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           MELAMPRONOEA
           :
           OR
           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           THE
           POLITY
           AND
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           TOGETHER
           With
           a
           Solution
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Objections
           brought
           against
           the
           Being
           of
           WITCHES
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Henry
             Hallywell
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           sometime
           Fellow
           of
           
             Christs
             Colledge
          
           in
           Cambridge
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ephes.
               VI.
               12.
            
             
          
           
             For
             we
             wrestle
             not
             against
             flesh
             and
             bloud
             ,
             but
             against
             Principalities
             ,
             against
             Powers
             ,
             against
             the
             Rulers
             of
             the
             Darkness
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             against
             Spiritual
             wickedness
             in
             high
             places
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           .
           at
           the
           Bishops
           Head
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Worshipful
           Sir
           Iames
           Morton
           ,
           OF
           SLAVGHAM
           ,
           IN
           THE
           County
           of
           Sussex
           ,
           Knight
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           TO
           prefix
           your
           Name
           to
           the
           present
           Treatise
           I
           could
           give
           many
           Reasons
           that
           induced
           me
           ,
           did
           I
           not
           know
           that
           you
           are
           more
           delighted
           in
           doing
           Worthy
           Things
           than
           to
           have
           the
           Praise
           of
           your
           Actions
           re-echoed
           and
           repeated
           from
           others
           .
           And
           
           since
           my
           choice
           and
           affection
           hath
           thus
           far
           led
           me
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           less
           solicitous
           of
           the
           various
           Censures
           that
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           nature
           may
           probably
           meet
           withal
           :
           For
           even
           the
           clearest
           Reason
           does
           often
           lose
           its
           force
           when
           it
           meets
           with
           strong
           and
           inveterate
           Prejudices
           .
           However
           I
           have
           done
           my
           endeavour
           to
           make
           things
           appear
           plain
           and
           easie
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           to
           comply
           with
           an
           Inquisitive
           and
           Philosophical
           Age
           ,
           have
           made
           use
           of
           such
           Principles
           as
           the
           best
           and
           choicest
           Philosophy
           could
           afford
           me
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           least
           derogatory
           to
           my
           Profession
           ,
           so
           was
           highly
           necessary
           to
           make
           good
           one
           great
           end
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           in
           delivering
           us
           from
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Dark
           Kingdom
           ,
           whose
           very
           Existence
           some
           smatterers
           in
           Philosophy
           have
           the
           Confidence
           to
           deny
           .
           Whether
           I
           please
           others
           or
           not
           I
           am
           not
           much
           concerned
           ,
           having
           the
           satisfaction
           
           of
           pleasing
           my self
           ,
           in
           taking
           the
           opportunity
           of
           a
           grateful
           Acknowledgment
           of
           your
           many
           favours
           towards
           me
           ,
           who
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               most
               Faithful
               and
               Affectionate
               Servant
               ,
            
             Henry
             Hallywell
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           ensuing
           Treatise
           being
           a
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Dark
           side
           of
           Providence
           ,
           or
           of
           that
           Rebellious
           Polity
           that
           proudly
           opposes
           it self
           against
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Light
           ;
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           give
           some
           Account
           as
           well
           of
           the
           Work
           it self
           as
           Design
           in
           writing
           it
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           other
           than
           what
           is
           good
           and
           laudable
           ,
           namely
           to
           shew
           our
           Sceptical
           and
           staggering
           Religionists
           that
           there
           is
           a
           very
           Potent
           and
           Adverse
           party
           of
           Incorporeal
           Agents
           ,
           that
           entring
           into
           a
           Rebellious
           Confederacy
           against
           
           God
           ,
           and
           being
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           Mansions
           of
           Light
           ,
           have
           formed
           themselves
           a
           Kingdom
           in
           the
           Aereal
           Regions
           ,
           and
           not
           content
           with
           this
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           among
           themselves
           ,
           have
           studiously
           endeavoured
           ever
           since
           the
           Creation
           to
           deprave
           and
           corrupt
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           enlarge
           their
           own
           Empire
           by
           the
           Accession
           of
           frail
           man
           ,
           whose
           weakness
           they
           abuse
           and
           triumph
           over
           ,
           and
           strive
           by
           all
           means
           to
           keep
           him
           fast
           within
           their
           clutches
           ,
           that
           if
           at
           least
           they
           must
           be
           miserable
           ,
           they
           may
           make
           others
           so
           and
           have
           companions
           in
           their
           Torments
           .
        
         
           Now
           concerning
           the
           Work
           it self
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           have
           framed
           it
           in
           a
           lax
           and
           diffuse
           manner
           ,
           not
           endeavouring
           to
           prove
           the
           Existence
           of
           Spirits
           either
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           but
           supposing
           them
           both
           in
           Being
           already
           ,
           and
           likewise
           
           taking
           many
           other
           things
           for
           granted
           which
           are
           already
           either
           made
           good
           by
           divers
           Learned
           Authors
           ,
           or
           may
           evidently
           be
           deduced
           from
           the
           principles
           of
           true
           and
           sound
           Philosophy
           :
           As
           likewise
           purposely
           omitting
           many
           otherwise
           material
           proofs
           of
           some
           heads
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           being
           willing
           to
           bring
           the
           Hypothesis
           into
           as
           small
           a
           compass
           as
           may
           be
           .
           Nor
           have
           I
           been
           wanting
           to
           confirm
           my
           Discourse
           in
           the
           most
           material
           parts
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           added
           the
           Suffrage
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           in
           such
           speculations
           as
           otherwise
           perhaps
           would
           have
           seemed
           over
           nice
           and
           curious
           .
           And
           lastly
           (
           which
           in
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           nature
           could
           not
           well
           be
           pretermitted
           )
           I
           have
           briefly
           resolved
           the
           Question
           of
           Witchcraft
           ,
           and
           
           shewed
           the
           possibility
           of
           such
           detestable
           Confederacies
           with
           wicked
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           answered
           the
           strongest
           and
           most
           considerable
           Objections
           I
           could
           meet
           withal
           against
           it
           .
           That
           which
           at
           the
           present
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           most
           liable
           to
           Exception
           is
           ,
           the
           Introduction
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           by
           Corporealists
           is
           looked
           upon
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           with
           an
           
             Occult
             Quality
          
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           rather
           as
           an
           Asylum
           of
           Ignorance
           than
           a
           Philosophical
           Truth
           .
           To
           which
           I
           have
           this
           to
           reply
           ,
           That
           the
           ground
           and
           reason
           of
           using
           that
           Hypothesis
           arose
           partly
           because
           I
           saw
           it
           maintainable
           by
           rational
           and
           solid
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           partly
           through
           a
           natural
           propensity
           of
           my
           own
           whereby
           I
           am
           prone
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           whatever
           boasts
           may
           be
           made
           by
           the
           followers
           of
           Democritus
           and
           Epicurus
           ,
           who
           
           have
           dismembred
           and
           disjoyned
           the
           Ancient
           Atomologie
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Spirits
           or
           the
           Metaphysical
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           considerable
           Phaenomenon
           in
           the
           Cartesian
           Philosophy
           that
           can
           be
           solved
           by
           the
           mere
           and
           solitary
           principles
           of
           Matter
           and
           Motion
           .
           For
           a
           conclusion
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           have
           drawn
           such
           Inferences
           as
           may
           most
           effectually
           perswade
           men
           from
           Sin
           and
           Vice
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           infallibly
           entertain
           Communion
           and
           Society
           with
           the
           Dark
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           assert
           themselves
           under
           a
           higher
           and
           more
           propitious
           Providence
           ,
           by
           the
           sincere
           practice
           of
           true
           and
           unfeigned
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           .
           Farewel
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             H.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             THE
             Introduction
             .
          
           
             
               Page
               1.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             Lapse
             and
             Revolt
             of
             the
             Angels
             from
             the
             Blessed
             life
             of
             God
             ,
             consists
             mainly
             in
             debasing
             their
             higher
             and
             nobler
             Faculties
             ,
             by
             enslaving
             and
             subjugating
             them
             to
             their
             Inferior
             and
             more
             Material
             Powers
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               5.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             That
             these
             Lapsed
             Angels
             have
             formed
             themselves
             into
             a
             Polity
             or
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               14.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             That
             these
             wicked
             Spirits
             being
             supposed
             Rational
             Creatures
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             studious
             in
             diffusing
             their
             own
             sinful
             
             Nature
             upon
             all
             capable
             subjects
             ,
             and
             thereby
             of
             enlarging
             the
             bounds
             of
             their
             usurped
             Dominions
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               26.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             great
             end
             of
             our
             Saviours
             coming
             into
             the
             World
             was
             to
             rescue
             men
             from
             the
             Tyranny
             ,
             Slavery
             and
             Oppression
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               33.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             That
             though
             men
             by
             the
             Gospel
             are
             freed
             from
             that
             Slavery
             under
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             that
             yet
             he
             strives
             to
             countermine
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Light
             ;
             and
             when
             men
             will
             so
             far
             reject
             and
             despise
             the
             Admonitions
             and
             Assistances
             that
             God
             affords
             them
             ,
             he
             may
             justly
             suffer
             them
             to
             be
             acted
             and
             guided
             by
             evil
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               40.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             That
             nothing
             hinders
             ,
             but
             having
             full
             Possession
             of
             the
             Minds
             of
             men
             ,
             these
             evil
             Spirits
             may
             likewise
             enslave
             their
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               46.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Witchcraft
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               49.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             I.
             
          
           
             That
             these
             Witches
             are
             supposed
             to
             be
             present
             at
             their
             Nocturnal
             Conventicles
             and
             Diabolical
             meetings
             ,
             when
             their
             Bodies
             are
             at
             home
             ,
             which
             is
             Impossible
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               66.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             II.
             
          
           
             That
             these
             Airy
             Spirits
             are
             too
             remote
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Nature
             too
             sublime
             to
             have
             any
             Communication
             with
             Mortals
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               76.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             III.
             
          
           
             That
             it
             supposes
             Witches
             by
             the
             help
             of
             evil
             Spirits
             may
             do
             real
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               81.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             IV.
             
          
           
             That
             it
             gives
             evil
             Spirits
             and
             Witches
             
             too
             great
             and
             exorbitant
             a
             power
             over
             mankind
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             supposes
             that
             these
             wicked
             Daemons
             may
             afflict
             the
             Bodies
             of
             others
             with
             divers
             diseases
             and
             torments
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             raise
             Thunders
             ,
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             killing
             Cattel
             and
             spoiling
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             many
             such
             like
             pernicious
             and
             destructive
             things
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             at
             the
             desire
             and
             request
             of
             a
             Magician
             or
             Witch
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               88.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             V.
             
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             very
             Ridiculous
             to
             imagine
             ,
             that
             Devils
             (
             though
             never
             so
             foul
             and
             unclean
             )
             should
             delight
             in
             sucking
             the
             Bloud
             of
             these
             Accursed
             Hags
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               99.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             Inferences
             drawn
             from
             the
             foregoing
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             
               pag.
               103.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           observed
           long
           ago
           by
           Epictetus
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           some
           Persons
           that
           would
           deny
           the
           plainest
           and
           most
           evident
           Truths
           ,
           and
           this
           state
           and
           condition
           he
           terms
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           a
           Petrification
           or
           Mortification
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           happens
           to
           men
           of
           a
           blameless
           and
           sober
           conversation
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           confusion
           of
           their
           Intellectuals
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           miserably
           distracted
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           apprehend
           the
           force
           and
           strength
           of
           the
           plainest
           demonstration
           :
           But
           there
           are
           others
           that
           are
           bedeaded
           and
           stupified
           as
           to
           their
           Morals
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           lose
           that
           natural
           shame
           that
           belongs
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           affirming
           or
           denying
           with
           the
           greatest
           confidence
           that
           which
           an
           Innate
           shame
           and
           reverence
           of
           the
           inscriptions
           of
           our
           own
           Minds
           will
           not
           suffer
           others
           to
           assert
           or
           contradict
           ;
           and
           
           this
           is
           really
           no
           better
           than
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           (
           as
           the
           Philosopher
           calls
           it
           )
           a
           mere
           Brutishness
           or
           Bestiality
           .
           Under
           one
           of
           these
           heads
           I
           must
           needs
           comprehend
           all
           those
           who
           boggle
           and
           startle
           so
           much
           at
           the
           Notion
           of
           an
           Incorporeal
           Being
           .
           For
           my
           own
           part
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           that
           great
           Wit
           Des-Cartes
           delivered
           a
           most
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Notion
           or
           Conception
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           much
           more
           plain
           and
           evident
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           But
           when
           men
           are
           either
           so
           monstrously
           confounded
           in
           their
           Intellects
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           or
           convinced
           by
           the
           force
           and
           strength
           of
           Argument
           and
           Reason
           ,
           or
           wholly
           given
           over
           to
           the
           gratification
           of
           their
           Lusts
           and
           Passions
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           much
           wonder
           that
           they
           should
           have
           such
           dull
           Hallucinations
           about
           the
           clearest
           things
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           should
           entertain
           such
           cross
           and
           untoward
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           so
           disagreeing
           with
           all
           those
           that
           ever
           had
           a
           sober
           and
           right
           use
           of
           their
           Reasons
           and
           Understandings
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Age
           hath
           produced
           too
           many
           over-confident
           Exploders
           of
           Immaterial
           Substances
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           shall
           talk
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           Devils
           and
           evil
           Spirits
           ,
           their
           Possessions
           of
           the
           Bodies
           of
           men
           ,
           of
           Ghosts
           and
           Apparitions
           ,
           and
           the
           feats
           and
           practices
           of
           Witches
           ,
           shall
           be
           confuted
           with
           a
           loud
           laughter
           or
           a
           supercilious
           look
           ,
           as
           if
           these
           things
           were
           only
           the
           delusions
           of
           a
           distempered
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           owed
           all
           their
           Being
           and
           Reality
           to
           the
           dreams
           and
           fancies
           of
           melancholick
           persons
           .
           Or
           if
           the
           matters
           of
           fact
           be
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           gainsaid
           ,
           then
           these
           Corporealists
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           affirm
           with
           a
           late
           Author
           ,
           that
           they
           
             believe
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             thousands
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             made
             of
             an
             Incorporeal
             matter
             ,
             too
             fine
             to
             be
             perceived
             by
             the
             Senses
             of
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             these
             Spirits
             may
             play
             mad
             pranks
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           A
           thing
           much
           more
           worthy
           of
           laughter
           and
           the
           character
           of
           folly
           ,
           and
           all
           one
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           go
           about
           to
           perswade
           that
           the
           little
           Motes
           or
           Atoms
           that
           fridge
           and
           play
           in
           the
           Beams
           of
           the
           Sun
           shining
           through
           a
           Crany
           ,
           should
           
           by
           a
           common
           consent
           unite
           themselves
           into
           a
           living
           heap
           ,
           and
           speak
           and
           act
           either
           ludicrously
           or
           mischievously
           with
           the
           standers
           by
           .
           This
           is
           really
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           disease
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           in
           this
           small
           Treatise
           so
           far
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           the
           
             Dark
             Kingdom
          
           ,
           and
           the
           mysteries
           thereof
           ,
           and
           have
           laid
           down
           such
           Arguments
           ,
           as
           being
           well
           weighed
           and
           considered
           ,
           may
           be
           subservient
           to
           the
           releasing
           and
           setting
           free
           such
           heavy
           and
           dull
           Constitutions
           from
           the
           distemper
           they
           labour
           under
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           THE
           POLITY
           AND
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             1.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             Lapse
             and
             Revolt
             of
             the
             Angels
             from
             the
             Blessed
             life
             of
             God
             ,
             consists
             mainly
             in
             debasing
             their
             higher
             and
             nobler
             Faculties
             ,
             by
             enslaving
             and
             subjugating
             them
             to
             their
             Inferior
             and
             more
             material
             Powers
             .
          
           
             HE
             that
             will
             speak
             of
             the
             Angels
             like
             a
             Philosopher
             ,
             looks
             upon
             their
             Souls
             like
             those
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             of
             an
             Heterogeneous
             
             nature
             ,
             including
             within
             the
             latitude
             and
             comprehension
             of
             their
             Essences
             an
             Intellectual
             and
             Plastical
             life
             .
             The
             Perceptive
             part
             is
             indeed
             the
             flower
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             discriminating
             all
             Impressions
             made
             in
             the
             common
             Sensorium
             by
             the
             various
             objects
             of
             Sense
             ,
             and
             being
             Life
             and
             Activity
             in
             a
             very
             high
             degree
             contains
             in
             it
             the
             principles
             and
             seeds
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledge
             :
             But
             the
             Plastick
             part
             or
             Formative
             Power
             is
             wholly
             employed
             in
             the
             modification
             of
             matter
             ,
             conserving
             the
             vital
             motions
             ,
             and
             faithfully
             transmitting
             the
             Impressions
             of
             External
             Objects
             upon
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Sense
             to
             the
             seat
             of
             Perception
             .
             And
             that
             this
             holds
             good
             in
             Angels
             ,
             their
             vital
             union
             with
             matter
             sufficiently
             demonstrates
             .
             For
             although
             we
             should
             fancy
             the
             Vehicles
             or
             Bodies
             of
             Angels
             to
             lie
             in
             a
             lax
             and
             diffuse
             manner
             without
             any
             particular
             Organization
             or
             Characteristical
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             yet
             it
             is
             most
             probable
             that
             the
             seat
             of
             Perception
             is
             restrained
             to
             some
             particular
             place
             in
             that
             heap
             of
             living
             Air.
             Wherefore
             God
             
             creating
             no
             Power
             or
             Faculty
             in
             vain
             ,
             but
             that
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             it
             should
             be
             called
             forth
             into
             Act
             ,
             did
             graciously
             allow
             to
             these
             embodied
             Spirits
             their
             Perige's
             or
             Conversion
             to
             the
             Placid
             Motions
             of
             their
             Congenit
             Bodies
             in
             due
             measures
             and
             proportions
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Apoge's
             or
             Recessions
             from
             matter
             .
             Which
             innocent
             delight
             was
             in
             a
             sort
             necessary
             to
             their
             condition
             and
             the
             circumstances
             of
             their
             Natures
             .
             For
             the
             most
             Intellectual
             and
             resined
             operations
             of
             their
             Minds
             depending
             somewhat
             upon
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             Matter
             of
             their
             Vehicles
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             they
             should
             always
             attend
             with
             an
             equal
             Intensenefs
             and
             Vigour
             upon
             those
             high
             and
             remote
             speculations
             ,
             without
             any
             the
             least
             lassitude
             or
             dulness
             ;
             partly
             because
             profound
             Contemplations
             do
             very
             much
             exhaust
             and
             debilitate
             the
             Spirits
             or
             Ethereal
             matter
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             immediate
             Instrument
             of
             Sense
             and
             Cogitation
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             and
             Angels
             ;
             and
             partly
             from
             the
             necessary
             imperfection
             of
             their
             Natures
             ,
             which
             are
             made
             with
             respect
             
             and
             regard
             to
             the
             Plastick
             as
             well
             as
             Perceptive
             powers
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             require
             an
             abatement
             and
             relaxation
             of
             the
             superior
             Faculties
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             supply
             and
             recruit
             of
             their
             Vehicles
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             a
             pleasant
             repast
             ,
             after
             which
             the
             Intellectual
             life
             becomes
             more
             ardent
             ,
             sublime
             and
             vigorous
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             all
             its
             most
             perfect
             operations
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             this
             being
             the
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             the
             Defection
             and
             Eclipse
             of
             those
             once
             bright
             and
             glorious
             morning
             Stars
             ,
             must
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             luxuriant
             growth
             of
             the
             Plastick
             life
             ,
             which
             taking
             deeper
             root
             by
             a
             fond
             carelesness
             and
             indulgency
             ,
             diffuses
             every
             way
             such
             poisonous
             and
             noxious
             Ferments
             as
             choak
             the
             Emanations
             of
             a
             Divine
             life
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             they
             become
             wholly
             dead
             to
             that
             better
             principle
             ,
             whose
             actings
             and
             inspirations
             so
             long
             as
             they
             heeded
             ,
             they
             remained
             perfectly
             happy
             .
             The
             experiment
             is
             every
             where
             obvious
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             we
             see
             men
             by
             letting
             themselves
             loose
             to
             all
             manner
             of
             wretchedness
             and
             debauchery
             ,
             through
             the
             potent
             
             and
             enormous
             lasciviency
             of
             the
             bodily
             life
             ,
             quite
             lose
             the
             relish
             and
             grateful
             sense
             of
             true
             Goodness
             and
             Nobility
             ;
             and
             the
             edge
             and
             acuteness
             of
             their
             Criteria
             is
             so
             far
             taken
             off
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             no
             right
             discrimination
             between
             Virtue
             and
             Vice
             ,
             Good
             and
             Evil.
             And
             though
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Angels
             by
             sinking
             into
             the
             brutish
             life
             ,
             have
             not
             bereaved
             themselves
             of
             their
             Reason
             and
             natural
             Sagacity
             (
             sith
             that
             That
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             middle
             principle
             ,
             and
             always
             follows
             the
             prevailing
             part
             ,
             indifferently
             either
             purveying
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             a
             petulant
             Lust
             or
             slavish
             Passion
             ,
             or
             else
             acting
             under
             the
             conduct
             and
             guidance
             of
             a
             more
             Celestial
             Nature
             )
             yet
             have
             they
             totally
             extinguished
             that
             noble
             Faculty
             ,
             the
             flower
             and
             summity
             of
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             and
             Angels
             ;
             which
             a
             learned
             person
             calls
             
               Boniformem
               animae
               facultatem
            
             ,
             
             
               i.
               e.
            
             that
             power
             in
             them
             which
             feels
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Righteousness
             and
             Virtue
             ,
             and
             has
             a
             natural
             relish
             and
             gust
             of
             true
             and
             essential
             goodness
             ;
             and
             being
             once
             united
             and
             conjoyned
             with
             so
             beautiful
             
             an
             object
             ,
             diffuses
             an
             ineffable
             joy
             and
             pleasure
             through
             all
             the
             capacities
             of
             the
             Soul.
             Nor
             do
             we
             by
             this
             make
             God
             the
             cause
             and
             Author
             of
             sin
             :
             for
             though
             it
             be
             true
             that
             the
             Animal
             faculties
             in
             Angels
             and
             men
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             respective
             objects
             ,
             be
             a
             part
             of
             God's
             Creation
             ,
             yet
             their
             sin
             proceeded
             from
             themselves
             ,
             through
             an
             undue
             and
             disharmonious
             connection
             of
             those
             principles
             ,
             and
             consists
             in
             the
             abuse
             of
             his
             Fatherly
             indulgence
             by
             a
             wilful
             immoderation
             and
             excess
             .
          
           
             Nor
             will
             this
             seem
             strange
             to
             any
             that
             will
             but
             consider
             what
             S.
             Peter
             and
             S.
             Iude
             speak
             of
             the
             fallen
             Angels
             ;
             to
             give
             some
             light
             to
             which
             places
             ,
             I
             shall
             set
             them
             down
             in
             the
             Original
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.4
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               For
               if
               God
               spared
               not
               the
               Angels
               that
               sinned
               ,
               but
               cast
               them
               down
               to
               Hell
               ,
               and
               delivered
               them
               into
               chains
               of
               darkness
               to
               be
               reserved
               into
               Iudgment
               .
            
