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A19295	The mystery of witch-craft Discouering, the truth, nature, occasions, growth and power thereof. Together with the detection and punishment of the same. As also, the seuerall stratagems of Sathan, ensnaring the poore soule by this desperate practize of annoying the bodie: with the seuerall vses therof to the Church of Christ. Very necessary for the redeeming of these atheisticall and secure times. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1617 (1617)	STC 5701; ESTC S108665	124,670	401

Actions concerning their owne persons p. 257. Secondly of their actions towards others p. 258. And so the Policie of Satan is discouered in executing and conuaying of this power 1 By naturall Medecines page 262 2 By Prayers and good Councells page 263. 3 By shrowding it vnder naturall diseases and mixing it therewith 4 And of his notable sleights and daungerous snares therein page 265. And all this Chap 1. Secondly is discoursed that Witches ought to be detected And to this end First The admirable Wisedome and Iustice of God is discouered in making them instruments of their owne confusion page 270. Secondly Two principall meanes are layde downe for their Discouerie Namely Examination And Conuiction And heere First are commended diuers waighty presumptions tending probably to detect the Witch p. 274. 2 Diuers manifest Proofes are added tending to the conuiction of the same page 277. And so false meanes of Detection being reiected and some doubts answered concerning the same vse is made thereof to the Church of God and this is in the second Chap. Thirdy are discouered the Remedies against Witch-craft Whereof the principall is the Execution of Authoritie in cutting of the Offenders Both for the practizing of their mischieifes and also For Release from the same p. 280. And here first is prooued That These mischiefes may bee preuented page 282. 2. The meanes of preuention are layd downe And these first Preseruatiue both First such as concerne the persons of men page 284. And 2. Such as concerne their Habitations page 289. Secondly to these are added Restoratiue Remedies And these Either Generall to dissolue the works of Satan p. 293. Or else Speciall Respecting Priuate Persons page 295. And this Chap. 3. The True Remedies beeing thus discoursed Examination is further made of such counterfaite and vnlawfull meanes as are vsed to the Discouerie of Witches And here first of The Gift of Miracles which is prooued now to bee ceased and needlesse heereto and therefore falsly arrogated and wickedly forged to the same where Obiections are answered and the truth cleered that these are but lying wonders accomplished by the power of Satan page 297. As appeareth by the means whereby they are wrought Namely First the Name of Iesus which is not effectuall by Diuine power to any such ends p. 302. Secondly The Reliques of Saintes page 304. Thirdly The Signe of the Crosse page 305. Fourthly Vse of Holy Water Salt Images Agnus Dei Graines c. p. 306 5. Exorcismes and here it is resolued whether it be lawfull to relieue a Witch and how farre it may be done p. 307. and this in the 4. Cap. Fiftly is proposed and prosecuted a principall Remedie against Witch-craft Namely Execution of Iustice and heere likewise First is propounded the iust Punishment belonging to this Sinne that Witches by the Lawe of God are to die the death where both obiections are answered page 313. And the equitie of Gods Lawe cleared and maintained Chap. 5. Lastly by way of conclusion are layd open the seuerall Vses of this Doctrine of Witch-craft for the further edification of the Church of God Heere beginneth the third Booke THese are first of Reproofe and that 1 of the Atheisme of these Times sect 1. page 320. 2 For contempt of the Word page 322. sect 2. 3 The Idolatrie and false worship of this present age is iustly taxed and conuinced page 324. sect 3. 4 As also the grosse profanenesse and generall rebellions of the present Generation page 325. sect 4. 5 Lastly it is a manifest conuiction of that damnable hypocrisie and accursed dissimulation that raignes in this present age sect 5. Chap. 1. page 327. A second generall vse is for Instruction and that First Teaching how to auoyde and remedie the causes of Witch-craft Which are First That grosse and wilfull Ignorance that swarmes in the Land Where is prooued first That this is a maine cause of Witch-craft page 329. 2 How this is to be remedied page 330. chap. 2. A second cause of Witch-craft is Infidelitie 1 This is prooued by many Circumstances page 331. 