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nature_n into_o three_o with_o relation_n to_o spirit_n in_o particular_a believe_v that_o there_o be_v god_n superior_n middle_n and_o inferior_a of_o which_o three_o sort_n of_o god_n it_o be_v convenient_a to_o say_v something_o sect._n 7._o as_o to_o the_o superior_a or_o celestial_a god_n he_o say_v that_o their_o habitation_n be_v in_o heaven_n that_o they_o be_v immaterial_a and_o eternal_a of_o their_o own_o nature_n but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o which_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n visible_a in_o the_o star_n though_o other_o can_v be_v perceive_v by_o corporal_a eye_n but_o only_o by_o those_o of_o the_o understanding_n after_o he_o have_v distinguish_v those_o deity_n into_o sex_n like_a mankind_n that_o be_v into_o god_n and_o goddess_n he_o mention_n these_o 12_o viz._n jupiter_n apollo_n vulcan_n mars_n neptune_n mercury_n who_o be_v six_o god_n juno_n diana_n venus_n ceres_n vesta_n minerva_n who_o be_v as_o many_o goddess_n the_o dignity_n of_o these_o celestial_a god_n notwithstanding_o the_o liberty_n which_o the_o poet_n often_o take_v to_o contrive_v other_o account_n of_o they_o it_o be_v esteem_v too_o high_a that_o it_o shall_v allow_v they_o to_o descend_v and_o converse_v with_o man_n though_o they_o govern_v their_o affair_n each_o in_o his_o jurisdiction_n but_o the_o same_o plato_n believe_v the_o star_n be_v but_o improper_o call_v god_n and_o only_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o divine_a and_o immutable_a conduct_n that_o be_v observable_a in_o they_o the_o name_n of_o the_o fix_a star_n which_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o visible_a god_n be_v contain_v in_o this_o verse_n arcturum_fw-la pluviasque_fw-la hyadas_n geminosque_fw-la triones_fw-la but_o leave_v those_o god_n to_o plato_n of_o who_o make_v they_o be_v the_o star_n which_o be_v call_v by_o ignorance_n planet_n or_o err_a star_n be_v also_o account_v among_o the_o god_n the_o sun_n be_v call_v apollo_n and_o the_o moon_n diana_n to_o which_o these_o five_o be_v join_v saturn_n jupiter_n mars_n venus_n call_v also_o the_o morning_n and_o evening_n star_n and_o mercury_n though_o they_o appear_v but_o ordinary_a star_n another_o source_n of_o the_o pagan_a error_n in_o their_o divinity_n be_v the_o conformity_n betwixt_o the_o name_n of_o some_o star_n and_o those_o of_o their_o invisible_a god_n they_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v deity_n in_o the_o star_n who_o act_v by_o they_o or_o that_o the_o star_n be_v god_n who_o have_v life_n in_o themselves_o communicate_v it_o to_o other_o creature_n as_o it_o be_v believe_v by_o alomen_n who_o opinion_n be_v relate_v in_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n sect._n 8._o we_o may_v still_o perceive_v some_o remain_n of_o that_o opinion_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o week_n in_o the_o english_a french_a and_o dutch_a tongue_n as_o well_o as_o in_o latin_a for_o they_o still_o name_n by_o one_o of_o the_o seven_o planet_n that_o day_n on_o which_o they_o believe_v they_o to_o have_v a_o particular_a 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heart_n and_o our_o promise_n in_o another_o sense_n to_o give_v we_o the_o morning_n star_n revel_v 2.28_o so_o that_o the_o name_n of_o lucifer_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v that_o of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n thâ—t_v it_o be_v the_o most_o christian_n name_n to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o bible_n sect._n 23._o let_v we_o go_v back_o to_o lactantius_n he_o say_v that_o monster_n be_v generate_v from_o that_o odious_a conjunction_n of_o angel_n with_o woman_n that_o be_v half_a angel_n or_o rather_o half_a demon_n or_o half_a man_n thence_o he_o infer_v duo_o genera_fw-la daemonum_fw-la unum_fw-la caeleste_fw-la alterum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la that_o there_o be_v 2_o sort_n of_o demon_n one_o of_o celestial_a demon_n and_o another_o of_o terrestrial_a by_o celestial_a he_o seem_v to_o understand_v aerial_a but_o after_o the_o word_n terrenum_fw-la there_o follow_v