             And
             S.
             Iude
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             :
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               And
               the
               Angels
               which
               kept
               not
               their
               first
               estate
               ,
               but
               left
               their
               own
               habitation
               ;
               he
               hath
               reserved
               in
               everlasting
               chains
               under
               darkness
               ,
               unto
               the
               judgment
               of
               the
               great
               day
               .
               v.
               6.
               
            
          
           
             In
             which
             we
             have
             a
             plain
             Indication
             both
             of
             the
             sin
             and
             punishment
             of
             these
             lapsed
             Angels
             :
             Their
             sin
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             [
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ]
             which
             our
             Translation
             renders
             [
             
               kept
               not
               their
               first
               estate
            
             ]
             but
             the
             vulgar
             Latin
             [
             
               Principatum
               suum
               non
               servaverunt
            
             ]
             that
             is
             ,
             kept
             not
             their
             Principality
             ,
             Rule
             or
             Dominion
             ,
             which
             Interpretation
             (
             says
             Beza
             )
             is
             not
             to
             be
             rejected
             .
             So
             that
             the
             most
             genuine
             and
             natural
             signification
             of
             the
             words
             refers
             to
             that
             Government
             or
             Dominion
             which
             the
             superior
             Faculties
             ought
             to
             have
             over
             the
             inferior
             .
             For
             as
             in
             men
             ,
             so
             likewise
             in
             the
             Angels
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             double
             nature
             ,
             the
             one
             Intellectual
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Animal
             :
             The
             former
             of
             these
             Simplicius
             calls
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             Schoolmaster
             ,
             
             or
             that
             part
             which
             is
             to
             govern
             and
             rule
             ;
             the
             other
             
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             boy
             that
             is
             to
             be
             kept
             under
             discipline
             and
             strict
             government
             within
             us
             .
             The
             irrational
             or
             Animal
             power
             (
             he
             says
             )
             is
             intent
             only
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             upon
             that
             which
             is
             
               sweet
               and
               pleasant
            
             ;
             but
             the
             Rational
             and
             Intellectual
             respects
             chiefly
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             
               best
               and
               most
               profitable
            
             .
             When
             therefore
             the
             Angels
             suffered
             their
             Despotick
             and
             Lordly
             Powers
             to
             be
             enslaved
             and
             subjected
             to
             their
             Animal
             or
             Brutish
             Faculties
             ;
             when
             instead
             of
             keeping
             close
             to
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             simply
             and
             absolutely
             the
             best
             ,
             they
             pursued
             without
             bounds
             or
             measures
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             luscious
             pleasures
             resulting
             from
             Body
             or
             Matter
             ,
             then
             did
             they
             truly
             relinquish
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             Principality
             which
             God
             had
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             insensibly
             deserted
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               their
               Celestial
               bodies
            
             :
             for
             so
             S.
             Paul
             uses
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5.2
             .
             where
             those
             Spiritual
             Bodies
             which
             we
             hope
             for
             at
             the
             Resurrection
             are
             called
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               our
               house
               that
               is
               from
               Heaven
               ,
            
             which
             is
             all
             one
             with
             S.
             
             Iude's
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             the
             proper
             house
             ,
             building
             or
             habitation
             of
             Angels
             ,
             viz.
             their
             Heavenly
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             And
             upon
             this
             foul
             revolt
             and
             Apostasie
             of
             theirs
             from
             their
             Primeval
             Glory
             ,
             followed
             their
             punishment
             ,
             which
             was
             their
             dejection
             and
             detrusion
             into
             the
             Caliginous
             Regions
             of
             the
             Air.
             For
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             signifies
             nothing
             else
             but
             to
             cast
             down
             ,
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             that
             which
             is
             lowest
             ,
             whether
             in
             Earth
             or
             Air
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             
             Homer's
             description
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Iliad
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             The
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             chains
             of
             darkness
             ,
             are
             nothing
             but
             the
             Fetters
             of
             this
             thick
             and
             clammy
             Air
             within
             the
             Atmosphere
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             into
             which
             by
             the
             just
             judgment
             of
             God
             these
             rebellious
             Spirits
             are
             precipitated
             .
             For
             the
             Air
             is
             of
             it self
             a
             Terrestrial
             ,
             stubborn
             and
             dark
             Element
             .
             To
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             of
             Plutarch
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             
               de
               Homericâ
               Poesi
            
             ,
             where
             he
             says
             ,
             that
             Hades
             is
             the
             Air
             ,
             adding
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             this
             their
             confinement
             
             is
             very
             consentaneously
             expressed
             by
             chains
             and
             bands
             ,
             being
             fotter'd
             here
             by
             the
             irrevocable
             Decrees
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             are
             no
             more
             able
             to
             ascend
             out
             of
             the
             noxious
             Fumes
             of
             this
             lower
             World
             ,
             than
             we
             can
             flye
             in
             the
             spacious
             Tracts
             of
             Aether
             ;
             for
             those
             Eternal
             Laws
             which
             God
             hath
             placed
             in
             the
             Universe
             are
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             Homer
             speaks
             of
             
               Tartarus
               ,
               those
               iron
               gates
               and
               brazen
               walls
               ,
            
             that
             prohibit
             all
             ascent
             to
             higher
             and
             better
             Regions
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             That
             these
             lapsed
             Angels
             have
             formed
             themselves
             into
             a
             Polity
             or
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             .
          
           
             OUR
             Saviour
             in
             the
             Gospel
             makes
             mention
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Satan
             ,
             which
             supposes
             a
             Polity
             ,
             Society
             or
             Corporation
             among
             those
             wicked
             Spirits
             .
             And
             
             this
             Kingdom
             or
             Government
             of
             theirs
             took
             its
             beginning
             and
             rise
             from
             their
             lapse
             and
             revolt
             from
             God
             at
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             when
             't
             is
             most
             probable
             that
             some
             mighty
             Leader
             or
             Chieftain
             among
             the
             Orders
             of
             Angels
             inspired
             the
             breasts
             of
             Myriads
             with
             pernicious
             and
             rebellious
             counsels
             against
             God
             ,
             attempting
             to
             frame
             and
             erect
             a
             Principality
             of
             his
             own
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             Soveraignty
             and
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ;
             and
             being
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             Mansions
             of
             Light
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             wicked
             adherents
             ,
             for
             this
             their
             bold
             and
             audacious
             attempt
             of
             invading
             Heaven
             it self
             ,
             he
             hath
             notwithstanding
             kept
             so
             much
             of
             his
             ancient
             Grandeur
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             the
             Head
             and
             Prince
             of
             all
             those
             whom
             he
             drew
             into
             that
             Traiterous
             confederacy
             .
             Nor
             is
             Reason
             wanting
             in
             her
             suffrage
             here
             :
             For
          
           
             1.
             
             They
             being
             all
             embodied
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             vitally
             united
             to
             Matter
             ,
             they
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             capable
             both
             of
             pain
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             the
             sense
             of
             which
             is
             more
             or
             less
             acute
             and
             vigorous
             according
             to
             either
             
             the
             Tenuity
             or
             Grossness
             of
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             they
             are
             liable
             and
             obnoxious
             to
             harm
             and
             injury
             from
             those
             of
             their
             own
             Society
             ;
             which
             ,
             considering
             the
             mischievousness
             of
             their
             natures
             and
             dispositions
             (
             each
             ones
             particular
             Lusts
             being
             the
             grand
             rule
             and
             measure
             of
             his
             Actions
             )
             would
             certainly
             breed
             an
             infinite
             Ataxy
             and
             confusion
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             the
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             of
             their
             Kingdom
             ,
             if
             not
             prevented
             by
             some
             external
             restraint
             and
             discipline
             .
             Wherefore
             they
             being
             all
             so
             deeply
             lapsed
             into
             the
             Animal
             life
             ,
             whose
             very
             foundation
             is
             self-love
             and
             preservation
             of
             the
             irregular
             Exertions
             of
             their
             sensual
             Appetites
             ,
             their
             Reason
             which
             ,
             though
             perfectly
             subservient
             to
             their
             brutish
             Faculties
             ,
             yet
             ,
             is
             no
             whit
             abated
             or
             diminished
             by
             their
             degeneracy
             ,
             would
             not
             fail
             of
             moulding
             them
             into
             a
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             and
             enacting
             by
             their
             general
             consent
             and
             approbation
             for
             the
             maintenance
             and
             security
             of
             their
             usurped
             Dominions
             ,
             all
             such
             Laws
             and
             necessary
             Provisions
             as
             might
             both
             secure
             
             themselves
             from
             outrages
             and
             villanies
             committed
             upon
             one
             another
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             advantageously
             and
             successfully
             drive
             on
             the
             general
             trade
             of
             wickedness
             throughout
             the
             whole
             kingdom
             of
             Hell
             and
             Darkness
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             besides
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             cogent
             reason
             and
             inducement
             to
             believe
             there
             is
             an
             Order
             and
             Government
             among
             the
             dark
             Fiends
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             are
             not
             all
             of
             the
             same
             rank
             and
             quality
             ,
             but
             may
             probably
             have
             as
             many
             divisions
             among
             them
             as
             there
             are
             diversities
             of
             Animals
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             though
             they
             all
             agree
             in
             the
             common
             Angelick
             nature
             ;
             which
             if
             so
             ,
             that
             thirst
             and
             desire
             of
             Rule
             and
             Authority
             which
             is
             so
             largly
             spread
             and
             diffused
             through
             their
             natures
             and
             capacities
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             a
             branch
             of
             the
             sensual
             life
             to
             which
             they
             are
             wholly
             addicted
             ,
             will
             undoubtedly
             stir
             up
             the
             more
             powerful
             and
             politick
             among
             them
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             reins
             of
             Government
             and
             Authority
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             prescribe
             Laws
             to
             the
             rest
             ,
             such
             as
             may
             both
             establish
             and
             preserve
             the
             
             Empire
             and
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             from
             domestick
             and
             intestine
             broils
             and
             dissentions
             ,
             and
             uphold
             it
             when
             assaulted
             by
             forein
             Invasions
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             seems
             to
             be
             an
             admirable
             consent
             between
             what
             Reason
             suggests
             and
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             in
             which
             mention
             is
             made
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Devils
             ,
             who
             is
             likewise
             called
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             aiery
             Powers
             or
             Spirits
             :
             And
             to
             quicken
             us
             up
             to
             a
             studious
             watchfulness
             and
             diligence
             against
             the
             latent
             frauds
             and
             machinations
             of
             those
             Infernal
             hunters
             ;
             we
             are
             assured
             that
             our
             contest
             is
             against
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Aerial
             wicked
             Spirits
             under
             their
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Prince
             .
             And
             the
             learned
             Dr.
             Hammond
             in
             his
             Notes
             upon
             that
             place
             of
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             supposes
             the
             Apostle
             by
             those
             several
             expressions
             to
             denote
             several
             sorts
             of
             Devils
             ,
             either
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             Mansions
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             saith
             
               Ignatius
               ad
               Ephes.
               Aerial
            
             or
             
               Earthly
               Spirits
            
             ;
             or
             else
             of
             the
             inclinations
             which
             they
             suggest
             :
             The
             Earthly
             Devils
             suggesting
             grosser
             carnal
             appetites
             ,
             filthiness
             of
             the
             
             flesh
             ,
             &c.
             the
             Aerial
             pride
             ,
             vain-glory
             ,
             malice
             ,
             &c.
             the
             filthiness
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             And
             Drusius
             upon
             Ephes.
             2.2
             .
             &
             6.12
             .
             cites
             two
             Iewish
             Authors
             ,
             who
             speak
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             
               Debet
               homo
               scire
               &
               intelligere
               ,
               à
               terrâ
               usque
               ad
               firmamentum
               omnium
               plena
               esse
               turmis
               &
               praefectis
               ,
               &c.
            
             i.e.
             
               A
               man
               is
               to
               know
               and
               understand
               ,
               that
               all
               from
               the
               Earth
               to
               the
               firmament
               is
               full
               (
               and
               no
               place
               empty
               )
               of
               troops
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               with
               their
               Chieftains
               and
               such
               as
               are
            
             Praepositi
             ;
             
               all
               which
               have
               their
               residence
               and
               flye
               up
               and
               down
               in
               the
               Air
               ;
               some
               of
               them
               incite
               to
               peace
               ,
               others
               to
               war
               ,
               some
               to
               goodness
               and
               life
               ,
               others
               to
               wickedness
               and
               death
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             there
             are
             great
             diversities
             among
             the
             evil
             Daemons
             ,
             some
             being
             more
             Aiery
             and
             Spiritual
             ,
             transacting
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Hell
             by
             subordinate
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             others
             more
             gross
             and
             feculent
             ,
             employed
             in
             the
             basest
             and
             most
             slavish
             actions
             ;
             some
             sportful
             and
             ludicrous
             ,
             others
             savage
             and
             cruel
             ;
             the
             Sacred
             Writings
             give
             us
             likewise
             some
             further
             
             intimation
             of
             .
             In
             Mar.
             ix
             .
             25.
             we
             read
             that
             our
             Saviour
             cast
             out
             a
             dumb
             and
             
               deaf
               Spirit
            
             ,
             which
             certainly
             denotes
             a
             distinct
             kind
             of
             Devil
             ,
             it
             being
             not
             so
             probable
             that
             he
             was
             called
             so
             from
             the
             effects
             wrought
             in
             the
             possessed
             ;
             for
             when
             the
             Disciples
             asked
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             could
             not
             cast
             out
             that
             Devil
             ,
             whose
             dispossession
             they
             had
             attempted
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             tell
             them
             that
             it
             was
             a
             peculiar
             kind
             of
             Devil
             ,
             that
             could
             only
             be
             ejected
             by
             Prayer
             and
             Fasting
             .
             Others
             sport
             themselves
             in
             ratling
             among
             their
             chains
             and
             fetters
             ,
             and
             whirling
             round
             storms
             and
             tempests
             in
             their
             Aiery
             Regions
             and
             Dominions
             ,
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             Men
             and
             Beasts
             and
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             with
             Iob.
             And
             the
             Psalmist
             affirms
             the
             evil
             Angels
             to
             be
             the
             executioners
             of
             the
             sadder
             sentences
             of
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             Psal.
             78.49
             .
             
               He
               cast
               upon
               them
               the
               fierceness
               of
               his
               anger
               ,
               wrath
               and
               indignation
               and
               trouble
               ,
               by
               sending
               evil
               Angels
               among
               them
            
             ;
             where
             the
             Septuagint
             read
             it
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             these
             are
             the
             grim
             Serjeants
             and
             inexorable
             Officers
             ,
             who
             carry
             the
             Souls
             of
             wicked
             men
             to
             their
             places
             of
             punishment
             ;
             which
             therefore
             Origen
             calls
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             
               the
               publick
               Executioners
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             golden
             Verses
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               subterranean
               Daemons
            
             .
             Now
             this
             diversity
             of
             Devils
             must
             needs
             cast
             them
             into
             a
             Political
             Government
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Nor
             is
             it
             to
             be
             thought
             but
             they
             would
             retain
             the
             same
             Order
             and
             Government
             in
             this
             their
             dark
             Empire
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             were
             instated
             while
             they
             continued
             faithful
             subjects
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Light.
             Now
             it
             is
             most
             certain
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             different
             degrees
             of
             Dignity
             and
             Order
             among
             the
             good
             Angels
             ;
             and
             S.
             Paul
             gives
             us
             an
             account
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             Col.
             i.
             16.
             
             
               For
               by
               him
               were
               all
               things
               created
               that
               are
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               that
               are
               in
               Earth
               ,
               visible
               and
               invisible
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               Thrones
               or
               Dominions
               ,
               or
               Principalities
               or
               Powers
               —
            
          
           
           
             And
             here
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             give
             the
             Reader
             a
             short
             discourse
             of
             S.
             Ierome
             ,
             as
             a
             Commentary
             upon
             these
             words
             of
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             produced
             by
             Zanchy
             (
             if
             he
             have
             not
             miscited
             him
             )
             in
             his
             Treatise
             of
             Angels
             .
             
               Nunc
               quaerendum
               est
               ,
               ubi
               Apostolus
               haec
               quatuor
               nomina
               ,
            
             &c.
             i.
             e.
             
               Now
               let
               us
               search
               where
               the
               Apostle
               found
               these
               four
               names
               written
               [
               Thrones
               ,
               Dominions
               ,
               Principalities
               and
               Powers
               ]
               and
               whence
               he
               had
               them
               .
               For
               it
               is
               not
               just
               to
               think
               that
               he
               who
               was
               so
               well
               read
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               should
               speak
               any
               thing
               that
               was
               not
               contained
               in
               those
               sacred
               Volumes
               .
               I
               suppose
               therefore
               that
               he
               either
               brought
               to
               light
               some
               secret
               Tradition
               of
               the
            
             Jews
             ,
             
               or
               at
               least
               that
               he
               (
               understanding
               the
               Law
               to
               be
               Spiritual
               )
               put
               a
               more
               sublime
               sence
               upon
               those
               things
               which
               were
               written
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               History
               and
               Letter
               .
               And
               that
               which
               is
               related
               of
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               ,
               of
               Generals
               ,
               Tribunes
               and
               Centurions
               in
               the
               Book
               of
            
             Numbers
             ,
             
               and
               of
               the
            
             Kings
             ,
             
               he
               knew
               was
               an
               Image
               or
               Embleme
               of
               other
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               ;
               namely
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Heavenly
               Hosts
               
               there
               are
               Principalities
               ,
               Powers
               ,
               Dominions
               and
               Thrones
               ,
               and
               other
               names
               of
               Offices
               ;
               which
               we
               can
               neither
               name
               ,
               nor
               I
               suppose
               Paul
               himself
               while
               in
               this
               earthly
               Body
               would
               enumerate
               .
               Now
               if
               there
               be
               Thrones
               and
               Dominions
               ,
               Principalities
               and
               Powers
               ,
               they
               must
               of
               necessity
               have
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               fear
               and
               serve
               them
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               may
               be
               protected
               by
               their
               strength
               .
               Which
               distributions
               of
               Offices
               ,
               are
               not
               only
               at
               present
               ,
               but
               shall
               be
               in
               the
               world
               to
               come
               ,
               that
               through
               several
               advancements
               and
               Honours
               ,
               and
               Ascensions
               and
               Descensions
               ,
               Beings
               may
               proportionably
               arise
               or
               decline
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               under
               sometimes
               one
               Dominion
               ,
               Principality
               or
               Power
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               another
               .
               We
               mortals
               that
               are
               quickly
               to
               be
               dissolved
               into
               dust
               and
               ashes
               ,
               if
               by
               the
               consent
               of
               men
               we
               should
               be
               made
               Kings
               ,
               we
               have
               presently
               as
               many
               diversities
               and
               multitudes
               of
               attendants
               ,
               as
               may
               more
               easily
               be
               conceived
               than
               spoken
               ;
               and
               shall
               we
               think
               that
               God
               the
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               and
               King
               of
               Kings
               is
               contented
               only
               with
               one
               single
               kind
               of
               Ministry
               ?
            
             Thus
             far
             the
             Father
             in
             a
             Platonical
             strain
             .
          
           
           
             Mr.
             Mede
             somewhere
             speaks
             of
             an
             ancient
             Tradition
             among
             the
             Iews
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             seven
             principal
             Angels
             which
             minister
             before
             the
             Throne
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             called
             Archangels
             ;
             some
             of
             them
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             
               Michael
               ,
               Gabriel
               ,
               Raphael
            
             and
             (
             2
             Esdr.
             4.36
             .
             )
             Ieremiel
             Which
             seven
             principal
             Spirits
             are
             mentioned
             in
             Zech.
             4.10
             .
             where
             they
             are
             described
             to
             be
             
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               Lord
               which
               run
               to
               and
               fro
               through
               the
               whole
               Earth
               .
            
             
             And
             perhaps
             Daniel
             instituted
             the
             seven
             chief
             Princes
             of
             Persia
             ,
             that
             the
             Persian
             Court
             might
             resemble
             that
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             very
             probable
             (
             says
             that
             learned
             Author
             )
             that
             Daniel
             had
             a
             great
             influence
             in
             moulding
             the
             Persian
             Government
             .
             
             A
             notable
             place
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             and
             which
             may
             indeed
             serve
             as
             a
             Commentary
             upon
             the
             forementioned
             Text
             in
             the
             Prophecy
             of
             Zechary
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             Apuleius
             relates
             of
             the
             Persian
             Court
             :
             
             
               Sed
               inter
               eos
               Aures
               Regiae
               ,
               &
               Imperatoris
               Oculi
               quidam
               homines
               vocabantur
               .
               Per
               quae
               officiorum
               genera
               Rex
               ille
               ab
               hominibus
               Deus
               esse
               credebatur
               ;
               cùm
               
               omnia
               quaecunque
               ibi
               gererentur
               ,
               ille
               Otacustarum
               relatione
               dicebat
               .
            
             i.e.
             
               But
               among
               them
               there
               were
               certain
               men
               which
               were
               called
               the
               eyes
               and
               ears
               of
               the
               Prince
               :
               By
               which
               distribution
               of
               offices
               that
               King
               was
               thought
               by
               his
               subjects
               to
               be
               a
               God
               ,
               for
               as
               much
               as
               all
               things
               that
               were
               done
               within
               his
               Empire
               he
               had
               knowledge
               of
               from
               the
               relation
               of
               the
            
             Otacustae
             .
             The
             same
             Tradition
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             World
             by
             seven
             chief
             Spirits
             under
             God
             the
             great
             Monarch
             ,
             is
             yet
             retained
             by
             the
             Persians
             inhabiting
             the
             borders
             of
             India
             .
             
             The
             summ
             of
             all
             amounts
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             since
             there
             is
             a
             subordinacy
             among
             the
             good
             Angels
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             not
             all
             of
             the
             same
             Power
             and
             Authority
             ,
             it
             follows
             that
             even
             among
             the
             bad
             there
             was
             the
             like
             difference
             in
             their
             Order
             and
             Quality
             before
             their
             lapse
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             reason
             given
             why
             this
             distinction
             should
             not
             hold
             good
             amongst
             them
             now
             as
             well
             as
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             That
             these
             wicked
             Spirits
             being
             supposed
             Rational
             Creatures
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             studious
             in
             diffusing
             their
             own
             sinful
             Nature
             upon
             all
             capable
             subjects
             ,
             and
             thereby
             of
             enlarging
             the
             bounds
             of
             their
             usurped
             Dominions
             .
          
           
             THE
             grand
             Prince
             of
             the
             Infernal
             Kingdom
             having
             so
             far
             successfully
             advanced
             his
             rebellious
             design
             in
             the
             seduction
             of
             infinite
             numbers
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             of
             whom
             in
             the
             Ethereal
             Regions
             under
             God
             he
             might
             probably
             be
             the
             great
             Hierarchal
             head
             ,
             and
             finding
             himself
             cast
             down
             from
             those
             happy
             Mansions
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             his
             wicked
             Associates
             ,
             must
             needs
             cast
             an
             envious
             eye
             upon
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             those
             bright
             Legions
             ,
             who
             yet
             stood
             firm
             in
             their
             native
             innocence
             .
             And
             it
             cannot
             be
             thought
             but
             that
             those
             
             principles
             of
             Pride
             and
             Malice
             ,
             and
             an
             immoderate
             thirst
             after
             Rule
             and
             Revenge
             being
             so
             fully
             awakened
             in
             him
             ,
             would
             likewise
             edge
             him
             with
             a
             keen
             desire
             of
             making
             further
             attempts
             upon
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             waging
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               an
               eternal
               war
            
             with
             all
             those
             powers
             he
             saw
             adverse
             and
             cross
             to
             his
             designs
             .
          
