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city_n	call_v	great_a	time_n	9,883	5	3.3059	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40219	Old Simon the Sorcerer who hath bewitched the whole city of christendom and to all the cities he hath given out that himself is some great one to whom they have all given heed from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God, who deceived the city by his sorcery and witchcrafts, who hath been baptized also, certain queries to be answered / [by] G.F.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1663 (1663)	Wing F1870; ESTC R226386	6,225	9

OLD SIMON THE SORCERER Who hath bewitched the whole City of Christendom and to all the Cities he hath given out That himself is some great one to whom they have all given heed from the least to the greatest saying This Man is the great Power of God who deceived the City by his Sorcery and Witchcrafts who hath been baptized Also Certain QVERIES TO BE ANSWERED G. F. LONDON Printed in the Year 1663. Old SIMON the Sorcerer c. THere was a certain man called Simon who before-time in the City of Samaria used Sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria giving out that himself was some great one to whom they all of Samaria gave heed from the least to the greatest saying This man is the great Power of God to whom they had regard because for a long time he had bewitched them with his Sorceries And after this Simon the Sorcerer himself believed at the preaching of Philip and was baptized when he saw how the Holy Ghost fell upon the people by the Apostles laying of their hands on them the Miracles they did Simon would have given the Apostles money saying Give me this power that on whomsoever I lay hands may receive the Holy Ghost But Peter said unto him Thy money perish with thee because thou hast thought the gift of God is to be bought with money thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter for thy heart is not right in the sight of God repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity Then answered Simon and said Pray ye for me that none of these things ye have spoken come upon me Mark his thought to have bought the gift of God for money got into him after he was baptized but all the other Simons who have been since Simon Magus have gone beyond him who thought to have bought the gift of God for money for they have bought and sold that which they imagined to be the gift of God and so deceived themselves and others for the gift of God cannot be bought and sold for money First Here you may see that this Simon Magus gave out himself to be some great one Secondly That all the people from the least to the greatest whom he had deceived by his Witchcraft and Sorcery for a long time said he was the great Power of God Now what have all people from the least to the greatest since the Apostles days cryed up that Simon 's Nature which was out of the Power of God as the people of Samaria cryed up Simon to be the great Power of God for Simon Magus when he saw that through the laying on of the Apostles hands the Holy Ghost was given he offered them money c. But Simon could not purchase this gift with money by which the Apostles preached did miracles and laid hands upon the people And what have all these Simons attained it which have been since the days of the Apostles and Simon Magus who have bought and sold that which people have cryed up to be the great Power of God Nay if Simon Magus his money was to perish with him who did but think to have bought the gift of God that he might have ministred and laid on hands mark thought to have done it but did not do it then what will become of all the Simons who since the Apostles days have bought and sold that which they dreamed and imagined was the gift of God which they have ministred and made people cry the great Power of God will not they and their money perish all of them according to the Apostles doctrine who are in their vain thoughts thinking the gift of God may be bought for money Therefore to conclude this is not the gift of God which all the Simons have bought and sold since the Apostles dayes And Simon Magus because he thought the gift of God could be bought or purchased for money had neither part nor lot in this matter of the Ministry of the Holy Ghost laying on of hands nor of the Ministry of God or Christ Then have all the Simons since the Apostles days that have bought and sold that which they thought was the gift of God neither part nor lot in this matter of the gift of God which by the Holy Ghost is to minister and lay on hands by which the Holy Ghost is received for Simon Magus his heart was not right in the sight of God who thought to have purchased the gift of God for money Now whether are all these Simons hearts right or unright in the sight of God who have not onely thought but have purchased that which they imagined was the gift of God The true Apostle said to Simon Magus I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity Mark Simon Magus was in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity who did but think to have bought the gift of God for money Then where are all these Simons which are got up since the Apostles days who as is said before have bought and sold that which they imagined to be the gift of God Hath not their gall and bitterness appeared to all true Ministers of the gift of God and them that fear God worse then old Simon did in the Apostles days Simon Magus was also in the bond of iniquity who thought the gift of God was to be bought and sold for money and where are all they but in the bond of iniquity chained compassed and bound about in it who have told people that was the gift of God which they bought and sold for money And are not the sons worse then the father who hath not only thought the gift of God is to be bought and sold for money but have persecuted those who will not buy that which they have bought and call the gift of God and so are not the young Simons worse than the old Old Simon was to repent of his wickedness pray God if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him and what was his thought and his wickedness but to have bought the gift of God for money which he was to repent of and then to pray But are not all these Simons since the Apostles days who have bought and sold that which they have told people is the gift of God and cost them money worse then old Simon in the wickedness and have not repented and so not out of the wickedness nor the thoughts of their hearts changed and how then can the young Simons pray for old Simon was first to repent before he prayed and had forgiveness and therefore the young Simons must do the same which few of them have done Old Simon the Sorcerer answered the Apostles Pray ye for me that none of these things ye have spoken come upon me And what was his transgression but