the Epifile to thegala:iaru. Chap 3 I that there is witchcraft, andwitches. And that we may the bet- \ter conceiue his meaning, two qucfiions are to bepropoun- ded. The flail is , what is the witchcrafthcre meant? Anj It is aSatanicall operation, whereby the fenfes ofmen are deluded. For the deuillcan by certaine meanes , deludeand corrupt the S phantafie , or the imagination ; and cauce men to thinke that of themfelues, which is otherwife. There is a difeafe called Iycein. thropia,in which >thebraine beefing diflempered,men thinke themfelues to be wolucs,and carrie themfelues as wolues, And to in this difeafe the deuill batha great firoke. Againe, the deuill can delude theoutward fenfes, as the hearing, and the fight. Thus Iannes and Iambres turned their roddes into ferpents, before Pharaoh , and brotiìght frogges ,,by, decciuing the eye, and not in truth , Exod. 7. and 8. Thus thewitch of Endor as: made a counterfeit of Samuel to rife out ofthe earth. i . Sam, 1 The fecond qucfiion is,ifthis witchcraft be anoperation of Satan, howmen Ihouldbe laid todoe it ? for Paul, faith, who, or what man bath bewitched you ? Anf. Mendoe it by league, . :AD and con`ederacie with. the- deuill. The inchai ter, charmesby l ioyni±sg /ocieties,Pfal.s°.5. The deuill feckes whome he mayde- I uoure ; and thereforc,where he finds a fit perfòn to worke vp l,' on, he infinuates and offers hirnfeltc-.. And after men he in league with him , hebath a word and facraments for them , as Godbath : and he required) faith, as,God cloth. And looke as 'theeues,fomc lie in the way, (orne in thewood and they in the w.ay(when a bootie comes) glue a watchword to the re , and then all areat hand together: Eucn fo when men in leaguewith thedeuill vie charmes, imprecations, curies, praifes,°ùper {liti. o ous inuocations, according to his appointment, and other Sa- ' I tanicall ceremonies, a watchword is l:kewife giuen vnto hitra; I and he is firaight at hand to doe the intended ecate. Thus, and' ino otherwile , are men laid to bewitch ,or driude the eye. f That which Paul faith to the Galatians, if he were now li 'tun; among vs,hewould ltkewife fay to vs,0fools?, rat;os,wha ') 124th bervitcheK'yen ? We are wife in matters ofthe world: but in matter.concerning the kingdome ofheauen,themofiof vs arc looks , befotted , and bewitched withworldly cares, and plcafures , without fcn,fe in matters ofreligion , like a peeceof.l waxe without all forme:fat to take the forme and print ofany I V V 3, relic Ij8,
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