           
             No
             sooner
             was
             Man
             created
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             beloved
             off-spring
             of
             God
             placed
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             but
             that
             crooked
             Serpent
             winds
             in
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             subtle
             wiles
             and
             gilded
             flatteries
             ,
             despoils
             him
             of
             his
             beautiful
             Robe
             of
             Innocence
             ,
             and
             throws
             his
             Honour
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             Of
             which
             Sacred
             story
             the
             Pagans
             had
             gotten
             some
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             appears
             from
             what
             Pherecydes
             writes
             ,
             That
             the
             great
             Daemon
             who
             wasted
             the
             Earth
             was
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             hence
             calls
             him
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             of
             a
             
               Serpentine
               kind
               and
               generation
            
             ,
             setting
             mankind
             as
             it
             were
             in
             battel
             aray
             against
             God.
             And
             what
             mischief
             he
             all
             along
             designed
             ,
             and
             still
             carries
             on
             against
             the
             race
             and
             posterity
             of
             Adam
             ,
             the
             Histories
             of
             former
             Ages
             ,
             and
             the
             
             present
             state
             of
             the
             World
             will
             easily
             inform
             us
             .
             So
             mightily
             did
             this
             grand
             deceiver
             ,
             who
             abode
             not
             himself
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             disseminate
             and
             diffuse
             his
             own
             wicked
             nature
             amongst
             men
             ,
             that
             God
             the
             good
             and
             gracious
             maker
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             designed
             to
             destroy
             the
             works
             of
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             universal
             deluge
             wash
             away
             that
             poison
             wherewith
             this
             old
             Serpent
             had
             infected
             the
             Earth
             .
             But
             notwithstanding
             this
             the
             Tyrant
             kept
             still
             his
             hold
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             increase
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             increased
             likewise
             his
             own
             strength
             and
             dominion
             ,
             making
             whole
             Nations
             to
             become
             his
             Vassals
             ,
             and
             do
             him
             service
             .
             For
             what
             else
             can
             we
             think
             ,
             when
             we
             read
             of
             whole
             Countries
             over-spread
             with
             wickedness
             and
             vice
             ,
             barbarity
             and
             lust
             being
             adopted
             into
             their
             Laws
             ,
             and
             practised
             in
             their
             most
             solemn
             Religions
             ?
          
           
             
             Porphyry
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             these
             airy
             Goblins
             delight
             in
             nothing
             more
             ,
             nor
             contend
             more
             eagerly
             than
             
               to
               be
               accounted
               Gods
               ,
               and
               their
               Prince
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               usurp
               the
               place
               of
               the
               most
               
               high
               God.
            
             And
             this
             assertion
             of
             his
             is
             sufficiently
             made
             good
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             constantly
             commanded
             Sacrifices
             to
             be
             offered
             to
             them
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Pagan
             world
             .
             Nor
             did
             their
             boundless
             Pride
             think
             this
             a
             sufficient
             insultation
             over
             the
             calamitous
             state
             of
             mankind
             ,
             unless
             they
             offered
             up
             likewise
             to
             them
             their
             own
             bloud
             .
             Thus
             we
             read
             in
             Histories
             of
             Children
             ,
             young
             Virgins
             and
             Men
             offered
             up
             in
             Sacrifice
             to
             these
             bloud-thirsty
             Deities
             :
             Nay
             ,
             even
             the
             more
             civilized
             Romans
             admitted
             the
             shedding
             of
             humane
             bloud
             to
             
               Iupiter
               Latialis
            
             ,
             which
             barbarous
             custom
             continued
             to
             the
             time
             of
             
               Iustin
               Martyr
            
             and
             Tatian
             .
             I
             need
             not
             insist
             longer
             upon
             this
             ,
             since
             the
             Sacred
             writings
             acquaint
             us
             ,
             that
             God's
             own
             people
             were
             sometimes
             so
             miserably
             depraved
             and
             Paganized
             ,
             as
             to
             sacrifice
             
               their
               Sons
               and
               Daughters
               unto
               Devils
               .
            
             
          
           
             Nor
             is
             the
             uncleanness
             and
             filthiness
             practised
             among
             the
             Pagans
             in
             their
             Religious
             Worship
             less
             notorious
             .
             Insomuch
             that
             those
             very
             Festival
             days
             which
             were
             consecrated
             
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             were
             celebrated
             with
             such
             spectacles
             ,
             that
             grave
             Cato
             was
             ashamed
             to
             be
             present
             at
             them
             .
             It
             would
             be
             too
             tedious
             to
             recite
             the
             many
             obscenities
             acted
             in
             the
             Pagan
             Worship
             ,
             and
             recorded
             in
             their
             own
             Authors
             ;
             I
             shall
             therefore-content
             my self
             with
             what
             S.
             Austin
             observes
             ,
             
             from
             the
             filthiness
             used
             in
             the
             Sacrifices
             offered
             to
             Cybele
             the
             mother
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             where
             he
             supposes
             that
             Scipio
             ,
             if
             his
             Mother
             were
             a
             Goddess
             ,
             and
             he
             were
             asked
             whether
             he
             would
             have
             such
             silthy
             spectacles
             as
             were
             used
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             Cybele
             ,
             to
             be
             part
             likewise
             of
             his
             mothers
             honour
             ,
             he
             would
             certainly
             avow
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             have
             his
             Mother
             lye
             dead
             and
             senseless
             ,
             than
             to
             live
             a
             Goddess
             ,
             to
             hear
             and
             allow
             such
             Ribaldry
             :
             and
             that
             the
             worst
             man
             would
             be
             ashamed
             to
             have
             a
             Mother
             like
             that
             Mother
             of
             the
             Gods.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             is
             all
             this
             ?
             Surely
             only
             to
             shew
             the
             intolerable
             Pride
             and
             Insolence
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             what
             delight
             they
             take
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             gratification
             
             of
             their
             own
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ,
             but
             in
             rendring
             mankind
             the
             unhappy
             and
             miserable
             subjects
             of
             their
             contempt
             and
             scorn
             .
             And
             he
             that
             doubts
             whether
             their
             envy
             at
             the
             practice
             of
             true
             goodness
             ,
             or
             their
             hatred
             of
             us
             be
             so
             great
             as
             is
             supposed
             ;
             let
             him
             but
             consider
             what
             Grotius
             speaks
             concerning
             them
             ;
             
             
               That
               they
               procured
               all
               the
               mischief
               they
               could
               to
               the
               worshippers
               of
               the
               one
               most
               high
               God
               ,
               by
               provoking
               both
               Magistrates
               and
               People
               to
               inflict
               punishments
               upon
               them
               .
               For
               when
               it
               was
               lawful
               for
               Poets
               to
               sing
               of
               the
               Murders
               and
               Adulteries
               committed
               by
               their
               Gods
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Epicures
               to
               take
               away
               all
               Divine
               Providence
               ,
               and
               any
               other
               Religion
               (
               though
               never
               so
               different
               in
               Rites
               )
               was
               allowed
               ,
               as
               the
            
             Egyptian
             ,
             the
             Phrygian
             ,
             the
             Grecian
             ,
             the
             Thuscan
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Sacred
               Rites
               of
            
             Rome
             ;
             
               even
               then
               generally
               the
            
             Jews
             
               alone
               were
               made
               ridiculous
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               Satyrs
               and
               Epigrams
               written
               upon
               them
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               also
               suffered
               banishment
               .
               And
               as
               for
               Christians
               ,
               they
               were
               afflicted
               with
               most
               cruel
               punishments
               :
               No
               other
               
               cause
               whereof
               can
               be
               given
               than
               that
               both
               these
               Sects
               did
               worship
               one
               God
               ,
               whose
               honour
               was
               impeached
               by
               the
               multitude
               of
               such
               Gods
               as
               the
               Heathen
               adored
               ;
               who
               did
               not
               so
               much
               vye
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               as
               with
               him
               .
            
             Which
             is
             evidently
             confirmed
             by
             that
             expression
             of
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Smyrnian
             Church
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             
             
               The
               Devil
               shall
               cast
               some
               of
               you
               into
               prison
            
             —
             i.e.
             the
             Pagans
             incensed
             and
             stirred
             up
             by
             the
             old
             Serpent
             the
             Devil
             .
             
             And
             S.
             Peter
             describes
             him
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             one
             that
             brings
             as
             it
             were
             an
             Indictment
             or
             accusation
             against
             Men
             before
             God
             ,
             but
             sets
             out
             the
             terribleness
             and
             destructiveness
             of
             his
             Nature
             ,
             by
             that
             of
             a
             
               roaring
               Lion
               ,
               walking
               about
               seeking
               whom
               he
               may
               devour
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
               That
               the
               great
               end
               of
               our
               Saviour's
               coming
               into
               the
               World
               was
               to
               rescue
               men
               from
               the
               Tyranny
               ,
               Slavery
               and
               Oppression
               of
               the
               Dark
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             THat
             the
             Apostate
             Prince
             of
             the
             Aiery
             Legions
             had
             miserably
             enslaved
             the
             World
             is
             already
             demonstrated
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             at
             all
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Righteous
             Oeconomy
             of
             Providence
             ,
             to
             suffer
             those
             to
             fall
             under
             his
             Dominion
             ,
             whose
             treacherous
             counsels
             and
             inspirations
             they
             so
             willingly
             hearkned
             to
             in
             their
             more
             happy
             state
             of
             life
             .
             For
             what
             more
             warrantable
             piece
             of
             justice
             can
             there
             be
             ,
             than
             that
             men
             should
             taste
             the
             fruits
             of
             their
             own
             doings
             ?
             And
             since
             by
             choice
             and
             affection
             they
             listed
             themselves
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             now
             they
             should
             suffer
             his
             barbarous
             
             Tyranny
             and
             Domination
             ,
             whether
             with
             or
             against
             their
             wills
             ?
             And
             I
             remember
             that
             Origen
             somewhere
             tells
             Celsus
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             no
             more
             incongruous
             for
             God
             to
             let
             the
             Devil
             Rule
             over
             whole
             Nations
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             than
             to
             suffer
             a
             Tyrant
             to
             preside
             over
             them
             :
             as
             some
             of
             the
             Roman
             Emperors
             were
             .
             But
             though
             this
             grand
             Usurper
             thought
             himself
             secure
             in
             thus
             Lording
             and
             Domineering
             over
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             World
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             fulness
             of
             time
             a
             conspicuous
             and
             most
             remarkable
             Providence
             appeared
             for
             the
             rescue
             of
             mankind
             ,
             and
             the
             meek
             Lamb
             of
             God
             came
             down
             to
             break
             in
             pieces
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             to
             dismantle
             all
             the
             strong
             holds
             ,
             to
             reduce
             revolted
             Man
             to
             his
             former
             Fealty
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             into
             his
             hands
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             .
             That
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             )
             to
             the
             Scepter
             of
             
               Iesus
               every
               knee
               should
               bow
               ,
               of
               things
               in
               Heaven
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               things
               in
               Earth
               ,
               and
               things
               under
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             And
             that
             this
             was
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             ,
             
             S.
             Iohn
             assures
             us
             ;
             
               For
               this
               purpose
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               was
               manifested
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               he
               might
               destroy
               the
               works
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             For
             such
             an
             effectual
             Engine
             is
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             believed
             and
             entertained
             in
             the
             simplicity
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             wind
             off
             men
             from
             their
             adherence
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             to
             dethrone
             him
             from
             his
             unlimited
             power
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Seventy
             Disciples
             ,
             whom
             our
             Lord
             sent
             forth
             ,
             he
             tells
             them
             at
             their
             return
             ,
             that
             the
             success
             they
             had
             ,
             was
             a
             Praeludium
             of
             the
             utter
             subversion
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Satan
             ,
             which
             should
             at
             last
             as
             perfectly
             vanish
             and
             disappear
             ,
             
             as
             lightning
             that
             leaves
             no
             print
             or
             footsteps
             of
             it self
             in
             the
             spacious
             Tracts
             of
             Heaven
             .
             And
             the
             event
             showed
             the
             truth
             of
             things
             :
             For
             after
             many
             cruel
             oppositions
             made
             by
             the
             Dark
             Principality
             ,
             Christianity
             so
             far
             prevailed
             as
             to
             become
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             and
             the
             
               great
               Dragon
               ,
               that
               old
               Serpent
               called
               the
               Devil
               and
               Satan
               ,
            
             
             
               was
               cast
               out
               with
               his
               Angels
               ,
               neither
               was
               there
               place
               found
               any
               more
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
             i.e.
             Paganism
             ,
             
             or
             that
             whole
             Religious
             worship
             whereby
             the
             Devil
             had
             for
             so
             many
             Ages
             abused
             and
             enthralled
             mankind
             was
             abolished
             and
             destroyed
             ,
             the
             Emperors
             becoming
             Christians
             .
          
           
             
             To
             this
             purpose
             Grotius
             discourses
             admirably
             ,
             where
             he
             proves
             that
             the
             Miracles
             of
             our
             Saviour
             proceeded
             not
             from
             any
             evil
             Spirit
             ,
             
               because
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               was
               quite
               opposite
               and
               contrary
               to
               bad
               Spirits
               .
               For
               it
               prohibits
               the
               worshipping
               of
               evil
               Angels
               ,
               and
               disswades
               men
               from
               all
               uncleanness
               of
               affections
               and
               manners
               ,
               wherein
               such
               Spirits
               are
               much
               delighted
               .
               And
               this
               is
               also
               plain
               ,
               for
               that
               wheresoever
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               was
               received
               and
               established
               ,
               there
               followed
               the
               downfal
               of
               the
               worship
               of
               Daemons
               and
               of
               Magical
               Arts
               :
               and
               one
               God
               was
               worshipped
               with
               a
               detestation
               of
               Daemons
               ;
               whose
               Power
               and
               Authority
            
             Porphyry
             
               acknowledges
               was
               broken
               by
               the
               coming
               of
            
             Christ.
             
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             our
             most
             Holy
             Iesus
             in
             all
             things
             opposed
             and
             walked
             exactly
             contrary
             to
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             chastising
             by
             his
             humility
             
             the
             pride
             of
             that
             great
             Lucifer
             ,
             confronting
             by
             his
             innocency
             and
             purity
             the
             iniquity
             and
             uncleanness
             of
             the
             Black
             Society
             ,
             and
             withdrawing
             abused
             mortals
             from
             the
             madness
             of
             Polytheism
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             converting
             their
             hearts
             to
             the
             worship
             of
             the
             One
             only
             true
             God
             ,
             who
             made
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             .
             So
             that
             by
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             and
             the
             propagation
             of
             his
             most
             holy
             Doctrine
             throughout
             the
             world
             ,
             men
             are
             brought
             from
             bondage
             and
             slavery
             to
             true
             liberty
             and
             freedom
             ,
             from
             tyrannical
             and
             cruel
             Taskmasters
             ,
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             a
             mild
             and
             gentle
             Prince
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             lowest
             dregs
             of
             misery
             to
             the
             height
             of
             happiness
             and
             felicity
             .
          
           
             
               This
               only
               true
               Religion
            
             (
             saith
             S.
             
               Austin
               )
               is
               of
               power
               to
               discover
               that
               the
               Gods
               of
               the
            
             Gentiles
             
               are
               most
               unclean
               Spirits
            
             ,
             
             
               desiring
               upon
               the
               occasion
               of
               some
               departed
               Souls
               ,
               or
               under
               the
               shapes
               of
               some
               earthly
               Creatures
               ,
               to
               be
               accounted
               Gods
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               proud
               impurity
               taking
               pleasure
               in
               Obscenities
               as
               in
               Divine
               Honours
               ,
               maligning
               the
               conversion
               of
               mens
               Souls
               unto
               the
               true
               
               God.
               From
               whose
               beastly
               and
               abominable
               Tyranny
               a
               man
               then
               gets
               free
               ,
               when
               he
               lays
               his
               belief
               upon
               Him
               ,
               who
               by
               his
               rare
               example
               of
               humility
               declared
               from
               what
               height
               ,
               and
               for
               what
               pride
               those
               wicked
               Fiends
               had
               their
               fall
               .
            
          
           
             Perhaps
             it
             may
             not
             be
             unpleasant
             now
             to
             the
             Reader
             to
             refresh
             his
             mind
             with
             part
             of
             a
             Hymn
             written
             by
             Synesius
             ,
             in
             honour
             of
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             thus
             Paraphrased
             upon
             by
             a
             learned
             person
             .
          
           
             
               O
               lovely
               Child
               ,
               with
               Glory
               great
               array'd
               !
            
             
               Sweet
               off-spring
               of
               the
               Solymeian
               maid
               !
            
             
               Thee
               would
               I
               sing
               ,
               and
               thy
               renowned
               Acts
               ;
            
             
               For
               thou
               didst
               rid
               the
               boundless
               flowry
               Tracts
            
             
               Of
               thy
               dear
               Fathers
               Garden
               from
               the
               spoils
            
             
               Of
               the
               false
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               his
               treacherous
               toils
               .
            
             
               When
               thou
               hadst
               once
               descended
               to
               this
               Earth
            
             
               A
               stranger
               wight
               'mongst
               us
               of
               humane
               Birth
               ;
            
             
             
               After
               some
               stay
               new
               voyage
               thou
               didst
               take
               ,
            
             
               Crossing
               cold
               Lethe
               and
               the
               Stygian
               Lake
               ,
            
             
               Arriv'st
               at
               the
               low
               fields
               of
               Tartara
               ,
            
             
               There
               where
               innumerable
               flocks
               do
               stray
            
             
               Of
               captive
               Souls
               ,
               whom
               pale-fac'd
               Death
               doth
               feed
               ,
            
             
               Forc'd
               under
               his
               stiff
               Rod
               and
               churlish
               Reed
               .
            
             
               Streight
               at
               thy
               sight
               how
               did
               that
               surly
               sire
            
             
               Old
               Orcus
               quake
               ,
               and
               greedy
               Dog
               retire
            
             
               From
               's
               usual
               watch
               !
               whilst
               thou
               from
               slavish
               chain
            
             
               Whole
               swarms
               of
               Souls
               to
               freedom
               dost
               regain
               .
            
             
               Then
               '
               ginst
               thou
               with
               thy
               Immortal
               Quire
               to
               praise
            
             
               Thy
               Father
               ,
               and
               his
               strength
               to
               Heaven
               to
               raise
               .
            
             
               Ascending
               thus
               with
               joy
               as
               thou
               dost
               fare
            
             
               Through
               the
               thin
               skie
               ,
               the
               Legions
               of
               the
               Air
            
             
               Accursed
               Fiends
               ,
               do
               tremble
               at
               thy
               sight
               ,
            
             
               And
               Starry
               troops
               wax
               pale
               at
               thy
               pure
               Light.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             That
             though
             men
             by
             the
             Gospel
             are
             freed
             from
             that
             slavery
             under
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             that
             yet
             he
             strives
             to
             countermine
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Light
             ;
             and
             when
             men
             will
             so
             far
             reject
             and
             despise
             the
             admonitions
             and
             assistances
             that
             God
             affords
             them
             ,
             he
             may
             justly
             suffer
             them
             to
             be
             acted
             and
             guided
             by
             evil
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             THough
             this
             mighty
             Antagonist
             of
             Heaven
             be
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             dispossest
             and
             cast
             out
             of
             his
             Usurped
             Dominions
             ,
             by
             that
             Illustrious
             Heros
             sitting
             upon
             the
             white
             Horse
             (
             as
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             is
             represented
             ,
             Revel
             .
             19.
             )
             and
             his
             victorious
             Armies
             ,
             yet
             is
             his
             proud
             and
             haughty
             stomach
             no
             whit
             quelled
             ,
             but
             rather
             exasperated
             with
             a
             setled
             and
             confirmed
             revenge
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
             reassembling
             his
             dispersed
             Troops
             ,
             and
             reuniting
             his
             broken
             and
             shatter'd
             Forces
             ,
             he
             resolves
             to
             regain
             that
             by
             policy
             which
             he
             could
             no
             longer
             maintain
             and
             keep
             by
             open
             strength
             .
             Wherefore
             casting
             and
             revolving
             in
             his
             mind
             many
             deep
             and
             direful
             Machinations
             ,
             he
             finds
             nothing
             offering
             greater
             plausibilities
             of
             success
             ,
             than
             to
             turn
             those
             Engines
             that
             so
             sorely
             batter'd
             his
             strongest
             holds
             ,
             against
             the
             possessors
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             Gospel
             which
             was
             intended
             for
             the
             utter
             ruine
             and
             extirpation
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             be
             subservient
             to
             the
             erecting
             and
             raising
             him
             a
             new
             Empire
             over
             mankind
             .
             And
             now
             the
             great
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             walks
             in
             Masquerade
             ,
             and
             puts
             on
             the
             beautiful
             Robes
             of
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             appears
             amongst
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             raises
             up
             the
             depths
             of
             the
             accursed
             policies
             of
             Hell
             ,
             to
             make
             fruitless
             and
             of
             none
             effect
             the
             grand
             intent
             and
             purpose
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             in
             the
             propagation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             And
             this
             he
             endeavours
             by
             instigating
             and
             stirring
             up
             men
             of
             bad
             
             principles
             and
             worse
             lives
             ,
             to
             disseminate
             Heresies
             ,
             and
             raise
             Schisms
             and
             divisions
             among
             Christians
             ;
             labouring
             to
             extinguish
             that
             mutual
             love
             and
             charity
             which
             our
             Lord
             made
             the
             badge
             and
             character
             of
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             to
             bring
             on
             a
             general
             depravation
             and
             corruption
             in
             manners
             .
             These
             are
             some
             of
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             subtle
             machinations
             ,
             the
             thoughts
             and
             counsels
             of
             the
             heart
             of
             Satan
             .
          
