In "Young Goodman Brown", what means does the devil use to persuade Brown to continue his journey to the devil baptism?

In
Hawthorne's "," the titular character
embarks upon a journey that is apparently
required of him. After he tells his
wife, Faith, goodbye, he meets a man in the forest who
represents the devil.
As they walk, the man tells Young Goodman Brown about the history of the
town
and all of the sin at its core. Eventually, thewants to turn back, citing his wife as
his
main concern:

Well, then, to end
the matter at once,
said Goodman Brown, considerably nettled, there is my
wife, Faith. It would break her dear
little heart; and I'd rather break my
own!

Nay, if that be the case,
answered the other, e'en go
thy ways, Goodman Brown. I would not, for twenty old women like
the one
hobbling before us, that Faith should come to any harm. (paragraphs
24€“25)

The devil reassures him that
Faith will not be harmed, so Brown
should not worry about "break[ing] her
dear little heart." From this point, Goodman
Brown sees some of the religious
officials of...