,'ratfafhion is heof?and f1,e anPered, A o.de it tem4 etb p -1 pc J nì mantle. AndSaul&nervtbat it was Samuel, 6Nhe etzclisaed hisfaceto thegro:%d, andbowed hirrfelfe. AndSamuelftid toSaul, why haft those diffaùetedv e, t bringme vp ? Thé Saul anfrered,lantingreat diflre e:forthPhiliflinssmake warreagaintt me,&c.This Samuel, was not that trueProphetofGod,whoa- nointed Saul King ouer lirae1: for, i . thefoulesoftheSaints departed,are farce from the diuels clawes and dominion. e. That good Samuel, ifit had been he indeede, would neuer haue permittedSaul to worlhiphim. 3.. He faith towickedSaul,To morrow shalt thoubewith me,verf. r4. Neithercould this bee a bare illufion,and, as I may fay,legcrdemaineofthe witch,forheplainly foretoldSauls deflru6lion, which an ignorant woman couldnot know, much Ieffe durft the confIantiy auouch any filch matter to the King. It remaineth then,that this Samuel was ametre illufîonofSatan. Divining without meanes is when fuch as are poffeffedwith an vncleane fpirit,v fc immediatlythe helpeofthe fame fpirit,to rcueile fecrets. A6t.i 6.i 6. A certainmaydhauirg afpirit ofdiuination, metes, whichgateher mailer much vantage withdiuining. Efay94.4.Thy voycefhall be outof theground, likehim that hath a f irisofdiuination, andthy talkOgAailwhiler out ofthe dull. Magiqueoperatiue,hath twoparts : luggling,and Inchantments. luggling, whereby, through the diuels conueiance, many great and very hard matters, are in thew effcéled. Exod 7.1o, i i, i 2.. Aaron callfoortb his rodbeforePharaoh, andbefore his ferruants, and it ruas turned into aferpent Then Pharaoh calledalofor the rvi fmen,andfercerers,and thofecharmersal- f ofEgypt didin Itke mannerwith their enchantments:for theycaft down eme- ry manhis rod, and they wereturned into f rpents : but Aaron, rodde detoured their rod. Enchantment,orcharming,is that,wherebybeaf}s,but efpecially Yong chil- dren,andmenofriper yeares,areby Godspermifsion infeddcd,poyfoned,hurt, bounden,killed, and otherwile mole fled ;or contrarily, fometilnes curedof Satan, by mumblingvp fomefewe words,makingcertainechara&ers and fi- gures,framing circles, hanging amulets about thenecke, or other parts, by hearbs,medicines,and fuch liketrumperie, that thereby thepunìfhment ofthe faithles maybeaugmented,in repofing theirftrengthvpon fuch rotten flaues, and the faithfull may be tried,whether theywill committhe likeabomination. Pfal. i8.4. Theirpotfonúeven like thepoifon ofaferpent: IiJg thedeafe adder thatfloppeth his eare which heave not the voceofthe enchanter, thoughhebee mollexpert incharming.Ecclefio.ii. Iftheferpentbite whenbe isnot charmed, e'c. Thus hauewe heardMagiquedefcribed out ofGods word, thewhich,how asyet,common it is, in thofe efpecially which arewithout God in theworld, and whom Satanbyall meanes fironglydeludeth,the lamentable experience whichmany men, and moftplaceshaue thereof,can fufciently prouevnto E e
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