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WO worth ! even unworthy of the name of men, who do give Faith and credit to fuch ‘tmontttous and palpable lyesywhen you fee notwithftanding examples ‘thereof before your eyes ; when fo much lightning falls upon the Temples , thacit burns and deftroyes the Altars s which chiefly happens by che Tempefts raifed with Inchant- ments 3 alfo, when che Devil and che malignant Spitics are feento raign about thefe places; and ere heard by the Magicians: what they fpeak, Therefore Negromancy with all itsCeremonies, as abioluce wickednefs,° aViper ufed amonelt ~Juglers,a wicked work, which blindeth the eyes
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WE are not togive credit alio, neither to Chas}, f raters nor Words ; forthe Poets and Ne} »y,| eromancers do,alfomuch exercife chemfelves in} 4) them: and. do fillcheir Conjuring-Books full of jet them, -which they saife out of their own imagi+ i nations, meerly and rafhly, wichoweany-Founda-]{,, tionend do feign them againft all Truth s,whenas} yy, manythoufands of them are nor worth.a-nut-fhell,} 7 Buc in the meantime I will be filene in their Cha- | iy acters) which theysdraw in Paper.g Parchmenty | iy which are ulelefsly, blotted wath fuch trifles.. Ie] ;, was a cultome -amonglt.thofe kinde of meng, } oi whish,amonelt fome! is hardly left! to:this»day 75] j- That: by impofing hefe Chara&ters, upon thefe meéh.they drew them to admiraticn of themfelves
~ with chefé Charafterssand {peakingfuch words.as are'w onderful'to,me,\and;which!were never heardef; yérthey fay, théeyiare found our, and }; deviled by themfelves, Wherefore ir is chiefly neceflary to have perfe& knowledge, to difcern thefe Letters, Words and CharaGers.
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That we may come tothefe, and declare what Words or Chara&ers are juft and trie 3 we fhall onely in the firft place dete& and unfold two : although there may be found many other, fil yerneverthelefs, thefe are moft efpecially and ii! principally to be accounted and efteemed of, be- iit! Fore all ocher Characters, Penracles, and Seals: i048} nore the delineation of them, which is thus: th) Two Triangular Figures, cutting one another iCitt| thorow with a crofs, are fo painted or engraven, ink} ghat they’ do include and divide themfelves into wl] feven fpaces within , and do make fix corners Mie)! outwardly, wherein are written fix wonderful ids} Leters of the great Name of God; to wir, A- thle} donayy according to theirtrne order. Thisis eli’! one of chofe Characters whereof we have nds) fpoken, nit} There is another which excellech the former | in power and virtue, and this hath chree Hooks dieli!| cutting one anorher through by acrofs, and are ligt | fo delineated , that by cheir mutual inrerfe@ion
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By thefecwo Chata&ters fome of che U/raelireh and Nigromancers of Fzdea, obtained many". things; and rhey are now elteemed of great pricif! ' amoneft very many, and held as great fecrees for they are of fo oreat virtue and power, thar””’ whatfoever is poflible co be done by Charatera and Words, the fame may be effected by them?” orone of them, I would gladly know, where}? and in what place in all the Books of the Nigro-}” mancers may be found any other, wherein there} is made the like againft the malignant Spirirs Devils, & Inchantments of the Magitians, by all Bi the deceits and devices of theSorcerers.For they en do deliver himthat is already inchanted eicher|™ inhis minde or underttanding, fo thathe is forced hs or compelled ro a& any thing againft his own" natural will or natures or if he fuffer any lofs orf hurr imhis body, by the adminittration of hve made in rheir juftiand due time and hour, an being taken in his mouth witha Wafer, Pan- cake,or fuch-like ching, in four and twenty hours hh he fhall be free from the Inchanrment, ae
There are alfo many other thine? which are helpful in fuch cafes; asthole which fhall be by#™ me laid: down hereafter, when I come to {peak of Tempetts, and the Seafons.
Briefly, thefe Characters are of fo gteat force and power, thac if the Nigromancers’ did but know and believe theit power and and virtue, they would forthwith reje& ‘ard cat away all
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Occult Philofophy. 43 Words, Names, Signs, Figures, Pentacles, cone ecrated Seals of Solomon, Crowns 5 Scepters, tly rings, Girdles, and {uch-like Ceremonies what- myyoever, and wherein hitherto they have repofed tnigty hope, thinking by chemo fecure themfelyes cegutom cheir dangerous experiments and operati- ons, when they would invoke, conjure, or think to compel and force the Spirits, Truely thofe avhich we have {fpokenof , are the true Penracles
hich they doall fear, even they which wander a the Elements, . Neverthelels , Faith doth .trengchen and confirm all rhefe rhinys, by al But fome may carpingly object, although unde- i the lervinely, and fay, That I break the third Com- eihepnan dmenc of God , of the firlt Table of Af- (ond eto Wherein it is forbidden of the Lord God, for ‘commphy One to take hisnamein vain. But who a« lfgpmonget any wife men, can be able to fay, Thae' I thei fave done this; or,rhac T have herein offended ty and
God ? whenas TI ute not chis for that purpofe, nor ‘hte after the fame manner, as the Nigromancers and wi Inchanters ; but onely for the excream neceffity and help of: men, and in thofe difeales and infir- higtmities wherein no Medi-ines, no Asrum porabile, hor quinteffence of Gold, neither Antimony,nor
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§ be faidthar I did rake his name in vain, and of- iy § fend God; but not before, Let the Divines chem- tht) felvesalfo,and the Sophifters fpeake what they lilt yt) ro chele things,the thing which I {peake will not ts. be found contrary to the crutch, alchough herein boy their opinions may be very contrary unto me ¢
ithey will call me Inchanter, Nicromancery and if] a’ contemner of the Commandments of God, cee which Calumnies and reproches I do norat all ecugicare for: foric will be moft certainly made ma- ynifeft, chac their exceptions again{t me, will ap- ind peare no otherwife thenrhole of the Fewsand . Pharifees who carped againft Chrift , becaufe he beinjhealed che ficke on the Sabbath day : For they faidunco him, that Chritt had broke rhe Sabbath oand'the commandment of God’: the like they vilidid with David when he was forced and oppref- melgfed, and did eat the fhew-bread; Buc amoneft qehete fault-finders and flanderers , how or what thall be done that will pleafe chem all ? Bue the ndgfenorant will not ceafe to talke until the beafts uhegor ftones can teach them, which we muft expe& Will be a long time, and then they will hold