           
             And
             with
             what
             successfulness
             he
             hath
             managed
             these
             artisices
             ,
             let
             the
             Histories
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             very
             day
             bear
             witness
             .
             For
             no
             sooner
             were
             the
             storms
             of
             persecution
             a
             little
             allay'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             of
             peace
             and
             tranquillity
             shone
             with
             gentle
             beams
             upon
             the
             professors
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             this
             Arch-enemy
             and
             deceiver
             was
             busie
             in
             sowing
             Tares
             ,
             which
             too
             soon
             became
             fruitful
             ,
             and
             grew
             up
             to
             a
             plentiful
             crop
             of
             Iniquity
             and
             licentious
             disorder
             .
             It
             is
             a
             sad
             face
             of
             things
             that
             Eusebius
             describes
             ,
             
             speaking
             of
             the
             times
             immediately
             preceeding
             Dioclesian
             the
             last
             persecutor
             ;
             
             
               When
               the
               lives
               of
               Christians
               degenerated
               ,
               through
               too
               much
               liberty
               ,
               into
               softness
               and
               sloth
               ,
               and
               Christians
               hated
               and
               reproached
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               with
               those
               weapons
               of
               the
               tongue
               invaded
               and
               fought
               with
               one
               another
               ;
               when
               Bishops
               set
               upon
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               people
               raised
               seditions
               against
               people
               ;
               when
               hypocrisie
               and
               shews
               of
               piety
               filled
               all
               places
               ,
               then
               by
               little
               and
               little
               the
               judgments
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               wont
               ,
               began
               to
               visit
               us
               ;
               and
               when
               we
               used
               no
               means
               to
               appease
               God
               ,
               but
               multiplied
               sin
               upon
               sin
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               did
               not
               respect
               or
               consider
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               so
               there
               was
               nothing
               left
               among
               Christians
               but
               contentions
               ,
               emulations
               ,
               hatred
               ,
               enmity
               ,
               ambition
               ,
               tyranny
               ,
               —
               then
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             succeeding
             times
             were
             no
             whit
             better
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             the
             Man
             of
             sin
             arose
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Infernal
             King
             wrought
             an
             effectual
             depravation
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             and
             revived
             the
             lively
             Image
             of
             Pagan
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             .
             And
             though
             Reformed
             Christendom
             have
             cast
             off
             that
             yoke
             of
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             yet
             they
             labour
             under
             Intestine
             Dissentions
             ,
             and
             crumble
             into
             
             to
             Schisms
             and
             Factions
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             to
             be
             lamented
             ,
             even
             with
             tears
             of
             bloud
             )
             provoke
             and
             exasperate
             ,
             nay
             and
             frequently
             persecute
             one
             another
             through
             a
             bitter
             and
             intemperate
             zeal
             ,
             for
             those
             things
             which
             all
             parties
             agree
             are
             no
             way
             essential
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             a
             Christian.
             Here
             one
             crying
             out
             zealously
             for
             Paul
             ,
             there
             another
             for
             Apollos
             ,
             and
             yonder
             a
             third
             for
             Cephas
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             condemning
             all
             others
             that
             will
             not
             follow
             their
             cry
             as
             Reprobates
             ,
             persons
             only
             sit
             ,
             like
             unprofitable
             burdens
             ,
             to
             be
             sent
             out
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             to
             try
             their
             fortunes
             in
             the
             next
             ;
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             other
             way
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             by
             joyning
             with
             this
             or
             that
             particular
             Sect
             and
             Society
             of
             men
             .
             Now
             what
             are
             all
             these
             evils
             but
             various
             devices
             and
             stratagems
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             to
             undermine
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             to
             defeat
             our
             Lord
             (
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             )
             of
             the
             success
             of
             all
             the
             pains
             he
             took
             in
             the
             Redemption
             of
             the
             World
             ?
             How
             prosperously
             does
             the
             Cause
             of
             Darkness
             thrive
             ,
             when
             men
             shall
             damn
             one
             another
             for
             opinions
             ,
             and
             
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             for
             trifles
             ?
             When
             they
             shall
             profess
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             yet
             live
             like
             Heathens
             ?
          
           
             Now
             when
             God
             looks
             down
             from
             Heaven
             and
             beholds
             all
             those
             Sacred
             methods
             and
             ways
             of
             recovering
             men
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Devil
             undervalued
             and
             despised
             ;
             when
             he
             sees
             men
             wilfully
             shut
             their
             eyes
             against
             those
             bright
             rays
             of
             Truth
             that
             encircle
             them
             ,
             then
             in
             a
             just
             judgment
             he
             suffers
             them
             to
             fall
             under
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             led
             away
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             )
             
               with
               strong
               delusions
            
             ,
             
             to
             the
             occecation
             and
             blinding
             their
             very
             Reasons
             and
             Judgments
             .
             And
             this
             insensate
             condition
             can
             never
             arrive
             to
             its
             full
             maturity
             and
             perfection
             ,
             without
             the
             potent
             Energy
             and
             Activity
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             That
             nothing
             hinders
             ,
             but
             having
             full
             Possession
             of
             the
             Minds
             of
             Men
             ,
             these
             Evil
             Spirits
             may
             likewise
             enslave
             their
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             FOR
             the
             Possession
             of
             the
             Mind
             by
             such
             strong
             falshoods
             as
             shall
             lead
             to
             all
             Impurity
             of
             life
             and
             actions
             ,
             may
             be
             as
             real
             a
             work
             of
             the
             Devil
             (
             though
             not
             so
             visible
             )
             as
             his
             inacting
             their
             Bodies
             .
             And
             if
             it
             might
             as
             well
             conduce
             to
             the
             interest
             and
             advantage
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             to
             make
             such
             visible
             discoveries
             of
             himself
             ,
             by
             acting
             in
             the
             Bodies
             of
             men
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             question
             but
             such
             Possessions
             would
             be
             infinitely
             more
             frequent
             than
             they
             are
             .
             For
             the
             frame
             and
             temper
             of
             the
             Mind
             being
             the
             peculiar
             object
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             ,
             it
             is
             certain
             that
             a
             man
             may
             lapse
             so
             far
             into
             wickedness
             and
             vice
             ,
             as
             to
             forfeit
             this
             Care
             ,
             and
             to
             turn
             
             himself
             out
             of
             her
             Protection
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             comes
             into
             the
             dominion
             of
             ,
             and
             becomes
             a
             prey
             to
             the
             invisible
             Harpyes
             .
             And
             though
             these
             bodily
             vexations
             and
             infestations
             by
             evil
             Daemons
             may
             sometimes
             befal
             others
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             more
             infrequent
             ,
             and
             permitted
             by
             Providence
             for
             ends
             and
             purposes
             not
             readily
             discoverable
             by
             us
             .
             But
             when
             they
             are
             exercised
             upon
             deplorably
             wicked
             and
             profligate
             persons
             ,
             those
             Daemons
             seise
             upon
             and
             use
             but
             what
             is
             their
             own
             .
             Now
             that
             there
             have
             been
             such
             real
             Possessions
             of
             men
             by
             Devils
             hath
             been
             so
             fully
             attested
             by
             unprejudic'd
             persons
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             escape
             the
             suspicion
             of
             having
             imbibed
             some
             Atheistical
             principles
             that
             shall
             have
             the
             confidence
             to
             deny
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             there
             are
             many
             so
             staggering
             ,
             fluctuating
             and
             uncertain
             in
             their
             Religion
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             hardly
             be
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             the
             existence
             of
             such
             Spirits
             ,
             or
             the
             association
             and
             confederation
             of
             men
             with
             these
             foul
             and
             unclean
             Daemons
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             speak
             of
             Wizards
             ,
             
             Witches
             and
             Magicians
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             understand
             persons
             that
             combine
             with
             ,
             and
             are
             confederate
             with
             impure
             Spirits
             ,
             I
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             take
             off
             this
             grand
             Objection
             against
             those
             Sacred
             Writings
             ,
             by
             shewing
             the
             possibility
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             that
             there
             have
             been
             in
             all
             Ages
             of
             the
             World
             such
             as
             have
             practised
             and
             entred
             into
             Familiarity
             with
             wicked
             Daemons
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             not
             therefore
             to
             be
             derided
             and
             exposed
             by
             profane
             Wits
             when
             they
             speak
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             as
             matters
             of
             Fact
             and
             Reality
             ,
             since
             true
             and
             genuine
             Philosophy
             asserts
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             the
             wisest
             and
             most
             learned
             persons
             among
             the
             Heathens
             believed
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Arguments
             and
             Objections
             against
             it
             are
             weak
             and
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             betray
             the
             ignorance
             and
             unskilfulness
             of
             their
             Authors
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
             Of
             Witchcraft
             .
          
           
             THE
             Devil
             is
             not
             contented
             to
             abuse
             mankind
             at
             a
             distance
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             by
             all
             those
             ways
             and
             arts
             and
             illusions
             in
             offering
             temptations
             from
             without
             ,
             and
             thereby
             seducing
             them
             from
             their
             obedience
             to
             God
             ;
             but
             in
             all
             Ages
             those
             impure
             Spirits
             have
             made
             use
             of
             capable
             subjects
             ,
             with
             whom
             they
             have
             entred
             into
             a
             nearer
             union
             and
             stricter
             confederation
             ;
             being
             first
             initiated
             into
             those
             hellish
             mysteries
             by
             some
             External
             solemnities
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             surrender
             themselves
             to
             the
             will
             and
             power
             of
             those
             Aiery
             tyrants
             ,
             and
             by
             seeming
             for
             a
             time
             to
             command
             ,
             render
             themselves
             Vassals
             to
             the
             mockery
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             unbridled
             lusts
             and
             passions
             of
             those
             malicious
             Goblins
             for
             ever
             .
             And
             such
             persons
             are
             properly
             called
             Magicians
             ,
             Wizards
             and
             Witches
             .
          
           
           
             Nevertheless
             it
             must
             here
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             there
             have
             been
             (
             and
             doubtless
             are
             )
             a
             kind
             of
             Necromancers
             or
             Magicians
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             like
             the
             common
             sort
             ,
             not
             only
             grosly
             sunk
             and
             debauched
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             but
             also
             knowingly
             do
             homage
             to
             evil
             Spirits
             as
             such
             ,
             for
             the
             gratification
             of
             their
             Lusts
             ;
             )
             but
             more
             refined
             Ones
             ,
             who
             call
             themselves
             Theurgists
             ,
             such
             as
             being
             in
             some
             measure
             freed
             from
             the
             grosser
             Vices
             ,
             and
             thinking
             to
             have
             to
             do
             only
             with
             good
             Spirits
             ;
             yet
             being
             proud
             and
             vain-glorious
             ,
             and
             affecting
             wonders
             ,
             and
             to
             transcend
             the
             generality
             of
             mankind
             ,
             are
             by
             a
             Divine
             Nemesis
             ,
             justly
             exposed
             to
             the
             illusions
             of
             the
             Devil
             or
             evil
             Spirits
             ,
             cunningly
             insinuating
             here
             ,
             and
             aptly
             accommodating
             themselves
             to
             them
             .
             Now
             such
             as
             these
             may
             have
             the
             assistance
             of
             wicked
             Spirits
             (
             though
             they
             know
             them
             not
             to
             be
             so
             )
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             many
             strange
             and
             wonderful
             things
             ,
             without
             any
             such
             solemn
             compacts
             as
             those
             fouler
             and
             grosser
             Sorcerers
             enter
             into
             .
             And
             though
             Porphyry
             and
             
             some
             others
             did
             distinguish
             these
             two
             sorts
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             condemn
             indeed
             the
             grosser
             ,
             which
             they
             called
             Magick
             or
             Goety
             ,
             but
             allowed
             the
             other
             which
             they
             termed
             Theurgie
             ,
             as
             laudable
             and
             honourable
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             art
             by
             which
             they
             received
             Angels
             ,
             and
             had
             communication
             with
             the
             Gods
             :
             Yet
             S.
             Austin
             assures
             us
             they
             are
             both
             damnable
             ,
             
             and
             bound
             to
             the
             observation
             of
             false
             and
             silthy
             Devils
             instead
             of
             Angels
             :
             which
             he
             further
             proves
             by
             relating
             a
             memorable
             story
             out
             of
             Porphyry
             ,
             of
             a
             certain
             Chaldean
             who
             (
             good
             man
             )
             complained
             that
             all
             his
             endeavour
             to
             purge
             his
             Soul
             by
             these
             Theurgick
             consecrations
             was
             frustrate
             ,
             by
             reason
             a
             great
             Artist
             envying
             him
             this
             happiness
             ,
             adjured
             the
             powers
             he
             was
             to
             deal
             with
             by
             holy
             Invocations
             ,
             and
             bound
             them
             from
             granting
             him
             any
             of
             his
             requests
             .
             Of
             this
             sort
             were
             probably
             
               Zoroaster
               ,
               Apollonius
               Tyanaeus
               ,
               Apuleius
               ,
            
             and
             some
             others
             of
             later
             times
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             more
             distinct
             and
             orderly
             procedure
             in
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             I
             shall
             consider
             these
             three
             things
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             First
             ,
             the
             account
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             give
             of
             Magick
             or
             Witchcraft
             .
             In
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             a
             severe
             punishment
             no
             less
             than
             Death
             it self
             is
             ordained
             for
             Necromancers
             ,
             Wizards
             and
             Witches
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             commerce
             with
             familiar
             Spirits
             ,
             Levit.
             20.27
             .
             And
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             are
             expresly
             forbid
             to
             consult
             with
             any
             such
             ,
             Levit.
             19.31
             .
             Deut.
             18.10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Now
             it
             seems
             very
             dilute
             and
             insipid
             to
             direct
             the
             intention
             of
             these
             Laws
             only
             against
             Juglers
             ,
             Miracle-mongers
             or
             Impostors
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             impossible
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             that
             there
             should
             be
             any
             confederation
             of
             men
             with
             evil
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             those
             strange
             effects
             performed
             by
             Necromantick
             Arts
             ,
             and
             truly
             supposed
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             pass
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             those
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             malicious
             and
             deceitful
             Daemons
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             Magicians
             are
             confederate
             ,
             are
             only
             Prestigious
             delusions
             and
             tricks
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             of
             
               Leger
               du
               maine
            
             .
          
           
             For
             first
             ,
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             Law
             it self
             shews
             it
             to
             be
             of
             a
             higher
             and
             
             greater
             importance
             ,
             Deut.
             18.12
             .
             
               For
               all
               that
               do
               these
               things
               are
               an
               abomination
               to
               the
               Lord
               :
               and
               because
               of
               these
               abominations
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               doth
               drive
               them
               out
               from
               before
               thee
               .
            
             And
             surely
             nothing
             can
             be
             a
             greater
             and
             more
             hainous
             wickedness
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             man
             to
             forsake
             the
             guidance
             of
             an
             Almighty
             Providence
             ,
             and
             have
             recourse
             upon
             all
             occasions
             to
             those
             wandring
             Goblins
             ,
             who
             intend
             nothing
             less
             than
             the
             destruction
             of
             all
             those
             that
             have
             to
             do
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             which
             adds
             a
             further
             confirmation
             of
             the
             greatness
             and
             Majesty
             of
             this
             Law
             is
             ,
             what
             the
             Iews
             themselves
             saw
             before
             their
             departure
             out
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             opposition
             made
             against
             Moses
             by
             the
             Magicians
             of
             Pharaoh
             ;
             whose
             miracles
             were
             not
             Juggles
             and
             Impostures
             done
             by
             sleight
             of
             hand
             ,
             but
             real
             things
             produced
             and
             effected
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             evil
             Spirits
             .
             For
             had
             they
             been
             otherwise
             ,
             they
             might
             still
             have
             gone
             on
             ,
             and
             not
             cried
             out
             ,
             
               This
               is
               the
               finger
               of
               God
               ,
            
             when
             a
             power
             transcending
             theirs
             restrained
             and
             overruled
             them
             .
             And
             indeed
             
             whoever
             considers
             aright
             the
             frame
             of
             the
             Polity
             and
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             how
             far
             those
             evil
             Daemons
             have
             degenerated
             from
             all
             Goodness
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             how
             studious
             they
             are
             to
             promote
             and
             disseminate
             a
             Spirit
             and
             Nature
             of
             Wretchedness
             and
             Vice
             ,
             and
             withal
             how
             deadly
             and
             implacable
             foes
             of
             mankind
             ,
             and
             how
             ready
             at
             all
             turns
             to
             wait
             upon
             either
             the
             fond
             curiosity
             or
             more
             deliberate
             and
             designed
             purposes
             of
             those
             that
             will
             be
             tampering
             with
             them
             ,
             will
             not
             easily
             allow
             the
             concernment
             of
             these
             Laws
             to
             be
             so
             low
             and
             trifling
             as
             to
             look
             only
             at
             Juglers
             ,
             Cheats
             and
             Impostors
             .
             But
             there
             having
             been
             such
             among
             the
             Pagans
             who
             surrounded
             the
             Iews
             ,
             as
             really
             practised
             Sorcery
             ,
             and
             entred
             into
             familiarity
             with
             wicked
             Spirits
             ,
             it
             is
             certain
             that
             such
             are
             here
             likewise
             meant
             by
             Moses
             .
             And
             therefore
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             the
             words
             themselves
             do
             properly
             bear
             that
             sence
             :
             For
             Mecaseph
             denotes
             alike
             Magicians
             and
             Inchanters
             ,
             and
             both
             these
             are
             called
             in
             Scripture
             Melahesim
             ,
             
             which
             word
             is
             from
             
               Lahas
               susurravit
            
             ,
             because
             those
             persons
             did
             by
             whispering
             or
             muttering
             converse
             with
             or
             desire
             the
             assistance
             of
             Daemons
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             word
             Ob
             will
             best
             be
             explained
             by
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Python
            
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             belly-speakers
             ,
             i.
             e.
             those
             out
             of
             whose
             bellies
             (
             as
             the
             Oracles
             out
             of
             Caves
             )
             the
             Devil
             spake
             .
             Ofthese
             Photius
             gives
             an
             account
             in
             his
             Epistles
             :
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               The
               wicked
               and
               unclean
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               inhabits
               a
               mans
               belly
               as
               a
               Serpent
               his
               hole
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               being
               unclean
               is
               fit
               to
               dwell
               in
               that
               place
               which
               is
               the
               receptacle
               of
               Ordure
               ,
               they
               appositely
               call
               Engastrimuthus
               .
            
             And
             of
             this
             kind
             of
             Devil
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             which
             loves
             to
             dwell
             in
             the
             Ordure
             both
             of
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             i.
             e.
             
               It
               is
               a
               great
               deceiver
               of
               people
               ,
               and
               Author
               of
               destruction
               to
               all
               that
               give
               ear
               to
               it
               .
            
             
             These
             the
             Hebrew
             calls
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             from
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             
               the
               belly
            
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             is
             rendred
             by
             Galen
             ,
             because
             they
             speak
             without
             opening
             their
             mouth
             ,
             and
             so
             seem
             to
             speak
             out
             of
             the
             belly
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             second
             particular
             to
             be
             insisted
             upon
             is
             this
             ,
             
               That
               nothing
               hinders
               in
               the
               reason
               of
               the
               thing
               it self
               ,
               but
               that
               there
               may
               be
               real
               confederations
               and
               contracts
               betwixt
               wicked
               and
               wretched
               Persons
               and
               evil
               Spirits
               .
            
             To
             this
             purpose
             we
             must
             know
             that
             the
             Devil
             hath
             all
             along
             endeavoured
             to
             Ape
             and
             Imitate
             the
             actions
             of
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             and
             to
             deprave
             the
             Institutions
             he
             appointed
             in
             his
             Worship
             to
             perverse
             and
             wicked
             ends
             .
             Thus
             because
             Sacrifices
             were
             offered
             to
             the
             True
             God
             ,
             the
             Arch-Fiend
             commands
             likewise
             the
             same
             to
             be
             done
             to
             him
             :
             And
             as
             God
             sometimes
             by
             fire
             from
             Heaven
             declared
             his
             acceptation
             of
             the
             Sacrifices
             performed
             to
             him
             ;
             so
             this
             likewise
             hath
             been
             counterfeited
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Sacrifice
             offered
             up
             to
             Iupiter
             by
             the
             Rhodians
             ;
             And
             at
             Hierocaesarea
             ,
             and
             Hypaepae
             (
             saith
             
             Pausanias
             )
             wood
             laid
             upon
             the
             Altar
             ,
             is
             commonly
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             
             without
             putting
             fire
             to
             it
             ,
             only
             at
             the
             mumbling
             of
             some
             few
             words
             by
             a
             Priest.
             Moreover
             Solinus
             reports
             the
             same
             of
             the
             Vulcanian
             Hill
             in
             Sicily
             ,
             where
             when
             the
             Sacrifice
             is
             prepared
             ,
             
               ab
               ipso
               Numine
               fit
               accendium
            
             ,
             the
             green
             wood
             fires
             of
             it self
             ,
             and
             the
             Deity
             by
             consuming
             the
             Sacrifice
             by
             fire
             gives
             a
             testimony
             of
             his
             acceptance
             of
             the
             Oblation
             .
             And
             upon
             some
             Mountain
             in
             Africa
             (
             if
             I
             misremember
             not
             )
             the
             Cacodaemon
             offers
             himself
             to
             those
             who
             for
             certain
             days
             have
             duly
             prepared
             themselves
             ,
             
               splendidâ
               circumfusum
               nube
            
             ,
             environ'd
             with
             a
             bright
             cloud
             ,
             an
             imitation
             doubtless
             of
             the
             Divine
             Presence
             manifested
             by
             a
             cloud
             upon
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Iews
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             overshadowed
             the
             Disciples
             at
             the
             Transfiguration
             of
             our
             Saviour
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             the
             Sacrifices
             offered
             up
             to
             the
             true
             God
             of
             Israel
             were
             Federal
             Rites
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             did
             partake
             of
             them
             did
             thereby
             enter
             into
             a
             Covenant
             with
             God
             to
             become
             his
             servants
             ,
             and
             obey
             his
             Laws
             ;
             so
             the
             
             Aiery
             Principality
             hath
             Mimically
             observed
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             offered
             Sacrifices
             to
             Daemons
             were
             supposed
             by
             partaking
             of
             those
             Sacrifices
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             stricter
             league
             and
             familiarity
             with
             those
             evil
             Spirits
             .
             And
             as
             all
             Covenants
             between
             God
             and
             Men
             have
             been
             performed
             by
             certain
             sensible
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             (
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             in
             these
             Earthly
             Bodies
             requiring
             that
             it
             should
             be
             so
             )
             in
             like
             manner
             have
             all
             the
             mutual
             compacts
             and
             stipulations
             between
             wicked
             men
             and
             Devils
             been
             transacted
             by
             some
             sensible
             ways
             and
             signs
             or
             other
             .
             If
             therefore
             in
             all
             confederations
             between
             men
             and
             superior
             and
             invisible
             Powers
             there
             have
             been
             some
             External
             and
             visible
             Ceremonies
             ,
             whereby
             these
             Consociations
             have
             been
             ratified
             and
             confirmed
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             startle
             so
             much
             at
             the
             intimacy
             and
             familiarity
             of
             an
             impure
             and
             foul
             Spirit
             with
             a
             Wizard
             or
             Witch
             ?
             Nay
             though
             there
             should
             intervene
             to
             complete
             the
             Hellish
             Contract
             some
             such
             External
             Rite
             as
             the
             drawing
             of
             bloud
             from
             those
             wretched
             
             persons
             by
             the
             wicked
             Daemon
             ?
             For
             the
             drinking
             of
             bloud
             hath
             sometimes
             been
             made
             use
             of
             by
             Conspirators
             and
             other
             wicked
             persons
             as
             the
             strongest
             Sacrament
             and
             Tye
             of
             a
             mutual
             Confederacy
             that
             could
             be
             imagined
             :
             Thus
             Plutarch
             in
             the
             life
             of
             
               Valerius
               Publicola
            
             relates
             ,
             that
             the
             Conspirators
             against
             Brutus
             and
             his
             fellow
             Consul
             bound
             themselves
             one
             to
             another
             by
             a
             great
             and
             horrible
             Oath
             ,
             drinking
             the
             Bloud
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             shaking
             hands
             in
             his
             Bowels
             whom
             they
             would
             Sacrifice
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Gnosticks
             and
             Nicolaitans
             made
             use
             of
             the
             like
             Ceremonies
             is
             recorded
             by
             
               Eusebius
               ,
               Epiphanius
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             whose
             impious
             Transactions
             gave
             occasion
             to
             the
             Heathens
             to
             object
             Thyestean
             Banquets
             against
             the
             Christians
             .
             Of
             the
             Cataphryges
             S.
             Austin
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             of
             Heresies
             tells
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             said
             to
             have
             very
             abominable
             Sacraments
             ;
             for
             they
             celebrated
             their
             Eucharist
             with
             the
             Bloud
             of
             an
             Infant
             of
             a
             year
             old
             ,
             which
             they
             forced
             out
             of
             his
             body
             by
             pricking
             and
             making
             small
             wounds
             ,
             mixing
             it
             with
             
             flour
             ,
             and
             so
             making
             bread
             of
             it
             .
             And
             what
             reason
             have
             we
             to
             think
             that
             there
             may
             not
             some
             such
             damnable
             solemnity
             be
             used
             in
             the
             compacts
             between
             Magicians
             and
             these
             silthy
             Daemons
             ?
             The
             result
             of
             all
             then
             is
             this
             ;
             If
             there
             have
             been
             Confederations
             and
             Compacts
             between
             men
             and
             Devils
             transacted
             and
             performed
             by
             sensible
             signs
             ,
             then
             there
             may
             still
             be
             an
             Agreement
             or
             Confederacy
             between
             an
             evil
             Spirit
             and
             a
             Witch
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             take
             notice
             ,
             
               That
               there
               are
               divers
               Degrees
               of
               these
               lapsed
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               sute
               themselves
               according
               to
               the
               tempers
               and
               constitutions
               of
               the
               persons
               they
               deal
               withal
               .
            
