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that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v so_o and_o as_o yet_o i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o the_o certain_a appearance_n of_o a_o person_n decease_a may_v be_v infallible_o discern_v from_o a_o mere_a diabolical_a illusion_n the_o rule_n of_o judge_v in_o this_o case_n describe_v by_o malderus_n be_v very_o fallible_a as_o for_o the_o move_a and_o procure_v cause_n of_o such_o apparition_n common_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o some_o sin_n not_o discoverable_a in_o any_o other_o way_n either_o some_o act_n of_o injustice_n do_v or_o it_o may_v be_v some_o murder_n commit_v platina_n nauclerus_fw-la and_o other_o relate_v that_o pope_n benedict_n 8._o do_v after_o his_o death_n appear_v sit_v upon_o a_o black_a horse_n before_o a_o bishop_n of_o his_o acquaintance_n declare_v the_o reason_n to_o be_v in_o that_o he_o have_v in_o his_o life_n time_n nefarious_o consume_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o poor_a and_o there_o 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take_v hold_n of_o they_o m._n ricaut_n in_o his_o relation_n of_o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n page_n 279._o etc._n etc._n say_v that_o a_o grave_n kaloir_n tell_v he_o that_o to_o his_o own_o certain_a knowledge_n a_o person_n who_o fall_v under_o their_o church-censure_n after_o he_o have_v be_v for_o some_o time_n bury_v the_o people_n where_o his_o corpse_n lie_v inter_v be_v affright_v with_o strange_a apparition_n which_o they_o conclude_v arise_v from_o the_o grave_a of_o the_o accurse_a excommunicate_a which_o thereupon_o be_v open_v and_o they_o find_v the_o body_n uncorrupted_a and_o replete_a with_o blood_n the_o coffin_n furnish_v with_o grape_n nut_n etc._n etc._n bring_v thither_o by_o infernal_a spirit_n the_o kaloirs_n resolve_v to_o use_v the_o common_a remedy_n in_o those_o case_n viz._n to_o cut_v the_o body_n in_o several_a part_n and_o to_o boil_v it_o in_o wine_n as_o the_o approve_a mean_n to_o dislodge_v the_o evil_a spirit_n but_o his_o 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the_o lightning_n george_n agricola_n write_v that_o near_a lurgea_n a_o mass_n of_o iron_n be_v fifty_o pound_n in_o weight_n fall_v from_o the_o cloud_n which_o some_o attempt_v to_o make_v sword_n of_o but_o the_o fire_n can_v not_o melt_v it_o nor_o hammer_n bring_v it_o into_o form_n in_o the_o year_n 1492._o at_o ensishemium_fw-la a_o stone_n of_o three_o hundred_o pound_n weight_n fall_v from_o the_o cloud_n which_o be_v keep_v as_o a_o monument_n in_o the_o temple_n there_o and_o in_o 1581._o a_o stone_n come_v out_o of_o the_o cloud_n in_o thuringia_n which_o be_v so_o hot_a that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v touch_v with_o which_o one_o may_v strike_v fire_n as_o with_o a_o flint_n there_o be_v now_o to_o be_v see_v at_o dresden_n a_o stone_n which_o descend_v out_o of_o a_o cloud_n and_o be_v reserve_v among_o the_o admiranda_fw-la belong_v to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n some_o late_o live_v be_v present_a at_o the_o fall_n of_o that_o stone_n again_o anâ—_n 1618._o in_o 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discourse_n about_o the_o punishment_n of_o sinner_n in_o the_o other_o world_n p._n 44._o apt_o express_v lick_v up_o the_o vital_a and_o animal_n spirit_n that_o run_v in_o the_o body_n when_o yet_o the_o body_n itself_o remain_v unburnt_a those_o spirit_n be_v the_o vinculum_fw-la the_o tie_n of_o union_n between_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o the_o lightning_n may_v consume_v without_o so_o much_o as_o sing_v the_o body_n or_o clothes_n â—_z nevertheless_o upon_o some_o it_o leave_v direful_a mark_n and_o break_v their_o very_a bone_n in_o piece_n and_o sometime_o tear_n away_o the_o flesh_n from_o the_o bone_n there_o be_v some_o remarkable_a instance_n confirm_v this_o publish_v in_o the_o philosophical_a transaction_n dr._n wallis_n in_o a_o letter_n write_v at_o oxford_n may._n 12._o 1666._o give_v a_o account_n of_o a_o very_a sad_a accident_n which_o have_v then_o new_o happen_v there_o he_o say_v that_o two_o scholar_n of_o wadham_n college_n be_v alone_o in_o a_o 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of_o a_o energumenical_a person_n some_o other_o sign_n be_v mention_v by_o thyraeus_n de_fw-la obsessis_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 25_o 26._o there_o be_v who_o conceive_v and_o that_o as_o they_o suppose_v upon_o scripture_n ground_n that_o man_n may_v possible_o be_v daemoniacal_a when_o none_o of_o those_o mention_a particular_n can_v be_v affirm_v of_o they_o the_o excellent_o learn_v and_o judicious_a mr._n mede_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o daemoniack_n who_o we_o read_v so_o frequent_o of_o in_o the_o new-testament_n be_v the_o same_o with_o epileptic_o lunatic_n and_o mad_a men._n the_o turk_n at_o this_o day_n have_v their_o mad_a man_n in_o great_a veneration_n suppose_v they_o to_o be_v act_v by_o a_o spirit_n but_o they_o in_o that_o be_v themselves_o mad_a take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o good_a when_o as_o it_o be_v a_o evil_a spirit_n that_o do_v operate_v in_o such_o person_n and_o that_o the_o jew_n of_o old_a do_v look_v upon_o maniack_n to_o be_v possess_v with_o a_o 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