1 1 ~+6 1 . f!.A 'DifcourfeofWitchcrafi. \Ch. 7 • 1 1 To this ~dlion we: :m(wer o._ffirma~iucly,_ I A cxcrCifctJly_paticnce,llmkc:<lcniall,thol!lnull l t~~tar~anmay. And ~or the m~rufellauon ot rcltt~y fcltc comcmcd in my good ""·ill and l tnts pomt, the Remedies o~ Witchcraft are ~o plcalure. 'I be confid~rcd._In the h:~.n_dhng whereof, I V\'tll By warrant of this dotfrinc,a qudlion comprocecdc m this order. Fu·H, to fct downc the manly mooucd may be refolucd: V\'hcrhcr the nuc, lavvfull, and c:ffcChtJ.l\ Rcmedie5 allowed fcruant and c:hild ofGod may be bewitched or 1 1' and prefcribcd itl the word. Secondly, the vnnot? lawful! :md fupcrllitious 1\JC<I.ns prcfcribed and Out ofthat which hath bccnc faid I•aufwcr ! praChfcd i11 the Ro_1-nil11 Cb~rch. he may; and th:H is plaincby the word. For by I LawfuH R.cmed1cs of Wttchcufc, be oftwo Gods pcnniffion,thc holy bodicofCbtiH himfor:s; Prclcruaciue, .and RcHoratiuc. Prefer.. 1 fclfc w;,;s by S:achan uanfportcd from place co uauue ~rc.~hofc, wluch kccpe a man from the plac~,M~t·4·R~ghtcous lob was miferably :offiih.urt ot wICchcrafc. And thcfc be ofr:vo forts; r c1cd J\l hiS bod!C by the power ofthe deuil,and Clthcr fuch as kcepc: fafc chc perfons of men, or his children,who no doubl were aods feruants fuch as prcfCruc the places ofn1cns aboad. and brought vp in his fcarc, :as th~u father "''as: For the Pcrfons of men 1 there is one foucwcrcflaine by the fan,cpowcr.Yea Chtifi hin 1 raigne prelcru:uiuc; And chat is, to be Within B fclfc tefiificch, Luk. 13.16. 71Jifl"' d4ughttr of1 the concnant of grace, made ::md confirmed in .Abr11ham, that is, ofthe faith of Abraham h11d the Gofpcl by the bloodofChrifl,and that not beene troubl~tl. tighteentytarer withaFpirit 1 inoutwardly in profciTion ondy, as all thofc bee ftrmitie, which the deuil caufcd by bowing her which arc within the compdfc of the Church, body together, fo as fi1cccould not lift ''P her but truely and indccdc :as :all the EleCt arc.And felfr, v.t J. And therefore wherea' fomc men amau is then in the couenant, when God of are of this rninde, that their faith is fo flrong, his grace in the vfc ofchc me:mes, giues him a that all the\Vitchcs in the world,and all the de~ true knowledge of the nature ofit,and ofcon.. uills in hell cannot hurt thcm;they ate much dc.. ditions required in che fame on both parts: atld cciucd. This their faith is but a fond rrefumpwithall giueshim a true and liue1y faith, to aption, and no true faith, For no man in the earth prchend and apply to himfclfc the promife of can abfolutcly affurc himfclfe offafety and proGod in Chrifl, umching remiflion of finncs. tcCHon fro1~ the deuill:and ifany could,it were and life eucrlaiting: yea furthcrto lhew forth the childc ofGod; but Salomon faith, that AN his faith by the fruits of true repentance, and oHI"A'ArJ. thing1m111comt altk$both to thtgood11nd ncwe obedience. When a man in this manner 11 thtbaJ, Ecclef. 9. 2. comes to be: brought within thec6mpa!fc, and C Howbeit in thi5 ca(e thrre is gre:~tdiffcrence is lnCftritl,he then rcceiues affurance of Gods betwecne the fcruant ofGod, and an vnrcpenfauour,and to him belong the prornifcs depcn... tant finncr. Though the godly man be not ex.. ding thereupon, to wit, not onely ofthe: comcmpted from 'V'itchcraft, yet he is a thoufand fomble prcfencc of Gods fpiric, buc of the folde more free from the power thereof, then prtfcncc and fpcciall prmeCtion of his holy other men are. Por there is oncly one cafe, and Angels, topitch their tents about him,to keep no more wherein the dcuill hath any way pow.. ·h~ fa.fc.in tOule and bodie, from the power er to hurt him, :~nd that is \\•hen it plcHcth god ana·m,alitious pra8ifcs of Satan, and his mcmby that kind ofcroffc tO make trial! ofhis faith, hers. the ground ofthis aefurance is laid down :md patience, and out ofthis cafe, he is -alwai'cs in the word, Pfal. 92. to. Hefh.•llgiue hi; Anfrccfrom th.e annoyanc.eof che vilcll WJtchcs geltcharge ouer thee, &c. And the fpeach ofBain the World. . • laam confin:ncth the fame, who when bee was Ifthen this be the Ondy foueraig:ne prefer.. hired of Balac to curfc Gods people; and had u:~tiue to kecpe a man fafc and fUTe fi'om the of'teu times affayed to doe it, bur could not, at power of\'Vitchrs •and of the Deuill, to haue laO: he breakesout into confeflion, Th~re is no pare in the coucnatit ofgrace, to bee made par.. WjtciJ-craft againft lacob, 11or Sorcaie againfl D t:tkcr ofChrill;by a true faith, tefiified by dy.. ![rat/: (for fo the words ;re to be read, accor. jog vmoall finnc,and liUing vmo God in ~ew... dhrrrtothetritcmeaningand drcumflanccsof ndfe oflifc:: wcnaufi: not content ourlclucs rhe~ext.) As ifhelhould haue faid,! was ofthy with afonnall profeiTion as many in the vifible opinion (0 B:1!ac) that Ifracl might be cur(cd, Church doe, which wanting the life offaith,do but aftenriallmade, I found by good experinot Jiue in Chrifl ; but fh iue to goc further,and encc, th:Jt l could doe rhatpcoplc of God no to adornc our profeffion·, by framing our liucs huiiby mine Inchanrmcms. according to the word, that. ~em2y haue our Howbeit we mu!\ here remember, that the portion in this cxcdlcnt pnmle.dgc of prefer.. I promife of proteCHon made vmo GQds chiluation, from thepov,·er :~.nd mahce ofthe enc.. dren, is not abfolutc,but.admittcch cxceptiotl, mics ofGod, and all vngodly p~rfons. + l as all other promifes oftfmporall bleffings do, Prcfcru:~riues ofthe fecond fort arc fi1ch as I and that in this manner: Thou {halt be partaconccrne theplac.es of n~ens aboad. ~or S:'tta.n I kcr ofthis or that blcfiing,and this or thatcurfe cotnentcth not lun&lfe toh~ue man1fe!led h1s I fhalt be rcmooued, if it be expedient for thee: malice in affiiCting mens perfons, but ~cc al- -'----'-b-~-t-if_~_or fp•ciall caufcs to rrie thy faith, and to fo enbrgeth the fame to the moleitar~on ,~; _ _ .. _._! .
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