the Epiflle to the Gala:ia u. Cup.S. 43 flrange cure. I fay wittingly , to put a difference betweenc wit- ches, and Ionic fuperftirious perlons, who vfe charming, and by it doe manycures, perfvvading themlelues, that thewordcs which they vfe, haue force in them , or that God hash giuen 5 them a gift, to doe ftrange things. Such people in a naturali honefhc , deter} all knowne foctctie with the dcuill ; in that re- fpeet they are not the witches which the Scripture adtudgeth to death, yet are they at the next dore to them : and therefore they arc to beadmonifhed by. Magiflrates and Miniffcrs to lo relinquish their fuperflitious praßtfes, and that vpon a double ground. I. Nothing hath efficaciebut by the Ordinance of God. And this cfficacie was either put into the thing in the Icreation, or fince by foam new Inflitution in the word. And the efficacie of things that comes by any other meanes, is by I S Satanicall operation. I I. Charmes, inchantments, and (pelts i whatfoeuer , haueno force vnlefTe we belceue that they can doevs good. Now this faith is a Ellie faith , and the feruice of the deuil. For we mutt (Acetic nothing , hope nothing,doe. nothing , without, or against the word of God. If there tsvo yo rules beobferued, not onelycharming, but all witchcraft Shall be banifhed out of the world. Againe, it may bedemanded , what arc the fignes that ferue. to dllcouer a witch ? And This difcoucrie is very hard. For witches doe their feates indole manner, not onely by foule 25 n f f p ii i dof thi gs. And hereupon wehaueo fhon in England, a, when we prateany thing, withal! toblef1e it , (as to fay, it it ngoodly child, Godface it) that our fpeach may not be fùfpeíled of witchcraft. Ncuerthelefie, there are flue fpeciall things that 30 ferue to dtfcouer a witch. One is, the freeconfeffionof the ace cured, or fufpeacdwitch. The fecond is, the cónfeffion of the a%ciats of the witch. The third is , Inuocation of thedcuill. FAr that is to renounce bantifrne, and tomake a league with the-deuill. The fourth, is Euidence, that the partie hath inter i 3i taineda familiar fpirit,in the formeor likenes of (came vifible f creature, The fifth is, Euidenreof anyaaion or aftions,that neceflärilyprefuppofe a league madewith the deuill. A s for example: if the partie Phew a mans face in a glafe : thoughhe profeffe angelical! hohnes, he is in league with the deuill, by wholemeanes the feate iswrought. . Then
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