--~- --~-~~~--~~~~~~~---- Chap:f; . "'l{~om.tlltpt"ril7ipM J. ------- > th~ time ofdHlrcl.fc vpon cxtrcmitic,figure-ca~,g,and char. , _, _ ·mmg, arcouc:rmuch vfed. And yet bothofthem atc.full off~.. •. ·.perChtion, and: follie. For the rcuc:alirigof thin•• Co come iJ G.ods: a~d ~he .flarres are ·v~i,u_crfall taufcs -~ wotkingYpon all . :thmgs ahkc:: and therefor~ at unot poffiblcby 'hemto fore~ tcll.c:ecntS tha( arc: contingent, or-cafual!. And wordshaue·n() f fa_rcc in them but ro fig?ifie, ,And therefore·wh~n they are ~P·· :plu:d .to cure dif~afc:s,·th~y are abufed ro awrorig'ende, and -their operation is frot\t'thedeuiiL And .for !hi-s caufe ,thev ar-c .,. t~ be: auoidc:d ofChriflian people. It marbe l'aid,howm~y w~ drfcc:rncofchannes ,·that we may thc:~~t(er au-oid them.? 4;,;; IG I Keepe this Rule: in mem~rie alwaies. Such obfeni:ati•;>ns, Qf J whof~ force and c~caci~, there. is no reafon or ciufe_ei'the~iq l:thc·thm~ don_c:,or tn the m!lttuttonof God, hauc t~efr.opera- · .. cion, a(ld cfficacic:, from fomc compaa andfo~ietie with 'th~ -dcuill, .As ·for eKamplc : fcrah:hingof.the fufpcae~ witch, is 1 S ··faidc: to be a mean~s to -cure witchcnft: btit indec:de it is~ .charme, and a pralfiifoaf' w.itGhcraft. For it hathno filch fo.rc~ l – fram·the Infiitutionof God;b~caufe it is againfi the fixt corn~ !Randement: and no natural !ea(on.c.anhe rend.rcc.<l, why dra~~- 2 ; mg ofblood, lhould cure witchcraft. 1'4-le achon therefore 1$ · a facrificc to the·dcuil: and:in-wayof ncompence, the cur~ is :done by him. . . · . . . : ' , '1t maybe fard,wh:at fhould we doe-·m dlllr~ffe;1f (uch h~Jps I ·maynot bc ~vfed? An[. V'Jc are to vfe approoued and .ordma. Z) ·ric mcran~s: and ~or the reel, ~amely the: euent, to leaue it v~to ~~ <? od, humgby faath .' an~ cal.lmg our careonGod, and~q~JC• .-tang our hearts in h1s wd , ~hatfoeuer €omes to paCI'c:. It Is~ want-of faith thus to m~tk! hRjl for dc:liueric before the appoin~ I -t~d time, And whereas it is thought that fgm~ perfon~ haue ~ 30 .grfi ofGod, bywords prefently·t&cureanydsreafe, whereup·j ,on t~~yarc calledwifoorCtmning~mn :mdw~mm,.it i' falfe: it-i:' 1 ·no grft efGod , but rather a asrfe,rthat leaues"them to·-be delu,· .delby thedcuill, who is the workerofthcfccures,~hinSara.. 1 -nical and fuperflitious meancs ., an&that-in a faifc fa1th, are V· ·3f r{ed·, · .~ For the bettcr,conceiuing of the !tnnc.,ir-ma:yb~ ~emanded ~ . ·what is a witch~ .Anfw,. On~ that Jr~llfmg.IJ, ~ndw,/!mg/1, fffoth I ·-the_ A/[lflt111C' Pf the aeNil/ himfo/fe~fJ~ t~t rtlltll~~~~~ offtcrtll, fo,- 1he 'R'Drlrfttg_ .]'fome mifchiefo, Dr for '~'!ff:lJ!.!'g_~f'/0,'!'6 . . _ · . _ .. _ _ flrtt"f!.. ·
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