The Hidden Sorcerer, difcovered. ceits, and lying wonders that nonebut the light and truth- of God can difcover his delufions ; but even all the world have received the markof the Beaff, and they run wondringof, ter him, and they have in them the,Jlrong man armed: and what power, wifdom, or firength of man is ever able to take off the one , or bind up the other ? bút when this day of theLord comes, thenmen fhall nomore be deluded by Sorcerers nor Inchanters, nor by thofe that mutter and PEEP, and havefamiliar f%irits, and fuchas do no other in all their Religion but enquire after the dead (as the Prophet fpeaks) what's that ? who enquire not after the living, theJubflance, and the truth, but after the dead, and all their d°light is to be among the Graves, and the Tombs, and dead things which have no power nor life in them,being menvery cruel and fierce. But all things of this nature in man (hall be cut off, when Chrift (hall arife in us and be. come Lord and King,and beall in all, viz. to be alone King, Pri .ft, and Prophet in us ; Then-we (hall hearken and give ear alone to him , having no other Guide, nor no other Teacher or Matt r but him : when thefe things come to pafs in us, 'then all the delufons within us, and all in others without us fhsll all be difcovered and vanifh: And indeed we cannever difcover thofe SpiritualSorcerers, and Inchan- ters without ur, till we have found them out and difcovered themwithin us.Then he alone (hall íhortly treaddownSatan un- der our fee:.Then this MICHAELwill throw down out of Heaven the Dragon and his Angels which deceived the Nati- ons ; O:,ely the BreathandCommingof the Lord can difco- ver thole depths oflyes, and infinite deceits that are received and rooted in the heart of man : and nothing but the good hand wifdona and power of the Lord Almighty can deliver the foule. From hence then we may holdout thus much, and 'tis very clear. Firft, that there is no greater Deceiver to be found then is with ri Man : No cunninger Devil, nogreater ANTICH R IS , nor no Worfe WITC H then what Man hath in his own heart ; fo that HE bath in him aU things defcríbed by the Name of EVIL. There is inhim the Rev. 14. II. Luk. II. 2I, 22. Rom.16. 20. Rev. 18. 23: r104a
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