▁further ▁than ▁Joseph ▁M ede ' s ▁ex position ▁of ▁the ▁Do ctrine ▁of ▁Dem ons , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁work ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Richard ▁M ead . ▁He ▁was ▁answered ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Church , ▁in ▁an ▁anonymous ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Sy kes ▁also ▁rejected ▁the ▁devil ▁as ▁a ▁super natural ▁evil ▁being , ▁anticip ating ▁the ▁alleg ory ▁argument ▁of ▁John ▁E pp s . ▁Two ▁rep lies ▁to ▁this ▁work ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 7 ▁and ▁ 1 7 3 8 ▁by ▁Leonard ▁T well s . ▁These ▁works ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁larger ▁debate ▁on ▁demon ology ▁and ▁possession , ▁with ▁Sy kes ▁s iding ▁with ▁the ▁s cept ics ▁Francis ▁H ut ches on ▁and ▁Thomas ▁W ool ston , ▁against ▁Zach ary ▁Pear ce ▁and ▁Richard ▁Sm al bro ke . ▁ ▁Pseud onym s ▁Sy kes ▁used ▁many ▁pseud onym s , ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁shared ▁with ▁others . ▁One , ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁on ▁" dem onia cks ", ▁was ▁T . P . A . P . O . A . B . I . T . C . O . S ., ▁standing ▁for ▁" The ▁Pre cent or ▁and ▁Pre b end ary ▁of ▁Al ton ▁B ore alis ▁in ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁Sar um ". ▁ ▁Newton ▁papers ▁Sy kes ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁was ▁passed ▁Isaac ▁Newton ' s ▁papers ▁on ▁the ology ▁and ▁chron ology . ▁He ▁prepared ▁a