demon str an cet (demons trans)

[ He leyed them in the mydle of the cyté, and abode the demon str a unce of god. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 158. If one or a few sinfull acts were a sufficient demon strance of an hypocrite, what would become of all the elect, even the best recorded in Scripture? R. Junius , Cure of Misprision.