2 The meanes laid downe how to remedie this euill page 332 chap. 3. A third cause of Witch-craft is Malice declared by many pregnant Reasons page 334. 2 And the particular meanes layd downe to preuent and remedie this mischiefe page 335. chap. 4. A fourth cause of Witch-craft is Couetousnesse as appeareth 1 By many liuely Euidences p. 337 And so we are directed how to remedy this great sinne page 338. A fift cause of Witch-craft is Curiositie heere 1 The Reasons hereof are discouered page 339. 2 And the way declared how to meet with this sinne page 341. chap. 6. The sixt and principall cause of this iudgement of Witch-craft is Pride As appeareth 1 By diuerse pregnant Euidences heereof page 342 and so 2 We are informed how to encounter this mischiefe p. 344. cha 7. A second generall Instruction is to teach vs heereby the truth of our naturall condition that we are the very slaues of Sathan and vessels of wrath page 346 chap. 8. A third generall Instruction heere is to teach vs how wee may be freed from this naturall bondage what is the principall meanes heereunto page 347. chap. 9. A fifth generall Iustruction is to teach vs a conscionable and sincere vse of all other meanes of our saluation as of Prayer Sacraments and both concerning Preachers and People page 351. chap. 11. A sixt generall Instruction is to prouoke vs to sinceritie and power of Religion in all our wayes page 352. chap. 12. page 352. Aseuenth generall Instruction is to informe vs in the sleights and cunning of Sathan that so we may not be ignorant of his dangerous snares chap. 13. page 353. Eightly heere is matter of Instruction both for the particular triall of our owne estates page 354. As also for the discerning of the true Church of God militant heere on earth chap. 14. page 357. Ninthly wee are heere instructed Both how to behaue our selues in generall vnder the Crosse especially how to carrie our selues in this affliction of Witc-craft chap. 15. page 356. As also how to preuent such snares as are in this Practise of Witch-craft most cunningly layd to intangle and drawe vs to the liking and entertainement thereof page 357. chap. 16. A third generall Vse is for consalation and that many wayes And that generally 1 To comfort the Church of God in regard of the grieuous iudgement of witch craft 360. chap. 17. 2 To comfort in particular such as are afflicted with this Iudgement page 361. chap. 18. The conclusion of the whole Errata Pa. 25. l. 17. for bad reade good 26. li. 2. for preached reade practised 27. lin 17. for hurt reade helpe 37. li. 6. for Witches reade workes 57. lin 8. for imitate reade initiate 69. lin 4. for promise reade procure 100. l. 26. for match reade marke 125. li. 13. mischiefe reade mistresse 164. li. 21. sometimes reade societies 160. li. 18. for serue reade some

into their hands for the punishment of our infidelitie so if our bodyes escape yet a worse thing may certainely follow Namely the stealing away of your heartes from God by this meanes and so the enthralling of our soules vnder the power of Satan And being wise also in the manner of our reliefe whereby we may happily try them 1. Namely to giue them onely for necessitie of the meanest seeing these being puffed vp with their con●orted powers thinke nothing to good for them As I haue obserued they must fare of the best c 2. And to keepe our selues within the bounds of mans authoritie to see them releiued at their houses and that by setting them a worke and so paying them an ouer-plus for it that they may prouide for themselues For hereby happily you may also discerne thē As being an idle vagrant generatiō alwaies gadding their own house is a Wild-cat they must needs be stirring whom the Diuel driues 3. And lastly to relieue their bodyes as vpon any iust occasion not to conceale their wretchednesse but to accuse and draw them to the Iudgement Seates for the saluation if it may bee of their poore soules And though Iudgement may sease vpon them yet so long as they liue they may be relieued onely with the coursest and that for necessitie especially heere an Interpreter one of a thousand prooue their best Purueyo● to minister a word in due season for the comfort of the soule CHAP. V. Of a Principall Remedie against Witchcraft Namely the due Execution of Iustice vpon the Offenders THus haue we shewed both what deceitfull and daungerous Remedies haue and may be vsed to case this affliction As also what Lawfull Remedies are to be applyed hereto It now remaineth that wee adioyne A speciall publicke Remedie for the preuenting and rooting out of this mischiefe Namely Execution of Iustice. And here first Let vs determine what measure of punishment is due to this Sinne. Secondly we wil adde some Motiues to encourage the godly Magistrate to the Execution of the Punishment SECT I. Of the punishment of Witches with death What Punishment is due to Witchcraft The Word of GOD doth clearely prooue That thou shalt not suffer a Witch to liue Exod. 21. 