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inquifhed which is ufed in- Ceremonies and ~Ponjurations, But you ought to expell wicked pirics as Chrift and his Apoftles did, and'no o- her way: Bur if you do otherwile, you under- tpfjake great Labours againft the Devil: for certain-
billy the Devil is forced rhtough great difficulty to
wo out of men,and feekerh all iniquities and wic-
ied occafions to ftay,’ and retain them in his
ower. Buc when hefeerh thar he canno longer
eigtayjand remain in the pofleffed,but is forced to
utyajZo. out, then he requireth power and licence to
\pulfnter into fome other man, or beaft, or into
y knyome other place :which if he be permiteed,
‘retmphere followerh a er eater lo{s thereupon. °
ey “Thereforethere is no other place to be per-
admitted or affigned unto him, bur hell, from
‘mdi hence he cometh,and which God hath ordain-
ointed for him,and caft him inro;that it may not hap-
pen, as we have an example (as we faichfully be- fieve) when Chrift permitted the devil which he rat out of che man, roenterincothe herd of stloi@wine, which no fooner had the devil entred in- ‘ogo them, buc they were drowned in the Sea, Wherefore they are inno wile to be permitted to s(iggencerincoany other men, left fuddenly after yc hey deprive them of their lives, as they did ‘amophefe {wine : Neither are they to be permitted rh eo gO inco any Rivers, lakes, or ponds ; whict sey EC fhould be done, they will drown many fyeffmen therein, and draw them into che deepe un- _ wider thofe waters sand will deride them as a fool Moth his matter with his fingers; and therewith
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ought they co have any power giventhem, or edit! choir defres to go into any houte or Cattle ; fopnit! they will perpezually poffefs ir, and will {fo reigndmy' there, that no body will any more be able remit) dwell or inhabit in that place, but they will alii, way be inhabitable , as many both houfes andhuni Caftles are in many Countries, which afe left degen folate for chis very caufe ; many whereof Icould#f « name in this place, but I pafs them by, to avoychunn prolixity : lec Satan therefore aske what he willfiti where, or to what place he would go , nothing! elfe ought to be granted ro him, then co returrpy | into hell, which God ordained for him,and thrutipoy him into: from whence be came into the -mandibe and.into which he ought to enter when he goethpro out of the man, &c. pir Alfo if the devil fhall canfe the man to fpeakebha: many vaine trifles,we ought not to anfwer there-f0 if unto,or to fpeake much with him: Butif any one will fpeake with him, let him fay, I com: mand thee, Oh chou unclean Spirit, by the word, power and virtue whereby thou wert calt out by Chrift & hisA poftles,that thou go out of this man; &c, He is no other way to be conjured ; neither are thefe words to be taken for a Conjuration, but for an anfwer, by which alone he isnot caftffiy our: but chis is firft to be done, to wit,to watc | . and pray ; for Chrift faith, This kinde is onelytiy to be caft ont by fafting and prayer with faith. © fey Wherefore it is chiefly neceflary to inducefhy, and force fuch as arethus poffelt,.co prayer shy though it be very difficulrto be done,becanle hehe devil fo Ruleth their rongues thar he aes hd) chen
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Wherefore he that defires co preferve hifi’ ecods, Houle, Lands, garden, field, meadow, an¢ M {uch things from all manner of chunder, hail@pit and Tempeft ;_ he ought firtt ro know theif at things,whereby he may alfo know how to affimipite late inferionrs to Superiours. We will cherefo pels inthis place briefly declare the original of alptt Tempetts, | : had
The original of rempefts is certainly nothing nk elfe,bur the appearance of Spirits ; and lich taming or corrufcation preceding , is the prefence of; them ; whereby it may be certainly known,whe bn ther. thofe tempefts will pafs away with off without dangers and chat after this manner Is t¢ Net be underftood ; to wit, as a ftranger will not ent! ter into any ones honfe, unlefs firlt he fpeake, fefoth thefe--Spirics do not appeare unto us wichoufite {peaking firlt.But their voice 1 thunder,which afi wefee immediarely follows every flafh of light) 0« ning. Alio ifa ftranger fhould fuddenly fly inte hoa the houfe of another, where he is nor known Pie it feems to fignifie no good,but evil rather; eithefity he himfelf is profecuced by others,or elfe bring#ft fome damage to them, So likewife are we e4hm underftand of the lightning of heaven ; rhe mordey quick it comes, the more dancerous It 1s for comfitth monly fome Thunder-bolt followes, It ts therefit fore very neceflary to know how every one maj ti
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there ¢ foyjintto fome place that he would not, or receive cilome orherhurt ; the Ringing of Bells do availe jnothing in rhefe cafes ; although I do nor rejec& nelighem, efpecially in fuch rempefts as are caufed WmPy Magicians inchantments, by reafon of the lal pirics by them raifedin the Aire, For the Spi- ‘ti@gits do love filence and quietnefs, whereby it. dimjvomes to pafs rhat great noifes,as the founds of ietngrelis and Trumpets, do partly diminith and dif- ofperfe tempefts by them ftirred up: Bur in Thunders and haile they do no good, as the ottitd4onks and Sacrificers have ro their lofs too often finingound, And for this‘caufe they ufed ceremo-. aceapies 5 wherewith they feduced the Vulgar and wviggomamon people, perfwading chem that belprink- ith yg places wich holy warer( as they call ic ) pre- rigtqrved them fafe from Thunder and haile ; like- ote tfe by burning holy candles, or feme palme, le, {gf Other herb by them fanctified,or with the per- ‘homme Of Frankincenfe, or Myrrhe of thefe facrifi- hicagers they were preferved fecure, (oir O thon fool, and unwile facrificer and Monk, iv ig 00 are hitherto Ignorant of chefe things ; and, rapiderftandeft them not, in this place thou mayft cited? Caught che contrary show chat MalignancSpirics ‘yf Not driven away wich fweet perfumes , but yee Maghtily delighted cherwith, and do run more enogely 8 fwifcly to them,cthen to ftinking {mells ; omecher they be yood Spirits or evil. Bur if in shere@t OF Frankincenfe and Myrrhe,you had caught semi Dave made a fumigation of eAifa Ferida, you wegut therewith drive away both good and evil wpitits : For the good odour of Frankincenfe H H 2 and
