one, and then following this by the seven other demons.'
. . . Unhappy the soul where these seven evil spirits dwell, and wherein they rule. For these are, in a certain way, worse than the one who brought them there; since it is they who in this life corrupt souls; while he, after this life, torments them. He opens the door; they, once entered, lay waste and destroy everything within. He tempts; they kill. He can tempt and vex a man; but without these others he cannot kill the soul. And so they are worse than he is; for they injure more grievously than he can. He, tempting and persuading, is truly wicked; they by doing and destroying are yet more wicked. To the one the Apostle delivered a man, for the destruction of the flesh; but of these others he says: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body (I Cor. v. 5; Rom. vi. 12). It is no wonder then that the last state of this man is worse than the first; since lie is first oppressed by the one, and then following this by the seven other demons.'
