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and {upersiatural ; buc various kindes of appari« tions and vilions there are,which do appeare in fleepe and dreames, of which in this place it 1s unneceffary to make any mention , becaufe they do mott ulually happen, either by reafon of for- rowfulnefs , or fome trouble and perturbation of che minde, uncleannefs of rhe blood, Cogitart- ons that is,operacions of the minde and undet- ftanding, and occupations thereof about multi- pliciry of bufinefs and dealings that men are im- ployedaad converfant in; as cametters, of the dice and chards, of great gain or lofs; Souldiers do dreame of warlike affaires, as of their gunnes, pieces of Ordnance, Powder, Armes, and all manner of weapons and inftruments of war 5 of victory or overthrowes : the Sons of Bacchus, and great drinkers,of good wine and great cupsy which they feeme to {wallow ; and of fuch other thines filling che belly : Pyrates dream of their fpoyles and preyes, and what gain they have met. with: Robbets, of Manflaughters 5 theeves, of theft; and fornicators, of their whores, All chefe phantafies and_ vifions the Spirit of the night produceth and bringeth unto chem, whereby he playeth wich them in the night, and deludeth and tempreth them : Such things ate kindled in the blood, ( alias ) che un- derfiandine,and begerteth fuch a fire, which can- not eafily be extinguifhed, which for the moft partmay be feenin the venereous family. Many wonderful Arcs and Sciences allo have feemed to be made appeate to Artifts an their
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ete] This night a wonderful dreame appeared to me, tlie] even as that Mercury, or this orthat Puilofo- in-| pher corporally appeared unto me ina dreamey ‘the} who caughe mechisor chac Arc; bucit is fallen jets] Ouc Of my memory, fochat I canhor remember nes), any more thereof. To whom any fuch ching hath dal] happened, he ought notto go forth out of his sof] chamber, nor {peak wich any man,buc to remain tis, alone and faftyunrill he call co remembrance that ans) which he had forgotten, And thus much is {uf itet ficient to be fpoken concerning natural dreamsy ) of] and vifons appearing in che night in dreames of they What belongech thereunto: But for the conclus ies] fion of fuch kinde of viltons one ching 1s iit) yet to be declared;charamoneft all chofe dreams site that do rejoyce our Spirit, grieve us3 or caule ano} fotrow, commonly that which is the. contrary , the) cometh co pafs: wherefore {uch like kinde of vifi- (ih) ons are not alwayes ro be credited, eu} But the other dreames which are _fipernacu- ar ral, aremo(t certain Ambafladors, and true Le- no | eats & meflengers {ent unto us from God,which }are nothing elfe but Angels and Good Spirits hae) Whofometimes do appearé to usin our createft ‘eit meceflities : Even as it happenedrothe three ete wile men whenthey had comea great Journey chey : E2 t@
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o feecke the young infant s after chey had found | himyhey would have returnedto Herod , totell Juin him where the child was , andhow they found jy, him : bute the Angel of the Lord appeared unto i , them ina dreame,faying , Do not return to himy |. but return inte your own Country another way. For |... God knew the falfe heart of Herod , ftom which |, he fpoke, wherefore he would not fuffer his will },,; to be performed, The like dreame happeried |... to Jofeph and Jacob, whenhe would go into }, fEoypt: the fame in like manners happened to A- anias (orneliw, and many others 3 all whofe dreams are fupernacural:fuch dreams do fomtimes alfo happen to men in our cimes,but they are no- thing eteemed,yer neverthelefs chey are not fal-}. jacious, We are likewile to know that thele kinde For of vifions may be obtained by us by prayer from J, our Lord God, in our gcreateft neceffities, fo that our prayers be made wich afincere heare 5. and] with a crue and undoubred faich, chen he will at jenerh fend his Angel unto us,who will appeare unto ts, and fpiriually admonifh, teach, and]. promrc us.
Balaam was moft expefe inthefe kinde of vi- fions: for every night, as often as he would, he could obtain a vison of this kinde: yer the Scrip- rure hath civen him anobfcure narhe, to wir, an} Inchantet: it is nor expedient to make any dit} ference, for the Scriprure obfervethno differ- ni ence herein, buccallerh all chem Inchanters who hei have experienc e and knowledge in the vertues of he natural things; neverihelefs, great’ difcretion i isto be ufed in thefe things ; God jould have 4
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fall not inco the abuie thereof, and therewith ure ourneighbour : and {o come into condem- nation both of body and foule. They are not therefore all Inchanters which the Scripture. call- eth fo: for then ir would fojlow that rhofe three wife men of the Ezf,{hould be Arch-Inchanters ; when as inall Arts, efpeciallyin fuch as were Upernatural, they excelled all others before their rime: therefore chat the Scriptures do nor call them Inchantrers, but wife men; what elfe can be gathered from them, but chat they did in » 0 Wile abufe their Arts and occulc wifdome? Kt Bor Magicke isfuch an Art.and fcience which ‘fol femonttratech and declareth the power and vir- Otte thereof by faich:neverthelefs Inchantments fl nay ipring from thence, to wit, when it is ufed al a » pS.
