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recite_v out_o of_o he_o for_o we_o ought_v to_o embrace_v the_o advice_n of_o so_o great_a a_o personage_n 2._o see_v saint_n paul_n himself_o do_v declare_v unto_o we_o that_o the_o work_n of_o satan_n shall_v be_v set_v out_o with_o all_o sign_n and_o wonder_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v exceed_v all_o our_o natural_a force_n for_o resolution_n hereof_o we_o must_v here_o make_v a_o distinction_n which_o many_o not_o observe_v have_v run_v and_o plunge_v themselves_o into_o many_o error_n the_o distinction_n be_v this_o among_o all_o the_o effect_n that_o satan_n do_v practice_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o those_o that_o owe_v their_o service_n unto_o he_o there_o be_v two_o manner_n of_o work_v the_o first_o do_v happen_v unto_o they_o when_o they_o sleep_v the_o second_o be_v practise_v also_o when_o they_o wake_v hereunto_o we_o may_v adjoine_v many_o sub-division_n but_o it_o shall_v suffice_v hereafter_o to_o allege_v such_o as_o we_o shall_v adjudge_v necessary_a for_o this_o 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they_o and_o it_o be_v indeed_o find_v that_o such_o a_o accident_n have_v happen_v upon_o these_o two_o supposition_n we_o affirm_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v report_v of_o sorcerer_n may_v be_v both_o dream_v and_o do_v and_o that_o which_o be_v a_o dream_n to_o one_o may_v be_v a_o truth_n to_o another_o and_o for_o the_o first_o we_o be_v to_o attribute_v unto_o dream_n whatsoever_o be_v write_v in_o the_o 26._o distinction_n of_o the_o decretal_n in_o cap._n episcopi_fw-la episc_fw-la which_o be_v so_o often_o allege_v by_o those_o that_o hold_v all_o witchcraft_n whatsoever_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o dream_n when_o as_o the_o particular_n there_o recite_v be_v not_o only_o false_a and_o fabulous_a but_o repugnant_a unto_o scripture_n and_o impossible_a to_o satan_n such_o as_o be_v the_o raise_n of_o herodias_n to_o life_n this_o opinion_n we_o ought_v to_o have_v of_o the_o like_a sentence_n and_o authority_n
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