The HiddenSorcerer, difcovered. ;33 they (hall fee themfelves as they are , and they (hall not be able to have one good thought of themfelvs, but the contrary; for this light of the Lord difcovers their black.nefs, their de- formity,and that there is nopower nor wifdom can help them, but.onely the go)d will, and thegood hand of theLord , nom thing but his weer goodneffe : and they fleall fee that there is no power, no goodneffe , no mercy , anywhere but in the Lord alone ; and,ifhe doe notpity them, there is nomercy at all for theme. And not only fo , That men have theirhoifes to ride on to carry themfwift away , that no danger may overtake then, and Chariots wherein they ride and put their truf : fo likewife that they have Cities andStrong-boldsfor their fecurity : fo.that all the wifdorne and power of man cannot make themmore f}rong and fafe to beare off the wrath of God, but alto (faith he) in the-next verle, I will cut off witchcraft out of thine hand, and thou (halt have no more Southfayers : Men have their Juglers and Diviners , their Southfayers and their Witches : All that witchcraft whereby men have deluded and deceived theirfouls, in that day (hall be difcovered ; thofe falte SEERSwho cryed peace, peace, when there was no peace : All that Witchcraft which men tiled in the things of God, in fitting up Images,and forms, and lha- dows, and herein deluded men, making them believe they were the things themfelves : And though they have wrought them up neverfo curioufly, and made them as neere the life as might be, yet in that day they [hall come to fee they were but Images and dead things ,. which could not help at all : And now they (hall no more live upon them, or hang, de- pend, or call upon them for help or reliefe, though they were made !after the bell pattern , and never fo like the things of God, yet they (hall then comeand fee clearly they were de- luded and bewitched, and all difcovered to be weer fancies and inchantments : but then *cis here promiled they fhould have no more Soutbfayers, no Irrchanters to deceive their eyes ; who have fo much' cunning to keep up their trade and their credit, and their maintenance, that they can make things appeareas they,are not, and to keep things from appearing as Ac`ís '19. 27.
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