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gospel_n and_o the_o faith_n of_o his_o elect_a yet_o i_o deny_v altogether_o that_o he_o leave_v that_o power_n with_o these_o knave_n which_o hide_v their_o cozen_a purpose_n under_o those_o lewd_a and_o foolish_a word_n according_a to_o that_o which_o peter_n say_v 78._o with_o feign_a word_n they_o make_v merchandise_n of_o you_o and_o therefore_o the_o counsel_n be_v good_a that_o paul_n give_v we_o when_o he_o bid_v we_o take_v heed_n that_o no_o man_n deceive_v we_o with_o vain_a word_n for_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n only_o that_o work_v great_a wonder_n and_o bring_v mighty_a thing_n to_o pass_v it_o be_v also_o write_v that_o god_n word_n and_o not_o the_o word_n of_o conjuror_n 43._o or_o the_o charm_n of_o witch_n heal_v all_o thing_n make_v tempest_n and_o still_v they_o impudence_n but_o put_v case_n the_o devil_n can_v be_v fetch_v up_o and_o fetter_v and_o loose_v again_o at_o their_o pleasure_n etc._n etc._n i_o marvel_v yet_o that_o any_o can_v be_v so_o bewitch_v as_o to_o be_v make_v to_o believe_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o word_n any_o earthly_a creature_n can_v be_v make_v invisible_a we_o think_v it_o a_o lie_n to_o say_v that_o white_a be_v black_a and_o black_a white_a but_o it_o be_v a_o more_o shameless_a assertion_n to_o affirm_v that_o white_a be_v not_o or_o black_a be_v not_o at_o all_o and_o yet_o more_o impudence_n to_o hold_v that_o a_o man_n be_v a_o horse_n but_o most_o apparent_a impudence_n to_o say_v that_o a_o man_n be_v no_o man_n or_o to_o be_v extenuate_v into_o such_o a_o quantity_n as_o thereby_o he_o may_v be_v invisible_a and_o yet_o remain_v in_o life_n and_o health_n and_o that_o in_o the_o clear_a light_n of_o the_o day_n even_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o they_o that_o be_v
we_o may_v certain_o know_v the_o same_o we_o ought_v to_o content_v and_o frame_v ourselves_o faithful_o to_o believe_v the_o word_n and_o sense_n there_o deliver_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o high_a spirit_n which_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o spirit_n always_o consider_v that_o evermore_o spirit_n be_v speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n 27.16_o as_o of_o thing_n spiritual_a though_o for_o the_o help_n of_o our_o capacity_n they_o be_v sometime_o more_o gross_o and_o corporal_o express_v either_o in_o parable_n or_o by_o metephor_n than_o indeed_o they_o be_v as_o for_o example_n and_o to_o omit_v the_o history_n of_o job_n which_o elsewhere_o i_o handle_v it_o be_v write_v 21._o the_o lord_n say_v who_o shall_v entice_v ahab_n that_o he_o may_v fall_v at_o ramoth_n gilead_n etc._n etc._n then_o come_v forth_o a_o spirit_n and_o stand_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v i_o will_v go_v entice_v he_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v wherewith_o and_o he_o say_v i_o will_v go_v and_o be_v a_o lie_a spirit_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o all_o his_o prophet_n then_o he_o say_v go_v forth_o thou_o shall_v prevail_v etc._n etc._n this_o story_n be_v here_o set_v forth_o in_o this_o wise_a to_o bear_v with_o our_o capacity_n and_o special_o with_o the_o capacity_n of_o that_o age_n that_o can_v not_o otherwise_o conceive_v of_o spiritual_a thing_n than_o by_o such_o corporal_a demonstration_n and_o yet_o here_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o one_o spirit_n and_o not_o many_o or_o divers_a do_v possess_v all_o the_o false_a prophet_n at_o once_o even_o as_o in_o another_o place_n many_o thousand_o devil_n be_v say_v to_o possess_v one_o man_n &_o yet_o it_o be_v also_o say_v even_o in_o the_o self_n same_o place_n that_o the_o same_o man_n be_v possess_v only_o with_o one_o devil_n 28._o for_o it_o be_v there_o say_v that_o christ_n meet_v