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A50202 An essay for the recording of illustrious providences wherein an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events which have hapned this last age, especially in New-England / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. 1684 (1684) Wing M1207; ESTC W479522 170,040 411

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and_o other_o call_v they_o corpora_fw-la but_o common_o a_o body_n be_v set_v in_o opposition_n to_o a_o mere_a spiritual_a substance_n mat._n 10._o 28._o heb._n 12._o 13._o and_o thus_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o daemon_n be_v incorporeal_a eph._n 6._o 12._o they_o be_v frequent_o not_o only_o by_o author_n but_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n style_v spirit_n because_o of_o their_o be_v incorporeal_a and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o be_v not_o visible_a or_o palpable_a or_o any_o way_n incur_v the_o outward_a sense_n luk._n 24._o 39_o homer_n say_v that_o when_o the_o ghost_n of_o anticlea_n appear_v to_o ulysses_n he_o attempt_v three_o time_n to_o embrace_v that_o image_n but_o can_v feel_v nothing_o for_o it_o have_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o as_o virgil_n express_v it_o tenues_fw-la sine_fw-la corporevitas_fw-la cajetan_a &_o vasquez_n affirm_v
that_o apparition_n can_v at_o no_o time_n be_v feel_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o spirit_n may_v make_v use_n of_o vehicle_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o outward_a sense_n nevertheless_o a_o mere_a spirit_n can_v be_v touch_v by_o humane_a hand_n moreover_o we_o read_v of_o a_o legion_n of_o daemon_n possess_v one_o miserable_a body_n luk._n 8._o 30._o a_o legion_n be_v at_o least_o 6000_o now_o if_o they_o be_v corporeal_a substance_n it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o so_o many_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o same_o person_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o if_o they_o be_v incorporeal_a substance_n than_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o herb_n or_o any_o sensible_a object_n shall_v have_v a_o natural_a influence_n upon_o they_o as_o they_o have_v upon_o elementary_a body_n this_o argument_n be_v of_o such_o weight_n as_o that_o porphyrius_n &_o other_o heathenish_a author_n who_o affirm_v that_o daemon_n be_v affect_v with_o smell_n &_o with_o blood_n etc._n etc._n suppose_v they_o to_o have_v aereal_a body_n so_o do_v some_o talmudical_a &_o cabalistical_a writer_n they_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o middle_a sort_n of_o devil_n make_v of_o fire_n and_o air_n who_o live_v upon_o the_o liquidity_n of_o the_o air_n and_o the_o smoke_n of_o fire_n etc._n etc._n these_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d munster_n in_o his_o note_n on_o leu._n 17._o do_v out_o of_o r._n abraham_n cite_v many_o passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n but_o such_o jewish_a fable_n be_v so_o foolish_a as_o that_o they_o need_v no_o confutation_n and_o as_o the_o argument_n we_o have_v mention_v be_v a_o sufficient_a refutation_n of_o they_o that_o imagine_v a_o natural_a virtue_n to_o be_v in_o herb_n whereby_o evil_a spirit_n be_v drive_v away_o so_o may_v it_o be_v improve_v against_o their_o superstition_n who_o suppose_v that_o fume_n be_v of_o force_n to_o expel_v daemon_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o tobit_n chap._n 6._o tell_v a_o tale_n that_o the_o heart_n and_o liver_n of_o a_o fish_n if_o a_o smoke_n be_v make_v therewith_o the_o devil_n will_v smell_v it_o and_o then_o be_v force_v to_o flee_v away_o from_o any_o one_o that_o shall_v be_v trouble_v with_o a_o evil_a spirit_n and_o that_o tobit_n follow_v the_o counsel_n which_o raphael_n give_v he_o about_o these_o matter_n the_o devil_n be_v fain_o to_o run_v for_o it_o as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o utmost_a part_n of_o egypt_n chap._n 8_o ver_fw-la 2_o 3._o this_o passage_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v divine_a as_o that_o indeed_o it_o be_v profane_a and_o magical_a whereas_o the_o author_n say_v that_o whoever_o be_v trouble_v with_o a_o evil_a spirit_n shall_v by_o that_o mean_v ●ind_a relief_n he_o do_v express_o contradict_v the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o have_v teach_v otherwise_o mat._n 17._o 21._o mark_v 9_o 28._o and_o his_o ascribe_v such_o virtue_n to_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o fish_n be_v as_o true_a as_o what_o cornelius_n agrippa_n say_v who_o affirm_v that_o the_o gall_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n will_v drive_v away_o evil_a spirit_n and_o free_a from_o witchcraft_n and_o there_o be_v as_o much_o credit_n to_o be_v give_v to_o these_o thing_n as_o to_o another_o jewish_a fable_n viz._n that_o the_o clap_v of_o a_o cock_n wing_n will_v make_v the_o power_n of_o daemon_n to_o become_v ineffectual_a yet_o that_o this_o fable_n have_v obtain_v too_o much_o credit_n in_o the_o world_n be_v evident_a by_o word_n of_o prudentius_n who_o say_v ferunt_fw-la vagantes_fw-la daemonas_fw-la laetos_fw-la tenebres_fw-fr noctium_fw-la gallo_n canente_fw-la exterritos_fw-la sparsim_fw-la timere_fw-la &_o cedere_fw-la 3._o god_n in_o his_o holy_a word_n have_v forbid_v his_o people_n to_o imitate_v the_o heathen_a nation_n he_o require_v that_o those_o who_o profess_v his_o name_n shall_v not_o learn_v