18. And so the practise of Holy men hath been agreeable thereunto in the due Execution of this sentence against them in all ages As appeareth Not onely among the Heathen who euen by the Light of Nature were endued for the very safety of Life to punish this Sinne with Death But especially among Christions where generally such Malefactors are condignely punished And that this practice ought to stand in force appeareth 1. Because this being a Iudiciall Law whose penaltie is death seeing they haue in them a perpetuall equitic and doe seeme to maintaine some morall precept is Perpetuall As seruing to maintaine the Equitie of the three first Morall Precepts of the first Table which cannot be kept vnlesse this Law be put in execution 2. This Iudiciall Lawe hath in it the Equitie of the Lawe of Nature and therefore is perpetuall It beeing naturall that an Enemie to the State a Traitour c. Should die the death And such is a Witch vnto God the King of Kings 3. The Witch is an Idolater wilfully and in a most presumptuous maner as renouncing God willingly and chosing Satan to bee her Soueraigne Lord therefore according to that Lawe shee is to be stoned to death Deut. 17. 3. 4. 5. 4 The Witch is a seducer of others to Idolatrie as appeareth by their common practise both vpon their friends to whom they vsually bequeath their spirits and vppon all whom they instruct to rest in charmes c. And therefore to be put to death Deuter. 13. 6. 9. 5 Nay shee is a murtherer both of soules and bodies and therefore in this respect doth also deserue death SECTIO II. Answer to Obiections against this Execution 1 ANd therefore though the diuell doe the mischiefe yet is the Witch confederate and accessarie thereto nay in her owne conceit Principall and Mistris and therefore by the Lawe of Accessories is to die the death 2 Therefore though they should repent yet die they must to iustifie God and preuent further ensnaring that though their body perish yet the soule may be saued 1. Cor. 5. 3 Though she repent not yet seeing shee must haue some time of repentance though she do not yet is Iustice to proceede without respect of persons In zeale to Gods glory and loue of sinceritie so Moses Exo. 32. 28. and Phinehas c. Num. 25. 8. And this sincerity of Iustice doth require That though death and such hurts ensue not yet for the offence done to God in combining with Sathan c. the parties are to be executed accordingly For so the word doth plainely imply and heretofore the Law hath been defectiue in this case yet blessed be God for a further perfection heerein and will not the Lord daily perfect his worke If wee beleeue shall wee not see greater things then these Well 1 Let this instruct the godly magistrate to haue an eie especially to the Blesser that raigneth among vs And to draw the people to the true and lawfull meanes of helping soule and bodie by rooting out of these Good Witches which are ri●e almost in euerie parish and placing in stead thereof a conscionable Minister as that the people may require the Lawe at his mouth that he may pray to the Lord for them that they may bee healed 2 Let this teach him to punish sinne of conscience not for by respects meeting with the Witch as an Idolator offending against God not so much as a murtherer sinning against man 3 Let his owne safetie mooue him heereunto who as hee hath beene euen so still by the execution of Iustice may be free from these Monsters 4 And lastly Let the glorie of God in aduauncing the Gospel especially heere preuayle which is by no kind of thing more vndermined then by Witches Is glorious in nothing more then in rooting out Antichrist the great Coniurer and deceiuer of Gods people and banishing superstition the very bedde and nursery of witchcraft The end of the second Booke THE MYSTERIE OF WITCH-CRAFT The third Booke Discouering The seuerall Vses of this Doctrine of WITCH-CRAFT LONDON Printed by Nicholas Okes. 1617. OF THE DIVERS VSES OF THIS DOCTRINE OF WITCH-CRAFT The third Booke CHAP. I. First it serueth for reproofe and that many wayes SECTIO I. As first of the Atheisme and Irreligion that ouerflowes in the Land DOth not Satans Policy in this trade of Witchcraft pretending to afflict and hurt but when he is seene by the Witch and then to hurt only the bodie or goods Plainely obscure and abolish out of the minds of men the Prouidence of the Almightie as if Satan were not subiect to God and sent by his prouidence that he were not countermaunded by the power of God but onely subiect to the