abufively ; and before, ix cannot be called an In-= ie chantment. 4") But that J may fpeake more largely of vifions in . |dreamssit is to be known,that fome have been fo oN itienally lifted up to God in a dream, chat they id, teh :
1, “Ihave feen his glory and the joy ofthe ele@, and the punifhment of the damned;which they could never afterwards forget, but have carryed the lame in their hearts and mindes until the end of [heir life ; It is poffible, I fay, for usto fee all chefe chings in a fpiricual manner:when we feeke
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of vifiong are certain and true; to which more faith is to be given,then to all the precepts in Ni- |} egromancy by looking-Glaffes, Chriftals , Beryls, |!™ nailes of the tingers, ftones,waters, and the like ; for all thef. are taife and failacions: and alchough fuch Spirits do fometime fpeake in fuch appear~ ances, and anfwer, and do affert the jame with an hundred Oaths, with erection of the fingers ; yet We are not aiway co give faith or credit un- | tothem, unlefs perchance it be done ont of the {oecial command of Ged : otherwie they cannot poffibly fpezke truch of all viftonsywhich we have {poken of ; thofe Prophelies do come from a true original, which do agree with all che Prophets. From whence had the Prophets their wiidome: and knowledge, and from whence were thote Myfieries of God revealed unto them, by which they had thofe Spiritual and {ypernacural vifions in dreams? Iris neceflary therefore, in the firlt placesto rhe finde cur the true foundation there- of , and to lay the fame upon the right ftone’s which js che word of God and his promifes ;and ¢0 pray daily unco God ; whereby it fhall come to caf thathe will give us all things which he hath promifed in his word,
There is alfo another vifion belonging to dreams, which we may take from them that are dead; and do appear fpiritvally unto us in dreams, althongh they have been dead fifty or ax hundred years: chis is very much co be taken into confideration ; for many have usderraken ro treat thereof, which for'cheir too much pro- m jixity, (which we endeavour to avoid) we will
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Of Perfons and Spirits wandring under the Earth.
i L Nder the Earth do wander half-men, which poffefs all remporal things, which they
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I but are compared unto chem, for the Similicude ‘Sof their Arcs and Induftry, which are common to
» 4 them with the Spirics : they have flefh and blood "i as men, which no real Spirit hachtas Chriit {poke unto his Difciples, when he came amonoft them, when the doores were fhur, and they were af- feaid, faying,F cele me,and touch me for a Spiris E hath
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hath not flefo and blood nor bones, as 1 have: By, Th this he himfelf hath raught us, that a Spirie hack no true body that can be touched ; nor bones, |i nor flefh, nor blood, bue exifleth in its own#pil effence of winde or Aire. But of this we haveqit briefly {poken enough ; Burto returnto thei earthly Pigmies ox halfe-men, we are to know #ple chat thefe are not tobe reputed Spirits, but like je co Spirits ; but if they are or fhall be called iii Spirits, rhey ought to be called earthly Spirits,| becaufe they have their Chaos and habitation un-' der the earth, and nor in the winde and Aire,
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Many rerrene earthly Spirits are found , feen, fit and heard to bein fuch places, wherein great finit treafures, and mighry ftore of wealth and Riches fim are hid; and al{o under chofe Mountains, where } there is plenty of Gold and Silver; with which i things they are delighted, and do take the care jj and cuftody thereof,and not willingly do they part from it. Be :
Such as digge Metals have the beft knowledge jh of thefe Spirits, for they are moft rroubled with |) them,and do vexe them, and much” perfecure them with blowes and ftripes: fomrimes they doafford benefits unto them, admonifhing them,and warning them of death : as when they are heard once,twice,thrice or oftenerro Knock 4) and {trike in the fame place, it fignifies the death of him that diggeth or labourech in that place ; | either be is buryed up by the fall of the Mouns }} cain, or dyeth’ by fome fuch.occafion : this is cer+* tainly. experienced -by them that do digee’ iti
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fee treafures hidden in the earch under his power, atatand co give ont of them what he will, ro. them ‘es that make any Covenant withhim, And from vier ence that common faying tooke irs beginning, which that the Devil for chis very caufe giveth not one- .catelly Riches plentifully, and every rhing chat he de- theyfirech, gold or filver co any one that prefcriberh himfelf uno him,g& giveth up himfelf folely to be
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