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A45358 Melampronoea, or, A discourse of the polity and kingdom of darkness together with a solution of the chiefest objections brought against the being of witches / by Henry Hallywell. Hallywell, Henry, d. 1703? 1681 (1681) Wing H464; ESTC R9358 42,600 134

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guidance_n of_o a_o almighty_a providence_n and_o have_v recourse_n upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o those_o wander_a goblin_n who_o intend_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o destruction_n of_o all_o those_o that_o have_v to_o do_v with_o they_o and_o that_o which_o add_v a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o the_o greatness_n and_o majesty_n of_o this_o law_n be_v what_o the_o jew_n themselves_o see_v before_o their_o departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n that_o be_v the_o opposition_n make_v against_o moses_n by_o the_o magician_n of_o pharaoh_n who_o miracle_n be_v not_o juggle_v and_o imposture_n do_v by_o sleight_n of_o hand_n but_o real_a thing_n produce_v and_o effect_v by_o the_o assistance_n of_o evil_a spirit_n for_o have_v they_o be_v otherwise_o they_o may_v still_o have_v go_v on_o and_o not_o cry_v out_o this_o be_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n when_o a_o power_n transcend_v they_o restrain_v and_o overrule_v they_o and_o indeed_o whoever_o consider_v aright_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o polity_n and_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n how_o far_o those_o evil_a daemon_n have_v degenerate_v from_o all_o goodness_n and_o righteousness_n and_o how_o studious_a they_o be_v to_o promote_v and_o disseminate_v a_o spirit_n and_o nature_n of_o wretchedness_n and_o vice_n and_o withal_o how_o deadly_a and_o implacable_a foe_n of_o mankind_n and_o how_o ready_a at_o all_o turn_v to_o wait_v upon_o either_o the_o fond_a curiosity_n or_o more_o deliberate_a and_o design_v purpose_n of_o those_o that_o will_v be_v tamper_n with_o they_o will_v not_o easy_o allow_v the_o concernment_n of_o these_o law_n to_o be_v so_o low_a and_o trifle_a as_o to_o look_v only_o at_o juggler_n cheat_n and_o impostor_n but_o there_o have_v be_v such_o among_o the_o pagan_n who_o surround_v the_o jew_n as_o real_o practise_v sorcery_n and_o enter_v into_o familiarity_n with_o wicked_a spirit_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o such_o be_v here_o likewise_o mean_v by_o moses_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o second_o place_n the_o word_n themselves_o do_v proper_o bear_v that_o sense_n for_o mecaseph_n denote_v alike_o magician_n and_o enchanter_n and_o both_o these_o be_v call_v in_o scripture_n melahesim_n which_o word_n be_v from_o lahas_n susurravit_fw-la because_o those_o person_n do_v by_o whisper_v or_o mutter_v converse_n with_o or_o desire_v the_o assistance_n of_o daemon_n the_o other_o word_n ob_fw-la will_v best_o be_v explain_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spirit_n of_o python_n or_o by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d belly-speaker_n i._n e._n those_o out_o of_o who_o belly_n as_o the_o oracle_n out_o of_o cave_n the_o devil_n speak_v ofthese_fw-mi photius_n give_v a_o account_n in_o his_o epistle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wicked_a and_o unclean_a spirit_n that_o inhabit_v a_o man_n belly_n as_o a_o serpent_n his_o hole_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v unclean_a be_v fit_a to_o dwell_v in_o that_o place_n which_o be_v the_o receptacle_n of_o ordure_n they_o apposite_o call_v engastrimuthus_n and_o of_o this_o kind_n of_o devil_n say_v he_o which_o love_v to_o dwell_v in_o the_o ordure_n both_o of_o man_n and_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n it_o be_v a_o great_a deceiver_n of_o people_n and_o author_n of_o destruction_n to_o all_o that_o give_v ear_n to_o it_o these_o the_o hebrew_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 16.16_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v render_v by_o galen_n because_o they_o speak_v without_o open_v their_o mouth_n and_o so_o seem_v to_o speak_v out_o of_o the_o belly_n 2._o the_o second_o particular_a to_o be_v insist_v upon_o be_v this_o that_o nothing_o hinder_v in_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o but_o that_o there_o may_v be_v real_a confederation_n and_o contract_n betwixt_o wicked_a and_o wretched_a person_n and_o evil_a spirit_n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o must_v know_v that_o the_o devil_n have_v all_o along_o endeavour_v to_o ape_n and_o imitate_v the_o action_n of_o god_n almighty_n and_o to_o deprave_v the_o institution_n he_o appoint_v in_o his_o worship_n to_o perverse_a and_o wicked_a end_n thus_o because_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v to_o the_o true_a god_n the_o arch-fiend_n command_v likewise_o the_o same_o to_o be_v do_v to_o he_o and_o as_o god_n sometime_o by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n declare_v his_o acceptation_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n perform_v to_o he_o so_o this_o likewise_o have_v be_v counterfeit_v by_o the_o devil_n as_o in_o the_o sacrifice_n offer_v up_o to_o jupiter_n by_o the_o rhodian_n and_o at_o hierocaesarea_n and_o hypaepae_n say_v pausanias_n wood_n lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n be_v common_o set_v on_o fire_n selden_n without_o put_v fire_n to_o it_o only_o at_o the_o mumble_n of_o some_o few_o word_n by_o a_o priest_n moreover_o solinus_n report_v the_o same_o of_o the_o vulcanian_a hill_n in_o sicily_n where_o when_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v prepare_v ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la numine_fw-la fit_a 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