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Show The firft Booke of the frstpare Caar.1iGiz Caaray92. upter of his"Ciafecondeee ofthe Deuillto doe mifchief, His A¢aieffie confirmeth in the firft C Booke: {peakingalfoin the fifth Chapter oftheirpractice, to mixe the powderofdead bodies with othet things by the Deuill preparedyandat other times to miake pidutes of meninto fiue orders,(to wit ) Cha/cediw,or Chaldeans: \AMfaphim,or Mazicians :Charta- to come,as well naturall as humane,& their events ; and this they vaunted toperforme mim ;(whichhetranflates Ariolse,or Sophifis) Mechapphim, or Malefici, or Vencfici,, Wit ches,or Poy(oners;and Gazarim Augures,or Arufpices,or Disiners. Chaftcdim yvere thofe vvhich hadthename ofChaldeans,vvhich were -Affronomers : Hi ceelorum motus diligentifsimefpecldrant; Thefe did moft diligently contemplate the motions ofthe beauens :whom Pbiloin the life of -brahamdefcribeth. Afaphim were in the old Latinetranflationcalled Philefophers:: of the Septuagint and Such were,andto this day partly (ifnot altogether)are the corruptions, which have Philofophati fant , who difcourfed ofthe canfes of all things, as well diuine as humane: of Waxe,orClay, or otherwife(as it were Secramentaliter ) to efle& thofe th ings, which the Deuill by. other meanes bringethto pafle, ! The fourth,all Tranflators call Chaldeans : who tooke vponthemto foretell all things by the influencesofthe Starres by them obferued and ynderftood, of Hierome, Magicians: Quide ormnium tam dininarum quam humanarum rerum caufis madeodious the very name of Magicke, hauing chiefly fought (as is the mannerofall impoftures)to counterfeit the higheft and moftnobleft part ofir,yet {0 as theyhaue al, fo crept.into the inferior degrees. Devit fant. canes Megas. ro WhomOrigen makes Balaam(the fon of Beor )to bethe firft : but Laertivs afcribeth the : Fe Laert.h.t, inuentionof this art to Zeroastres the Perfian, Chartumim,oxInchaaters,the Difciples(faith Saint, Anguftine, Plinie, and luffine ) of another Zorea/ires :who corrupted the admirable wifedome ofthe Magi, which he re- A lecondkind of Atagicke was that part of Affrologie, which had refpectto fowing and planting, all kinds of agriculture and husbandrie: which was a knowledge ofthe motions and influences ofthe Starres into thofe lower Elements, Philo Judeus gocth farther,affirming,that by this part of Magicke or Affrologie, together with the motions of the Starres and other heavenly bodies,Abraham found outthe knowledge ofthe true God,while heliued in Chaldea : Qui contemplatione creaturaram cogwouit Creatorem,({aith Io. Damafcen ) who knew.the Creator by the contemplation of the creature, Iofephus reporteth of Abraham, that hee infirndted the Feyptians in cArithmtey ticke aud Aftronomic,who before Abrahams comming unto then knewnone: of thee{cients And fo doth Srchangelus de Surgo, in defence: of Atiraudula againtt Garfras: Alex. andet & Eupolemon dicant, guod AbrahamJanclitate ¢y fapientia omninms praftantifib mus Chaldeos primum, deinde Phanices, demum vigyptios facerdotes Aftrologiam ¢ digi docuerit, Alexander({aith he, meaning Alexander Polyhiftor ) and Eupolemonaffirme, that Abrahamthe holyeft and wifeft ofmendidfirst teach the Chaldeans. then the Phanitians; laftly, the Egyptian Priefts, Aftrologie and dinine knowledge, f See ypon his The third kind of Magicke contayneth the whole Philofo phie of nature, not the Comment, iz br abblings ofthe dri/fote/ians,but that which bringeth Augde Cinit. to ligh tthe inmoftvertues, a0 draweth themout of Natures hidden bofome Deis8.G.20 to humane Virtutes ia centrocentrile} tentes ;Vertues hidden in the center ofthecenter, accordingvie, to the Chymifts. OFthisfort were Albertus, Arnoldus de villa nonA, Raymond, Bacon,and many others:a nd-before thele in eldertimes,and who better vnderftood the powero f Nature.& bow toapply things that worketo things that fuffer,were Zoreafer beforefpoken ae Apollomins Tyamans te membred byS. Hierome to Paslinans; in fome mens opinion Nama Pompilins among the Romans: among the Indians, ThefPian : among the Ee prians, Hermes : among the Baby wians,Budda :the Thracians had Zamolxis :the Hyper bvoreaus(as is {uppofe d) Abbaris:200 the Italians, Petrus Aponenfis. The Magick which thefe men profeft,i s thus defined : Me siezoaie virofapicnte agentiumper waturam cumspatientibus,fibi congrucuter refer aVE inae opera prodeant nowfine corum admirati one q4uicanf am ignorant : Magith} ts the connexion ofpat gents andpatients, anfwerable each to ether.wreu bt by man to the bringing forth offuch effecis,as are wonderfu ll to thofe that know ~ theirawif canfe In allthefe three kindes , which other men dinide into foure it feemeth that Zores/ ¥ Tetoidmins Raeee learned : efpecially in the firft and higheft, Forin his Oracles heco™ deluce Trity Mi share ye of:Eis \ninerlalh ‘he beleeueth ofthe * Trinity, which i princeprcundéa