Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	cup_n	drink_v	show_v	4,559	5	5.6281	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03468	A treatise against vvitchcraft: or A dialogue, wherein the greatest doubts concerning that sinne, are briefly answered a Sathanicall operation in the witchcraft of all times is truly prooued: the moste precious preseruatiues against such euils are shewed: very needful to be knowen of all men, but chiefly of the masters and fathers of families, that they may learn the best meanes to purge their houses of all vnclean spirits, and wisely to auoide the dreadfull impieties and greate daungers which come by such abhominations. Hereunto is also added a short discourse, containing the most certen meanes ordained of God, to discouer, expell, and to confound all the Sathanicall inuentions of witchcraft and sorcerie.; Treatise against witchcraft.	Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.	1590 (1590)	STC 13590; ESTC S104153	71,772	90

hoc modo Deus incogitantiae argueretur ac silegem tulisset de rebus quae nullae sunt Surely it were gracelesse boldnes to denie that the artes of magicke haue euer beene practised for so God might be argued to want iudgement as if he had giuen a Law of things which haue no beeing Nowe to be short concerning this treatise which here I offer thee good Reader albeit I cannot teach thee as I would to discouer and to auoide the Sathanicall delusions of witchcraft so variable so straunge and so secret are Sathans practises yet that good which I purposed I haue I trust in some part performed Whatsoeuer I haue written in all humble submission I offer it to the Censure and iudgement of all the godly learned in the Church of God I was the more bolde to publish this discourse for that but few haue written to any purpose any thing which may giue light in this argument in the english tongue master George Gifford onely excepted vnto whom we are much bound in the Lorde An other cause which mooued me is the continuall trafficke and market which the rude people haue with witches For like as the old heathen as Tulli saieth de reb maiorib semper aut delphis oraculum aut ab Hammone aut à Dodona petebant that is in their greatest affaires sought alwaies after the master witches and in common affaires hid their common auguries so likewise our blockish Christians they haue their common base witches and their master coniurers vnto whom they ride and goe in all their neede some twentie some thirtie some fortie miles and what is moste lamentable such is their brutish ignorance they thinke it not vnlawfull for them so to doe Wherefore I doe here also humbly request all those whome God hath blessed with knowledge and giftes to discerne in any measure these hid and horrible abhominations that they would with all their might helpe to vncouer them The ministers of Christ must both in doctrine and conuersation oppose themselues vnto the ministers of Antichrist Th● doctrine of the Gospell which we professe is flat contrarie we knovv vnto all the principles of poperie so let our conuersation also be vnto the practise of all the Romish prelates The monkes the friers and all of the shauen ministerie were not in any account for learning which made not an open profession of these sciences and of the Popes themselues sundry of them attained their popedome by these holy meanes as Sylvester the 2. Benedictus the 8. Geegorie the seuenth Iohn 20. 21. Alexander the 6. if we may credit their ovvne Platina and others Our enimies then worshipping the beast and his image and bearing these brandes of sorcery vvitchcraft idolatrie and all impietie in their handes and foreheads let vs with all might avoide them for without repentance the scripture hath forewarned they shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured into the cuppe of his wrath and shall bee tormented in fire and brim stone which is the second death Accept what I haue written good reader or of thy curtesie giue it free passage vnto others FAREWEL Thine in Christ Iesus HENRY HOLLAND CHAP. I. Of the witches mentioned in Scripture where is shewed by euident demonstrations how they had a reall conference confederacy with Satā himselfe by whom they practised wrought their abominatiōs Theophilus Mysodaemon WHat sayest thou Mysodaemon is it not strange that men at this day make so small account to discouer and auoid the moste horrible and dreadfull sinnes of witchcraft Mysodaemon I would gladly heare somwhat of you concerning this argument for the common sort of men indeed doe lightlie regard this sinne and the rather because some men as they say of learning and reputation affirme that this art being rightly discouered containeth nothing but cousenage and secret practises of wicked men and foolish women which are full of restles