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CHAP. IX.
THAT THERE IS A THREEFOLD KEEFER OF MAN, AND FROM WHENCE EACH OF' THEfcT-
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EVERY man hath a threefold good demon as a proper keeper or pre— ferver, the one whereof is holy, another of the nativity, and the other of pro- fession. The holy demon is one, according to the dodtrine of the Egyptians ^ affigned to the rational foul, not from the liars or planets, but from 2u fupernatural caufe — from God himfelf,. the prefident of demons, being univerfal and above nature. This diredts the life of the foul, and does always put good thoughts into the mind, being always adtive in illuminating us*, although we do not always take notice of it j but when we are purified and; live peaceably, then it is perceived by us, then it does, as it were, fpeak with us, and communicates its voice to us, being before filerit, and Studies daily to bring us to a facred perfedtion. So it falls out that fome profit more in any fcience, or art, or office, in a lefs time and with little pains, when another takes much pains and ftudies hard, and all in vain j and although no fcience, art or virtue, is to be contemned, yet that you may live profperoufly*, carry on thy affairs happily, in the firfb place, know thy good genius, and his nature, and what good the celeftial difpofition promifes thee, and God the dif- tributer of all thefe, who distributes to each as he pleafes, and follow the be- ginnings of thefe, profefs thefe, be converfant in that virtue to which the moft. high distributer doth elevate and lead thee ; who made Abraham excel in juf- tice and clemency, lfaac with fear, "Jacob with Strength, Mofes with meeknefs and miracles, JoJhua in war, Phineas in zeal, David in religion and vidtory*. Solomon in knowledge and fame, Peter in faith, John in charity, Jacob in devo- tion, Thomas in prudence, Magdalen in contemplation, Martha in officiouf- nefs. Therefore in what virtue you think you can moll: eafily be a proficient in, nfe diligence to attain to the height thereof, that you may excel in one*
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when in many you cannot, but in the reft endeavour to be as great a proficient &s you can ; but if thou fhalt have the overfeers of nature and religion agreea- ble, thou (halt find a double progrefs of thy nature and profeflion ; but if they fhall be difagreeing, follow the better, for thou lhalt better perceive at fome time a preferver of an excellent profeflion then of nativity.
C H A P. X.
THE TONGUE OF ANGELS, AND OF THEIR SPEAKING AMONGST THEMSELVES AND'
WITH US'.
WE might doubt whether angels or demons, fince they are pure fpirits, ufe any vocal fpeech or tongue among themfelves or to us ; but that Paul, in fome place fays, “ if I fpeak with the tongue of men or angels;” — but what their fpeech or tongue is, is much doubted by many.- For many think that if they ufe any idiom, it is Hebrew, becaufe that was firft of all, and came from heaven, and was before the confufion of languages in Babylon, in which the law was given by God the Father, and the gofpel was preached by Chrift the Son, and fo many oracles were given to the prophets by the Holy Ghoft ; and feeing all tongues have and do undergo various mutations and corruptions, this alone does always continue inviolated. Moreover, an evident fign of this opi- nion is, that though this demon and intelligence do ufe the fpeech of thofe na- tions with whom they do inhabit, yet, to them who underftand it, they never fpeak in any idiom but in this alone, viz. Hebrew. But now, how angels fpeak, it is hid from us, as they themfelves are. Now, to us, that we may fpeak, a tongue is neceflary with other inftruments ; as the jaws, palate, lips, teeth, throat, lungs, the afpera arteria, and mufcles of the breaft, which have the be- ginning of motion from the foul, But if I fpeak at a diftance to another, he
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