a_o man_n which_o have_v a_o devil_n and_o he_o command_v the_o foul_a spirit_n to_o come_v forth_o of_o the_o man_n 14._o etc._n etc._n but_o calvin_n say_v where_o satan_n or_o the_o devil_n be_v name_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n thereby_o be_v mean_v that_o power_n of_o wickedness_n that_o stand_v against_o the_o kingdom_n of_o justice_n and_o where_o many_o devil_n be_v name_v in_o the_o scripture_n we_o be_v thereby_o teach_v that_o we_o must_v fight_v with_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o enemy_n lest_o despise_v the_o fewness_n of_o they_o we_o shall_v be_v more_o slack_a to_o enter_v into_o battle_n and_o so_o fall_v into_o security_n and_o idleness_n on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o be_v as_o plain_o set_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n that_o some_o be_v possess_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o that_o the_o other_o be_v endue_v and_o bind_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o devil_n yea_o sometime_o we_o read_v that_o one_o good_a spirit_n be_v put_v into_o a_o great_a number_n of_o person_n and_o again_o that_o divers_a spirit_n rest_v in_o and_o upon_o one_o man_n and_o yet_o no_o real_a or_o 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the_o island_n of_o cicilia_n be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n from_o the_o shore_n example_n and_o by_o a_o certain_a voice_n be_v bid_v to_o tell_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o next_o island_n that_o the_o great_a god_n pan_n be_v dead_a which_o he_o obey_v and_o though_o in_o the_o next_o island_n there_o be_v no_o inhabitant_n yet_o when_o he_o approach_v he_o proclaim_v towards_o the_o shore_n that_o pan_n be_v decease_v immediate_o after_o which_o proclamation_n he_o can_v sensible_o hear_v most_o doleful_a and_o lachrymable_a cry_n and_o noise_n as_o of_o those_o that_o lament_v his_o departure_n 17._o janthe_n be_v say_v by_o magician_n to_o be_v a_o water_n spirit_n water_n who_o be_v ever_o present_a when_o any_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o water_n be_v delight_v much_o in_o the_o destruction_n of_o mankind_n that_o it_o may_v enjoy_v the_o company_n of_o their_o astral_a spirit_n after_o their_o decease_n for_o according_a to_o the_o four_o complexion_n or_o constitution_n of_o 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from_o the_o mouth_n of_o other_o which_o confirm_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a magician_n concern_v these_o water_n spirit_n that_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n they_o be_v the_o most_o deceitful_a and_o dangerous_a like_o the_o flatter_a sea_n and_o swift_a glide_a torrent_n that_o when_o they_o have_v win_v any_o thing_n to_o admire_v and_o sound_v they_o do_v carry_v they_o violent_o into_o the_o abyss_n of_o their_o own_o element_n spirit_n 24._o but_o we_o will_v leave_v the_o water_n and_o insist_v a_o little_a on_o the_o nature_n of_o igneous_a or_o fiery_a spirit_n that_o inhabit_v the_o mountain_n in_o hecla_n aetna_n propo_fw-it champ_n and_o poconzi_n where_o the_o court_n and_o castle_n of_o these_o puissant_a champion_n be_v keep_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o be_v be_v that_o they_o be_v not_o astral_a but_o infernal_a spirit_n and_o damned_a soul_n that_o for_o a_o term_n of_o year_n be_v confine_v to_o these_o burn_a mountain_n for_o their_o iniquity_n which_o 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and_o maintain_v out_o of_o the_o selfsame_a root_n from_o whence_o it_o have_v its_o original_n or_o rise_v so_o the_o angel_n feed_v upon_o the_o celestial_a manna_n the_o devil_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o hell_n which_o be_v natural_a to_o their_o appetite_n as_o trash_n for_o swine_n the_o astral_a being_n of_o the_o