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and Myrrh is nothing elfe bur the facrifice of the Spirits, wherewith we attract and draw, them unto us, . Bur of this we have fpoken enough. Now.to return to that which we intended to write of,and firft,zhow any place maybe preferved — from Thunder and haile ;, note therefore, that t fn place a prefervative in, the centre of ahoufe, gar} ™ den, or field, &c. availeth not at all ;. buratthe four Angles, Ef, Wéefty South, and North ; ther} the place fhall be fecured: as a building fet upor four Pillars is more {trong and firme then. chat which is founded onelyupon one , whichis fey «nthe middle of the centre, or fome other place ptt! chis ig more eafily overthrown by the winde oft! Spirits. | Now the materials, which. belong. efit this prefervative, and of w hich thefe four pillaxfilty are made,note that they confit of fimple bodiesftty: eyery-one whereof 1s fufficient,and hath firener} and virtue in it {elf for che effects before fpokef \ of: As Mupwort, St fohn’s wort, Perewancle Celandine,Rue, Devils bit, and many fuch her and rocts,and efpecially if they be cathered anfitn taken in the right infinence. There are alfo other things of far greatefiip ftreneth and vertue 5 as Coral, Azoth ; .and.onpi| _of the Characters before fpoken of being draw#m ~~ inacertaintable, or ingraven: In chelechrep things is a great fecret acainft all Inchantmenify and workes of. witches and the Devil himiel In which prefervatives we may truft in-our’ gtealy eft necefiities. |
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can caft out the Devil, drive away or binde a} Tn Spirit, or chat can calione unto him,and com- jpn mand him to come ? or that which is far lefs,can |iyoi he heale the fick, or adminifter any other help co. |jqo: him by his faith alone?I wil be filenc of his remo= jg ving a mouncain into the Sea. There followeth |r then chat faich whereof Chrift {peaketh, of which |gife they underliand neither much nor little: Never= lie thelefs they make a greatfhew and profeffion |gyin thereof with their mouthes , and do reach , and jie fpeake much thereof; but themfelves know. not |p; how to make proofe thereof, or to. give any. line figne thereof, by cheir faith, whereby it may be |cy: faid that they underftand this faith, and co make |ypj} ufe of icin the proofe thereof, But if any. one |yem fhould come, who by his faith and Magicke jeer, fhould perform a good figne, you haying not che jp) reafon of knowing whether it be good or evils Ihjqy will forthwith call him a Negromancer and jp, Witch , becaule he harh done fomething above} ron your reafon and humane wifdom;when you your |}; 5, felves cannot tell how to. difcerne a Negroman- iif. ‘cet or Witch, froma Magician, thm
Magicke is therefore amoft neceflary and pure |i, Art; not defiled nor corrupted with any Cere=|iji, monies of Conjurations, as Nigromancy : For i|q,, in Magicke thete is no ule of Ceremonies, Cone ip, fecrations , Conjurations, Bleffings ot Curfes § lly
but of faith alone whereof Chrift peaks, fayings|}j,, that by st we fhall be able to remove Mountains)}\y;.. and caft chem into the SeasAnd to compel,loofes)ir,, and bivde all Spirits: . This is the trie. founda) Bui cion and Inftrument of Mavicke, ’ ia * ta ui wie ey Fag beri) ete eee Truely)
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| Occule Philofophy. — 83 ital “Truely therefore it is a thing chiefly neceflary (Olt looke into this ART , that ic be not curned itlinto {nperitition and abufe, and to che deftruai- D0l6n or damage of men ; and hereby it is made Ni- Mssromancy 5 and Wicch-craft ; and ac length, Neilnor undefervedly , fo called by all men, be- ihiti-aufe Witches and Sorcerers have violently in- ‘titruded themfelves into the Magicke Art, like on Swine broke inroa delicare Garden. So is Ma- ‘aidipicke corrupted and made Nigromancy by thele Ntiperfidious men ; wherefore it hath not unde- eitifervedly been burnt inthe fire wich thefe Wit- W0tiches and Sorcerers, For thefe kinde of men ita re the moft nocent and hurtful, and the worlt e-
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pitt enemies in all the world, which profecure them with a more deadly hatred : from a prefenr pub- itililique enemy, and corporal perfecuter , who. en- aideavoreth to invade us with rhe moft cruel wea- hoifpons, Guns, or Darcs ; we may beware of {uch jolie one , or take up Arms againft him for our Hefence, with Brigandines or Darts, @c. or elfe
a man may carry in his houle, and keep himfeif, iputifinfférine hone to enter in buc his Friends, But Cutfof thefe Wicchés and Sorcerers, no man can be- ware ot defend himlelf, becaufe againft this kind dof Enemies of God and men,no Weapons, Coars wits iof May! or Brigandines will help, no fhurcing of yitgadoors, or locks ; for they penetrate through all sabiehines, and all things areopen untorhem, And lool if any one were inclofedin Towers of Iron or WMBrafs, he would nor thereby be fecured from Pthefe enemies ; Although in their own proper
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