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Show fecond by the exquifite knowledgeiof Nature:andthe third by. deceitsillufien,and fall femblance. Andthat they cannot vvorke what they would,. Par ifenfis giueth three caufes : the firft,a naturall impotency : the {econd, their owne reafon diffw aging them fromdaring ouermuch, or indeed(and that which is the only certaine ic cayfe) the cs gr mercy ofthe Creator, Tenens cos Haatas (faith the fame Authof)we/at timmansfrimus be Paul)God(bahfend them firong illafions, Ofthefe their fippofed frani{portations Cyctagreeing withtheir confeflions) Hés Muiefitein the fecond Booke & the fourth Chapter ofthe Demonologie,hath confirmed by-vrianfwerablerea fons) that they are meerelyil Jufiue.Anotherfort there are who take on them to include Spirirs inGlaffes & Crystals, Exercitat..2, < haue corrupted his vnderftanding) that they canbe conftrained or command ed outof Heauen by threats. Whereforelet the profeffours thereof couer themf{el ues how they pleafe by a profeffed puritie of life,by the minifterie of Infants,by fafting &abftinence ingenerall; yet ‘all thofethat tamperwith immaterial fubftances andab{t raG natures, £7 aH Ltd ae4 f, <SOtdorerssecaca. Ape * z ae o iz zs % * . . bas . I fet - ze g uell entreth in,beginning with thefantafie, by which he the power.of Say Other forts there ate ofwicked Diuinations: as by fire,c alled Pyromantia :by watet, called Hydromantia: by theayre,called Mateotechnia sand the like. Thelaft,and(indeed)the worft ofall other is Fafcination orWitchcraft:the Prattifers whereof are noleffe enuious and cruell,renengefull & bloudy, henfions: bs Aquinas on the contiiry heldthatthofe Froee b iewhich itd CAR 1t(according to' Thomas i are. , O ily betray the "4 1 fs © * 2 . . , CL. (2 inari¢,but fitch indeed th norwithth Miath patice - another cafe like vntothis(to wit of the tirnia hs to this opin per adiinacum pafsiaissinclinet hr other obey the Diuell. i There is anotherkind ofpettie Witchery(if it be not altogether deceit) which they al charm charming in; ofBeafts and Birds, ofwhi h Pyth call c agoras was accuted, becaufean Eagle lighted onhis fhoulder in the Olympian s. But ifthe fame exceeded the-Artof Falconrie,yet was it no more tobe admiredfield then Mahowicts Doue, vvhich hehad vied 10 feed with Wheate out ofhis eare: cares)which Done, when it was hungrie, lighted on Mahe: mets (houdler, and thruft his Bill therein fwading the rude and fimple Arabians, thatto finde his breake-faft : Mahomet pet: it was the Holy Ghoft. thar gaue him aduice.And certainly if Bazks haad lined in elder times, he would haue fhamedall the Inchanters of the World for whofo 0 euer was moft famo ls among them, could neutt matter orinftru@ any beaft as he did his Horfe, = . For the drawing of Serpents out ofth eir Dens, or killing ofthem in the chantments(which the afar‘fians a holes byIn people of Italie Practifed ; Colubyos diframpit Marjis cantn :inchanting Marfia make s thefuakes to barf.) That it hath beené vied it appeatess Pfalme 58.6. though 1, doubt not, but that may Impoftures may beinthis kinde and euen bynaturall canfes it maybe done .Forthere are many Fumes that will eithe; r draw them out ordefttoy them; as womens haire burnt, andthe like. So manythings maybe layedin the entrance ofth eir holes that. will allure them : and = = Magickeor Inchantments than to draw. out a Moufe witha therein I. fin piece of tofted ACCC. 44 eB I Tam not: periwaded that 30 Saint Angaffinebeleev dthat of Diomedess And this opifiom of Thom 15,Parifie man ver y earned alfo confirmeth.For{peakingof natural Magick hevfeth thefe wore 1§ De De huinfinods autens operibus ef fubiteg ; rumg valium gquor 5 De diculoruns, ce vermium, alie- fol.6.7. busfola natura operatur, ve at ©accuunt, tha vt opis gencrationy tantum actele@ Gcevecon (meni? Wer ustalia efficereconf{nenit fed a biesaste lia non said miran serv tye Lj Tin talia ainbys aoc /unt rent, vt eis qui bocn potentia Demonu 1. ; SRP generation Sat ase (faith he) theaTfodaine eatures 18:70 all which Nature alone workSty them, Bianin fuch wife SBE nt by meanes firengthening, the Seeds of Nature,andJ quickning that Baas eee ; ; t ;feemethtathe s the worke EAE ner ation,tha