source_n of_o the_o star_n the_o beast_n bird_n or_o reptiles_a of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o gas_n of_o the_o air_n the_o fish_n of_o the_o blass_n of_o the_o water_n but_o more_o particular_o every_o thing_n be_v nourish_v by_o its_o mother_n as_o infant_n at_o the_o breast_n either_o by_o exhaust_v or_o fomentation_n city_n 26._o such_o spirit_n be_v very_o officious_a in_o the_o burn_n of_o town_n or_o coalpit_n delight_v much_o to_o dance_v and_o exult_v amid_o the_o flame_n and_o become_v incendiary_n worse_a than_o the_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o combustion_n often_o tempt_v man_n in_o drukenness_n to_o burn_v their_o own_o house_n and_o cause_v servant_n careless_o to_o sleep_v that_o such_o unlucky_a accident_n may_v happen_v as_o the_o story_n of_o kzarwilwui_n a_o town_n in_o poland_n do_v confirm_v which_o be_v reduce_v to_o ash_n by_o three_o of_o these_o pestilentious_a animal_n call_v saggos_n broundal_n and_o baldwin_n who_o after_o many_o open_a threaten_n for_o six_o month_n together_o that_o they_o will_v destroy_v the_o city_n and_o citizen_n do_v on_o a_o dark_a and_o stormy_a night_n set_v all_o on_o fire_n on_o a_o sudden_a in_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o several_a place_n which_o irrecoverable_o destroy_v the_o inhabitant_n pastime_n 27._o as_o for_o the_o nourishment_n of_o fiery_a spirit_n it_o be_v radical_a heat_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o airy_a region_n their_o sport_n and_o pastime_n consist_v for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o tumble_v and_o fool_v one_o with_o another_o when_o the_o flame_n be_v most_o impetuous_a and_o violent_a in_o the_o mountain_n and_o it_o be_v likewise_o credit_v by_o some_o that_o their_o office_n be_v to_o cruciate_v and_o punish_v some_o evil_a liver_n retain_v and_o torment_v their_o soul_n or_o astral_a spirit_n for_o many_o year_n after_o the_o body_n decease_n which_o be_v too_o empty_a a_o notion_n to_o be_v hearken_v unto_o by_o any_o that_o be_v well_o inform_v of_o their_o nature_n quality_n 28._o neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o they_o be_v so_o much_o delight_v with_o the_o fiery_a quality_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o affinity_n and_o appropriation_n with_o infernal_a spirit_n who_o state_n and_o be_v be_v altogether_o damnable_a and_o deplorable_a for_o although_o they_o have_v not_o the_o ability_n of_o attain_v either_o the_o heavenly_a or_o infernal_a quality_n by_o reason_n that_o they_o be_v utter_o void_a of_o the_o innermost_a centre_n and_o may_v be_v rather_o call_v bruit_n then_o rational_a animal_n yet_o because_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o outermost_a principle_n such_o be_v their_o innate_a affinity_n and_o unity_n with_o the_o dark_a world_n or_o infernal_a kingdom_n that_o they_o do_v often_o become_v the_o devil_n agent_n to_o propagate_v his_o work_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n 29._o by_o the_o instigation_n of_o infernal_a spirit_n they_o be_v often_o send_v to_o terrify_v man_n with_o nocturnal_a vision_n devil_n in_o the_o likeness_n of_o monstrous_a beast_n or_o ghost_n of_o their_o decease_a friend_n they_o be_v moreover_o often_o abet_v to_o tempt_v and_o provoke_v melancholy_a people_n to_o execute_v themselves_o beside_o innumerable_a way_n they_o have_v of_o execute_v the_o pleasure_n of_o iniquous_a spirit_n through_o malicious_a instigation_n and_o secret_a stratagem_n project_v by_o they_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o mortal_a man_n especial_o when_o the_o work_n to_o be_v effect_v by_o the_o devil_n be_v too_o too_o hard_a for_o his_o subtle_a and_o spiritual_a nature_n to_o bring_v to_o pass_v because_o the_o same_o belong_v to_o the_o astral_a source_n or_o outward_a principle_n to_o which_o