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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85292	An advertisement to the jury-men of England, touching witches. Together with a difference between an English and Hebrew vvitch.	Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.	1653 (1653)	Wing F909; Thomason E690_6; ESTC R202078	20,216	32

from his Covenant Besides hee confesseth the Devill suffereth some to live long undisclosed that they may Exercise the greater measure of his Malice in the World It remaines that if the two true Proofes of Mr. Perkins which are the Witches Confession or sufficient witnesses faile we have not warrant as hee saith in the word to put such an one to Death I conclude this Point in the words of Mr. Perkins I advise all Jurors that as they be diligent in the zeal of Gods Glory so they would be carefull what they do and not condemne any party suspected upon bare presumptions without sound and sufficient proofes that they be not guilty through their own rashnes of shedding innocent Bloud Of the Hebrew Witch IN Deut. 18. The Witch is named with divers other sorts of such as used the like unlawfull Arts as the Diviner the Observer of times an Inchanter a Charmer a Consulter with a familiar Spirit a Wisard or a Necromancer The Text addeth all that doe these things are an abomination to the Lord and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them the Nations out from before thee If wee desire to know what those abominations of the Nations were wee are told in generall in the 14. Verse of the same Chapter These Nations harkned unto observers of times and unto Diviners There is no other crime in this Chapter laid to the charge of all or any of these practisers of such unlawfull Arts but of lying Prophecies and therefore the Text addeth the Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midest of thee of thy Brethren like unto me unto him shall ye harken and not to the Diviners Wisards Charmers c. Setting aside the case of Job wherein God gave a speciall and extraordinary Commission I doe not finde in Scripture that the Devill or Witch or any other had power ordinarily permitted them either to kill or hurt any Man or to medle with the Goods of any for though for the triall of the hearts of men God doth permit the Devill ordinarily to tempt them yet hee hath no Commission to destroy the Lives or Goods of Men it is little lesse then blasphemy to say any such thing of the admirable Providence of God whereby he preserves all his Creatures It was crime sufficient for all those practicers of unlawfull Arts to delude the people with false and lying Prophecies thereby to make them forget to depend upon God and to have their Soules turne after such as have Familiar Spirits and after Wisards to go a whoring after them as the Lord saith Levit. 20. 6. This spirituall whoredome is flat Idolatry in the common phrase of the Old Testament and those that be entisers to it thereby endeavour to destroy the Soules of the People and are by many degrees more worthy of death then those that only destroy the Bodies or Goods of Men If there were a Law that every one should be put to Death or punished that should advisedly endeavour to perswade Men that they are skilfull in those forbidden Arts or in foretelling of things to come or that they have contracted with the Devill and can thereby Murder or destroy Mens Goods I should never deny such a Law to be most consonant and agreeing with the Law of Moses But because I may be thought by some a favourer of these forbidden Arts through want of understanding the Scripture about the quality of them I have made choice of a Man who is no friend to Witches and whose learning in this point will not be denied In his own words I shall set downe what either out of the Hebrew Names of those prohibited Arts or out of the exposition of the Jewish Doctors can be gathered for the understanding of them A Diviner in Hebrew a Foreseer or Presager a Foreteller of things to come as doth a Prophet the Hebrews take a Diviner to be one that doth things whereby hee may foretell things to come and say such a thing shall be or not be or say It is good to doe Such a thing the meanes of Divining some doing it with Sand some with Stones some by lying downe on the Ground some with Iron some with a Staffe he that asked of a Diviner is chastised with stripes 2. An observer of times or Soothsayer an Observer of the Clouds a Planetary or an observer of the flying of Foules an Augur As the Diviners were carried much by inward and Spirituall Motions so these by outward Observations in the Creatures The Hebrews say they were such as did set times for the doing of things saying Such a day is good and such a day is naught 3. An Observer of Fortunes one that curiously searcheth signes of good or evill luck which are learned by Experience the Hebrew is to finde out by Experience Whereupon the word here used is one that too curiously observeth and abuseth things that doe fall out as lucky or unlucky The Hebrews describe it thus as if one should say because the morsell of Bread is fallen out of my mouth or my Staffe out of my hand I will not go to such a place because a Fox passed by on my right hand I will not go out of my House this day Our new translation renders this word an Inchanter 4. A Witch a Sorcerer such as do bewitch the senses or minds of Men by changing the formes of things to another hew The Hebrew word for a Witch properly signifies a Jugler and is derived from a word which signifies changing or turning and Moses teacheth Exod. 7. that Witches wrought by Enchantments that is by secret Sleights Juglings Close conveyance or of Glistering like the flame of Fire or a Sword wherewith Mens Eyes were dazled 5. A Charmer or one that conjureth Conjurations the Hebrew signifies conjoyning or consociating the Charmer is said to be hee that speaketh words of a strange Language and without sense that if one say so or so unto a Serpent it cannot hurt him hee that whispereth over a wound or that readeth over an Infant that it may not be frighted or layeth the Bible upon a Child that it may sleepe 6. A Wisard or cunning Man in Hebrew named of his knowledge or cunning the Hebrews describe him thus that he put in his mouth a bone of a Bird and burned incense and did other things untill hee fell downe with shame and spake with his mouth things that were to come to passe 7. A Necromancer one that seeketh unto the Dead of him they say he made himselfe hungry and went and lodged among the Graves that the dead might come unto him in a Dreame and make known unto him that which he asked of him and others there were that clad themselves with Cloaths for that purpose and spake certaine words and burned Incense and slept by themselves that such a dead person might come and talke with them in a Dream 8. Lastly The Consulter with Familiar Spirits in Hebrew a