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thar there is treafure hid, in or about that place, ~ | neither is there any other reafon thereof to be | given, - Neverthelefs many who haye notun- | derftoodthefe things , have had maby various . | opinions hereof, | ts! Some have thought thar thefe Phantafies have ott | heen canfed by rhe devil, or by forme Inchants ie] ment ; or by fome in that houfe who have fome ie) worke’or famliaricy with the Devil, or who have | eiven or bound themfelves to the devil, or have te | made fome promife unto him, whereby it comes i topafsthat thacwicked and malignant accufer ait) canfech chefe things to be feeneand heard, thac | they might expeé the expiration of their dayes, lit) which he doth fo much delire fhould be ful- ytd | filled. eat 4 | tat) cretly died and buryed there ; others do thinke im) char fome wicked man hath died in, chat place, bait} whofe Spirie hath been forced to wander there- me! abouts + and chere have been other ‘various and ti] Sundry. opinions, int). Bur all thefe Judgements are vaine and falfe, 1110) excepe onely thofe who conclude: that the oc- 0 U6} cafion- of . the noifes are, thar there is treafure clit) hid: about that place; orcthac fometimes when «tte che devil hath been driven out of fom body that : at) he-hath poffetfed > he hath been permitted to
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the difference whereof is this: {uch is eafiero- be
found, which containeth the Metals of Goldand ‘| filyer, "and arefuch kinde as we make, andrhave onely been ufed and handled amonegft mene‘ that kinde of treafure is not eafie to be found, which is Goldand filver, rhatzis made, coynedy and hid by-the Wymphes.and:Syiphes; which kinde of
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and ufed: amoneft men,and as tby the sNymphes \ faddenly again buryed i inthe earth,(;cand after- wards. cannoreafily be found and-gottemagain,
Thefe chings are moft worthy our knowledge, elpecially the: fignes befate’ fpoken of are mott diligently. ‘to>be nored»;::/becaufe ‘there yare Mazvical Rods, which are deceitful, and are too eafily i inclinable to bend to any money chat is let fall or loft,
There sare: other vifionsalfo which sappeare in looking-glaffes,Chriitalss and-fuch likerthings, which Nieromancers thar dig-treaiures dooutes but they are all falle- and deceitful :; wherefore there is little credit to be given unto them,
“We come now to fpeake ‘of!the manner ‘of digving for treafure, how.a\ time may be taken chat we may :have a happy: progrefs in the digs: eine, which-isas followeth.s Firft, under an in finence of the Afoone or Saturn, and when: the Moone trankits Tusrusy Capricarne or Virgo 51a good time to begintoeeke:or dig after trea-
: ture, Neither. need you ufeany other Ceremo- \ nies, norto draw any Circles, or to ule any Ins \ ichantments whatfoever ; onely chofe that dig
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ya ted from. any evil thoughts or cogications, and toe | ‘nf! not to be moyed,nor feare any Sine RAGIN. Oe nef OF Imaginations of che Spirits : alchough t 7 Ie | tif fhould corporally appeare » yet they a aed oI bic vilions. Therefore thofe that digought vs : ~ i inf couriesfing, and be cheereful, and not to be af a . | ftighted at any thing,but co have agoodcourage: ~ ; i | nd f And by no meanes foever let them keepe rN filence, as fome perfidious Negromancers have --& \Q} ples Ladies a® (3 Se ~ Now when they come neere to'the place Wy (20 i where the Treafure issthat it is almoft detected, N Oe °")-and do heare many noiles ; and firange vitons »* s ™ ) and horible fights are. feene, which oftentimes j° S my happens to be : It fheweth chat che Pygmies and f J | Sylphes are there, who do envy that men fhould Sy IB ave thofe treafures ; and will not willingly ~\Q _| part from chem, efpecially if irbe theirown, of J 2) a) duch.as they broughtthicher, Suchtreafuresare .Q 1 to beleft,if che keepers thereof confent not. “s\~ 9 itt} And althongh they may be gotren, and taken a- . . “A 93 it | way as..a Robbery from thofe keepers, yet 9 * 9% | thefe keepers have an Art whereby they can Q x. Ns rf chance thefe treafures,in this way gained,into a_ “ is ket | vile and bate matter, as into earth, clayydungand >} me Le ce | fuch-like things , (as Thave feene by examples: ) ~~ 5 iit | wherefore when any-fuch cran{murations happen, S ¢ tit} Weare not therefore. to defpaire in ourmindes, ¢ St) although we find nothing like eithefGold or 4 7] tt} Giver, neither would any one fuppofeany fiche M0: ) thine ro be there, We ought thereforetoflyto = |