the_o way_n of_o the_o heathen_n nor_o do_v after_o their_o manner_n leu._n 20._o 23._o jer._n 10._o 2._o but_o to_o attempt_v the_o drive_v away_o of_o evil_a spirit_n by_o the_o use_n of_o herb_n fume_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o heathenish_a custom_n whoso_o shall_v read_v proclus_n his_o book_n de_fw-fr sacrificio_fw-la &_o magia_n will_v see_v how_o the_o ethnic_n teach_v that_o smell_v and_o smoke_n will_v cause_v daemon_n to_o depart_v and_o the_o like_a they_o believe_v and_o practise_v according_o with_o respect_n unto_o several_a sort_n of_o herb_n see_v sennertus_n med._n pract._n l._n 6._o part._n 9_o cap._n 7._o dioscorides_n be_v deceive_v with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o great_a magician_n pythagoras_n say_v that_o the_o sea-onion_n be_v hang_v in_o the_o porch_n of_o a_o house_n will_v keep_v evil_a spirit_n from_o enter_v therein_o in_o that_o book_n which_o pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o albertus_n magnus_n de_fw-fr mirabilibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la though_o picus_n mirandula_n in_o his_o disputation_n about_o magic_n be_v so_o favourable_a as_o to_o think_v albertus_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o it_o but_o that_o the_o true_a author_n have_v abusive_o prefix_v albertus_n his_o name_n there_o be_v many_o superstitious_a vanity_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o in_o time_n of_o popish_a darkness_n be_v receive_v from_o the_o arabian_n and_o other_o heathenish_a worshipper_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o jew_n do_v some_o of_o they_o practice_v this_o kind_n of_o magic_n josephus_n antiq._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o confess_v that_o those_o of_o their_o nation_n in_o special_a one_o who_o name_n be_v eleazar_n do_v by_o hold_v a_o herb_n viz._n that_o call_v solomon_n seal_n to_o the_o nose_n of_o daemoniack_n draw_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o they_o he_o speak_v untrue_o in_o say_v that_o they_o learn_v such_o nefarious_a art_n from_o solomon_n for_o they_o have_v they_o from_o the_o heathen_a who_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o devil_n himself_o as_o be_v evident_a from_o another_o passage_n in_o the_o mention_a josephus_n in_o his_o history_n of_o the_o war_n with_o the_o jew_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 25._o he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o root_n by_o the_o jew_n call_v baaras_n which_o if_o a_o man_n pluck_v it_o up_o he_o die_v present_o but_o to_o prevent_v that_o they_o make_v bare_a the_o root_n and_o then_o tie_v it_o with_o a_o string_n to_o a_o dog_n who_o go_v away_o to_o follow_v his_o master_n easy_o pluck_v up_o the_o root_n whereupon_o the_o dog_n die_v but_o his_o master_n may_v then_o without_o danger_n handle_v the_o root_n and_o thereby_o fright_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o person_n possess_v with_o infernal_a spirit_n who_o he_o in_o that_o also_o follow_v the_o heathen_a suppose_v to_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o wicked_a man_n decease_v and_o that_o the_o jew_n receive_v these_o curious_a or_o rather_o curse_a art_n from_o ethnic_n be_v manifest_a inasmuch_o as_o pliny_n teach_v that_o the_o herb_n call_v aglaophotis_n have_v power_n to_o raise_v the_o god_n so_o do_v they_o call_v the_o devil_n who_o they_o serve_v now_o that_o be_v the_o same_o herb_n with_o baaras_n for_o as_o delacampius_fw-la rainold_n and_o other_o have_v observe_v both_o name●_n have_v the_o same_o signification_n so_o then_o the_o make_v use_n of_o herb_n to_o fright_v away_o devil_n or_o to_o preserve_v from_o the_o power_n of_o witch_n be_v original_o a_o heathenish_a custom_n and_o therefore_o that_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v avoid_v and_o abhor_v by_o those_o that_o call_v themselves_o christian_n it_o be_v no_o less_o superstitious_a when_o man_n endeavour_v by_o character_n word_n or_o spell_n to_o charm_v any_o witch_n devil_n or_o disease_n such_o person_n do_v as_o fuller_n speak_v fence_v themselves_o with_o the_o devil_n shield_v against_o the_o devil_n sword_n agrippa_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr occulta_fw-la phi●osophia_fw-la have_v many_o of_o these_o impious_a curiosity_n but_o in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o science_n chap._n 48._o he_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o write_v his_o other_o book_n of_o occult_a philosophy_n when_o he_o be_v a_o young_a man_n and_o bewail_v his_o iniquity_n therein_o confess_v that_o he_o have_v sinful_o misspend_v precious_a time_n in_o those_o unprofitable_a study_n there_o be_v also_o a_o horrid_a book_n full_a of_o conjuration_n and_o magical_a incantation_n which_o the_o profane_a author_n have_v venture_v to_o publish_v under_o the_o name_n of_o king_n solomon_n there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a vanity_n than_o to_o imagine_v that_o devil_n be_v real_o fright_v with_o word_n and_o syllable_n such_o practice_n be_v likewise_o of_o diabolical_a and_o heathenish_a original_n they_o that_o have_v read_v subject_n of_o this_o nature_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o what_o be_v relate_v concern_v the_o strange_a thing_n do_v by_o the_o incantation_n of_o that_o famous_a wizard_n apollonius_n the_o like_a have_v be_v also_o note_v of_o the_o brackmanes_n of_o old_a who_o be_v