             This
             I
             have
             in
             part
             already
             discovered
             ,
             but
             shall
             now
             prosecute
             it
             a
             little
             further
             :
             wherefore
             though
             the
             whole
             Army
             of
             these
             wicked
             Spirits
             that
             rebelled
             against
             God
             (
             how
             numerous
             soever
             )
             be
             cast
             down
             from
             the
             Ethereal
             Regions
             ,
             and
             confin'd
             within
             the
             Atmosphere
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             partly
             by
             a
             Divine
             Decree
             ,
             and
             partly
             urged
             by
             the
             Fatal
             necessity
             of
             their
             degenerate
             natures
             ,
             yet
             
             their
             propensions
             and
             inclinations
             are
             not
             all
             alike
             ,
             but
             are
             as
             various
             and
             different
             as
             those
             of
             mankind
             .
             Psellus
             from
             Marcus
             the
             Eremite
             (
             a
             skilful
             Daemonist
             )
             relates
             six
             kinds
             of
             Daemons
             ;
             the
             first
             Fiery
             ,
             
             called
             Lelurion
             ,
             i.
             e.
             
               Nocturnal
               Fire
            
             ,
             and
             these
             wander
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Aiery
             Region
             ,
             yet
             far
             beneath
             the
             Moon
             :
             The
             second
             are
             Aiery
             ,
             whose
             Mansions
             are
             these
             lower
             Regions
             nearer
             to
             us
             :
             The
             third
             are
             Terrestrial
             ,
             dwelling
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             perillous
             foes
             to
             mankind
             :
             The
             fourth
             are
             Aquatick
             or
             watry
             ,
             keeping
             their
             haunts
             about
             Rivers
             ,
             Lakes
             and
             Springs
             ,
             drowning
             men
             often
             ,
             raising
             storms
             at
             Sea
             and
             sinking
             Ships
             :
             The
             fifth
             sort
             are
             Subterranean
             ,
             living
             in
             Caverns
             and
             Hollows
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             often
             hurting
             and
             killing
             Well-diggers
             and
             Miners
             for
             Metals
             ,
             causing
             Earthquakes
             and
             Eruptions
             of
             Flames
             and
             Pestilent
             Winds
             :
             The
             last
             and
             worst
             sort
             are
             those
             light-hating
             Ghosts
             or
             night-walkers
             ,
             the
             dark
             and
             most
             inscrutable
             kind
             ,
             and
             striking
             all
             things
             they
             meet
             with
             cold
             Passions
             .
             And
             all
             
             these
             Daemons
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             hate
             both
             Gods
             and
             Men
             ,
             but
             some
             worse
             than
             others
             .
          
           
             But
             whether
             there
             be
             just
             so
             many
             kinds
             is
             not
             at
             all
             material
             ,
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             among
             that
             degenerate
             crue
             their
             Humours
             and
             Passions
             are
             various
             and
             different
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             fitted
             for
             the
             undertaking
             different
             Employments
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             great
             Divan
             or
             superior
             Council
             of
             Darkness
             shall
             order
             and
             allot
             them
             .
             And
             these
             Daemons
             take
             care
             to
             sute
             themselves
             to
             the
             tempers
             of
             those
             they
             have
             familiarity
             withal
             ;
             and
             the
             Devils
             with
             whom
             Apollonius
             conversed
             might
             be
             far
             different
             from
             those
             fouler
             and
             grosser
             Fiends
             that
             attend
             a
             wicked
             Sorceress
             ,
             daily
             sucking
             her
             bloud
             ,
             and
             nestling
             in
             her
             loathsome
             rags
             .
          
           
             To
             carry
             on
             this
             a
             little
             higher
             ;
             A
             deep
             Contemplator
             that
             considers
             the
             frame
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             several
             Beings
             contained
             therein
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             mutual
             relations
             ,
             affections
             and
             dependences
             upon
             one
             another
             ,
             shall
             find
             that
             there
             is
             a
             certain
             Sympathy
             running
             through
             the
             
             Universe
             ,
             whereby
             Superior
             things
             act
             upon
             Inferior
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             continued
             through
             the
             whole
             material
             Creation
             by
             that
             Plastick
             nature
             that
             pervades
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             being
             life
             and
             activity
             ,
             and
             consequently
             incorporeal
             ,
             acts
             fatally
             and
             Magically
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             without
             any
             express
             consciousness
             of
             what
             it
             does
             .
             From
             hence
             arises
             a
             kind
             of
             union
             that
             combines
             and
             makes
             a
             continuation
             between
             all
             things
             in
             Nature
             ,
             which
             the
             Platonists
             signified
             ,
             when
             they
             said
             the
             whole
             World
             was
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               the
               great
               Magician
            
             or
             Inchanter
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             called
             
               Natural
               Magick
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Concords
             and
             Discords
             ,
             or
             Sympathies
             and
             Antipathies
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             several
             instances
             .
             Now
             as
             in
             Nature
             there
             is
             such
             a
             Conspiration
             ,
             so
             likewise
             in
             Moral
             Agents
             ,
             whereby
             things
             are
             carried
             by
             a
             certain
             Assimilation
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             temper
             and
             disposition
             of
             the
             mind
             :
             Thus
             wicked
             men
             do
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             harmony
             or
             agreeableness
             of
             Nature
             invite
             and
             draw
             wicked
             Spirits
             to
             their
             Association
             ;
             and
             this
             Magnetism
             is
             raised
             and
             Invigorated
             
             by
             a
             deep
             grounded
             exorbitancy
             of
             the
             Passions
             and
             Affections
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             person
             deeply
             immersed
             in
             Envy
             and
             Malice
             ,
             and
             edged
             with
             a
             sharp
             desire
             of
             Revenge
             ,
             does
             as
             naturally
             call
             and
             solicite
             an
             evil
             Daemon
             ,
             as
             the
             cries
             and
             shrieks
             of
             dying
             Beasts
             will
             gather
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             to
             their
             assistance
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             greater
             difficulty
             in
             conceiving
             that
             an
             impure
             Spirit
             may
             thus
             be
             solicited
             into
             a
             confederacy
             with
             a
             Witch
             (
             being
             otherwise
             sufficiently
             prompted
             to
             such
             villany
             by
             their
             own
             wicked
             natures
             )
             than
             that
             an
             evil
             Daemon
             should
             be
             called
             down
             by
             certain
             Charms
             and
             Previous
             Consecrations
             to
             inhabit
             an
             Image
             .
             For
             this
             latter
             S.
             Austin
             cites
             a
             passage
             out
             of
             
               Hermes
               Trismegist
            
             ;
             
             
               Wherefore
               our
               Fathers
               erring
               exceedingly
               in
               Incredulity
               concerning
               the
               Deities
               ,
               and
               never
               penetrating
               into
               the
               depth
               of
               Divine
               Religion
               ,
               they
               invented
               an
               Art
               to
               make
               Gods
               ,
               whereunto
               they
               joyned
               a
               Virtue
               out
               of
               some
               part
               of
               the
               Worlds
               Nature
               ,
               like
               to
               the
               other
               :
               and
               conjoyning
               these
               two
               ,
               because
               
               they
               could
               make
               no
               Souls
               ,
               they
               framed
               certain
               Images
               ,
               whereinto
               they
               called
               either
               Angels
               or
               Devils
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               these
               mysteries
               gave
               these
               Idols
               power
               to
               hurt
               or
               help
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Having
             thus
             far
             shewed
             that
             there
             have
             been
             in
             all
             Ages
             such
             persons
             as
             we
             call
             Witches
             or
             Magicians
             ,
             not
             only
             from
             the
             account
             which
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             give
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Nature
             and
             Reason
             of
             the
             thing
             it self
             ,
             and
             by
             rational
             evidence
             made
             good
             the
             possibility
             of
             a
             Confederation
             between
             Men
             and
             wicked
             Daemons
             ;
             there
             remains
             no
             more
             now
             but
             to
             answer
             those
             Objections
             ,
             and
             refute
             the
             Arguments
             ,
             in
             which
             some
             so
             mightily
             triumph
             ,
             that
             they
             think
             nothing
             is
             more
             plain
             than
             that
             Witchcraft
             is
             a
             mere
             Fiction
             and
             Imposture
             ,
             and
             a
             ridiculous
             piece
             of
             non-sence
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             greatly
             to
             be
             feared
             is
             thus
             far
             improved
             to
             cast
             a
             contempt
             upon
             the
             Sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             to
             explode
             the
             Being
             of
             Spirits
             as
             Creatures
             rather
             existing
             in
             mens
             Brains
             and
             Imaginations
             ,
             than
             any
             where
             else
             in
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             to
             make
             Religion
             a
             meer
             cheat
             and
             delusion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             OBJECTION
             I.
             That
             these
             Witches
             are
             supposed
             to
             be
             present
             at
             their
             Nocturnal
             Conventicles
             and
             Diabolical
             meetings
             ,
             when
             their
             Bodies
             are
             at
             home
             ;
             which
             is
             impossible
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             THis
             Objection
             proceeds
             either
             from
             ignorance
             ,
             or
             misunderstanding
             the
             nature
             and
             powers
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             whose
             union
             with
             the
             Body
             is
             not
             by
             Cogitation
             and
             Will
             (
             for
             then
             there
             might
             be
             an
             actual
             separation
             whenever
             men
             pleased
             )
             but
             fixed
             in
             some
             lower
             Power
             ,
             which
             chains
             and
             links
             the
             Soul
             to
             the
             Body
             ,
             even
             against
             her
             will
             in
             acute
             and
             sharp
             Diseases
             :
             And
             this
             union
             is
             upon
             certain
             terms
             and
             conditions
             ,
             which
             so
             long
             as
             they
             continue
             unbroken
             and
             inviolate
             ,
             the
             Soul
             is
             confined
             to
             her
             Earthly
             mansion
             and
             habitation
             ;
             but
             when
             these
             laws
             and
             conditions
             shall
             be
             infringed
             either
             by
             external
             violence
             or
             the
             prevalency
             of
             a
             Disease
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             enormous
             and
             
             extreme
             disorder
             and
             perturbation
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             then
             she
             dislodges
             ,
             not
             by
             explicit
             Will
             and
             Counsel
             ,
             but
             by
             Necessity
             and
             Constraint
             ,
             because
             the
             Body
             is
             no
             longer
             tenantable
             or
             capable
             of
             her
             reception
             ;
             and
             then
             ensues
             that
             which
             we
             properly
             call
             Death
             ,
             
             which
             (
             as
             that
             acute
             Philosopher
             Des-Cartes
             rightly
             concludes
             )
             never
             happens
             through
             any
             defect
             or
             fault
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             but
             only
             because
             some
             of
             the
             principal
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             are
             depraved
             and
             corrupted
             :
             And
             the
             difference
             (
             he
             says
             )
             between
             the
             Body
             of
             a
             living
             Man
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             a
             dead
             one
             ,
             is
             much
             what
             the
             same
             as
             between
             a
             Watch
             or
             any
             other
             Automaton
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             any
             kind
             of
             Machine
             that
             moves
             of
             it self
             )
             wound
             up
             ,
             having
             of
             it self
             the
             corporeal
             principle
             of
             those
             Motions
             for
             which
             it
             was
             instituted
             ,
             with
             all
             things
             requisite
             for
             its
             action
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Watch
             or
             other
             Engine
             when
             it
             is
             broken
             ,
             and
             the
             principle
             of
             its
             Motion
             ceases
             to
             act
             .
          
           
             From
             hence
             it
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             impossibility
             in
             the
             thing
             ,
             nor
             any
             such
             inextricable
             difficulty
             
             in
             conceiving
             how
             the
             Soul
             may
             actually
             separate
             from
             the
             Body
             for
             some
             time
             without
             ensuing
             Death
             .
             For
             the
             further
             clearing
             of
             which
             there
             are
             these
             two
             things
             required
             ;
             1.
             
             To
             shew
             how
             the
             necessary
             Functions
             of
             life
             may
             be
             conserved
             and
             kept
             up
             while
             the
             Soul
             is
             separate
             from
             the
             Body
             .
             2.
             
             To
             consider
             what
             those
             things
             are
             which
             may
             cause
             a
             Temporaneous
             disunion
             and
             disjunction
             of
             the
             Soul
             from
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             First
             then
             it
             will
             not
             seem
             at
             all
             strange
             that
             the
             principal
             Functions
             of
             life
             should
             be
             performed
             for
             some
             time
             without
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             them
             who
             will
             admit
             of
             the
             principles
             of
             the
             Cartesian
             Philosophy
             ,
             which
             supposes
             that
             the
             Soul
             contributes
             nothing
             to
             any
             of
             those
             Motions
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             depond
             not
             upon
             actual
             Will
             and
             Cogitation
             .
             And
             if
             withal
             we
             suppose
             Brutes
             to
             be
             but
             Machines
             or
             Automata
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             very
             clear
             that
             all
             those
             Motions
             which
             we
             call
             Vital
             in
             the
             Body
             may
             be
             performed
             without
             the
             actual
             presence
             of
             the
             Soul.
             
          
           
           
             But
             if
             this
             seem
             harsh
             and
             irrational
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             imagine
             bare
             Mechanism
             to
             be
             an
             incompetent
             cause
             for
             the
             production
             of
             such
             effects
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Systole
             and
             Diastole
             of
             the
             Heart
             which
             later
             Anatomists
             have
             found
             to
             be
             a
             Muscular
             Constriction
             and
             Relaxation
             ,
             and
             the
             Circulation
             of
             the
             Bloud
             through
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             must
             proceed
             ,
             not
             from
             a
             Mechanical
             but
             Vital
             principle
             :
             They
             may
             be
             pleased
             to
             consider
             that
             in
             Nature
             there
             is
             a
             certain
             
               Vis
               Plastica
            
             (
             or
             rather
             Nature
             it self
             is
             it
             )
             a
             
               Plastick
               Power
            
             ,
             or
             Inconscious
             ,
             Incorporeal
             life
             ,
             which
             passing
             through
             the
             Universe
             ,
             governs
             all
             the
             Motions
             of
             Matter
             every
             where
             ,
             according
             to
             such
             laws
             fatally
             imprest
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             reconciles
             the
             enmities
             and
             contrarieties
             of
             particular
             things
             ,
             bringing
             them
             into
             one
             general
             Harmony
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             strikes
             the
             first
             and
             Rudimental
             lineaments
             in
             the
             formation
             of
             the
             Bodies
             of
             Animals
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             may
             be
             particular
             Souls
             or
             Spirits
             be
             so
             far
             rapt
             and
             drawn
             into
             consent
             ,
             as
             to
             work
             strange
             effects
             ,
             
             not
             only
             upon
             their
             own
             ,
             but
             upon
             separate
             and
             distant
             Bodies
             :
             Now
             by
             this
             Hylarchical
             principle
             or
             Plastick
             nature
             ,
             so
             many
             of
             the
             vital
             motions
             of
             the
             Body
             may
             be
             kept
             in
             play
             as
             shall
             render
             it
             as
             fit
             and
             convenient
             for
             the
             Inhabitation
             of
             the
             Soul
             at
             its
             return
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             when
             she
             dislodged
             and
             separated
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             the
             second
             particular
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             possible
             the
             Soul
             may
             be
             rapt
             from
             this
             Terrestrial
             Body
             ,
             and
             carried
             to
             remote
             and
             distant
             places
             ,
             from
             whence
             she
             may
             make
             a
             Postliminiar
             return
             ,
             by
             either
             of
             these
             two
             ways
             :
             1.
             
             From
             a
             vehement
             affection
             or
             deep
             imagination
             piercing
             into
             the
             very
             lowest
             of
             her
             Powers
             .
             2.
             
             By
             the
             assistance
             and
             activity
             of
             a
             more
             potent
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             While
             a
             House
             is
             standing
             whole
             and
             entire
             ,
             the
             occupier
             of
             it
             may
             go
             out
             and
             in
             and
             still
             keep
             the
             possession
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             is
             either
             thrown
             down
             and
             broken
             by
             an
             external
             violence
             ,
             or
             falls
             to
             pieces
             through
             the
             rottenness
             and
             consumption
             of
             its
             
             parts
             ,
             he
             must
             lye
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             if
             he
             cannot
             get
             another
             dwelling
             :
             Such
             is
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             Soul
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             whose
             principal
             parts
             in
             which
             consist
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             whole
             being
             corrupted
             ,
             she
             hastes
             away
             ,
             never
             to
             return
             till
             it
             be
             rebuilt
             ;
             But
             while
             they
             remain
             firm
             and
             safe
             ,
             she
             may
             be
             carried
             out
             by
             strong
             and
             powerful
             affections
             ,
             and
             re-enter
             and
             dwell
             there
             as
             before
             .
             Nor
             is
             any
             Desire
             or
             Velleity
             whereby
             many
             will
             say
             they
             would
             fain
             go
             out
             of
             their
             Bodies
             to
             some
             distant
             place
             ,
             though
             without
             any
             more
             potent
             affection
             than
             to
             try
             the
             experiment
             ,
             enough
             to
             cause
             a
             separation
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             so
             strong
             and
             vehement
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             imprint
             it self
             upon
             the
             imagination
             ,
             as
             to
             reach
             that
             Plastick
             Faculty
             by
             which
             the
             Soul
             is
             connected
             to
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             these
             cords
             being
             loosened
             and
             untied
             ,
             she
             may
             without
             any
             difficulty
             pass
             into
             the
             open
             Air.
             
          
           
             And
             he
             that
             considers
             the
             strange
             and
             wonderful
             effects
             of
             Imagination
             even
             upon
             these
             our
             Earthly
             Tenements
             ,
             will
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             doubt
             
             but
             the
             same
             Power
             may
             extend
             to
             a
             Temporary
             disjunction
             of
             the
             Soul
             from
             the
             Body
             .
             Common
             experience
             shows
             how
             the
             Pica
             or
             longing
             of
             a
             pregnant
             Woman
             will
             by
             a
             keen
             Fancy
             stamp
             and
             impress
             the
             character
             of
             the
             thing
             so
             passionately
             desired
             upon
             the
             Child
             in
             her
             womb
             .
             I
             will
             not
             take
             upon
             me
             to
             maintain
             the
             truth
             of
             all
             those
             strange
             effects
             attributed
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             Imagination
             by
             Fienus
             ,
             
             
               Cornelius
               Agrippa
            
             and
             others
             ;
             though
             I
             must
             confess
             so
             much
             is
             said
             by
             them
             as
             to
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             as
             may
             satisfie
             a
             free
             and
             unprejudicated
             mind
             ,
             that
             the
             power
             of
             Imagination
             even
             upon
             these
             gross
             and
             unwieldy
             Bodies
             is
             much
             greater
             and
             more
             notable
             than
             is
             by
             many
             supposed
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             any
             one
             shall
             so
             far
             distrust
             the
             truth
             of
             such
             stories
             as
             to
             rank
             them
             among
             Legendary
             Fables
             ,
             let
             him
             consider
             what
             other
             could
             be
             Iacobs
             intent
             in
             that
             device
             of
             his
             in
             placing
             pilled
             and
             straked
             Rods
             before
             the
             flocks
             at
             the
             watring-places
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             heighten
             and
             invigorate
             the
             Imaginative
             Faculty
             of
             the
             Ews
             at
             the
             time
             of
             Conception
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             that
             this
             hath
             actually
             hapned
             ,
             namely
             that
             the
             Soul
             hath
             been
             carried
             from
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             after
             some
             time
             returned
             again
             ,
             the
             relations
             of
             disinterested
             persons
             would
             induce
             us
             to
             believe
             .
             And
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             that
             upon
             a
             due
             search
             into
             the
             Causes
             and
             Natures
             of
             things
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             seem
             incredible
             what
             Cardan
             relates
             of
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             when
             he
             pleased
             fall
             into
             this
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Disjunction
             or
             Abreption
             of
             his
             Soul
             from
             his
             Body
             .
             A
             thing
             which
             is
             credibly
             reported
             of
             the
             Lappians
             ,
             who
             lying
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             Trance
             for
             some
             hours
             ,
             will
             give
             a
             perfect
             account
             of
             affairs
             at
             three
             hundred
             miles
             distance
             ,
             and
             by
             some
             evident
             token
             give
             assurance
             of
             their
             being
             in
             such
             places
             .
             To
             which
             if
             we
             should
             add
             the
             story
             of
             
               Phaereus
               Pamphylius
            
             recorded
             by
             Plato
             ;
             of
             
               Hermotimus
               Clazomenius
            
             by
             Pliny
             ,
             and
             of
             Soleus
             by
             Plutarch
             ,
             it
             will
             at
             least
             assure
             us
             ,
             that
             grave
             and
             wise
             Persons
             ,
             did
             not
             think
             such
             an
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             as
             is
             here
             contended
             for
             to
             be
             altogether
             a
             thing
             so
             monstrous
             and
             incredible
             .
          
           
           
             The
             other
             way
             whereby
             a
             Soul
             may
             be
             withdrawn
             from
             the
             Body
             and
             brought
             back
             again
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             efficiency
             and
             activity
             of
             a
             more
             powerful
             Spirit
             .
             And
             hitherto
             some
             learned
             men
             refer
             that
             of
             Ezek.
             37.1
             .
             