may bee iustly made against this Doctrine THat there are Witches first this appeareth by the testimonie of the Word which witnesseth 1 That there were such Sorcerers that preached this skill as 1. Sam. 19. The Witch of Endor Simon Magus Acts 8. and Pythonesse in the Acts 19. c. 2 The Iudgements of God are denounced against such by the Prophets as Esay 44. 25. 47. 12. 3 The Magistrates by seuere Lawes interdicted the practize of Witchcraft as Saul 1. Sam. 10. 3. 9. 4 The sentence of death is pronounced against this by the Law of God as Exodus 22. 18. Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to liue Secondly the whole streame of Antiquity also auoucheth the same As appeareth by that which is declared heereafter concerning the entertainement and practize of Sorcerie By all nations 2 By the Lawes of each nation against this Mysterie 3 By the generall experience of all Ages wherein eyther through ignorance this wickednesse hath appeared in open face among the Gentiles or else for abuse of knowledge euen hypocrites haue beene giuen vp to this Iudgement of Witchcraft because they detaine the truth of God in vnrighteousnesse and sacrifice to their Art yea to Sathan himselfe euen wherein they pretend to serue God as appeareth afterward in the vse heereof This also is manifest by sound Reason and Induction And that from the Power Wisedome and Iustice of God Gods Power is manifest as his yeelding vp the mightiest to the power of Sathan as Gods executioner so in brideling Satan to hurt cut where it pleaseth him Iob 1 2. 2. Corin. 4. Matth. 8. His Wisedome admirable in this That giuing the wicked their desire for the satisfying of the flesh 1 They are willingly giuen vp to submit their soules to the power of Satan and so to be the executioners of their owne damnation 2 And whereas Satan if he should appeare in his owne likenes would not so easily be intertained could not do so conueniently the will of God in deceiuing the wicked yet beeing now disposed by the Lord of glory in this wise and glorious manner that by the ministerie of men women subiect to our infirmities and therefore more likelie by reason of natures bonds to preuaile with their like Satan shal tender his seruice vnto vs doth hee not conuey his poyson into our soules more easily doth hee not preuaile more effectually to our ensnaring and destruction The Iustice of God shineth also most gloriously in this mysterie of Witchcraft As first In making it a Punishment to such as will not obey the truth that they might be deluded and ensnared thereby And so in sealing vp in this strange terrible affliction by Witchcraft the desperate couenant that is therein euen eternall vengeance and those intolerable paines of the damned that the Atheist may be vtterly confounded and the desperate sinner may be vtterly without excuse As preaching to the rebellious world by these prophets of Satan the certaintie of their damnation who refuse to embrace the glad tydings of their saluation from the Messengers of the Lord. And is not the Iustice of God admirable heerein that the wicked are now the choosers and executioners of their owne damnation in beeing willingly ignorant of the trueth In their best wisedome heaping vp teachers according to their owne lusts purposely submitting themselues to these prophets of the diuell that so they may be turned to their ineuitable condemnation Secondly It is manifest from the Pride and Cunning of Satan Who although hee naturally hate God yet in the Pride of his heart he seekes to imitate him in all his actions that so he may more desperately execute his malice both against God in disgracing his prouidence and against man in furthering his destruction And therefore as God Satan his couenant with man so will Satan haue a speciall couenant also with his seruants As the Lord hath his Ministers to exeeute his wrath vpon the disobedient namely the Magistrate so Sathan will haue his badde Witches to execute against the sonnes of men Yea As the Lord hath his Prophets and faithfull ministers to relieue and comfort his distressed people so Sathan will haue his good Witches to minister helpe to such as seeke vnto him c. And as the wise and mercifull God because wee are not able to heare him if he should himself speak vnto vs doeth therefore conuey his will into earthen vessells 2. Corinthians 4. 