rant not to be of Naper ation, Lif hey think thinkitit is done done by by the the powers powers of Divels hich vfually worketh moreleifurely,but they of Did f ile ins tid bts mata, whe are learned inthefe Arts maruaile not at fuch working but glorifieOo the ngC hefe tw ly worke,(to by ‘knowing the v icomprehenfible or vnfearchable k ea folum Creatorem inh of Frogges andLite, and wormes and htningsjand tempefts; and cat snotthatt lis no ill i 195 befoe the ‘ . : know!edge -ou s knowl o ot 1¢ Llometimes cot! t+} » Proph ns ofthe ns Proj , the Mamishees; who heis the Minifter of Gods vengeance; # royed by euill Angels ) he othe Ade hiritis by mouing the Cogitations and affectio rwife WO ns of men: 1% fecons ;, také'to bé 1 Mofescould not bedeceinedbytharfleight of falfe' fembk: than the HINGES : 7 M4 1 ¥ RG heabufedhv v appre- evrores. ~~ otherfaculties ofthe {ule : for the fantafie iSoes moft aptto beabufedby vaine appreerrorcs, . applying of acents and patients: And this Diuell himfelf And thefeaccurfedcreatures hauingfold their foules to the Dinell; worke two ways; either by the Diuell immediately,or by the art of poyfoni ng. Thedifference betweene Necromancers and Witches,His Maieftie hath excellently taught ina word : that the one (ina fort ) command:the maketwo powess of gods': that as doenot gitie tothe Diuell any othe r dominionthanhe hat " Andas Tertulliazin his Booke ae aziva rightly conceiucth, ifthe Diuell can poffeffe F 1; ether for hin Jap} himfelfe ofthe2eyes of our mindes, and blindethem, itSiete is not hardardfor him todazell ie thofe of thebody. For( out ofdoubt ) bythe fame waythat Godpa eth th oF ) Be out,the Di- #an.For goad Spirits or Angels cannot be conitrained; and the reft are Diucls, which willingly obey. Wss Tyve a i ; . j yi } j, bites t, x * naturesbutfochange thofethat arecreated by God,astheyfeeme to bethatwhich theybron be note of whichintheS . queftion he giueththe reafon. Demonguibufdem nebulss implet omnes mmtatas intelligentia,per j qHoss aperive ape seohana eh ration i radins as TeUeE mentis [oteh, folet, (t (that isSioT>The Dixell fils with certaine clouds allpaffazes ofthe vaderflanding, by which the beame ofthe minde is } sais wont to openthelight offyrenlary reafor. fe malt greeng fo feeing they are moft free Spirits,there is no man {fo abfurd to think(ex ceptthe divel! .e r Which Pheraas : que i a Deocreate (unt commutant ot videantur j 2 7 funt:. The vw Dinels Dine! create 2 ; a c effequodnon not any {tring Spirits of God,asthey require not any kind of adoration due vntotheir Creator: wi ieee o and when kat ¢ - rs a deft % saciodies a Ctl 4 ryvere. which mic 2reonerh: mtr TOT vveré not foundcorrupted'as thofe" of- Ata/es yvere, which mightarguevharthey - : ris + . bt * Nz. wI0K far creant J not creatures indeed.Hereof faith Saint Auguitine: Wee fant» Demones wabaras creantsfea and Inuocation they draw out of Heaten, and communicate withall, But the admint- Veto the end that we may not dote With i th: stthat lookedon) were notnaturall,but that the betraying of their fenfesect x GM Diuell ie ¢ byPets e hofe Froese -hanters madethemappeare to befuch.For as Vairas obferu thofe Frogges of the the se ters Thereis.alfo another Art befides the afore-rnentioned,which they call Theargia, ory white Magitk;a pretended conference with good Spirits or Angels,whomby Sacrifice aI ee snion cea ced of whomCu/auus : Faiuifant incantatores,qui in vigue > vitro volunt [piritam includeres §. VII. Ofdiners wayes by which the Diy ellfeemeth to.worke his wonders. , 1aas.S. Augufline vvas of opinion that the Frogges HU Rg Sc ee ree quia Spiritus non clandstur corpore:They arefooli[p Inchanters which will/but optheirirks within.their nailes orin Glaffe-for a Spirit cannot be inclofed bya body either by Sacrifice;Vow,or Inforcement,are men ofeuill faith, and in of the Hiftory of the World. CHaPitnge7. ‘Lhe fut Booke ofthe firstpart ~ Caarite,§.4, are : - ares enery day,that the Diuell leauesall Witches and Sorcerers atthé Gallowe sf or whom at other times he maketh himfelfea Pegafis,té.conveigh themin hafte to places far di. ftantorat léaftmakes themfo thinke: For to thofé that recetwed not'the tr wth(faith Saint afeth not ined men doe |