               The
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               was
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               carried
               me
               out
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               set
               me
               down
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               valley
            
             —
             And
             though
             S.
             Paul
             deliver
             it
             doubtfully
             ,
             as
             not
             knowing
             whether
             he
             was
             
               in
               the
               body
            
             ,
             or
             
               out
               of
               the
               body
            
             when
             he
             was
             rapt
             into
             the
             third
             Heaven
             ,
             yet
             so
             much
             at
             least
             may
             be
             gathered
             from
             the
             Apostles
             words
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             judgment
             such
             an
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Disjunction
             of
             the
             Soul
             from
             the
             Body
             without
             ensuing
             Death
             was
             possible
             .
             To
             this
             head
             may
             likewise
             be
             referred
             the
             detestable
             and
             nefarious
             Conventions
             of
             Witches
             with
             wicked
             Spirits
             ;
             those
             officious
             Daemons
             loosening
             the
             Continuity
             or
             Vinculum
             between
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             they
             pass
             freely
             and
             securely
             to
             the
             general
             Rendezvous
             .
             But
             here
             I
             would
             not
             so
             be
             understood
             as
             if
             I
             thought
             that
             Witches
             did
             never
             bodily
             assist
             at
             the
             
             performance
             of
             their
             Hellish
             Rites
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             sometimes
             they
             may
             be
             present
             at
             them
             ,
             when
             their
             Bodies
             are
             at
             home
             ;
             perhaps
             among
             other
             reasons
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             act
             with
             more
             safety
             and
             security
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             preserve
             their
             necks
             from
             the
             halter
             .
             And
             though
             these
             discoveries
             are
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             owing
             to
             the
             confessions
             of
             Witches
             ,
             yet
             when
             these
             confessions
             are
             voluntary
             and
             unconstrained
             by
             any
             Racks
             or
             Torments
             ,
             and
             proceed
             from
             persons
             of
             perfect
             health
             of
             Body
             ,
             and
             no
             way
             disturbed
             in
             their
             Rational
             Faculties
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             open
             and
             pitiful
             a
             sham
             to
             ascribe
             them
             to
             the
             effects
             of
             Dotage
             and
             Melancholy
             ;
             since
             upon
             the
             same
             grounds
             it
             may
             be
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             the
             soberest
             actions
             of
             our
             lives
             are
             but
             dreams
             ;
             and
             all
             Histories
             past
             ,
             and
             present
             relations
             of
             matters
             of
             Fact
             (
             especially
             if
             they
             refer
             never
             so
             little
             to
             the
             Being
             of
             Spirits
             )
             may
             be
             concluded
             by
             an
             
               Atheistical
               Foppe
            
             to
             be
             no
             other
             than
             melancholick
             delusions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             OBJECTION
             II.
             That
             these
             Airy
             Spirits
             are
             too
             remote
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Nature
             too
             sublime
             to
             have
             any
             Communication
             with
             Mortals
             .
          
           
             TO
             this
             it
             is
             replied
             ,
             1.
             
             That
             those
             who
             are
             at
             the
             furthest
             distance
             from
             us
             never
             exceed
             or
             go
             beyond
             the
             Regions
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             being
             fetter'd
             and
             chained
             within
             the
             Atmosphere
             of
             the
             Earth
             by
             that
             Divine
             Nemesis
             that
             casts
             them
             thither
             ;
             and
             here
             the
             grand
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             hath
             seated
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             from
             hence
             casting
             his
             envious
             eyes
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             like
             a
             Vultur
             ,
             descends
             whereever
             he
             spies
             his
             prey
             .
             Nor
             will
             the
             sublimity
             of
             their
             Nature
             be
             a
             sufficient
             security
             to
             frail
             Mortals
             from
             their
             revenge
             and
             malice
             ,
             since
             lust
             and
             ambition
             balk
             no
             employments
             ,
             but
             will
             undertake
             the
             most
             fordid
             offices
             to
             compass
             their
             desired
             Ends.
             And
             that
             stately
             Apostate
             who
             once
             disdained
             not
             to
             insinuate
             and
             couch
             himself
             in
             the
             winding
             Spires
             of
             a
             hateful
             Serpent
             ,
             
             the
             better
             to
             allure
             and
             deceive
             the
             innocent
             credulity
             of
             Eve
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             think
             that
             to
             gratifie
             his
             revenge
             and
             lust
             ,
             he
             will
             abhor
             the
             society
             of
             a
             Witch
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             affirmed
             that
             there
             have
             been
             persons
             bodily
             acted
             and
             possessed
             by
             evil
             Spirits
             :
             which
             is
             not
             only
             attested
             by
             the
             many
             relations
             of
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Daemoniacks
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             men
             possessed
             with
             Devils
             ,
             or
             infested
             by
             them
             ,
             recorded
             in
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             in
             our
             Saviours
             time
             ,
             but
             confirmed
             by
             later
             Writers
             of
             unexceptionable
             credit
             and
             veracity
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             a
             perfect
             piece
             of
             impudence
             to
             go
             about
             to
             deny
             and
             out-face
             them
             .
             And
             I
             do
             not
             doubt
             but
             a
             curious
             Observator
             may
             find
             some
             fresh
             instances
             even
             in
             our
             own
             Times
             ;
             But
             this
             hankering
             after
             the
             bare
             Mechanical
             causes
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             not
             acknowledging
             any
             higher
             principle
             than
             Matter
             and
             Motion
             in
             the
             Universe
             ,
             the
             very
             dregs
             of
             Atheism
             ,
             hath
             cast
             so
             much
             dust
             into
             some
             mens
             eyes
             ,
             that
             those
             effects
             which
             really
             proceed
             from
             the
             Activity
             and
             Energy
             of
             Incorporeal
             Beings
             ,
             
             are
             by
             them
             ascribed
             to
             Frenzy
             and
             madness
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Bodily
             disease
             .
             Though
             it
             be
             true
             which
             is
             asserted
             by
             a
             very
             learned
             Author
             of
             our
             own
             ,
             that
             the
             Iews
             in
             our
             Saviour's
             time
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             suppose
             all
             Mad-men
             to
             be
             Daemoniacks
             ,
             so
             neither
             all
             Daemoniacks
             Mad-men
             ;
             we
             reading
             of
             Devils
             cast
             out
             from
             others
             besides
             Mad-men
             ;
             and
             of
             a
             Woman
             which
             had
             a
             Spirit
             of
             infirmity
             only
             ,
             and
             was
             bowed
             together
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             lift
             up
             her self
             ,
             which
             is
             said
             by
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             to
             have
             been
             
               bound
               by
               Satan
            
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             purpose
             this
             learned
             person
             gives
             a
             notable
             instance
             of
             a
             Demoniacal
             possession
             out
             of
             Fernelius
             ,
             a
             very
             experienced
             Physician
             ,
             who
             was
             an
             eye-witness
             thereof
             :
             A
             young
             man
             of
             a
             Noble
             Family
             ,
             who
             was
             strangely
             convulsed
             in
             his
             Body
             ,
             having
             sometimes
             one
             member
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             another
             ,
             violently
             agitated
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             four
             several
             persons
             were
             scarcely
             able
             to
             hold
             him
             ;
             and
             this
             at
             first
             without
             any
             distemper
             in
             his
             head
             ,
             or
             crazedness
             in
             his
             brain
             .
             To
             whom
             Fernelius
             ,
             with
             
             other
             skilful
             Physicians
             being
             called
             ,
             applied
             all
             manner
             of
             remedies
             ;
             Blisters
             ,
             Purgations
             ,
             Cupping-glasses
             ,
             Fomentations
             ,
             Unctions
             ,
             Plaisters
             and
             strengthning
             Medicines
             ;
             but
             all
             in
             vain
             .
             The
             reason
             whereof
             is
             thus
             given
             by
             the
             same
             
               Fernelius
               ,
               Quoniam
               omnes
               longe
               aberamus
               ,
               &c.
            
             i.e.
             Because
             we
             were
             all
             far
             from
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             For
             in
             the
             third
             Month
             it
             was
             first
             plainly
             discovered
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             certain
             Daemon
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             this
             mischief
             .
             He
             manifesting
             himself
             by
             his
             speech
             ,
             and
             by
             unusual
             words
             both
             in
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             (
             though
             the
             Patient
             were
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Greek
             Tongue
             )
             and
             by
             his
             revealing
             many
             of
             the
             secrets
             of
             those
             who
             stood
             by
             ,
             especially
             of
             the
             Physicians
             ,
             whom
             also
             he
             derided
             for
             tormenting
             the
             Patient
             in
             that
             manner
             with
             their
             frustraneous
             Remedies
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             it
             is
             apparent
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             fancied
             remoteness
             and
             distance
             ,
             nor
             yet
             the
             sublimity
             of
             their
             natures
             is
             any
             bar
             to
             these
             wicked
             Spirits
             from
             having
             Communication
             
             with
             us
             Mortals
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             Objection
             is
             vainly
             urged
             against
             the
             Being
             of
             Witches
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             But
             to
             give
             it
             all
             the
             strength
             that
             may
             be
             ,
             it
             is
             further
             answered
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             necessary
             to
             suppose
             the
             Grandees
             of
             the
             Airy
             Principality
             to
             trade
             with
             Witches
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Souls
             of
             extremely
             wicked
             persons
             after
             their
             release
             from
             the
             Body
             may
             do
             those
             feats
             .
             For
             whether
             we
             suppose
             that
             such
             as
             in
             this
             life
             have
             incorporated
             themselves
             into
             the
             Dark
             Society
             by
             all
             manner
             of
             villanous
             and
             flagitious
             actions
             ,
             are
             ,
             when
             loosened
             by
             Death
             from
             their
             Terrestrial
             Bodies
             ,
             the
             Vassals
             and
             Slaves
             of
             those
             crafty
             Daemons
             ,
             whose
             cursed
             inspirations
             and
             counsels
             they
             so
             eagerly
             followed
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             them
             are
             employed
             in
             these
             abominable
             offices
             ;
             Or
             whether
             the
             proclivity
             of
             their
             own
             Natures
             to
             all
             enormous
             wickedness
             ,
             may
             not
             induce
             them
             to
             attempt
             Familiarity
             and
             Society
             with
             Sorcerers
             and
             Witches
             ,
             especially
             since
             those
             radicated
             and
             confirmed
             habits
             of
             Vice
             contracted
             in
             this
             life
             are
             rather
             heightned
             and
             increased
             
             than
             any
             way
             diminished
             or
             abated
             by
             the
             releasement
             from
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             consequently
             it
             may
             be
             accounted
             by
             them
             a
             pleasant
             sport
             and
             pastime
             to
             tempt
             and
             inveigle
             such
             desolate
             and
             forlorn
             Mortals
             :
             Either
             of
             these
             ways
             are
             sufficient
             to
             beget
             a
             probability
             ,
             that
             those
             Familiars
             of
             Witches
             to
             whom
             they
             have
             linked
             themselves
             ,
             may
             be
             no
             other
             than
             humane
             Souls
             deeply
             sunk
             and
             drowned
             in
             wickedness
             .
          
        
         
           
             OBJECTION
             III.
             That
             it
             supposes
             Witches
             by
             the
             help
             of
             evil
             Spirits
             may
             do
             real
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             THat
             the
             Poets
             of
             old
             have
             ascribed
             strange
             and
             incredible
             things
             to
             the
             power
             of
             Magick
             and
             Sorcery
             is
             plain
             :
             
             Virgil
             introduces
             Dido
             speaking
             thus
             to
             her
             Sister
             Anna
             :
             
               
                 Hinc
                 mihi
                 Massylae
                 Gentis
                 monstrata
                 Sacerdos
                 ,
              
               
                 Haec
                 se
                 carminibus
                 promittit
                 solvere
                 Mentes
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Sistere
                 aquam
                 fluviis
                 ,
                 &
                 flumina
                 vertere
                 retrò
                 ,
              
               
                 Nocturnosque
                 ciet
                 manes
                 ,
                 mugire
                 videbis
              
               
                 Sub
                 pedibus
                 terram
                 ,
                 &
                 descendere
                 montibus
                 ornos
                 .
              
            
             And
             the
             Witch
             in
             Ovid
             boasts
             that
             she
             can
             perform
             as
             much
             ;
             
               
                 
                 Cùm
                 volui
                 ,
                 ripis
                 ipsis
                 mirantibus
                 ,
                 amnes
              
               
                 In
                 fontes
                 rediêre
                 suos
                 ,
                 concussaque
                 sisto
                 ,
              
               
                 Stantia
                 concutio
                 cantu
                 freta
                 ,
                 nubila
                 pello
                 ,
              
               
                 Nubiláque
                 induco
                 ,
                 ventos
                 abigóque
                 vocóque
                 ,
              
               
                 Vipereas
                 rumpo
                 verbis
                 &
                 carmine
                 fauces
                 ,
              
               
                 Viváque
                 saxa
                 ,
                 suâ
                 convulsáque
                 robora
                 terrâ
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 silvas
                 moveo
                 ,
                 jubeoque
                 tremiscere
                 montes
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 mugire
                 solum
                 ,
                 manesque
                 exire
                 sepulchris
                 .
              
            
             But
             notwithstanding
             the
             extravagant
             fancies
             of
             Poets
             ,
             
             S.
             Austin
             a
             grave
             and
             learned
             writer
             gives
             so
             much
             
             credit
             to
             that
             of
             
               Virgil
               [
               Eclog.
            
             8.
             ]
             
               
                 Atque
                 satas
                 aliò
                 vidi
                 traducere
                 messes
                 ,
              
            
             of
             the
             transportation
             of
             whole
             fields
             of
             Corn
             by
             the
             power
             of
             Witchcraft
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             Authority
             of
             Tully
             (
             he
             says
             )
             it
             was
             recorded
             in
             the
             twelve
             Tables
             of
             
             Rome's
             ancient
             Laws
             ,
             and
             a
             punishment
             proclaimed
             for
             all
             such
             as
             used
             it
             .
             And
             Apuleius
             when
             accused
             of
             Magick
             before
             
               Claudius
               Maximus
            
             Prefect
             of
             Africa
             ,
             
             seriously
             urges
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             twelve
             Tables
             against
             Witchcraft
             in
             his
             defence
             ,
             and
             says
             that
             Magick
             was
             there
             forbid
             ,
             
               propter
               incredundas
               frugum
               illecebras
            
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             incredible
             bewitching
             of
             Corn.
             And
             whereas
             a
             late
             Author
             brings
             in
             Seneca
             reproving
             the
             credulous
             simplicity
             of
             elder
             Times
             in
             the
             framing
             those
             Laws
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             of
             his
             ;
             
               Et
               apud
               nos
               in
               lege
               Duodecim
               Tabularum
               cavetur
               ,
               ne
               quis
               alienas
               fruges
               excantasset
               ;
               rudis
               adhuc
               Antiquitas
               credebat
               ,
               &
               attrahi
               imbres
               cantibus
               &
               repelli
               ,
            
             
             
               quorum
               nihil
               posse
               fieri
               tam
               palam
               est
               ,
               ut
               ejus
               rei
               causâ
               nullius
               
               Philosophi
               Schola
               intranda
               sit
               .
            
             It
             is
             certain
             that
             the
             opinion
             of
             Seneca
             signifies
             little
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             he
             being
             no
             better
             than
             a
             Cosmo-plastick
             Atheist
             ,
             i.e.
             he
             made
             a
             certain
             Plastick
             or
             Spermatick
             nature
             ,
             devoid
             of
             all
             Animality
             or
             conscious
             Intellectuality
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             highest
             Principle
             in
             the
             Universe
             .
             And
             though
             Pliny
             were
             alike
             Atheistical
             ,
             
             yet
             he
             relates
             as
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             that
             
               Vectius
               Marcellus
            
             ,
             Nero's
             Harbinger
             ,
             had
             an
             Olive-yard
             in
             the
             Marucine
             fields
             ,
             that
             removed
             quite
             over
             the
             high-way
             ,
             and
             that
             whole
             Farms
             went
             out
             of
             their
             places
             ,
             and
             seated
             themselves
             elsewhere
             .
          
           
             Now
             though
             I
             am
             as
             far
             from
             giving
             credit
             to
             Poetical
             fictions
             as
             any
             ,
             and
             do
             as
             little
             believe
             that
             a
             Magician
             can
             cause
             the
             Moon
             to
             descend
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             that
             Mahomet
             once
             brought
             her
             into
             his
             sleeve
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             charms
             of
             a
             Sorceress
             can
             make
             the
             world
             torpid
             &
             benumm'd
             ,
             stop
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             bring
             a
             paleness
             over
             the
             Stars
             ,
             or
             turn
             Day
             into
             Night
             ;
             yet
             I
             see
             no
             reason
             that
             should
             move
             me
             to
             think
             that
             a
             
             Magician
             or
             Sorcerer
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             wicked
             Daemons
             cannot
             work
             a
             real
             Miracle
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             those
             supernatural
             effects
             which
             they
             are
             at
             any
             time
             the
             causes
             of
             should
             be
             mere
             Juggles
             and
             Impostures
             .
             For
             certainly
             the
             Miracles
             wrought
             by
             the
             Egyptian
             Sorcerers
             were
             as
             really
             such
             as
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             those
             wrought
             by
             Moses
             ;
             here
             only
             lies
             the
             difference
             ,
             that
             Moses
             his
             Rod
             devoured
             theirs
             :
             and
             the
             Miracles
             produced
             by
             him
             were
             greater
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             higher
             nature
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             more
             numerous
             than
             theirs
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             sufficient
             evidence
             ,
             that
             they
             proceeded
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             done
             by
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             :
             And
             the
             Magicians
             themselves
             confessed
             as
             much
             ;
             for
             when
             they
             saw
             their
             power
             transcended
             ,
             they
             freely
             acknowledged
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Miracles
             of
             Moses
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             it
             be
             alledged
             here
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             means
             there
             will
             be
             no
             way
             left
             to
             discriminate
             between
             Divine
             and
             Demoniacal
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             as
             much
             obliged
             to
             believe
             the
             Miracles
             of
             that
             
               Archimago
               ,
               Apollonius
               
               Tyanaeus
            
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             our
             Saviour
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             replied
             ,
             that
          
           
             
             That
             pious
             and
             learned
             Father
             Origen
             in
             his
             Book
             against
             Celsus
             gives
             us
             a
             double
             Test
             to
             try
             and
             examine
             Miracles
             by
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             From
             the
             life
             and
             manners
             of
             the
             person
             that
             performs
             them
             ;
             As
             if
             he
             be
             of
             an
             innocent
             and
             virtuous
             life
             and
             conversation
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             behaviour
             and
             deportment
             do
             not
             contradict
             any
             of
             the
             plain
             principles
             of
             Morality
             ,
             which
             are
             legibly
             engraven
             in
             the
             breasts
             of
             all
             mankind
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             From
             the
             effects
             of
             the
             Miracles
             themselves
             ;
             whether
             they
             be
             for
             the
             good
             and
             advantage
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             tend
             to
             the
             suppression
             of
             Iniquity
             and
             Vice
             ,
             and
             begetting
             a
             true
             faith
             in
             God.
             Therefore
             the
             Father
             arguing
             against
             the
             fabulous
             Miracles
             of
             Aristeus
             ,
             
             he
             tells
             Celsus
             that
             he
             cannot
             produce
             any
             profit
             or
             good
             that
             ever
             came
             to
             mankind
             by
             those
             supposed
             Miracles
             .
             Whereas
             the
             Miracles
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             were
             not
             only
             for
             the
             good
             and
             advantage
             of
             particular
             persons
             ,
             but
             
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             God
             thereby
             recommending
             an
             Heavenly
             Doctrine
             which
             should
             heal
             the
             disordered
             and
             distempered
             minds
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             correct
             and
             amend
             their
             manners
             ,
             restoring
             decayed
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             bringing
             them
             from
             the
             Tyrannous
             Kingdom
             of
             Satan
             to
             the
             meek
             and
             holy
             Government
             of
             his
             Son
             Iesus
             .
          
           
             Which
             gives
             us
             not
             only
             security
             enough
             from
             being
             imposed
             upon
             by
             the
             false
             Miracles
             of
             Magicians
             ,
             that
             are
             wrought
             for
             corrupt
             ends
             and
             designs
             ,
             but
             likewise
             sets
             us
             in
             a
             mean
             between
             Atheistical
             Incredulity
             that
             believes
             nothing
             ,
             and
             the
             over-fond
             Credulity
             of
             others
             ,
             that
             give
             credit
             to
             every
             thing
             that
             is
             reported
             of
             Necromantick
             Sorcerers
             .
             Following
             herein
             the
             singular
             modesty
             of
             Plutarch
             ,
             who
             speaking
             of
             miraculous
             things
             related
             by
             many
             ,
             
             concludes
             ,
             that
             
               for
               such
               matters
               it
               is
               dangerous
               to
               give
               too
               much
               credit
               to
               them
               ▪
               as
               also
               to
               discredit
               them
               too
               much
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             OBJECTION
             IV.
             That
             it
             gives
             evil
             Spirits
             and
             Witches
             too
             great
             and
             exorbitant
             a
             power
             over
             mankind
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             supposes
             that
             these
             wicked
             Daemons
             may
             afflict
             the
             Bodies
             of
             others
             with
             divers
             diseases
             and
             torments
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             raise
             Thunders
             ,
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             killing
             Cattel
             and
             spoiling
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             many
             such
             like
             pernicious
             and
             destructive
             things
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             at
             the
             desire
             and
             request
             of
             a
             Magician
             or
             Witch
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             THis
             Objection
             to
             weak
             and
             impotent
             minds
             may
             seem
             to
             carry
             a
             great
             force
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             Judgment
             devoid
             of
             Prepossession
             and
             Prejudice
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             but
             like
             an
             ill
             planted
             Ordnance
             that
             makes
             indeed
             a
             great
             noise
             ,
             but
             never
             hits
             the
             Fort
             its
             murtherous
             load
             aimed
             at
             ;
             as
             will
             be
             very
             manifest
             by
             these
             several
             and
             distinct
             replies
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             there
             is
             a
             superior
             Providence
             that
             keeps
             evil
             Spirits
             within
             certain
             bounds
             and
             limits
             ,
             till
             men
             
             by
             such
             wicked
             practices
             tamper
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             call
             them
             to
             a
             nearer
             familiarity
             and
             society
             .
             For
             notwithstanding
             this
             Daemonarches
             ,
             the
             Head
             and
             Prince
             of
             Devils
             ,
             seem
             to
             have
             the
             Aerial
             Regions
             assigned
             to
             him
             as
             his
             Kingdom
             (
             whence
             he
             is
             called
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Air
             )
             yet
             is
             not
             this
             Power
             infinite
             and
             unlimited
             ,
             but
             restrained
             and
             curbed
             by
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Light
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             those
             Holy
             Angels
             who
             never
             revolted
             from
             the
             Government
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             whom
             God
             has
             made
             to
             preside
             over
             those
             Apostate
             Legions
             .
             Now
             though
             the
             malice
             of
             these
             accursed
             Spirits
             be
             infinite
             ,
             and
             their
             thirst
             and
             desire
             to
             deface
             and
             spoil
             the
             fair
             and
             irreprehensible
             beauty
             of
             the
             works
             of
             Gods
             hands
             unlimited
             ;
             yet
             are
             they
             perpetually
             under
             the
             inspection
             of
             higher
             and
             nobler
             Beings
             ,
             who
             carefully
             preserve
             those
             severe
             Laws
             and
             restraints
             Divine
             Providence
             hath
             put
             upon
             them
             ,
             at
             which
             though
             their
             untamed
             hearts
             swell
             with
             disdain
             and
             rage
             ,
             yet
             can
             they
             not
             flye
             from
             .
             And
             so
             much
             was
             confessed
             
             by
             the
             Oracle
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             the
             Daemons
             who
             with
             an
             unwearied
             diligence
             range
             over
             Earth
             and
             Sea
             ,
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             are
             subdued
             and
             conquered
             by
             a
             Divine
             scourge
             .
             But
             when
             men
             either
             through
             a
             fond
             curiosity
             ,
             or
             to
             gratifie
             their
             wicked
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ,
             shall
             hanker
             after
             a
             more
             intimate
             Familiarity
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             tamper
             with
             these
             Daemons
             ,
             they
             willingly
             and
             readily
             offer
             themselves
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             end
             but
             to
             beguile
             and
             ensnare
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             ruine
             and
             destroy
             those
             who
             deserting
             Divine
             Providence
             had
             their
             recourse
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             this
             Providence
             secures
             mankind
             from
             general
             outrages
             and
             devastations
             by
             evil
             Spirits
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             to
             depopulate
             the
             Earth
             ,
             by
             offering
             violence
             to
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             it
             ;
             nor
             can
             they
             deluge
             the
             world
             ,
             thereby
             to
             destroy
             Man
             and
             Beast
             ;
             they
             cannot
             alter
             the
             fixed
             and
             established
             Laws
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             nor
             invert
             the
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             .
             For
             there
             is
             a
             chain
             of
             Government
             that
             runs
             down
             from
             
             God
             the
             Supreme
             Monarch
             ,
             whose
             bright
             and
             piercing
             eyes
             look
             through
             all
             that
             he
             has
             made
             ,
             to
             the
             lowest
             degree
             of
             the
             Creation
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             Presidential
             Angels
             of
             Empires
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             under
             them
             have
             the
             Tutelage
             of
             private
             Families
             ,
             and
             lastly
             every
             mans
             particular
             Guardian
             Genius
             :
             Nor
             is
             the
             inanimate
             or
             material
             world
             left
             to
             blind
             Chance
             or
             Fortune
             ,
             but
             there
             are
             likewise
             mighty
             and
             potent
             Spirits
             to
             whom
             is
             committed
             the
             guidance
             and
             care
             of
             the
             fluctuating
             and
             uncertain
             motions
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             ministry
             Fire
             and
             Vapour
             ,
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             Snow
             and
             Hail
             ,
             Heat
             and
             Cold
             are
             all
             kept
             within
             such
             bounds
             and
             limits
             ,
             as
             are
             most
             serviceable
             to
             the
             ends
             of
             Providence
             ;
             They
             take
             care
             of
             the
             variety
             of
             seasons
             ,
             and
             superintend
             the
             Tillage
             and
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             
             upon
             which
             account
             Origen
             calls
             them
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               invisible
               Husbandmen
            
             .
             So
             that
             all
             affairs
             and
             things
             being
             under
             the
             inspection
             and
             government
             of
             these
             Incorporeal
             Beings
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             ,
             
             and
             its
             Agents
             is
             under
             a
             strict
             confinement
             and
             restraint
             ,
             and
             they
             cannot
             bring
             a
             general
             mischief
             upon
             the
             world
             without
             a
             special
             permission
             of
             a
             superior
             Providence
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             the
             exploits
             of
             wicked
             Spirits
             upon
             particular
             persons
             may
             be
             permitted
             for
             diverse
             good
             causes
             and
             reasons
             .
             As
             1.
             