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Gold and filver are tryed in the fire, and ardfiut found pure and cleane : wherefore in any fucllfin tran{mutations, the fire ought co be the judge }
the proceeding in the tryal thereof, ought to babi, afterthe fame manner , as the refining and feu parating of minerals and Metals ; And by thill meanes,ic will be forced of neceffity to returr 1
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to the fame effence which it had before. hi There is another thing remarkeable in thefelh pl kindes of tranfmucations ; for fomtimes the dig-Inr, gers are deluded, and there are found oftentimes}ne pots of earth, full of brafs,ridiculous things andi if matter,as bones,egge-fhells,pieces of wood, andifin fuch things, which have been buryed there many jhiey years before, And they chat have found the pov Jame , have fuppofed ie to be the true rreafure,| Gold or Silver, and co have been changed by the evil Spirits ; which is falfe, For treafure found fuddenly and unfouvht for, cannot be changed Wr by the Spirits, but remaineth in the fame iub-| ftance which ic had before. Therefore thefe things are not to be accounted a tranfmutation, hy, but rather a vexation:for fomtime chefe vexers of mt men do bury fuch things, that they which feeke fyi after therreafure might labour in vaine: There-. fore tuch ‘things are not to be regarded, which fh are of no-worth,and may eafily be known by the } lightnefs:of their weight ; But if they be of a heavy ahd ponderous body, like roa Mineral or Mineralfand, there may an experiment thereof i bemadebyfire, © 9 7 : ‘Tharwe: may omit nothing that may conduce | t hereunro, we will addealfo this obje&ion, | sre | some |
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Occult Philofophy. “69 td akome may'aske, How comes it to pafs that Trea- i ny ure 1s fomcime eafily found which is not fought it ilttafter ? The canfe whereof we may fuppofe to be | “otghis, Thofe Spirits which are the keepers of ‘ilfttreafures 5 do belt know the mindes, thoughts, yllitnd cogitations of men : therefore becaufe Ktitthey know, that men have not any choughts or willto dig or feeke after any tréafures in fuch itieth place, they give no diligence to keepe the iedielamey neither do they fulpe& ics; whereby it nilnsromes to pals, that ic is eafily taken from them, esandic happeneth ro them, as ic doth ro thofe men Mitodivho fuddenly cet fome prey from their enemies, ‘Muty hey not thinking of them, whereby the are eafi- id the) y overcome 4 or fpoiled by rhem, There are tll} wo caufes chiefly why creafures are fo greedily yythe ought after by men, The firft is the Coyeron’- fomdhefs of them who thirft after riches; & the other, itved| hat thofeplaces where the treafures areymicht be ¢ ithe fterw ards made habitable,fecure, fafe, and quiet tie jrom being infefted or molefted with fuch Spi- uot, fits. For there are at this day many ancient soflioufes and Caftles which are inhabitable, by ‘eet Jeafon of thefe kinde of Spirits: and‘the chiefe (here: janfe thereof is, that there are crear treafures whith td about thefe places. Inthofe places where byte jach things happen, it is chiefly neceffary chat eof treat care be taken in the digeing thereabout ; wa of tot fo much for the money and treafure, as thar hwreot he place may again be made quiet and habitable, When any one goeth about this worke with dite liligent dizgine , one of thefe things common- Aion ly happens ; either the treafure is found, or Some carried
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carried deeper in the earth, or removed by chi keepers to fome other place ; as vifions in purpy, i. Chriftals have often fhewn, andas they havp,.1 roldthe diggers: I now fee many Pygmies, takin the treafire quite away. Credic ought rob}. eiven hereunto, and the digging to ceale.