melancholick imaginations Theoph. True it is they say so indeed but how prooue they all such strong affirmations they speake much and fill volumes of many bookes but prooue litle soundly of that which they haue vainely and wickedly conceiued for when their proofe is out of the Scripture they neuer faile to wrest and bend that blessed word most prophanely to their owne purpose And as for other learned men which haue written painefulle of this argument they are all without difference scorned reiected and railed vpon in moste vile manner Their best proofe is from their owne braine and most wicked experience and yet some wise men as they say beleeue them Mysodaemon Surely Theophilus I can not myselfe be anie way perswaded that the common sorte of our witches worke by the deuill or haue any conference with him for so I remember Bodin others define a witch to be one that wittingly willingly vseth deuilish artes to atteine that hee purposeth therefore 〈…〉 women are no witches for they haue no such artes alack● poore fooles they are no seducers but rather poore seduced soules Theoph. I see Mysodaemon you haue read ouer some of their great volumes can you so pretely bemone our old witches true it is manie of the common sort I beleeue well are not right witches indeed notwithstanding they are guiltie of other most vile sinnes and most worthie of death Mysodaemon As for other sinnes as coosnage poisoning and such like I will not couer them our witches are full of such practises but that these seely women haue anie artes to coniure the deuill or to conuey him into a boxe as they say to raise tempests to kill and make aliue I thinke all these are but vaine surmises of credulous and foolish people Theoph. Satan is full of delusions and filleth the mindes eies and eares of such as the Lorde hath iustlie giuen ouer vnto his handes for the contempt of the truth to beleeue lies he is a flying serpent and not so narrowly inclosed albeit hee perswadeth his vassals by such vaine delusions least wanting his presence they should bee discouraged in his seruice But let vs come vnto the purpose that there haue bene are and may be such Sathanicall witches which worke indeed many wonders by the help and ministrie of Satan Mysodaemon I knowe not where to turne mee in this controuersie for they say the scripture hath not answered this question wee haue no scripture against our vvitches or which can discouer them Theoph. If the scripture will not suffice and serue vs for this purpose let vs impute that to our weakenes and not to the want of that most perfect booke of God which is said to be so sufficient that it is able to make the man of God absolute And hath not the Scripture prophesied of the chaunge of Empyres of the variable state of the Church before and after Christes incarnation of Antichrist his comming his miracles c. And doe we not finde all those diuine and propheticall predictions

Theoph. This kind also is one of the foure diabolicall sciences which Manasses fauoured and set vp in his time and multiplyed in the land vntill the noble King Iosiah came who is said to haue found among the dunghill gods sterchoreos deos saith Tremel these two kind of witches pythones pythonists and ijdgnonim wise men he caused their braines to be beaten out with stones according to the wordes of the law of God Mys. And what Theoph. doe you thinke that these witches had any sight in the secret myste●ies of Sathans sciences Palmisters expounders of dreames are but poore simple fellowes our common Egyptian vagabonds as we call them can tell vs some points of this profession Surely then those witches were like to be but plaine cooseners Theoph. That these witches some also of the former practised more then common coosenage c. I can shew it by sufficient proofe out of the Scripture on this manner 1. All sinnes which the Scripture calleth abhominations are greater and more dreadfull then any sleights of iugling or cōmon coosenage but this kind is so named 2. King 23. 24. therfore this sinne is not coosenage c. 2. That sinne against the which the holy Ghost sheweth like or greater detestation then against the vilest idolatrie is farre more dreadfull more wicked then common coosenage c. The Lord sheweth such detestation against this sinne in that place Ergo. 3. That sinne which is one great cause of the destruction of a whole kingdome is a most dreadfull impietie This kind of witchcraft was one of the foure which Manasses liked and fauoured for the which that kingdom was destroied therefore it is one most dreadfull sinne 4. That kinde of witchcraft which the law of God so abhorreth against the which it pronounceth death without mercie is no doubt a most deuelish and as Sathanicall a practise as all the rest but the law of stoning to death which was the cruellest death amōg