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A03468	A treatise against vvitchcraft: or A dialogue, wherein the greatest doubts concerning that sinne, are briefly answered a Sathanicall operation in the witchcraft of all times is truly prooued: the moste precious preseruatiues against such euils are shewed: very needful to be knowen of all men, but chiefly of the masters and fathers of families, that they may learn the best meanes to purge their houses of all vnclean spirits, and wisely to auoide the dreadfull impieties and greate daungers which come by such abhominations. Hereunto is also added a short discourse, containing the most certen meanes ordained of God, to discouer, expell, and to confound all the Sathanicall inuentions of witchcraft and sorcerie.; Treatise against witchcraft.	Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.	1590 (1590)	STC 13590; ESTC S104153	71,772	90

reade and vnderstand them the Law of God is this You shall not regard them that worke with spirits neither soothsayers yea shal not seeke them to be defiled by them I am the Lord the God Againe anon after to make the greatnes of this sinne the better to appeare he repeateth the same wordes in more fearefull manner If any turne after such as worke with spirites and after soothsayers to goe a whoaring after them then will I set my face against that person and will cut him of from his people And againe that God people might be sufficiently warned they haue a third charge against this sinne in Deut. 18. where they are commaunded in all there necessities to seeke vnto God and the ministerie of his worde which place Es. commendeth to the Church of his time on this manner VVhen they shall say vnto you enquire at them that haue a spirite of diuination and at the soothsaiers which whisper and murmur should not a people enquire at their God from the liuing to the dead to the law and to the testimonie if they speake not according to this worde it is because there is no light in them And thus Mysodaemon the Lord hath most louingly warned and most sharply charged his people to auoyde this sinne Mysodaemon But some vnderstand the Law of God Theophilus as the Emperours ciuill Law expoundeth it Eorum est scientia punienda c. qui magicis artibus contra salutem hominum c. nullis verò criminibus implicanda suntremedia humanis quaesita corporibus Hereby it is manifest that hurtfull magitians and witches which kill and hurt mens bodies and goods are onely to be auoyded and so they doe amongst vs but such of these practitioners as can and will cure the sicke finde thinges loste haue a good neere gesse in praedictions are not in any wise to be blamed saieth this Lawe and therefore these are often sought after in necessities vnto this day and they seeme to doe no man harme but much good and they speake the very truth often and men will doe much Theophilus in extremities Theophilus First for that Lawe it is a moste wicked and prophane law and if it be one of Constantines constitutions it was published no doubt before his conuersion to the faith and as for the good that miserable men receiue of the sorcerers assure thy selfe Mysodaemon the more they seeme to benefite mens bodies the more harme they doe both soule and bodie for who would receiue gold at an enemies hande without feare and good assurance for his safetie and is not Sathan the bloodiest enemie that man hath liuing and lastly where as they would be credited for their trueth one counselleth vs in these wordes Si vera quandoque dixerint non ideo credendum eis sed imitare Christum qui reprehendebat damones quamvis vocitarent ipsum filium Dei Albeit witches speake trueth nowe and then wee must not therefore beleeve them but followe thou Christ saith he who reprehended the deuills when they named him often the very Sonne of God And because wee be impatient in extremities he addeth St non illico sentis auxilium divinum quid tum patientia opus est If in thy great necessities thou findest not present helpe from God what then thou muste vse patience Mysodaemon And how doeth God wame vs of this sinne by examples Theophilus Thou maiest finde a multitude of examples which God layeth before vs in the Scripture by them to reclaime vs from this sinne but I will here name but Saule onely hee alone can teach all men vvith vvhat coardes of sinne all these witchmakers are fettered aboute and howe that they are in trueth most prophane in life and Athistes in religion for first hee had reiected the worde of God in heart and all sincere obedience thereunto 1. Sam. 15. 23. Againe hee was a very murderer for howe often sought hee to murder David and rested not till hee had slaine a great number of the moste religious and innocent Priestes of the lande 1. Sam. 22. 