immediate_o he_o sunt_fw-la immunedi_fw-la malorum_fw-la quae_fw-la geruntur_fw-la auctores_fw-la quorum_fw-la idem_fw-la diabolus_fw-la est_fw-la princeps_fw-la these_o be_v unclean_a spirit_n author_n of_o all_o the_o evil_a that_o happen_v in_o the_o world_n the_o chief_a of_o who_o be_v the_o devil_n already_o mention_v from_o this_o passage_n may_v be_v clear_o perceive_v that_o he_o take_v for_o demon_n those_o very_a same_o spirit_n who_o the_o heathen_n make_v their_o god_n as_o have_v be_v see_v ch._n 2._o sect._n 9_o to_o 13_o which_o still_o confirm_v more_o and_o more_o what_o i_o have_v assert_v ch._n 5._o sect._n 4_o 5._o that_o the_o heathen_a never_o adore_a demon_n but_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o believe_v they_o to_o be_v go_n sect_n 24._o the_o same_o lactantius_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o demon_n be_v indeed_o spirit_n but_o spiritus_fw-la tenues_fw-la &_o incomprehensibiles_fw-la spirit_n of_o a_o thin_a subtle_a matter_n and_o imperceptible_a this_o we_o have_v hear_v before_o from_o origen_n and_o tertullian_n he_o explain_v himself_o very_o clear_o as_o to_o the_o power_n he_o ascribe_v to_o their_o understanding_n say_v that_o they_o know_v many_o future_a thing_n but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a they_o shall_v discover_v the_o depth_n of_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n we_o have_v already_o hear_v tertullian_n confirm_v this_o proposition_n by_o his_o reason_n however_o lactantius_n believe_v that_o divination_n by_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o star_n by_o the_o inspection_n of_o the_o entrails_n of_o beast_n and_o by_o the_o observation_n of_o bird_n of_o which_o mention_n have_v be_v make_v ch._n 3._o sect._n 4_o 5_o 7._o be_v diabolical_a inspiration_n and_o therefore_o hold_v that_o they_o be_v still_o capable_a of_o discover_v to_o man_n many_o future_a thing_n sect._n 25._o st._n jerom_n as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v conceive_v constitute_v not_o the_o same_o difference_n of_o place_n betwixt_o the_o spirit_n yet_o he_o believe_v exit_fw-la pauli_n dictis_fw-la ad_fw-la ephe_n cap._n 2._o ver_fw-la 2._o &_o 12._o colligi_fw-la diabolos_fw-la in_o aere_fw-la vagari_fw-la ac_fw-la dominari_fw-la that_o from_o what_o s._n paul_n write_v to_o the_o ephesian_n may_v be_v infer_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v wander_v in_o the_o air_n and_o â—â—igning_v there_o and_o write_v upon_o the_o 6_o ch._n v._o 12._o to_o the_o ephesian_n he_o explain_v more_o at_o large_a that_o proposition_n as_o contain_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o christian_n of_o that_o age._n this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o all_o the_o doctor_n that_o the_o air_n which_o be_v betwixt_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n separate_v both_o from_o what_o it_o call_v the_o vacuum_n be_v fill_v with_o power_n contrary_a to_o each_o other_o we_o must_v yet_o examine_v hereafter_o whence_o the_o principality_n power_n and_o dominion_n of_o this_o world_n have_v receive_v their_o powert_v his_o opinion_n upon_o this_o last_o question_n be_v that_o they_o have_v it_o from_o god_n himself_o and_o that_o they_o exercise_v it_o more_o or_o less_o as_o a_o less_o and_o great_a pain_n be_v inflict_v upon_o 2_o different_a criminal_n according_a as_o it_o be_v resolve_v to_o make_v their_o life_n more_o or_o less_o bitter_a he_o also_o suppose_v that_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n as_o well_o as_o the_o holy_a angel_n be_v divide_v into_o certain_a order_n which_o opinion_n of_o he_o may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o 3_o ch._n of_o habakuk_n as_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o every_o particular_a faithful_a man_n so_o be_v belzebub_n the_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o demon_n who_o exercise_n so_o many_o cruelty_n in_o this_o world_n and_o each_o troop_n of_o demon_n have_v its_o particular_a chief_n and_o captain_n under_o he_o sect._n 26._o lactantius_n must_v yet_o inform_v we_o what_o in_o his_o opinion_n the_o demon_n be_v able_a to_o operate_v in_o reference_n