7. causing men like our selues subiect to the same infirmities with vs to deliuer his councell and prepare vs to the obedience thereof euen so dealeth Sathan the god of this world with the children of disobedience That whereas by reason of Natures guilt and infirmitie they could not endure his terrible and personall presence therefore hee tendereth his will vnto them by certaine delightfull and Familias charmes yea by Witches his vassales insinuateth himselfe into vs colouring his presence and sleights by some shew of outward holinesse as by abusing of holie Names Prayers Reliques c. that so hee may the better winne from vs an approbation of his help and so the more dangerously ensnare vs in his cruell pawes Thirdly also this is manifest from the consideration of our owne cursed nature And that not onely because wee are Sathans slaues naturally and so are led captiue at his will euen to further our owne condemnation and the condemnation of others But especially in regard of those Remaynders of originall goodnesse As some naturall light some con●… ence of good and euill c. wher●… wee being vsually puffed vp and 〈◊〉 laboring to encrease these gifts ●…ing wee know not the right me●… heereunto namely to seeke them 〈◊〉 the Lord Is it any maruell if we f●ll to chaffer with Satan for the obtaining thereof especially seeing hee will not faile to offer his helpe and that vpon very faire and seemingly equal termes Now if wee consider on the other side that corruption wherewith we are infected euen from the mothers wombe Two things there are herein that further this compact with Satan The one is The earnest and vnsatiable desire to accomplish our lusts which seeing we cannot compasse by lawfull meanes will we sticke at any thing though it be the hazard of the soule to attaine our desires Math. 16. 25. Especially seeing as wee desire to commit sinne with greedinesse so either for credite wee would not be seene therein and indeed it is Satans polity to blind the eies of our minds that so walking in darkenes we may not know whither we go but euen like fooles be led to the Stockes and oxen to the shambles And hath not this Practise of Witch-craft many cunning sleights and colours to hide and cloke sin to illude and peruert our iudgemēts that we may not discern whereabout we are Cōsider to this end that which follows God giue vs vnderstanding in all things Adde we hereunto That as sin encreaseth and ripeneth to vengeance so naturall

farre vnto others as that so many as are ordained to saluation shall giue credit and obedience therevnto And the rather Because these Diuine Dreames are not onely agreeable vnto the blessed Word and so safely to bee beleeued whereas Satanicall Dreames as they are diuerse or contrary to the Word so they labour especially to withdraw from obedience therevnto 4 But especially whereas the end of Satans Enthusiasmes is to set vp Idolatry and nourish all Atheisme and securitie Deu. 13. On the contrarie Diuine Dreames aime onely at the True worship of God and further the doctrine and obedience of the Gospell 5 And heere wee are wisely also to distinguish of the Times For seeing now we haue the Gospell sufficient to reueale the will of God therefore we are not in these daies to build vpon Dreames so that howsoeuer they were ordinary before and vnder the Law yet now if any shall rest herein and expect resolution heereby wee are to conclude that it is rather a Satanicall illusion then any warning from the Lord and therefore at no hand to be heeded of vs. As touching Diuination by Lots heerein also wee had need to bee informed the rather because this Delusion is common and preuailing with the ignorant sort to abuse the same to wicked ends and so therein to offer sacrifice to the deuill And therefore Though there may bee some lawfull vse heereof as in Ciuill Occasions to Diuide Lands discide controuersies in a case of importance and necssity Iosh. 14. 2. Acts 1. 