Iris further to be known, by how much th ¥ ereater noifes are heard about the place, anj,.., fichts and vifions feen, by fomuch greater ch creaiure is to be judged to be, and neerer toch}, fuperficies of the earch. | Sn.
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er drinke 5 ought co be acconnred brurifh qy", fwine, feeing both of them are Ignorant and uf” certain of the time of their death, or how foorf*” they may be flaine. en This 1s the meaning of the fir word of Peter of Sobernefs:snow we come to underftanp ” what he meaneth by watching, : By watching Peter feemeth to underftand, as F*"" he fhould fay, Walkein uprightnefs and juftic(!™ be of good courage, nor faint-hedrted ; caft awa} allevilthoughts andcogitations,'andall Phar}™ tafies of the Devil; thaciuch Imaginations maf nor have any place with you; For hereby ma gn have been overwhelmed and befieged by the dey vil, the reafon’ whereof hath .been their ow|™" wicked and evil ‘thoughts and Imaginationi'\ Therefore relinquifh and caft chem all away, anpy' have God always before yonr eyes ; pray uncf”! him, and let him be onely ‘imyour thoughts}”" make your felves like unto him and: his children andthen he will fend yon his holy Spiric , whf" will guard you, rule you, and declare the won) derful workes of: his mercy by you, as he hacpi( done by Paw/and all the other Apoftles, wh his have been all. after this manner preferved by hifi’ holy Spiric ; follow rhem therefore,and exclud#i™ and caft away the Devil and all evil cogitations i and wicked thoughts, wherewith we may alfify feduce and deceive our felves,and rhereby acpi trast and: draw the devil into us 5 and be corps porally befieged and poffeffed by him , and fifi come into deiperacion, rhat we may deftroy ompi ownlives; even as did Fudasy Achitophel, ang many others, Thuf
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| Laftly, nore how Perer concludeth and con- meth his word from God, faying, Let.us re- Jt che devil by faith; as if he fhouldfay , Do ot in any wile fticke or {tumble at the word of ‘iepod, or doubtof his mercysdo you not burdem «sour confcience , nor trouble your hearts ; do ‘got periwade your felves thacGod regardeth you jot, or that he is forgerful of you; or that he ccounreth you unworthy of his mercy, fo chat
ou oughrnor to come unto him, becaufe you ave ated againit his Divine will, or have roken his commandments, and commaicted hany fins: Buc racher,firmly believe his word, Jnac Chrift would not the death of @ finner; but
. ypeehes chat he fhould be converted, and wipve : Alfo, that he came into the world becanfe Af our fins, that he might take chem fromus up- In himfelf; which alfo he hach done: there are jrany fuch comfortable words to be found in che iy qlOly Scriptures, which ought to be propofed to igs ach perfons as are weake in their faich, for their lomfort and confolation: Afcer chis manner Jaan refiffteth an evil confcience and the. Devil, Jo that -heis freed from them, and nor cempred O
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deavored to expel the malionant Spirits and th devil ; whereas this is altogether a falfe foundajmitt tion, and by no meanes to be followed or imiptio tated, -Althongh fometimes fome have beeiftt, delivered by chis way, and the devil hath beet driven’ from them ; ‘neverthelefs it hath nofite been done,neirher can it be done without lofs frm Like as if a Prince would vanquifh fome Country th or City, with the Sword, this he could nor pofflir fibly do without fome apparent damage and lofifaw co that place, A common proverb hereby comity eth to minde, which faith, Thar he that cannoifltl get good words from good men, fhall much: lefifiog wre(t them from evil men, although they bef! « compelled by forcesthe more evil is ro befeared.jtn as by examples is roo often feentocome to pafsjti Therefore that opinionated power is to be re-}tth linquifhedfitx