to_o men._n we_o see_v sect._n 14._o that_o his_o opinion_n in_o general_n be_v that_o the_o corrupt_a and_o contagious_a spirit_n wander_v through_o the_o world_n endeavour_v to_o comfort_v themselves_o under_o their_o loss_n by_o procure_v the_o ruin_n of_o mankind_n immediate_o after_o he_o explain_v in_o particular_a how_o they_o hurt_v soul_n and_o body_n they_o attack_z say_v he_o the_o soul_n by_o their_o craft_n devise_n and_o the_o snare_n they_o lie_v before_o they_o they_o seize_v upon_o they_o by_o their_o delusion_n and_o by_o lead_v they_o astray_o they_o stick_v to_o every_o private_a person_n and_o be_v always_o at_o his_o elbow_n creep_v into_o every_o house_n from_z door_z to_z door_z and_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o body_n as_o those_o very_a spirit_n be_v according_a to_o he_o partly_o corporeal_a and_o partly_o extraordinary_a sâ—â—tle_n and_o consequent_o imperceptible_a they_o insinuate_v into_o human_a body_n without_o be_v perceive_v act_n private_o within_o their_o bowel_n impair_v their_o health_n cause_n disease_n cast_v terror_n into_o the_o mind_n by_o dream_n overturn_v it_o make_v 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torment_n take_v they_o so_o much_o up_o that_o they_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o think_v upon_o any_o other_o thing_n the_o 33th_o question_n be_v what_o be_v the_o employment_n of_o the_o soul_n depart_v from_o their_o body_n answer_v the_o soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n be_v uncapa_n ble_a of_o do_v either_o good_a or_o evil_n however_o he_o say_v a_o little_a after_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o saint_n animate_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n praise_n god_n and_o bless_v he_o in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n he_o assert_n question_v 35._o that_o after_o death_n the_o soul_n never_o come_v to_o bring_v news_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o decease_a which_o will_v give_v occasion_n to_o many_o cheat_n because_o wicked_a spirit_n may_v feign_v that_o they_o be_v soul_n of_o the_o decease_a that_o come_v back_o to_o discover_v something_o to_o the_o live_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v this_o very_o attentive_o for_o it_o will_v be_v convenient_a to_o reflect_v upon_o it_o hereafter_o sect._n 28._o st._n austin_n give_v we_o a_o more_o large_a information_n for_o tho'_o he_o do_v not_o express_o reject_v purgatory_n yet_o he_o confute_v it_o every_o where_o as_o appear_v from_o several_a place_n of_o his_o write_n that_o have_v be_v quote_v by_o one_o of_o my_o predecessor_n andrew_n landsman_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o this_o father_n in_o the_o 69th_o chapter_n of_o his_o manual_n express_v himself_o thus_o it_o be_v not_o incredible_a but_o something_o like_o may_v happen_v after_o this_o life_n and_o it_o may_v reasonable_o be_v inquire_v whether_o it_o be_v so_o and_o what_o proof_n may_v be_v bring_v for_o or_o against_o this_o opinion_n viz._n that_o some_o of_o the_o faithful_a come_v soon_o or_o late_a to_o the_o eternal_a felicity_n pass_v through_o a_o certain_a purge_a fire_n in_o which_o they_o stay_v long_o or_o short_a as_o they_o be_v more_o
ancient_a father_n establish_v 99_o to_o one_o man._n our_o schottus_n make_v their_o number_n amount_v to_o 1000,000,000,000_o a_o thousand_o thousand_o million_o more_o of_o who_o be_v good_a then_o bad_a though_o he_o undertake_v not_o to_o determine_v the_o number_n of_o each_o pag._n 9_o 10._o this_o vast_a number_n of_o angel_n as_o well_o bad_a as_o good_a be_v divide_v by_o way_n of_o degree_n into_o some_o certain_a order_n which_o be_v explain_v in_o particular_a somewhat_o further_o in_o that_o same_o book_n sect._n 6._o as_o to_o the_o power_n ascribe_v to_o good_a and_o bad_a angel_n 1._o they_o can_v neither_o penetrate_v the_o secret_a thought_n of_o one_o another_o nor_o those_o of_o man_n yet_o they_o can_v much_o better_o pierce_v into_o futurity_n than_o man_n can_v do_v by_o the_o help_n of_o natural_a cause_n and_o know_v for_o instance_n whether_o the_o year_n shall_v be_v fruitful_a whether_o it_o will_v freeze_v