26. c. so the Name of God bee called vpon and his prouidence attended and obeyed in the successe thereof Yet neither are wee allowed to vse Lots in iest in triuiall and vnnecessarie meanes as to set vp Banqrouts to further Plantations c. by raysing summes of money thereby seeing this may bee obtained by other meanes Much lesse in Gaming to sport our selues hereby Especially wee are heere to beware of such Lottery as tends to resolue doubtfull things or fore-know things to come either by opening a Booke casting a Die to declare good or bad successe seeing this both implies a secret beleefe that such a fear can do it and so is a worshipping of the deuill c. seeing by no secret propertie to that meanes such things are effected it must needes follow that it is but Satans colour to hide his familiarity with the wicked Hitherto of Diuination by true creatures And doth not Satan also deceiue by forged meanes Yea certainely as first by answering in the shape of a dead man Example hereof wee haue in that answere vnto Saul where Satan deludes the King with the appearance of Samuels person when indeed it was onely the cunning of Satan resembling and counterfeiting the same As is manifest First Because the Lord had denyed to answere Saul by ordinarie lawfull meanes and therefore would not endure to haue Samuel raysed vp to answere him extraordinarily Luke 16. 2 The Bodies and soules of the Saints departed are in the hands of God resting from their labours and therefore Satan could not haue power to fetch the soule from heauen though he might preuaile to raise the bodie frō the earth which yet I see no reason for seeing the body also must rest at least frō Satans power And would Samuel think you suffer Saul to adore him Surely it is the deuill that seekes honour and homage from men as for the Saints they striue to giue all power and honor vnto God Act. 10. Reu. 22. 8. 9. Adde heerevnto that true Samuel would haue reproued Saul for running to Witches hee would haue exhorted him to repentance 1 And therefore though the Word call him Samuel yet this was according to that which seemed to delude Saul 2 And though Saul might bee told by the Appearance what should befall him yet might this bee done by Satan as being either acquainted by the Lord with his purpose heerein or coniecturing by Sauls case what was like to come to him for his disobedience to God As for that which the Church of Rome doates concerning the walking of dead men howsoeuer the Lord gaue power vnto his Prophets to raise the dead yet neither had this Witch any such power neither was the case necessarie why it should be at this time neither needed Satan to vse this meanes seeing he might doe the feat as well by himselfe counterfeting the shape and person of Samuel Neither may extraordinarie and miraculous working vpon speciall occasion bee traduced to warrant the ordinarie walking of persons after their deaths whose soules the Holy Ghost witnesseth to bee at rest and can their bodies walke without their soules Indeed when the Lord was either to plant or restore a Church out of it ruine and desolation wee finde in the Word this power of raysing from the dead to haue bene exercised profitably and therefore seeing now there was no such cause for this miraculous worke it followeth to bee the delusion of Satan and not the finger of God But here me thinkes I heere some reply that if this were but a collusion of Satan blinding and deceiuing Saul why might he not also deeceiue the Witch as pretending to bee raysed vp by her that she had power of him when it might bee but some iugling trick to bleare her eyes she raised vp no deuill in Samuels likenesse but rather was meerely deluded with a conceit heereof Surely howsoeuer the Patrones of Witch-craft would gladly thus cōclude to condemnethe truth of the Word that there are Witches which worke by Familiar spirits yet doth the circumstance of the Historie plainely confound them Howsoeuer they also imply further that the Witch might suborne some man or wo●… in the likenesse of Samuel to g●… this answere seeing no meere humane vnderstanding ●onld attaine 〈◊〉 that knowledge And therefore it necessarily followeth that the Witch by vertue of the couenant with Sat●… raised him vp He by his power and skill counterfeited Samuel at an ynch by his experience and office wa● able to acquaint him with Gods wil and so as an instrument of Diuine vengeance to hasten him to his destruction And as Satan thus foretells things by meanes eyther true or counterfeit so doth hee also Diuine without meanes either possessing those that are his oracles Acts the sixteene chapter and sixteene verse or inspiring them by outward obsession with his will and councells whereby they become counterfeit prophets and reuealers of things to come such as were the Sybills c. Of all which wee are to make this vse 1 As to iudge wisely of the power and manifold cunning of Sathan 2 So to consider of the preciousnesse of the soule for which Satan takes such paines becomes such a drudge c. and to preuent the Diuell by our care and diligence not so much for the bodie and the meate that perisheth but for the poore soule that it may be saued