diva. annsroncth thei yanynatural! knowledge: he {peakethof Angels, andof 4" namperf Pproucth the immortalitic ofthe foule ; teacheth Truth, Faith, peter,o> menti Gifu fing ofthe Abftinence and Hope, and Lous Charitie ofthe Magi: WhichOracles ofhis, 2/4" def Ficinas,} atritius.and others haue gatheredand tranf] ated, 2h &Ficin, Of thisZarasjfer Enfebius in the Theologi e of the Pha De prep Euang, words : Hac ad verbum[eribit wisians., vfing Zoroaffers OW"! (faith Eufebius) Deus prima S sHcorruptib sium ,fempiter™™s a eee sugenitus, expers partinm, fibiip/ifimillimu sbonornm OMmininte omnin aurioa, munera non expera™ optimus,prudentifsimus pater tartsfine doclrina i "pitiam perdodlus, naturaperfecins,fapen Sure mature Visicis tpacetor Cc. Thus writerh Zoroatte r wordfor word. ruptible,cucrlaftingink gottenwithout parts moft like himfelfe,the er God the firoe abeond, axpedilg #0 rewardthe bestthe wife/t,thefather ofright, hauine leapuid ; PH a A Srcachib g, pel Lid waft!25 ofthe Hiftorie of the World, Seed wife bymature.the only ianenter thereo "bi Sixtus Senenfis {peaking ofthe w m ate 8 a Ucdomeofthechaldeatsdoth diftinguiththofe nu ceiued fromhis Ancefters. . Meca/phim,or Venefici,or Witchesare thofe which we haue fpoken already out of Hi Maiesties booke of Demonologia. Gazarim,or Arufpices(after Saint Hiereme) whichdiuine from the enttailes ofbeafts flaine for facrifices : or by Gazarim others vnderftand Augures, who diuine by the fly- 20 ing, finging,or feeding ofbirds. Bythisdiftinction wemayperceiuethe difference betweene thofe wifemcn which the kings of 8a6y/on entertained ; and that the name and profeffion of the Magiamong theancient Perfians was moft honeft.Foras Peucer trucly obferucth, Preerant religioni Perfice, vt in populo Dei Lenite, fiudg{g, vere Philofophie dediti erant : sce quifgquam Rex mag Perfarunepotcrat e(f¢, qui nonantea Magorum difciplinamfcientiamd, percepiffer 3 The Magi '3% (faith he ) were the chiefe Ainiflers of the Perfian Religion,as the Leuites among Gods people, and they were ginen to thefludies oftrue Philofopbie:neither could any be King of the Perfian$, who had not firf beeneexercifed in the myflerses and knowledge ofthe Magi. Sixtus Senenfis in the defence ofOrigen againtt Polychronius and Theophilas,hath two kinds of Magicke, his owne words arethefe: Et ne quem moucantpremi{{a Polychronij & Theophili seffe- nis, go monias{ciendum ef daplicemeffeA dagiam: alteram wbig, ab Origine damnatan, gueper fa4% deracumdemonibus initaaut vere aut apparenter operatur ; alteram ab Origine landatam, que ad pratlicen naturalis philofophie pertinet docens admirabilesres operars e& applicatione mutua paturalinm virtuthm adinuicen agentinw ac patitntinws; That the tefliznonies ofThe- ophilus ad Polychronius(/aith be.) tuay not mone.any man.it isto be understoodthat Ma- gicke ts oftwe forts, the ove eucry mbere condemued by Origen; which worketh (whether truely or feermingly )by conenants made with Denills, the other commended by, Origens which appertaineth tothepraclicke part ofnaturak Philofophic, teaching to worke admirable things by the mutual application of naturall vertuesjagent andfuffering reciprocally. This partition Hterome doth embrace in the firft of his. Commentaries-vpon Da- 40 #iel : whereconfidering ofthe difference which Dasiel makesbetweenethefe foure kinds of wife Men formerly remembred, hevfeth this diftinction + Qaosnes hariow los;ceteritamauoidss(idefincantatores interpretati untvidentur mibi eff qui verbisrzm pers agunt Magi, qui defingulis philofophantur , malefici, qui fangnine n tuntar CF vitlimis, [ape contingunt corpora mortuorum: porro in Chaldes renethliacos fignificaripito,guos vale Methematicos,vocant. Confuctudo autem communts Magos pro malefitd accipit, qui aliter babentur apudgentem fam; ¢9 quod fint Philofophi Chalduorum: ead artis huins [ctemtiam Reges quos. cr Principes cinfdemgentis omnia faciunt , unde oP in tatinitate Doe mint Saluatoris ipfi primumortumcius intellexerunt, cr venientes fandam Bethlehem ade- raucrunt pucrum, ficlla defuper oftendente ; They. whom we call Sorcerer 6, and others 50 interpret Inchauters, feeme to mee fuch as performe things by words; Aazicians, fuch as handle euery thing philofophically, witches, that vfebloud and[acrifices, and often lay hands on the body of the dead: farther, among the Chaldeans Itakethemto be fignified by the Bamof Con ome ef lurers Upon natinities, whom the vulgar call Mathe Watigias, Bat Common tia takes Maziciansfor Wilches,who are otherwoife reputed in their own Nationiforthey are lofophers of the Chaldzsns:yea Kings and Princes ofthat Nation doe all that they doe to the knowledze of this Art: whence at the natinitie Of the Lordour Saviour they frit ofall underflood his birth, and comming unto holy Bethlehém did worfoip the Childe : she Starvefrom abouebewing hima mts them. 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