             To
             humble
             them
             for
             some
             sin
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             those
             grievous
             and
             notorious
             sinners
             in
             the
             Apostolical
             time
             ,
             who
             were
             delivered
             up
             to
             Satan
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             they
             were
             vexed
             and
             tormented
             by
             bodily
             pains
             and
             diseases
             inflicted
             by
             those
             evil
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             a
             sincere
             repentance
             and
             reformation
             of
             their
             Errors
             .
             But
             without
             any
             such
             judicial
             proceeding
             ,
             this
             envious
             Explorator
             or
             searcher
             for
             faults
             ,
             when
             in
             his
             walk
             or
             ranging
             to
             and
             fro
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             he
             meets
             with
             a
             Christian
             professor
             ,
             or
             pious
             person
             fallen
             into
             sin
             ,
             then
             he
             is
             said
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             S.
             
               Peter
               ,
               Luke
            
             22.
             31.
             
             )
             to
             require
             him
             of
             God
             ,
             demands
             to
             have
             him
             delivered
             up
             to
             him
             (
             for
             every
             sin
             gives
             the
             Devil
             a
             
             more
             or
             less
             right
             and
             claim
             )
             as
             to
             a
             Lictor
             or
             Executioner
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             to
             sift
             and
             shake
             him
             terribly
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             real
             possessions
             or
             otherwise
             bodily
             infestations
             ,
             and
             the
             crafty
             Spirit
             may
             at
             the
             same
             time
             gratifie
             the
             impotent
             revenge
             of
             an
             accursed
             Hag.
             To
             this
             purpose
             it
             is
             observable
             what
             Doctor
             Hammond
             recites
             out
             of
             the
             
               Hierusalem
               Targum
            
             on
             Gen.
             2.14
             .
             
             supposed
             to
             be
             said
             to
             the
             Serpent
             by
             God
             ,
             
               Cùm
               silii
               mulieris
               praecepta
               legis
               deserverint
               ,
               nec
               mandata
               observaverint
               ,
               tu
            
             (
             i.e.
             the
             Serpent
             )
             
               firmus
               cris
               ,
               &
               percutiens
               eos
               in
               calcaneo
               eorum
               aegritudine
               afficies
               ;
               When
               the
               children
               of
               the
               woman
               shall
               for
               sake
               the
               commandments
               of
               the
               law
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               strong
               ,
               and
               shalt
               strike
               them
               on
               the
               heel
               ,
               and
               inflict
               sickness
               upon
               them
               .
            
             2.
             
             To
             try
             their
             faith
             and
             patience
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Iob
             ,
             upon
             whom
             the
             envious
             Tempter
             laid
             fore
             afflictions
             to
             battle
             (
             if
             he
             could
             )
             his
             faith
             in
             the
             Divine
             Goodness
             .
             And
             Lactantius
             notes
             ,
             
             that
             these
             impure
             
               Daemons
               insinuant
               se
               corporibus
               hominum
               &
               occultè
               in
               visceribus
               operti
               ,
               valetudinem
               vitiant
               ,
               
               morbos
               citant
               ,
               somniis
               animos
               terrent
               ,
               mentes
               furoribus
               quatiunt
               ,
               ut
               homines
               his
               malis
               cogant
               ad
               eorum
               auxilia
               decurrere
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
               insinuate
               themselves
               into
               the
               bodies
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               lying
               hid
               in
               their
               bowels
               ,
               annoy
               their
               health
               ,
               raise
               diseases
               ,
               terrifie
               their
               minds
               with
               dreams
               ,
               and
               shake
               them
               with
               madness
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               compel
               them
               by
               these
               mischiefs
               to
               flye
               to
               them
               for
               help
               .
            
             But
             Origen
             says
             expresly
             ,
             
             that
             there
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             certain
             Daemons
             which
             may
             be
             called
             the
             publick
             Lictors
             or
             Officers
             ,
             which
             have
             at
             certain
             times
             a
             power
             committed
             to
             them
             to
             inflict
             Famines
             ,
             Droughts
             and
             Pestilences
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             conversion
             of
             men
             from
             sin
             and
             vice
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             trial
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             Patience
             and
             Constancy
             .
          
           
             And
             how
             consistent
             it
             is
             with
             Divine
             Providence
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             with
             the
             wisdom
             and
             goodness
             of
             God
             to
             suffer
             these
             fallacious
             Spirits
             to
             vex
             and
             disquiet
             mankind
             ,
             is
             elegantly
             pursued
             by
             the
             forecited
             Lactantius
             ,
             
             viz.
             
               That
               this
               diversity
               contains
               the
               Grand
               secret
               of
               the
               world
               .
               For
               this
               is
               it
               that
               makes
               Virtue
               ,
               which
               without
               
               this
               would
               be
               so
               far
               from
               being
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               not
               so
               much
               as
               appear
               ;
               forasmuch
               as
               Virtue
               cannot
               be
               ,
               unless
               there
               be
               some
               Rival
               in
               the
               overcoming
               of
               whom
               it
               may
               exert
               and
               shew
               its
               strength
               .
               For
               as
               victory
               cannot
               be
               gained
               without
               a
               fight
               ,
               neither
               can
               Virtue
               consist
               without
               an
               Enemy
               .
               Since
               then
               God
               has
               given
               Virtue
               to
               man
               ,
               he
               hath
               likewise
               on
               the
               contrary
               appointed
               him
               an
               Enemy
               ,
               lest
               Virtue
               languishing
               in
               idleness
               should
               lose
               its
               Nature
               .
               Whose
               very
               Reason
               lies
               in
               this
               ,
               That
               it
               may
               be
               confirmed
               and
               strengthened
               by
               being
               shaken
               and
               enfeebled
               ;
               nor
               can
               it
               any
               other
               way
               arrive
               to
               the
               highest
               pitch
               ,
               unless
               being
               always
               tost
               by
               a
               detruding
               hand
               ,
               it
               found
               its
               safety
               in
               a
               constant
               course
               of
               contending
               .
               For
               God
               would
               not
               have
               man
               attain
               Immortal
               Blessedness
               by
               easiness
               and
               softness
               .
               He
               therefore
               being
               about
               to
               give
               Virtue
               ,
               gave
               an
               Enemy
               first
               ,
               who
               should
               instil
               Lusts
               and
               Vices
               into
               the
               minds
               of
               men
               ;
               who
               should
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               errors
               ,
               and
               the
               contriver
               of
               all
               mischiefs
               ;
               that
               where
               as
               God
               calls
               man
               to
               Life
               ,
               he
               on
               the
               contrary
               should
               hale
               and
               lead
               them
               unto
               Death
               .
               He
               it
               is
               
               that
               allures
               or
               deceives
               them
               that
               endeavour
               after
               the
               Truth
               ;
               or
               if
               he
               cannot
               effect
               it
               by
               deceitful
               stratagems
               ,
               he
               assumes
               greater
               courage
               ,
               and
               attempts
               to
               weaken
               the
               vigour
               and
               activity
               of
               the
               highest
               proficients
               ;
               and
               thus
               by
               execrable
               and
               nefarious
               means
               he
               torments
               and
               kills
               ;
               and
               yet
               as
               he
               overthrows
               many
               ,
               so
               is
               he
               by
               many
               overthrown
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               is
               foiled
               departs
               and
               goes
               away
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             the
             Soul
             to
             arise
             to
             such
             a
             height
             ,
             and
             become
             so
             Divine
             ,
             that
             no
             Witchcraft
             or
             evil
             Daemons
             can
             have
             any
             power
             upon
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Bodily
             life
             is
             too
             far
             invigorated
             and
             awakened
             ,
             and
             draws
             the
             Intellect
             the
             flower
             and
             summity
             of
             the
             Soul
             into
             a
             Conspiration
             with
             it
             ,
             then
             are
             we
             subject
             and
             obnoxious
             to
             Magical
             assaults
             .
             For
             Magick
             or
             Sorcery
             being
             founded
             only
             in
             this
             lower
             or
             Mundane
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             that
             makes
             it
             his
             business
             to
             be
             freed
             and
             released
             from
             all
             its
             Blandishments
             and
             flattering
             Devocations
             ,
             and
             endeavours
             wholly
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             from
             the
             love
             of
             Corporeity
             and
             too
             
             near
             a
             Sympathy
             with
             the
             frail
             flesh
             ,
             he
             by
             it
             enkindles
             such
             a
             Divine
             principle
             ,
             as
             lifts
             him
             up
             above
             the
             fate
             of
             this
             Inferior
             world
             ,
             and
             adorns
             his
             mind
             with
             such
             an
             awful
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             beats
             back
             all
             Inchantments
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Infernal
             Fiends
             tremble
             at
             his
             presence
             ,
             hating
             those
             vigorous
             beams
             of
             light
             which
             are
             so
             contrary
             and
             repugnant
             to
             their
             dark
             Natures
             .
             And
             in
             this
             is
             clearly
             fulfilled
             what
             the
             Aramitick
             Sorcerer
             spake
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             
               no
               Inchantment
               or
               Divination
               against
               Israel
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             such
             who
             are
             established
             in
             a
             Principle
             above
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             in
             whose
             Souls
             the
             All-powerful
             life
             of
             God
             is
             firmly
             radicated
             and
             fixed
             ,
             who
             are
             indeed
             the
             true
             and
             perfect
             Israel
             :
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             i.
             e.
             
               for
               neither
               Astral
               Spirit
               nor
               Angelcan
               prevail
               against
               one
               Ray
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
            
             as
             Aesculapius
             writes
             to
             King
             Ammon
             .
             And
             how
             far
             successful
             in
             this
             very
             case
             this
             holy
             Contention
             of
             conquering
             the
             Bodily
             life
             ,
             and
             setting
             free
             the
             mind
             from
             the
             bondage
             and
             toils
             of
             the
             flesh
             may
             be
             ,
             
             is
             evident
             in
             Plotinus
             ,
             
             whose
             Soul
             (
             as
             Porphyry
             relates
             )
             was
             come
             to
             that
             high
             and
             noble
             Temper
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             only
             keep
             off
             Magical
             assaults
             from
             himself
             ,
             but
             retorted
             them
             upon
             his
             Enemy
             Olympius
             ,
             which
             Olympius
             himself
             ,
             who
             practised
             against
             him
             ,
             did
             confess
             to
             be
             from
             the
             exalted
             power
             of
             his
             Soul.
             So
             true
             is
             that
             which
             Lactantius
             cites
             from
             Hermes
             ,
             
             that
             those
             who
             have
             the
             true
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             safe
             from
             the
             assaults
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             but
             from
             Fate
             it self
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               The
               only
               safe
               custody
               is
               Godliness
               ;
               for
               neither
               evil
               Daemon
               nor
               Fate
               can
               take
               hold
               of
               a
               pious
               man
               ;
               for
               God
               extricates
               and
               delivers
               the
               holy
               Person
               from
               all
               evil
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             OBJECTION
             V.
             That
             it
             is
             very
             ridiculous
             to
             imagine
             ,
             that
             Devils
             (
             though
             never
             so
             foul
             and
             unclean
             )
             should
             delight
             in
             sucking
             the
             Bloud
             of
             these
             accursed
             Hags
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             HOW
             ridiculous
             soever
             this
             may
             seem
             to
             an
             Objector
             ,
             that
             perhaps
             would
             willingly
             turn
             all
             things
             related
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             whether
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
             into
             Ridicule
             ;
             yet
             as
             the
             frequent
             and
             constant
             Confessions
             of
             these
             despicable
             Creatures
             have
             made
             it
             unquestionable
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             so
             those
             who
             have
             searched
             more
             narrowly
             into
             the
             nature
             and
             extraordinary
             degeneracy
             of
             these
             course
             and
             foul
             Spirits
             ,
             suppose
             they
             have
             reason
             to
             believe
             that
             a
             
             Daemon's
             sucking
             the
             Bloud
             of
             a
             Witch
             is
             no
             such
             strange
             and
             unaccountable
             Phaenomenon
             .
             And
             perhaps
             if
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             had
             not
             so
             fully
             assured
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Devils
             whom
             our
             Saviour
             cast
             out
             ,
             entred
             immediately
             into
             the
             herd
             of
             
             Swine
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             deemed
             a
             thing
             alike
             monstrous
             and
             incredible
             ;
             
             which
             Marcus
             the
             Monk
             in
             answer
             to
             this
             very
             instance
             ,
             tells
             his
             Thrax
             ,
             that
             these
             Daemons
             enter
             into
             Brute
             Animals
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             spleen
             or
             hatred
             they
             bear
             to
             them
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               but
               because
               they
               are
               wonderfully
               desirous
               of
               Animal
               warmth
               .
            
             For
             the
             confederate
             Spirit
             ,
             whether
             of
             a
             Nature
             Humane
             or
             Diabolical
             ,
             must
             necessarily
             have
             a
             Body
             proportionable
             to
             the
             grossness
             and
             courseness
             of
             its
             Powers
             and
             Faculties
             ,
             which
             being
             so
             mightily
             debauched
             through
             the
             excessive
             prevalency
             and
             exorbitancy
             of
             the
             sensual
             life
             ,
             cannot
             act
             in
             any
             other
             Vehicle
             but
             what
             is
             drawn
             from
             the
             clammy
             and
             caliginous
             parts
             of
             the
             Air
             ;
             which
             Bodies
             in
             this
             agree
             with
             ours
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             have
             their
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Effluvia
             ,
             and
             exhale
             and
             wear
             away
             by
             a
             continual
             deflux
             of
             Particles
             ,
             and
             therefore
             require
             some
             Nutriment
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             the
             fugacious
             Atoms
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             by
             sucking
             the
             Bloud
             and
             Spirits
             of
             these
             forlorn
             wretches
             .
          
           
           
             And
             that
             this
             was
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             wisest
             and
             best
             Philosophers
             among
             the
             Greeks
             ,
             that
             evil
             Daemons
             were
             extremely
             delighted
             with
             the
             Bloud
             and
             Nidours
             of
             Sacrifices
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             refreshment
             and
             nourishment
             to
             their
             Vaporous
             Bodies
             ,
             appears
             from
             what
             Celsus
             writes
             ;
             Xp
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             
               We
               ought
               to
               give
               credit
               to
               wise
               men
               ,
               who
               affirm
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               these
               lower
               and
               circumterraneous
               Daemons
               ,
               are
               delighted
               with
               Geniture
               ,
               Bloud
               and
               Nidour
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               things
               ,
               and
               much
               gratified
               therewith
               .
            
             And
             Origen
             agrees
             with
             him
             fully
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Devils
             were
             not
             only
             delighted
             with
             the
             Idolatry
             of
             the
             Pagans
             in
             their
             Sacrifices
             ,
             but
             also
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             &c.
             
               that
               their
               very
               Bodies
               were
               nourished
               by
               the
               Vapours
               and
               Fumes
               arising
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               these
               evil
               Daemons
               therefore
               did
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               deliciate
               and
               Epicurize
               in
               them
               .
            
             To
             this
             purpose
             the
             same
             Father
             makes
             mention
             of
             a
             certain
             Pythagorean
             ,
             
             who
             wrote
             of
             the
             Mysterious
             and
             Recondite
             sense
             of
             Homer
             ,
             That
             Chryses
             words
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             his
             Immission
             of
             a
             Pestilence
             
             upon
             the
             Grecians
             teach
             us
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &c.
             that
             Homer
             
               did
               believe
               there
               were
               certain
               evil
               Daemons
               ,
               who
               took
               pleasure
               in
               Fumes
               and
               Nidours
               of
               Sacrifices
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               were
               ready
               as
               a
               reward
               to
               gratifie
               the
               Sacrificants
               with
               the
               destruction
               of
               any
               person
               ,
               if
               they
               so
               desired
               it
               .
            
             Which
             by
             the
             way
             may
             give
             some
             satisfaction
             to
             those
             importunate
             Inquirers
             ,
             why
             the
             Possessions
             and
             Vexations
             of
             men
             by
             evil
             Daemons
             should
             be
             wrought
             upon
             the
             desire
             of
             a
             Witch
             ?
             viz.
             to
             gratifie
             her
             revenge
             as
             a
             reward
             for
             the
             pleasure
             the
             wicked
             Fiend
             reaped
             from
             such
             vile
             and
             damnable
             Commerce
             with
             her
             Body
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             this
             a
             singular
             Fancy
             of
             Origen
             ,
             for
             Athenagoras
             ,
             a
             Christian
             Philosopher
             writes
             the
             very
             same
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &c.
             i.
             e.
             
               The
               Daemons
               assist
               at
               the
               Sacrifices
               ,
               being
               allured
               and
               brought
               down
               by
               the
               bloud
               which
               they
               greedily
               take
               in
               .
            
             And
             again
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             —
             
               the
               material
               Daemons
               do
               strangely
               gluttonize
               upon
               the
               Nidours
               and
               Bloud
               of
               Sacrifices
               .
            
             Which
             they
             suck
             in
             not
             
             with
             their
             mouths
             ,
             but
             as
             Marcus
             in
             Psellus
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             been
             initiated
             in
             the
             Diabolical
             Mysteries
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               as
               spunges
               and
               testaceous
               Fishes
            
             .
             And
             no
             doubt
             but
             those
             impure
             Devils
             may
             take
             as
             much
             pleasure
             in
             sucking
             the
             warm
             Bloud
             of
             Men
             or
             Beasts
             ,
             as
             a
             chearful
             and
             healthy
             constitution
             in
             drawing
             in
             the
             refreshing
             gales
             of
             pure
             and
             sincere
             Air.
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
             Inferences
             drawn
             from
             the
             foregoing
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             HAving
             now
             dispatched
             the
             most
             material
             Objections
             against
             the
             opinion
             of
             Witchcraft
             ,
             I
             now
             come
             to
             the
             last
             part
             of
             my
             design
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             draw
             some
             Practical
             Conclusions
             from
             this
             whole
             Discourse
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             conduct
             of
             mens
             lives
             and
             manners
             ;
             And
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             since
             we
             have
             so
             clear
             a
             discovery
             of
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             whose
             united
             and
             combined
             Forces
             are
             so
             potent
             and
             terrible
             in
             opposing
             the
             growth
             of
             sincere
             Piety
             and
             Religion
             ,
             we
             should
             be
             strong
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             couragiously
             resist
             them
             ,
             being
             
               stedfast
               in
               the
               Faith.
            
