theEps/!le so theÇdatimtt8. Cha. y 439 Againe, by this we fee that manyof vs arevery carnali. thoughwe detefl onward Idolatrie, yet the inward Idolatrieof the heart aboundcs among vs. For Tookewhere the heart is there is theGod. Now the hearts of menare vpon the world, 3 and upon the riches, and pleafutes thereof. For themwe take the moil care, and in them we placeour chiefs delight, where-1; as God in Chrif} (hould haue allthe affct`tionsofour hearts. I tb'itchcraft) The wordeedfp usi,e, properly fignifics , poifo- Piing : but here it is fitly tranflated,witcbcraft: beeaufe all poifo- ;g o. ning is comprehended vnder murther which followed). And the Magitians of Egypt, Exod. 7. are called ¢apuuuas , in the tranflation ofthe Seauentie: asall() the wife men. Dan.2. Now ifthey had bin but poifoners , they had not bin fit for Pharaos, and Nabuchadnezars turne , neither would they haue dcfired as their prefence,andhelpe. Witchcraft lignifies all curious arts, wrought by the opera tion of thedeuill. For thebetter conceiuing ofit, Iwill conk- der two things. Thegronrad thereof, and the kndei of witch- craft. 20 Thegroand,is a League or Compa(R with the Deuill. It is twofold,anExprefe or open league,and a fecret fragile. Theopen league is,. when men inuocate the Deuill in exprcfle words, or otherwife make any manifeft couenant with him. The fecret league is, when men vie mcanes; which they know haue no 25 force, but by the operationofthe dcuill.And thevery vfingof luckmcanes in carnet}, is an implicit couenanting with the de- uill. If by true faith , we make a couenant with God ; thenal falfe faith,in the vfeof Satanicall ceremonics,makes a couenant with the deuil. Andwithout this, there is no pranife ofwitch- 30 craft. There are three kinds of witchcraft. The fart# is ,Superfiti. out diiiination, which ferues to tell mentheir fortunes, or to re- I ueale fecrcts by the flyingoffoules, by the intralls of beans, by the obferuation of ílarres, by confulting with familiar fpirits, Is and filch like. Deut. r i. i r . The fecond,is-iugghPg, which is to ,worke wonders, or feates, beyond the order of nature , as did theMagitians of Egypt. The third, is charming or inchantine.., which is by the pronouncingof wordes, to procure fpeedie:. Burt, or fpeedie helpe. Thevie. By this wefee that weareacarnal people. For in Rh Is 3 the
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