very_o hard_o whether_o it_o will_v rain_v or_o blow_n pag._n 12_o 13_o 14._o 2._o it_o be_v observable_a that_o he_o ascribe_v to_o they_o the_o faculty_n of_o move_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o though_o it_o be_v not_o do_v in_o a_o instant_n and_o that_o of_o extend_v and_o contract_v themselves_o local_o pag._n 17._o 18._o 3._o he_o admit_v the_o opinion_n of_o ignatius_n erkenness_n that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a a_o angel_n shall_v have_v a_o body_n to_o move_v another_o body_n pag._n 20._o etc._n etc._n 4._o that_o nevertheless_o neither_o angel_n nor_o devil_n can_v act_v upon_o each_o other_o unless_o they_o meet_v both_o in_o the_o same_o place_n pag._n 21._o 5._o it_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n that_o a_o spirit_n may_v assume_v a_o body_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o outward_o to_o be_v see_v in_o a_o bodily_a shape_n by_o a_o person_n who_o eye_n be_v convenient_o dispose_v without_o be_v perceive_v by_o another_o near_o he_o though_o his_o eye_n be_v as_o fit_v for_o it_o as_o those_o of_o the_o former_a pag._n 24._o 6._o it_o be_v likewise_o the_o common_a opinion_n that_o each_o person_n have_v his_o particular_a angel_n and_o devil_n p._n 37_o 38._o sect._n 7._o as_o to_o the_o holy_a angel_n in_o particular_a the_o opinion_n of_o lombard_n concern_v their_o order_n and_o different_a ministries_n have_v be_v always_o much_o credit_v among_o the_o papist_n they_o believe_v that_o he_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n when_o he_o constitute_v nine_o order_n of_o they_o angel_n archangel_n principality_n power_n virtue_n dominion_n throne_n cherubim_n and_o seraphim_n lombard_n assert_n that_o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n have_v distinguish_v they_o so_o but_o i_o have_v show_v before_o chap._n 15._o sect._n 3._o that_o it_o be_v pope_n gregory_n who_o have_v establish_v that_o number_n though_o not_o altogether_o in_o the_o same_o order_n these_o nine_o order_n have_v be_v since_o divide_v into_o three_o time_n three_o the_o three_o superior_a order_n be_v the_o seraphim_n cherubim_n and_o throne_n and_o so_o forth_o ascend_v again_o and_o reckon_v all_o nine_o lombard_n explain_v this_o thought_n more_o at_o large_a say_v that_o as_o the_o martyr_n be_v one_o order_n and_o the_o apostle_n another_o and_o yet_o one_o apostle_n be_v above_o another_o as_o one_o martyr_n above_o another_o he_o reasonable_o believe_v the_o same_o to_o be_v with_o the_o angel_n sect._n 8._o as_o to_o the_o wicked_a spirit_n in_o particular_a it_o be_v believe_v 1._o that_o they_o have_v not_o all_o be_v precipitate_v into_o hell_n immediate_o after_o their_o fall_n but_o that_o part_n of_o they_o remain_v ramble_v without_o and_o sometime_o return_v upon_o earth_n or_o abide_v in_o the_o air_n p._n 26_o 27._o 2._o that_o there_o be_v six_o different_a place_n where_o the_o devil_n common_o dwell_v and_o whence_o they_o effect_v their_o malice_n and_o power_n and_o therefore_o be_v call_v in_o relation_n to_o those_o place_n 1._o ignean_n or_o superaereal_a devil_n 2._o aereal_a devil_n 3._o terrestrial_a 4._o aquatic_n 5._o subterraneous_a 6._o those_o that_o hate_v the_o light_n the_o abbot_n trithemius_n delrio_n and_o agrippa_n be_v quote_v by_o our_o author_n on_o that_o account_n pag._n 28._o 31._o 3._o they_o be_v as_o well_o as_o the_o angel_n divide_v into_o several_a order_n but_o the_o papist_n agree_v not_o together_o upon_o this_o matter_n neither_o our_o author_n nor_o agrippa_n who_o have_v treat_v at_o large_a of_o this_o matter_n agree_v together_o nor_o with_o other_o but_o after_o all_o i_o relate_v here_o what_o be_v most_o general_o receive_v to_o which_o i_o add_v that_o the_o opinion_n of_o thyleus_n who_o divide_v the_o devil_n into_o three_o spiritual_a dominion_n and_o nine_o quire_n be_v not_o reject_v pag._n 36_o 37._o sect._n 9_o their_o power_n and_o effect_n have_v always_o be_v much_o exalt_v among_o the_o papist_n they_o hold_v for_o certain_a that_o the_o wicked_a spirit_n can_v do_v great_a wonder_n either_o by_o their_o knowledge_n or_o power_n mira_n hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la