18. And hee was also a verie hypocrite in profession 1. Sam. 26. 21. Vnto all these sinnes hee added this fearefull contempt of GOD 1. Chron. 10. 13. Hee asked counsell of a familiar spirite and in the ende in great desperation he murdered him selfe 1. Sam. 31. 4. Mysodaemon But thinke you that al these sinners are as wicked or any thing like that desperate Saule Theophilus I will not say that the measure of their sinnes is growne to that height that his was but that they be most blinde in their mindes and wicked in their liues experience deilie tellethvs For who but Papistes and rebellious Athistes ride and goe dailie to this market And vnto such God doeth iustly sende strong delusions that they should beleeue lyes that they might be damned because they beleeued not the trueth but had such pleasure in vnrighteousnes Mysodaemon Surely the greater part of them which make this trafficke with witches haue in deede but a small deale of any good religion but these were Gentiles and therefore were worthelie plagued for infinite more sinnes let me heare howe God punished this sinne among his owne people Theophilus Farre more fearefully for whereas the Lorde loued them aboue all nations vnder heauen this sinne was one of the principall causes of that long diuorcement which was betweene him and that people for the Prophet saith Surely thou hast for saken thy people the house of Iacob because they are full of the East manners and are sorcerers as the Philistines and abound with strange children And of the destruction of both the kingdoms of Israel and Iudah 1. Of Israel 2. King 17. 17. They made their sonnes and daughters to passe through the fire and vsed witchcraft and inchauntments c. therefore the Lord was wroth with Israel and put them out of his sight 2. Of Iudah 2. King 24. 3. Surely the commaundement of the Lord came vpon Iudah that he might put them out of his sight Propter peccata similia ijs quae fecerat Manasche For sinnes like vnto those which Manasses committed and his sinnes are numbred 2. King 21. 6. He caused his sonnes to passe through the fire he gaue him selfe to witchcraft and vsed them that had familiar spirites and were soothsayers c. Achaziah would not enquire of Gods word but sought after the god of Ekron in his extremities 2. King 13. 16. Maxentius in like manner the Romane Emperour consulted with his witches before his destruction and so did the vnhappie Iulian and they had both an vnhappie end Mysodaemon Surely the Lord I see hath giuen vs in these daies more testimonies of his hatred against this sinne then hee did the old Church for all these examples iudgements are written as the Apostle speaketh for our learning therfore such in these times as commit spirituall whoredom with Sathan are worthie to drinke more deepely of the cup of the

Lords wrath Theoph. That they are for the greater light offered men doe reiect the greater shal be their condemnation Mysodaemon But alas it greeueth me to thinke how these witches children as the Prophet calleth them of our time beleeue not that sorcerers and coniurers are so euill Theophilus They erre greeuouslie because God hath giuen them ouer in his iustice for the contempt of his word for they consider but their figures glasses circles periapts other vayles of witches profession and so did Saule he looked vpon the woman and was caried away with a strong imagination and liking of her artes he vewed Samuels old mantle gray heare and listened vnto his iollie graue speeches c. And yet it is said the Lorde slew him for this sinne The people therefore of our time hauing the same drift and purpose with Saule that is with full sayle seeking after Sathan if he may be found must be subiect to the like if God giue not repentance or the greater condemnation Mysodaemon And may not the Magistrate prouide against this euill Theophilus The Almightie God chargeth him so to doe Deu. 18. 9 10 11. Lev. 20. 6 27. for these sinnes are said to goe a whoaring from God and fall into a most dreadfull apostacie and therefore the Lord will haue them cut off from among his people The Apostle saith That euill doers are not onely worthy of death but as many also as consent vnto them or fauour them Wherupon one writeth thus Iuxta Pauli doctrinam eiusdem impietatis reus peragitur eisdem paenis obnoxius est apud Deum qui artem exercet magicam qui ex ea remedium petit that is According to Saint Paules doctrine he which practiseth witchcraft and he that seeketh helpe therby are both alike guiltie of the same impietie and before God subiect to the same punishment CHAP. IIII. Wherefore the Lorde doeth permit the sinnes of witchcraft in our time who are in most daunger thereby and what are