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spirit_n	true_a	worship_n	worship_v	7,455	5	9.1341	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02530	Contemplations, the fifth volume. By Ios. Hall D. of D.; Contemplations upon the principall passages of the Holy Storie. Vol. 5	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1620 (1620)	STC 12657; ESTC S119069	104,952	514

Coniecture to me by the familiar spirit and bring me vp whom I shall name vnto thee An obdurate heart can giue way to any thing Notwithstanding the peremptory edict of Saul there are still Witches in Israel Neither good lawes nor carefull executions can purge the Church from Malefactors There will still be some that will ieopard their heads vpon the grossest sins No garden can bee so curiously tended that there should not be one weed left in it Yet so farre can good statutes and due inflictions of punishment vpon offenders preuaile that mischeeuous persons are glad to pull in their heads and dare not doe ill but in disguise and darknesse It is no small aduantage of Iustice that it affrights sin if it cannot be expelled As contrarily wofull is the condition of that place where is a publique profession of wickednesse This Witch was no lesse crafty then wicked she had before as is like bribed Officers to escape inditement lurke in secrecy and now shee will not worke her feats without security her suspition proiects the worst Wherefore seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to dye Oh vaine Sorceresse that could bee wary to auoyd the punishment of Saul carelesse to auoyd the judgement of God Could wee fore-thinke what our sinne would cost vs we durst not but bee innocent This is a good and seasonable answer for vs to make vnto Satan when he sollicites vs to euill Wherefore seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to dye Nothing is more sure then this intention in the tempter then this euent in the issue Oh that we could but so much feare the eternall paines as wee doe the temporary and bee but so carefull to saue our soules from torment as our bodies No sooner hath Saul sworne her safety then shee addresseth her to her sorcery Hope of impunity drawes on sinne with boldnesse were it not for the delusions of false promises Satan should haue no Clients Could Saul be so ignorant as to thinke that Magick had power ouer Gods deceased Saints to raise them vp yea to call them downe from their rest Time was when Saul was among the Prophets And yet now that he is in the impure lodg of Diuels how sencelesse he is to say Bring me vp Samuel It is no rare thing to lose euen our wit and judgement together with graces How justly are they giuen ouer to sottishnesse that haue giuen themselues ouer to sin The Sorceresse it seemes exercising her coniurations in a roome apart is informed by her Familiar who it was that set her on worke shee can therefore finde time in the midst of her exorcismes to binde the assurance of her owne safety by expostulation Shee cryed with a loud voyce Why hast thou deceiued mee for thou art Saul The very name of Saul was an accusation Yet is hee so far from striking his brest that doubting lest this feare of the Witch should interrupt the desired worke hee encourages her whom he should haue condemned Be not afraid He that had more cause to feare for his owne sake in an expectation of just judgement cheeres vp her that feared nothing but himselfe How ill doth it become vs to giue that counsell to others whereof wee haue more need and vse in our owne persons As one that had more care to satisfie his curiosity then her suspicion he asks What sawest thou Who would not haue looked that Sauls haire should haue stared on his head to heare of a spirit raised His sinne hath so hardened him that hee rather pleases himselfe in it which hath nothing in it but horror So far is Satan content to descend to the seruice of his seruants that he will approue his fained obedience to their very outward sences What forme is so glorious that hee either cannot or dare not vndertake Here Gods ascend out of the earth Elsewhere Satan transformes him into an Angell of light What wonder is it that his wicked Instruments appeare like Saints in their hypocriticall dissimulation If wec will bee iudging by the appearance we shall be sure to erre No eie could distinguish betwixt the true Samuel and a false spirit Saul who was well worthy to bee deceiued seeing those gray haires and that mantle inclines himselfe to the ground and bowes himselfe Hee that would not worship God in Samuel aliue now worships Samuel in Satan and no meruel Satan was now become his refuge in stead of God his Vrim was darknesse his Prophet a Ghost Euery one that consults with Satan worships him though hee bow not neither doth that euill spirit desire any other reuerence then to bee sought to How cunningly doth Satan resemble not onely the habit and gesture but the language of Samuel Wherefore hast thou disquieted me and wherefore doest thou aske of mee seeing the Lord is gone from thee and is thine enemy Nothin is more pleasing to that euill one then to be solicited yet in the person of Samuel hee can say Why hast thou disquieted mee Had not the Lord beene gone from Saul he had neuer comne to the diuellish Oracle of Endor and yet the counterfetting spirit can say Why dost thou aske of mee seeing the Lord is gone from thee Satan cares not how little he is knowne to bee himselfe hee loues to passe vnder any forme rather then his owne The more holy the person is the more carefully doth Satan act him that by his stale he may ensnare vs. In euery motion it is good to try the spirits whether they bee of God Good words are no meanes to distinguish a Prophet from a Deuill Samuel himselfe whiles hee was aliue could not haue spoken more grauely more seuerely more diuinely then this euill Ghost For the Lord will rent thy Kingdome out of thy hand and giue it thy neighbour Dauid because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lord nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites therefore hath the Lord done this vnto thee this day When the Diuell himselfe puts on grauity and religion who can maruell at the hypocrisie of men Well may lewd men bee good Preachers when Satan himselfe can play the Prophet Where are those Ignorants that thinke charitably of charmes and spels because they finde nothing in them but good words What Prophet could speake better words then this Diuell in Samuels mantle Neither is there at any time so much danger of that wicked spirit as when hee speakes best I could wonder to heare Satan preach thus prophetically if I did not know that as he was once a good Angell so hee can still act what hee was Whiles Saul was in consultation of sparing Agag we shall neuer finde that Satan would lay any block in his way Yea then he was a prompt Orator to induce him into that sin now that it is past gone he can lade Saul with fearfull denunciations of judgment Till wee haue sinn'd Satan is a Parasite when wee haue sinn'd hee is a Tyrant What cares