vocamus_fw-la say_v schottus_n quorum_fw-la causas_fw-la etiam_fw-la sapientes_fw-la ignorant_a &_o digna_fw-la admiratione_n censent_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la â—aetero_fw-la natura_fw-la facultates_fw-la transcendunt_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la i_o give_v here_o the_o name_n of_o wonder_n to_o those_o effect_n the_o cause_n of_o which_o even_o the_o wise_a be_v ignorant_a of_o and_o judge_v they_o worthy_a admiration_n whether_o or_o no_o they_o surpass_v the_o force_n of_o nature_n pag._n 39_o 40._o it_o be_v therefore_o his_o opinion_n that_o the_o devil_n can_v produce_v effect_n that_o be_v above_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n for_o though_o he_o declare_v afterward_o that_o they_o produce_v but_o apparent_o and_o not_o real_o some_o effect_n that_o be_v peculiar_a to_o god_n only_o yet_o he_o believe_v that_o frequent_o they_o real_o operate_v other_o which_o indeed_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o god_n but_o which_o neither_o man_n nor_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n be_v capable_a of_o effect_v without_o the_o assistance_n of_o those_o spirit_n to_o prove_v this_o thesis_n he_o quote_v many_o popish_a author_n and_o show_n that_o they_o be_v all_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n in_o the_o mean_a while_o he_o distinguish_v what_o the_o devil_n be_v able_a to_o effect_v of_o themselves_o from_o what_o they_o can_v do_v but_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o magician_n and_o witch_n pag._n 40._o to_o 50._o sect._n 10._o the_o consequence_n he_o draw_v from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v be_v that_o the_o devil_n operate_v some_o thing_n by_o motion_n other_o by_o the_o active_a virtue_n of_o natural_a cause_n and_o other_o by_o illusion_n 1._o they_o allege_v 15_o sort_n of_o their_o operation_n by_o their_o motion_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o of_o which_o the_o five_o first_o consist_v in_o real_a operation_n and_o the_o nine_o last_o in_o mere_a representation_n those_o of_o the_o first_o classis_fw-la be_v first_o they_o cause_n fire_n to_o descend_v from_o heaven_n as_o it_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o job_n second_o according_a to_o the_o same_o history_n they_o may_v raise_v storm_n and_o tempest_n three_o they_o may_v likewise_o cause_v rain_n bring_v fair_a weather_n make_v wind_n blow_v upon_o the_o sea_n stop_v the_o course_n of_o vessel_n and_o overturn_v they_o four_o they_o may_v produce_v earthquake_n five_o they_o may_v transport_v through_o the_o air_n or_o in_o some_o other_o manner_n the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o all_o other_o sort_n of_o body_n sect._n 11._o our_o author_n afterward_o relate_v what_o they_o operate_v by_o motion_n of_o mere_a representation_n to_o the_o internal_a and_o external_a sense_n 1._o they_o render_v visible_a thing_n invisible_a by_o sudden_o snatch_v they_o from_o the_o sight_n of_o men._n 2._o they_o make_v statue_n and_o other_o inanimate_a object_n move_v and_o walk_v they_o make_v they_o speak_v 4._o they_o make_v appear_v man_n and_o beast_n in_o their_o dead_a body_n as_o though_o they_o be_v alive_a 5._o they_o take_v upon_o they_o aereal_a body_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n produce_v several_a effect_n 6._o they_o represent_v the_o figure_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o matter_n either_o gold_n silver_n precious_a stone_n or_o other_o 7._o they_o direct_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n the_o animal_n spirit_n of_o man_n that_o they_o make_v appear_v to_o they_o past_a present_a and_o future_a thing_n in_o their_o own_o shape_n and_o persuade_v they_o that_o they_o see_v hear_v and_o do_v thing_n that_o be_v not_o real_a 8._o they_o cause_v pineing_n and_o violent_a disease_n in_o human_a body_n 9_o by_o dream_n they_o present_v to_o people_n such_o object_n as_o be_v absent_a and_o remote_a and_o forewarn_v they_o of_o future_a thing_n 10_o they_o produce_v in_o man_n the_o passion_n of_o love_n hatred_n anger_n and_o fury_n from_o pa._n 51._o to_o 54._o sect._n