432 Chap.s. AComaeatariovpoN Thereare betides thefe,othcr frgncr,but they are either 1.0(4' or vncerten. Aman is ficke, he fufpefls that he is bewitched: ;he takes it on His death that fuch a partic bath bewitched him. All this is nothing, but thc fufpition of one man, and there; =fore no proofe. Likewife thc teftitnonieof fomc wizzard ás f .but the tcfìimonie of one, and it is thedeuills teflimonie , and therefore not to be receiueci. Againe , neighbours fall out,' -threataings arevied in anger : afterward, the partiethrcatnel, pis either Gcke,or hedies : hereupon the partie that vfcd threat pingwords, is accufed of witchcraft. And this is the common to tourie. But great círcumfpeetion mall be vied, for ficknefe and death, may arife ofany other caules. Laftly, markcs in the bodies ofmen and women, arc vncerten figncsofwitches. All this I note the rather : becaufeif a judgement befall a man in his familie , prefently (according to thecommon fafhion) he 15 faithhe is hurt by cuill tongues , and challengcth fume oneor other,of witchcraft: whereas hisowne ignorance, vnbelecfe,' contempt of Gods word, and Sacraments , &c. are the oncly witches that hurt him,andpull downGods iudgcmcnts upon him. >a Herefler] The wordherdic generallyfignifies any opinion, either goodor bad. More fpecially,it fignifics any crrour in re. ligion. Thus Ecclefiaflicall writers take it. For theycondemn for heretikes fuch as erred in fmaller points, holdingthc foun. dation, as rigilantine,Novatne, &c. And the veryOpinion that 35 thereare Antipodes, was condemned for hcrcfi ,though it be* matter of fmall.,moment. Yet moil properly,Hcrcfc may be thus defined : It re a:r crrour iK thefoumetaion o fChr/lian reági. on, taught anddefendedwithobfisracie. Thus Paul faith, Tir. ;. t t .that an heretikei perurrted, that is , putbefide the fcundati ;o on: andcondemnedofhimfelfe in hisfinne, that is to fay,heerres obtlinatly men again[' hisowneconfcience. I fay that here[c is an erronr in religion , to puta difference betweene anerrour inDitainitie,andan errour in Philofophie, which is not rearmed here[ìe : and againe, toput difference be- ;S tweene fchifine,and herehe : for hercfie is in doarine, fchifine inmanners. order, regiment. Againe, I fay herefic is an crrour, rin :helmet/wine of-religiose, to diflirsguifh it from errours that are in fmaller points of Diuinitie. Some teach that Abra- hamVial borne the7oofTerah,fvmc the 13o of Tcrah.Both cannot
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