e Ji don Ito a sn fon. . IX A-religiotís reuerenceofthecreattire,as whenwee attribute moreveto it,thenwe ought.Reue1.22.8.WhenIhadheardàdfeene,Ife11donne to wort. ip before thefeete ofthe Ans-el,whichJhewedme theft ;things,Buthefaidvetome, See thoudoeit not rfor Im, thyfellow f ru.tttt. Á4Ì.t 0.2 s. sPetercamein, Carneliasmet hirs andfelldowneathisfeet,anii imrfbippedhim, Bat Petertook him up, f yin ,Standvp,for men I riggfcl-fëan aman. Ifthen it be fohainous a thing,to reuerence thecreature, muchmoretopray unto it, whether it bee Saint or Angell. Rotn.chap. ro. verf. t4.. How,thaN they callvpon him,in whom they have not 6sleeued. Matth.4. r o. Thou fbalt n'orfhrp theLord thyCgod,andhim onelylimitthou ferue. Neithermay we prayvnto Chrifl,as he isonclyman, but ashe is Gdd and man : for wee direa notour prayers veto the humanitie, but to the deitie,to which thehumanitie isknitbyan hypoftaticali vision. Thisteachethvs plainely, that invocation ofany creature isvnlawfuh e for weemutt pray to then_, that areable to knowe the fecrers ofthe heart,and difcerne the wifedotneofthefpirit : nownone is able to doe that, but filch a natureas isomni,potcnt.Rom.Y a7.Hethatfearcheththeheartr,knoweth- hat òthemcahingofthef.fait;forhemaketh:reque,flfor the Saints, acçarding to thewilt ofGod, Neuertcief e,fuch as are Saints indeede,areto bee honoured by an ap- probationofGodsgifts in them, and by an'honorable mention ofthern,and alfo by imitationoftheir mannersand liues,being as patternes forvs towalke after. X. VVorfhippe ofdiuels r I. Magique,which is a mifchieuous art,accomm- pli{hingwonders by Satans af3iftance. For it is appropriate toGod to doe miracles;. for bee alone both beyond, and againft thecourfeofnatute, dooth wonderful' things. Now the initrumentswhich God vfeth in producing mi. racles,are onely they,whodoe in the true ChurchofGod, make profefhonof the faith. Albeit the diuels cannotworke miracles, yet may they of eameruailes, or wonders,andthat,not bymaking a new thing, which before was not at all; butrather bymoouing,tranfporting,and applying naturali things diuerfly,by caufnga thinnebodie,as theayre,tobe thickand foggie,andalfo bybewitch ing the fenfesofmen. ThefoundationofMágique,is a couenantwithSatan. Acouenanr withSatan is fuch acontrast, bywhichMagitians haue mutu- ally to doe with the diuell. In this obferue : The originall ofthis mttuall contraeì : I. Satan rnaketh»choice of fuck men to bee his feruants, as areby nature either notoriousbad perfons,orvery Tillie foules. I I. Hee offereth vnto them dicersmcanes,eitherbyether Ma- gitians,or by force bookeswrittenby fuch : Satanical' meaner, I call thofe, ;which are vfed in the producing of fuch an of ea , to the which they, neither by anie expreffe rule out ofGods word, nor of their owne natur; were.
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