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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

securitie pride and rebellion against God and his poore Church And the same sinnes accompanie this witchcraft to this day My. Is there mention also made of charmes in Scripture Theophilus There is a charme of serpents mentioned in the 58. Psalme ver 6. where it is thus written asher to ijsmagn lecol melacheshim chober chabarim mechencam that is which heareth not the voice of charmers albeit he be most expert in muttering charmes For Lachash doth signifie a secret muttering of charmes by which wordes we may well obserue that the sorcerers also of our time varie not much from the old charmers for they euer as Bodin saith are mumbling to themselues some holy wordes full of prayers crossing themselues at each worde c. Mysodaemon But here Theophilus I must by your good leaue dissent from you somewhat This place must bee expounded by Ieremy Chapter 8. verse 18. and then this Psalme whereupon your authours ground so much for charming shall make most against you for Tremell expoundeth this place but by a shifte and others by Ouid and Virgil but Ieremie saith plainlie that serpents can not be charmed Theoph. You are ouer bold now Mysodaemon with good writers and I could somewhat beare with this boldnes but take heed lest you be found insolent also against God in the abuse of his blessed worde for that kinde of pride is moste daungerous I will answere to all your doubtes in order But first marke here where Master Calvine writeth vpon that place Si nullae essent incantationes pueril● absurdum foret quod hic dicitur if there were no charmes or s●rcerie this were but a childish and absurd thing which is here spoken And againe in the same place Certe si nullae essent incantationes frustra lege ●Dei prohibitae ac damnatae essent Surely if there were no charmes then were they vainelie forbidden and condemned in the lawe of God And as for other authors vsing the helpe of Poets I answer albeit they despise not the good experience of wittie poets yet doe they not expound Scripture by them Again as for Trem. he expoundeth not this place by a shift nor by any poetrie but shee with three learned mens iudgements vpon that place in these wordes aurem vtramque ab e● obturari alteram in terram defigendo alteram extrema sui parte contege●do atque occludendo testes sunt in ●unc locum Ieronimus Augustinus Casidorus alij The aspe shutteth both her eares by laying the one side close to the ground and by couering and stopping the other eare with her hinder partes so saith Ierome Augustine Casidore and others and this was Tremell shift Nowe let vs come vnto the Scripture and see briefelie how you vse or rather abuse the holy worde of God For you sound the Prophets words thus I will send serpents among you that cannot be charmed The Geneua translation is which will not be charmed And Tremell better contra quos nulla prodest mussitatio Massius belike hath taught you Mysodaemon to please your owne vaine fantasie to say that serpents can not be charmed and to found the words as if serpents could not be charmed And wherers the wordes are borrowed and by serpents there are ment the Babilonians whome the Lorde affirmeth shall so come vpon the Iewes for their sinnes as no sugred words or charmes shall be able to skare them away your masters vse them as if they were spoken in proper and naturall signification Mysodaemon And what was the sixt kind of witches spoken of in the Scripture Theoph. The witches of the sixt kind are called Menacheshim of Nachash which signifieth to coniecture by sundry figures Characters roddes obseruations of daies and houres say some Hebrewes and so say Danaeus and Bodin also Mysodaemon Haue we any examples of this kinde of witches in the scripture Theophilus The witches which Manasses fauoured and caused to multiplie in his time were named by this name 2. King 21. 6. and surely these were not inferiour in practise of Sathanicall artes vnto the rest before named for we finde Gods wrath wonderfully kindled against both the kingdomes of Israel Iudah for seeking after this kinde that other of diuination which is before named in the third place The words of God are 2. King 17. 17. vaijkesnin kesamim vainacheshu they diuined diuinations and vsed to coniecture by sundrie meanes therefore the Lord was wroth put them out of his sight Againe 2. King 21. 6. Manasses vsed vegnoven astrologie venichesh magical cō●ecturings Then the iudgements which followed are added Chap. 24. 3. The kingdome was destroied for the sinnes of Manasses according to all that he did or rather as Tremellius saith Propter peccata similia ijs quae fecerat Manasche for sinnes like vnto those which Manasses committed that is the aforenamed artes of the deuill This kinde of witchcraft then hauing such strong cordes to pull downe the wrath of God also vpon that noble kingdome where the Church of God had onely her visible aboade here on earth at that time must not be thought to be a light coosenage or an experienced knowledge in natural magick neither must it be coloured or conveyed vnder any other such like vaile of witchcraft The popish reliques of this kinde are left amongst vs for men for want of faith in Gods prouidence are too credulous and readie most vainely and wickedly to depend vpon the flying crooking and chattering of each birde obseruation also of sundrie daies houres and times c. The Lord illuminate his Saints with the true knowledge of his prouidence and to this ende graunt them in al places a true ministerie that such Sathanicall and popish delusions may be packing Mys. But who wil say with you that Manasses artes were sathanicall or that he consulted with Sathan when he sought after and fauoured these witches Theophilus Ioh. Wolph saith plainely thus Manasses relicto Deo confugit ad malos spiritus Manasses forsooke God and sought after euill spirits And least thou shouldest deeme Mys. that Sathan can haue no such artes by such obseruations of the chattering flying of birdes c. Marke here what an other saith Operationes Daemonum quibus nos ludificantur decipiunt se quoque extendunt in aves The workes of the deuill whereby they delude and deceiue vs are extended also to the obseruation of birdes c. Mysodaemon Nowe let vs heare something of the seuenth kinde Theophilus The witches of the 7. kind are in Hebrew called I●dgnonim of a common vsuall roote iadang which signifieth to know to vnderstand Danaeus saith that Palmisters are here vnderstood and such magitians as did diuine by the entrals of beasts c. Bodin differeth not much in iudgement Master Calvin cals them cognitores gnostae and wee may name them not vnfitly wise men or wizards Mys. And what example haue we in Scripture which practised this kind of witchcraft