When gets old, what different things does he do to avoid keeping his end of the bargain he had made with the devil?

In order to attempt to cheat the devil, Tom became "... a violent church-goer. He prayed loudly and strenuously as if heaven were to be taken by force of lungs."

"Tom was as rigid in religious, as in money matters; he was a stern supervisor and censurer of his neighbors, and seemed to think every sin entered up to their account became a credit on his own side of the page."

"... it is said he always carried a small bible in his coat pocket."