the Iewes was directly giuen against this kind If a man or woman be pytho or ijdgnoni a wise man they shall die the death they shall stone them to death there blood shall be vpon them 5. That sinne which the noble prince Iosiah by the aduise of his wise Iudges and Magistrates c. directed by the law of God so sharply punished and sought after so dilligently that his Church might be clean purged c. must not be thought a light impietie but rather the contrarie and that Iosiah did so against these witches and others it is recorded by the holy Ghost for his euerlasting praise God put into the hartes of our Honourable Iudges to doe the like in these times where and when occasion is offered And to this end Strilegius writeth against these witches and to the commendation of Iosias on this manner His seuerissimis mandatis Iosias obtemperans non tantum exscindit sed etiam evellit omnes vates incantatores diabolicos ne rursus fruticentur eandem severitatem omnes magistratus sequantur in tollendis èmedio magis c. alijs qui se ministros diabolorum praebent Iosiah obeying the most seuere rules of Gods law Lev. 20. 27. did not onely cut downe but rooted vp all diviners and deuelish enchanters least they should bud or seede any more let all magistrates saith he vse the like severitie to take away witches and all such as giue them selues to the ministerie of Sathan Mysodaemon And what was the last kinde of witches named in that place of Deut. 1 8. v. 11. Th. The last words there are doreshel hammuthim one that enquireth or seeketh counsel at the dead but it is to be doubted whether the Lord meaneth in these words an other special kind or rather sheweth by thē by what meanes som of the rest there nūbred practised these artes namly by cōsultation with the spirits of dead mē as was thought but with deuils indeed howbeit some affirm that Necromancie another and speciall kinde of witchcraft is here to be vnderstoode but Samuel Esay say plainely that Aobooth pythonistes and ijdgnomim wizards practised this Necromansie for Esay saith that such as consult with Aobooth and ●dgnonim goe from the liuing elh●mmuth●m that is to ask counsel of dead soules as some supposed but of the deuills indeed Maister Luth. saith that Necromantici spiritus nocturnos obamb●lantes consulunt Necromancers cōsult with night walking spirits c. or as Esay saith They lye and remaine among the graues Chap. 65. 4. Howsoeuer it be whether these words contei●e an other speciall kind or no I know not but one thing we are sure of that these witches also had there marchandize with Sathan him selfe for the spirit of the righteous returne vnto God that gaue them Eccles. 12. 7. and the soules of the vnrighteous are as our Sauiour Christ saith in hell torments Wherefore they must be Sathanicall spirits and not soules departed which come to conference and to trafficke with witches here vpon earth But some intending to finde an essentiall difference haue thought it best to call that practize of pythonistes Sciomant●a to discern it from this last kinde of witchcraft as if there did appeare but shadowes onely in the one but reall bodies in the other Wherefore this difference is but to smal purpose in my iudgement CHAPTER II. Of the witches of our time and of their bargaines societie and acquaintance with Sathan Theophilus Mysodaemon SVrely Theophilus I loue not sophistically to cavill in this controuersie but soberly to come if God so please vnto the knowledge of the trueth Seeing that the light of Gods word is so manifest that these magical artes mentioned in the Scripture were such horrible impieties abhominations c. and so detestable before almightie God that they caused his wrath to be kindled in such manner against his people for fauouring following and practising them I must and will willingly subscribe Theophilus that these artes were more indeed then coosenage poisoning naturall magike or any other such like invention onely practised by humane industrie Theophilus Neuer doubt of it they were Sathanicivenefici Sathanicimagi Sathanicall magitians and Sathanicall poisoners indede and so call them Mysodaemon as learned men haue done and thus I trust thou seest what the witches were which are mentioned in Scripture Mys. I doe so Theophilus I thanke you But shall we imagine that our poore doating old women which are commonly called witches at this day are like in any point vnto those 7. which are mentioned in Scripture Surely I haue no light of reason or Scripture as yet wherefore we should so thinke Theophilus Thou art here also caried away with some fabulous volumes of withcraft or thou markest the follie of the multitude or both For what Mysodaemon shall Sathan in this age be lesse cruell or infidels more holy then they haue beene some are not ashamed to say indeede saith Hemingius that