             
          
           
             Divine
             Providence
             having
             placed
             us
             in
             this
             lower
             World
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             surrounded
             with
             Enemies
             ,
             designs
             not
             by
             this
             ,
             our
             ruine
             and
             undoing
             ,
             but
             that
             our
             contest
             should
             end
             in
             Victory
             ,
             and
             our
             warfare
             crowned
             at
             last
             with
             Immortal
             Glory
             and
             Felicity
             .
             Wherefore
             though
             our
             Enemies
             are
             tall
             and
             mighty
             Gyants
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             reason
             of
             their
             Natures
             have
             many
             advantages
             over
             frail
             Flesh
             and
             Bloud
             ;
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             Constitution
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             such
             the
             Arms
             we
             are
             furnished
             withal
             for
             the
             Combate
             ,
             that
             as
             David
             through
             a
             great
             Faith
             and
             Confidence
             in
             the
             Divine
             Assistance
             ,
             prevailed
             over
             the
             mighty
             Champion
             of
             the
             Philistines
             with
             a
             Sling
             and
             a
             Stone
             ;
             so
             by
             a
             firm
             Trust
             reposed
             in
             the
             same
             Aid
             ,
             we
             may
             overthrow
             
             and
             become
             Victorious
             over
             all
             the
             Infernal
             Powers
             that
             desie
             the
             Armies
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           
             Here
             therefore
             lies
             the
             Field
             of
             Gallantry
             and
             Honour
             ,
             here
             are
             the
             Olympia
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             wherein
             she
             strives
             and
             wrestles
             ,
             not
             with
             Flesh
             and
             Bloud
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             strong
             and
             subtle
             Forces
             of
             Hell
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             not
             for
             a
             Garland
             of
             Flowers
             ,
             but
             for
             Wreaths
             of
             Immarcessible
             Glory
             .
             Take
             heart
             then
             O
             Man
             ,
             and
             like
             an
             invincible
             Champion
             of
             the
             Holy
             Iesus
             ,
             fight
             the
             good
             fight
             of
             Faith
             ;
             Be
             true
             and
             sincere
             to
             thy
             best
             Hopes
             and
             Interests
             ,
             by
             a
             perfect
             Eradication
             of
             all
             thy
             Exorbitant
             lusts
             and
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             strong
             Faith
             and
             profound
             Humility
             form
             the
             living
             Image
             of
             God
             within
             thee
             .
             Then
             shall
             thy
             Soul
             with
             joy
             and
             triumph
             be
             lifted
             up
             above
             the
             perplexed
             Fate
             of
             this
             Inferior
             World
             ,
             and
             be
             able
             to
             repress
             and
             extinguish
             the
             Incantations
             and
             Allurements
             of
             the
             Mundane
             Spirit
             through
             the
             might
             and
             power
             of
             a
             Divine
             Principle
             .
             Nor
             shall
             the
             subtle
             Plots
             and
             Machinations
             of
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Conspiracies
             of
             Hell
             be
             able
             to
             defeat
             those
             watchful
             Armies
             of
             Light
             with
             which
             thou
             art
             guarded
             .
             Act
             generously
             and
             becoming
             not
             only
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             faithful
             Disciple
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             behold
             those
             numerous
             Troops
             of
             Angels
             ,
             which
             (
             though
             invisible
             to
             our
             weak
             and
             bodily
             eyes
             )
             perpetually
             surround
             and
             encompass
             the
             servants
             of
             the
             living
             God.
             The
             Blessed
             Iesus
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             days
             of
             his
             flesh
             by
             his
             Soveraign
             Command
             ejected
             Legions
             of
             Infernal
             Spirits
             out
             of
             their
             usurped
             Holds
             in
             the
             Bodies
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             glorious
             Resurrection
             cast
             down
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             from
             his
             unjust
             Empire
             and
             Dominion
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             maintains
             the
             same
             Righteous
             Cause
             still
             ,
             and
             carries
             on
             a
             successful
             War
             against
             those
             Apostate
             Spirits
             ,
             in
             which
             whosoever
             will
             persevere
             with
             courage
             and
             resolution
             ,
             shall
             at
             the
             last
             reap
             the
             joyous
             Fruits
             of
             his
             Victory
             and
             Patience
             ,
             and
             receive
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             glorious
             King
             of
             Righteousness
             a
             Beautiful
             and
             Immortal
             Crown
             of
             life
             and
             blessedness
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             We
             learn
             not
             to
             speak
             evil
             of
             Angels
             .
             For
             he
             who
             is
             now
             the
             Head
             and
             Prince
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             ,
             is
             supposed
             by
             most
             Divines
             to
             have
             been
             once
             the
             highest
             in
             Dignity
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             whole
             Angelick
             Order
             ;
             and
             though
             reflecting
             upon
             his
             State
             and
             Grandeur
             ,
             and
             finding
             himself
             the
             chiefest
             of
             the
             works
             of
             Gods
             hands
             ,
             in
             the
             haughty
             pride
             of
             his
             heart
             he
             aspired
             to
             an
             equality
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             thereby
             cast
             down
             into
             these
             Aereal
             Regions
             ,
             yet
             is
             he
             still
             a
             very
             formidable
             and
             tremendous
             Power
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             blasphemed
             or
             spoke
             evil
             of
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             resisted
             by
             all
             those
             ways
             and
             means
             which
             God
             in
             his
             holy
             Word
             hath
             propounded
             to
             us
             .
             It
             is
             S.
             Austin
             his
             opinion
             ,
             
             that
             what
             is
             spoken
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             by
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             
             may
             prefigure
             or
             allude
             to
             this
             mighty
             Prince
             of
             the
             Dark
             Legions
             :
             
               How
               art
               thou
               fallen
               from
               Heaven
               O
               Lucifer
               son
               of
               the
               morning
               !
               For
               thou
               hast
               said
               in
               thineheart
               ,
               I
               will
               ascend
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               I
               will
               exalt
               my
               Throne
               above
               the
               Stars
               of
               God
               :
               I
               will
               sit
               also
               upon
               the
               Mount
               of
               
               the
               Congregation
               ,
               in
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               North
               ;
               I
               will
               ascend
               above
               the
               heights
               of
               the
               Clouds
               ;
               I
               will
               be
               like
               the
               most
               High.
            
             And
             hitherto
             he
             refers
             the
             description
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Tyrus
             by
             Ezekiel
             ,
             
             
               Thou
               hast
               been
               in
               Eden
               the
               Garden
               of
               God
               ;
               every
               precious
               stone
               was
               thy
               covering
               ,
               the
               Sardius
               ,
               Topaz
               ,
               and
               the
               Diamond
               ,
               the
               Beryl
               ,
               the
               Onyx
               and
               the
               Iasper
               ,
               the
               Saphire
               ,
               the
               Emerald
               ,
               and
               the
               Carbuncle
               and
               Gold
               :
               the
               workmanship
               of
               thy
               Tabrets
               ,
               and
               of
               thy
               Pipes
               was
               prepared
               in
               thee
               ,
               in
               the
               day
               that
               thou
               wast
               created
               .
               Thou
               art
               the
               anointed
               Cherub
               that
               covereth
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               set
               thee
               so
               ;
               thou
               wast
               upon
               the
               Holy
               Mountain
               of
               God
               ;
               thou
               hast
               walked
               up
               and
               down
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               stones
               of
               fire
               .
               Thou
               wast
               perfect
               in
               thy
               ways
               from
               the
               day
               that
               thou
               wast
               created
               ,
               till
               Iniquity
               was
               found
               in
               thee
               .
            
             And
             if
             this
             so
             high
             and
             majestick
             a
             description
             in
             its
             first
             and
             primary
             sence
             belong
             to
             that
             mighty
             Angel
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             foolishly
             and
             idly
             to
             be
             scoffed
             at
             or
             blasphemed
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             sober
             advice
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Golden
             Verses
             ,
             
             
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
              
            
             
               i.
               e.
            
             to
             be
             feared
             as
             a
             very
             powerful
             and
             implacable
             Enemy
             of
             mankind
             ,
             by
             doing
             good
             and
             justifiable
             actions
             ,
             and
             by
             persevering
             in
             a
             course
             of
             Virtue
             ,
             which
             only
             through
             the
             assistance
             of
             Divine
             Goodness
             ,
             can
             deliver
             us
             from
             his
             Rage
             and
             Malice
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             though
             not
             much
             taken
             notice
             of
             by
             later
             Divines
             ,
             yet
             is
             very
             full
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.10
             ,
             11.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               tremble
               not
               when
               they
               rail
               at
               Glories
               ,
            
             or
             as
             our
             Translation
             renders
             it
             ,
             
               they
               are
               not
               afraid
               to
               speak
               evil
               of
               Dignities
               ;
               whereas
               Angels
               which
               are
               greater
               in
               power
               and
               might
               ,
               bring
               not
               a
               railing
               Accusation
            
             [
             or
             a
             
               contumelious
               Indictment
            
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ]
             
               against
               them
               before
               the
               Lord.
            
             Parallel
             to
             which
             is
             that
             of
             S.
             Iude
             ver
             .
             8
             ,
             9.
             —
             
               speak
               evil
               of
               Dignities
            
             [
             or
             
               rail
               at
               Glories
               ]
               yet
               Michael
               the
               Archangel
               when
               contending
               with
               the
               Devil
               ,
               he
               disputed
               about
               
               the
               Body
               of
               Moses
               ,
               durst
               not
               bring
               against
               him
               a
               railing
               Accusation
               ,
               but
               said
               ,
               The
               Lord
               rebuke
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             That
             by
             [
             dignities
             ]
             here
             are
             understood
             Angels
             is
             clear
             ,
             1.
             
             From
             the
             manner
             of
             expression
             ,
             calling
             them
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Glories
             ;
             a
             word
             frequently
             used
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             to
             express
             the
             appearance
             of
             Angels
             :
             The
             only
             difficulty
             will
             be
             why
             evil
             Angels
             should
             be
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Glories
             :
             To
             which
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             may
             properly
             be
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ▪
             or
             Dignity
             ,
             though
             his
             Glory
             be
             pale
             and
             wan
             ,
             and
             those
             once
             bright
             and
             orient
             colours
             faded
             and
             darkned
             in
             his
             Robes
             :
             and
             the
             Scriptures
             represent
             him
             as
             a
             Prince
             though
             it
             be
             of
             Devils
             .
             2.
             
             Of
             other
             Dominions
             their
             Contempt
             was
             set
             down
             before
             both
             in
             S.
             Peter
             and
             S.
             Iude
             ,
             by
             the
             phrase
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             setting
             at
             nought
             ,
             making
             nothing
             of
             and
             despising
             ,
             scornfully
             behaving
             themselves
             towards
             their
             Superiors
             ,
             and
             so
             need
             not
             be
             repeated
             again
             in
             these
             words
             .
             3.
             
             That
             it
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             a
             contumelious
             or
             contemptuous
             
             behaviour
             towards
             Angels
             ,
             is
             evident
             from
             the
             instance
             the
             Apostle
             brings
             of
             the
             contention
             between
             Michael
             and
             the
             Devil
             ,
             who
             though
             now
             his
             Superior
             ,
             yet
             durst
             not
             carry
             himself
             insolently
             ,
             contemptuously
             or
             reproachfully
             against
             him
             .
             All
             this
             is
             sufficient
             to
             let
             us
             understand
             ,
             that
             these
             mighty
             Principalities
             are
             not
             to
             be
             reproached
             or
             railed
             at
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             left
             to
             the
             just
             and
             righteous
             rebukes
             of
             Heaven
             in
             our
             contests
             and
             conflicts
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             We
             are
             fully
             assured
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             hath
             God
             propitious
             to
             him
             ,
             need
             not
             fear
             the
             malice
             of
             evil
             Spirits
             .
             When
             the
             servant
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Elisha
             was
             in
             a
             great
             fear
             and
             consternation
             of
             mind
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Armies
             of
             the
             Syrians
             that
             had
             surrounded
             his
             Masters
             dwelling
             ,
             he
             no
             sooner
             saw
             those
             invisible
             Chariots
             and
             Horses
             of
             fire
             ,
             but
             his
             fear
             abated
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirits
             returned
             :
             And
             if
             we
             had
             but
             a
             firm
             Faith
             in
             the
             Divine
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             our
             business
             to
             propitiate
             God
             and
             assert
             our selves
             under
             a
             benigne
             and
             favourable
             Providence
             by
             the
             holiness
             
             of
             our
             lives
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             fear
             the
             numerous
             Armies
             and
             Troops
             of
             Syrians
             ,
             those
             evil
             Daemons
             that
             assemble
             and
             unite
             themselves
             for
             our
             Ruine
             and
             Destruction
             .
             For
             he
             that
             loves
             God
             has
             presently
             the
             Invisible
             Guards
             of
             Heaven
             to
             pitch
             their
             Tents
             about
             him
             .
          
           
             
             For
             ,
             (
             as
             Arnobius
             excellently
             discourses
             against
             the
             
               Pagans
               )
               the
               first
               and
               only
               God
               is
               a
               sufficient
               Object
               of
               Divine
               veneration
               ;
               that
               God
               (
               I
               say
               )
               who
               is
               the
               Father
               and
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Maker
               and
               Governour
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               and
               in
               worshipping
               him
               ,
               we
               worship
               all
               that
               is
               to
               be
               worshipped
               ,
               and
               adore
               all
               that
               is
               fit
               to
               be
               adored
               ,
               and
               pay
               our
               obsequious
               Venerations
               to
               all
               that
               require
               them
               of
               us
               .
               For
               since
               we
               hold
               us
               fast
               to
               the
               Head
               of
               Divinity
               it self
               ,
               from
               whom
               all
               the
               Divinity
               of
               the
               most
               exalted
               Beings
               is
               derived
               ,
               it
               were
               a
               vain
               thing
               to
               disperse
               our
               worship
               upon
               many
               and
               single
               persons
               ,
               especially
               when
               we
               are
               in
               great
               measure
               ignorant
               both
               of
               their
               natures
               and
               names
               ,
               and
               can
               have
               no
               clear
               knowledge
               of
               their
               numbers
               .
               But
               as
               in
               Earthly
               Kingdoms
               ,
               when
               we
               pay
               our
               worship
               and
               service
               to
               the
               King
               
               himself
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               need
               of
               offering
               the
               same
               by
               name
               to
               all
               who
               are
               attendants
               in
               the
               Royal
               Family
               ;
               for
               asmuch
               as
               whatever
               Honour
               belongs
               to
               them
               ,
               is
               tacitly
               acknowledged
               to
               be
               comprehended
               in
               that
               done
               to
               the
               King
               :
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               the
               holy
               Angels
               being
               a
               Royal
               Progeny
               ,
               and
               deriving
               their
               Beings
               from
               the
               first
               and
               principal
               Head
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               although
               they
               receive
               no
               worship
               from
               us
               by
               name
               ,
               yet
               know
               well
               enough
               that
               they
               are
               honoured
               likewise
               in
               common
               with
               their
               King.
            
             So
             that
             when
             by
             a
             strong
             Faith
             and
             the
             Holiness
             of
             our
             lives
             we
             have
             made
             God
             our
             Friend
             ,
             the
             Heavenly
             Hosts
             are
             at
             the
             same
             time
             reconciled
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             acknowledged
             by
             them
             as
             members
             of
             their
             society
             ,
             and
             they
             lend
             us
             their
             kind
             and
             friendly
             assistance
             in
             countermining
             the
             designs
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             against
             us
             .
             Neither
             is
             there
             any
             Christian
             that
             is
             ever
             left
             to
             his
             own
             naked
             and
             solitary
             Effort
             in
             this
             War
             with
             the
             powers
             of
             Hell
             ,
             but
             is
             attended
             and
             succoured
             with
             a
             mighty
             strength
             ,
             even
             the
             Bright
             Armies
             and
             Legions
             of
             Heavens
             Almighty
             
             King.
             This
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Power
             that
             will
             at
             last
             prevail
             and
             subdue
             all
             things
             to
             it self
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             with
             all
             its
             rebellious
             Associates
             shall
             be
             plunged
             into
             an
             Everlasting
             pit
             of
             Horror
             and
             Confusion
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             concerns
             us
             carefully
             to
             avoid
             and
             mortifie
             those
             more
             refined
             and
             Intellectual
             Vices
             ,
             such
             as
             Pride
             ,
             Malice
             ,
             Faction
             ,
             &c.
             which
             link
             and
             conjoyn
             men
             fast
             to
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             .
             For
             though
             these
             sublimated
             Iniquities
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             Wickednesses
             are
             not
             so
             much
             nor
             frequently
             taken
             notice
             of
             as
             the
             grosser
             pollutions
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             no
             less
             dangerous
             than
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             being
             near
             a
             kin
             to
             the
             Diabolical
             nature
             .
             Hell
             it self
             is
             as
             well
             a
             state
             of
             Life
             and
             Being
             as
             a
             Place
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Soul
             is
             overrun
             with
             hatred
             and
             envy
             ,
             with
             deep
             anxiety
             and
             cruel
             despight
             ,
             she
             is
             then
             really
             drawn
             into
             a
             living
             Hell
             ,
             and
             the
             Devils
             nature
             perfectly
             formed
             in
             her
             .
             There
             is
             a
             certain
             Magical
             Sympathy
             running
             through
             this
             Inferior
             World
             ,
             which
             powerfully
             attracts
             
             every
             thing
             like
             it self
             ,
             and
             strives
             to
             assimilate
             and
             convert
             it
             into
             its
             own
             nature
             ;
             thus
             every
             pitiful
             Vice
             seeks
             the
             enlargement
             of
             it self
             by
             a
             contagious
             Affriction
             of
             all
             capable
             Subjects
             ;
             and
             the
             Dark
             or
             Worldly
             Spirit
             is
             diffused
             far
             and
             wide
             ,
             and
             pulls
             and
             draws
             by
             hidden
             strings
             all
             those
             Beings
             that
             are
             predisposed
             to
             a
             Cognation
             and
             Afsinity
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             thus
             are
             mens
             Souls
             often
             suck'd
             in
             by
             this
             Infernal
             and
             Powerful
             Nature
             before
             ever
             they
             think
             they
             are
             in
             any
             danger
             .
             Awake
             then
             O
             man
             from
             this
             drowzy
             and
             deadly
             state
             ,
             and
             prepare
             and
             purge
             thy
             heart
             from
             all
             such
             poisonous
             and
             hellish
             Passions
             ;
             Let
             that
             universal
             Goodness
             which
             hath
             distilled
             its
             fruitful
             nature
             upon
             all
             the
             capacities
             of
             things
             ,
             enlarge
             and
             widen
             thy
             Soul
             for
             a
             due
             reception
             of
             a
             Sacred
             Influence
             from
             above
             ;
             that
             the
             holy
             life
             of
             God
             may
             revive
             within
             thee
             ,
             which
             being
             of
             a
             Heavenly
             Birth
             and
             Extraction
             ,
             will
             infallibly
             carry
             up
             the
             Mind
             and
             Spirit
             to
             its
             own
             Fountain
             and
             Original
             .
          
           
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             A
             true
             survey
             of
             the
             Dark
             Kingdom
             and
             the
             Powerfulness
             thereof
             ,
             cannot
             but
             beget
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             all
             sincere
             Christians
             a
             great
             chearfulness
             and
             firm
             trust
             in
             God's
             Providence
             .
             There
             are
             some
             that
             think
             God
             is
             best
             served
             with
             a
             demure
             look
             and
             melancholick
             countenance
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             heart
             and
             life
             of
             Devotion
             lay
             in
             being
             dull
             and
             mopish
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             ever
             despairing
             of
             good
             ;
             whereas
             this
             is
             only
             an
             artificial
             and
             mechanical
             thing
             ,
             or
             at
             best
             a
             Religion
             that
             men
             have
             framed
             and
             patched
             together
             out
             of
             their
             own
             distempered
             Constitutions
             .
             The
             Iews
             say
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Prophecy
             will
             not
             rest
             upon
             a
             Melancholick
             man
             ;
             and
             the
             Sacred
             Writings
             inform
             us
             ,
             that
             
             David's
             Harp
             did
             sometimes
             dispossess
             Saul
             of
             his
             dull
             and
             Melancholick
             Devil
             ,
             intimating
             surely
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             God
             takes
             the
             greatest
             pleasure
             in
             a
             composed
             and
             serene
             Mind
             ,
             that
             goes
             on
             in
             a
             chearful
             dependence
             upon
             that
             Almighty
             Providence
             that
             encircles
             all
             things
             both
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             .
          
           
           
             There
             are
             some
             Tempers
             and
             Constitutions
             of
             Bodies
             more
             adapted
             and
             disposed
             to
             the
             Temptations
             and
             Assaults
             of
             the
             Devil
             than
             others
             ,
             and
             consequently
             have
             more
             need
             of
             a
             due
             care
             and
             inspection
             over
             them
             .
             Thus
             though
             the
             most
             lucid
             Discoveries
             in
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             owe
             a
             great
             deal
             to
             a
             moderate
             Tincture
             of
             Melancholy
             (
             whence
             Aristotle
             observes
             ,
             that
             such
             Persons
             have
             in
             some
             measure
             been
             Divinely
             affected
             in
             the
             Prediction
             of
             Future
             Events
             )
             yet
             when
             this
             Humour
             shall
             become
             ungovernable
             ,
             and
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             of
             Reason
             ,
             clouding
             all
             the
             Intellectual
             powers
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             in
             this
             Dark
             and
             horrid
             Confusion
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             evil
             and
             degenerate
             Spirits
             may
             insinuate
             themselves
             ,
             and
             taking
             the
             advantage
             of
             this
             Distemper
             ,
             may
             produce
             such
             effects
             as
             no
             natural
             account
             can
             be
             given
             for
             .
             But
             I
             would
             not
             be
             mistaken
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             for
             a
             light
             and
             fantastick
             Spirit
             that
             I
             plead
             ,
             since
             the
             devoutest
             Christian
             in
             the
             highest
             and
             most
             enravishing
             chearfulness
             and
             joy
             of
             his
             Mind
             ,
             is
             then
             most
             
             composed
             ,
             grave
             and
             serious
             .
             I
             would
             only
             promote
             the
             Exhortation
             of
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             that
             men
             should
             
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               Lord
               always
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             discouragements
             thrown
             in
             their
             way
             by
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             :
             For
             this
             Divine
             joy
             and
             serenity
             of
             Mind
             is
             the
             state
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             an
             Emblem
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             whose
             bright
             and
             clear
             Mansions
             are
             never
             overspread
             by
             any
             black
             and
             dismal
             Clouds
             ,
             but
             a
             perpetual
             and
             youthful
             Spring
             ,
             an
             inexhausted
             source
             of
             pure
             Joy
             and
             Pleasure
             abides
             there
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45358-e1170
           
             
               Arrian
               .
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45358-e1320
           
             
               Enchir.
               Ethic.
               c.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Epiclet
               .
               c
            
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             8.
             
               contr
               .
               Celsum
            
             .
          
           
             
               See
               Revel
            
             .
             1.4
             .
          
           
             
               See
               Ezra
            
             7.14
             .
          
           
             
               In
               lib.
               de
               Mundo
            
             .
          
           
             
               Varen
               .
               Descript
               .
               Regni
               Iapon
               .
            
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             
               de
               Abst.
            
             
          
           
             Psal.
             106.37
             .
          
           
             C.D.l.
             2.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Verit.
               Rel.
               l.
            
             4.
             
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Iob.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             10.18
             
          
           
             Rev.
             12.8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             
               de
               Verit.
               Relig
            
             .
          
           
             
               C.D.
               l.
            
             7.
             c.
             33.
             
          
           
             
               Eccles.
               Hist.
               l.
            
             8.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes.
             2
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             C.Dl.
             10.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             
               See
               Doctor
            
             Hammond
             
               upon
               Acts
            
             16.16
             .
          
           
             
               Cited
               by
            
             Mountague
             .
             
               Diatr
               .
               against
            
             Selden
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               C.
               D.
               l.
            
             8.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Passion
               .
               Par.
            
             1.
             
             Ar.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Cornel.
               Agrip
               .
               de
               Occult
               .
               Phil.
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             64.
             
             
               Del-Rio
               Disquisit
               .
               Magick
               .
               Gader
               .
               Doctr.
               Ari.
               &
               Plat.
               
            
          
           
             Aeneid
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Metam
             .
             1.7
             .
          
           
             
               C.D.
               l.
            
             8.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             Apolog.
             
          
           
             
               Nat.
               Quaest.
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             L.
             18.
             
          
           
             L.
             2.
             
          
           
             L.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Vit.
               Camilli
            
             .
          
           
             
               Contr.
               Celsum
               .
               l.
            
             8.
             p.
             398.
             
          
           
             
               Annot.
               in
            
             1
             Cor.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             L.
             2.
             c.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Contr.
               Cels.
               l.
            
             8.
             p.
             398.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Opisic
               .
               Dei
               ,
               c
               ,
            
             20.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Vit.
               Plot.
            
             
          
           
             L.
             2.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Psell.
             
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             .
          
           
             
               Orig.
               l
            
             8.
             
          
           
             L.
             7.
             
             P.
             334
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             
               C.D.
               l.
            
             11.
             c.
             15.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             14.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             28
             
          
           
             Lib.
             3.