the most soueraigne preservatiues against witchcraft Mysodaemon Theophilus THE people say Theophilus that witches can kill and make aliue whome they please wherefore doeth Almightie God suffer witches to hurt and to destroy man and beast on this manner for surely I thinke they can doe much indeede Theophilus The multitude is in this grosse errour Mysedaem that witches haue power to turne the world vpside down at their pleasure but the trueth is it is nothing so for as I taught thee before they are but Sathans instruments and can not worke these wonders without him and as for Sathans power also it is limited by the Lord. for he can do nothing but where and when the Lord sends him when therefore he is sent for the execution of Gods iustice he perswades his witches that he can drive heauen and earth together at his pleasure and they perswade the wicked worlde that they can likewise worke wonders whereas neither they nor Sathan him selfe by them can take away the least haire from the greatest sinner vpon earth but when God permits them for as the Lord by his speciall loue mercie and prouidence doeth embrace all his Saintes so likewise his generall prouidence and mercie saith the Prophet is ouer all his workes Thus much in effect hath M. Beza written the last yeere in his commentarie vpon Iob in these wordes Caeterum ostendit etiam hic locus impuros illos spiritus non temerè ab Apostolo vocari aeris principes sicuti summum illum lovem horum daemonum principem Graeci Latini multis propterea epithet is cognominarunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fulguratorem tonantem vocantes qui tamen vel minimum quiddam in caelo vel in terra movere nisi Deo concedente non possunt sed Dominū quiddem illorum opera quoties ipsi libuit in huiusmodi excitandis tempestatibus vti ipsos verò donec in abissum mittantur in aere in alijs mundi partibus versantes nulla remagis quàm omni rerum confusione hominum praesertim exitio gaudentes Adde etiam omnium naturalium causarum ad excitandas omnes eius generis impressiones requisitarum summè peritos quàm facillimè quàm libentissimè Deo concedenti vel etiam imperanti suam in his rebus operam praestare constat sagarum etiam magorum omnis generis adhibito interventu And then he addeth a confirmation of his assertion concerning witches and a great complaint against negligent Magistrates on this manner Quadere cùm tam apertè tam multis tam certis sacrarū literarum testimonijs omnium seculorum apud omnes gentes historijs cōstet mirū est ac penè incredibile adhuc inter Christianos praesertim magistratus ac Iudices inveniri qui vana futilia haec esse omnia existiment Which thing saith he speaking of witchcraft seeing that it is so apparantly knowen by so many and so certaine testimonies of holy Scripture and by the histories of all times among all nations it is to be wondered and in a manner incredible that as yet there are found among Christians and especially among magistrates and iudges which doe suppose all these things to be but vaine and fabulous But to returne againe to thy demand Mysodaemon wherefore God permitteth witchcraft in these our daies as for the causes of this permission if thou wouldest knowe them they are many in number but I will commend vnto thee foure principally for thine instruction Myso-daemon VVhat then is the first cause of this permission Theophilus The euill artes and workes of Sathan by witchcraft are for a signe of the contempt and fall of men from the Gospell and syncere profession of religion wheresoeuer they be either suffered or maintained we see and knowe by daily experience that men haue but small measure of the pure light of God in that place Mysodaemon This is to be seene most true in poperie where all superstition and magicall artes are bred professed and maintained and what is the second cause Theophilus The seconde cause why God suffereth Sathan thus to triumph by his artes and to rule ouer infidels is that he might fatherly forewarne his Saintes to passe their dwelling here in feare and with all diligence to avoyde the contagion of the wicked with whome they haue any conversation Mysodaemon And what is the third Theophilus The third cause of this permission is that by these delusions of the deuill God might in iustice punish them which would not receiue his trueth for the Apostle saith that they which will not beleeue the truth God will send them strong delusions that they may beleeue lyes Myso-daemon It is most true we see for such as hunt after our doating witches are most sottish idiottes of all the people who when they bee stung by Sathan runne foorthwith to be cured by him what nowe is the fourth cause Theophilus The tryall of Gods Saintes for GOD permitteth all