The Hidden Sorcerer, difco,vered. i2I lefle Idols, that th'einventions ofmen have made and let up, and fay,Thefe be thyGods, 0 Ifrael, which will bring thee out of Ex° 32 bondage, and give thee poflefon of the landofCanaan ; the. one is the true light, and the_trtaevifion, the true LI -R. I M and TH LI MM I M, which never can niiflead or deceive ; Ibid. 28. the other is the fpirit of dar&ne,(fe, ignorance , deceit, witch- 3n. craft,forcery, a lying and afamiliar fpirit : And it pretends to.feek after God and after holinefs, and after peace and refl, but tis med.- Sorcery and Witchcraft ; This is that Jannes and yambres that alwaies will witbflandMofes: for they-pretend to imitateMoles, but they are no other but W'izz-ards,South- fayerr, and deceivers : they pretendfor the truth , and yet withfland the truth ; and faies the ApoftIe, 14s Jannes and ambreswithflood Mofes,Jo doe thefe alto refill the trutb,,,,being 2 Tirr1.3.8 men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning the faith : But theyJhall proceed nofarther, for their folly .fhall be made known unto all men,as theirs alto wxs. They (hall be found to bcno other but Decéivers,Magicians,Southfayers. Thefe words we have now read,they (hew us,what man is, and what all men doe, before they come to the light of 3r3 God; they thew that he is blind in himfelfe, deceiving and being deceived; that he is confident in his ownpower, in his own wifdom : and that he chufeth to himfelfe Horfes and Chariots for his defence andpreferv'tion ; and hewill have a Captain and aLeader of his own cbufng;, whom he will follow : And he ufeth all bit inventions, to fecure himfelfe againft all that (hall oppofe him : he path buildedhimfelfe Ey 3o.i6 Forts andCafiles, and Strong-holds and Bulwarks ; and he Ter. 2.23. hash the Chariots ofEgypt and fwift.Dromedaries (as thePró- phet (peaks) to fecure and deliver him, on which ,be refls, trufls and depends, and on which he rides, an thinks that thole things (hall defend and deliver him : And the trtuh is, fogreat tndfo deep, and fo fubtily contrived are all his witchcrafts, that all the wifdomof all the formes of men Is never able to difcover them to be fo,but only the wifdom & fpirit ofGod , and that onely can difcover thefe feeret and clofe, and fine contrived inchantments ; likePharaohs Magi- cians : how did they al and imitate, and doe the fame 11 things
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