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A19295	The mystery of witch-craft Discouering, the truth, nature, occasions, growth and power thereof. Together with the detection and punishment of the same. As also, the seuerall stratagems of Sathan, ensnaring the poore soule by this desperate practize of annoying the bodie: with the seuerall vses therof to the Church of Christ. Very necessary for the redeeming of these atheisticall and secure times. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1617 (1617)	STC 5701; ESTC S108665	124,670	401

infants of friends of enemies yea bathing themselues in the bloud of Princes They for the most part are prodigall of their owne bloud yea they offer it vp willingly vnto Satan to preuaile by this meanes in their wicked purposes and must they not gratifie him with continuall shedding of bloud must they not satisfie their owne bloud by powring out the bloud of the greatest that so thereby they may make way for Generall conuulsions and massacres of all sorts Thirdly nay who will not seeke to imitate these ghostly Fathers nay indeed who can choose but follow them either they will cosen and disapoint their followers and so through discontent and despaire will driue them to Butcher themselues or else by partaking with them in their deuilish plots they will draw them within the compasse of Authoritie that so their bloud may recompense their offenses If now for euery drop of bloud which the Witch shall shed she may gaine so many soules to the deuill or take away life from so many others Is not her bloud deerely bought Looke to this you that seeke to these Proctors for the deuill you that betray the glory of your God in seeking helpe of Sathan behold the Lord will giue you vp and remember that which followeth You shall haue the honour to kisse the deuils back-parts and so hath the Witch The baser and vnseemelier the homage is the more it binds Reason being turned vpside downe cannot iudge otherwise thereof The more vnseemly the more it binds as agreeable to flesh that delights in filthinesse it is iust with God to giue vp to such slauish basenesse because his seruice being most pure and holy is reiected Looke vpon Poperie the nurse of Witch-craft most glorious in her greatest libertie to the flesh in the grossest filthynesse thereof commending horrible vncleannesse not to bee named as if delighted in kissing Satans backe-parts Thus doth Satan recompense his best schollers That we may preuent this learne we to Regard the knowledge of God to encrease therein to make conscience of practise as wee know so shall we not bee giuen vp to such monstrous wickednesse Rom. 1. 28. 29. 30. As for that Priuate familiaritie which Satan hath with the Witch in conuersing with and carnall knowledge of her body whether this be performed really or by some collusion it matters not I dare not simply deny but that Satan may haue this dealing with her as being able to assume a dead bodie that is not yet corrupted and so by his spirituall qualitie so farre to enliue the same as that though not by any seed therein because it appeares that it purgeth out together with other humours immediately vpon the dissolution yet by some other seed stollen from a liuing body to which I rather agree because it is confessed that such seed is vsually very cold he may pearce the body of the Witch And further also so affect the same as through the diuine iustice to procure some monstrons birth either through mixture with the seed of the woman or else which I rather incline vnto he may by his skill through Wind or other pestilent humours so affect the body of the Witch as that it shall swell and encrease as in a True Generation yea at the time of the birth shall bee subiect to paine and such trauell as is vsuall to women in such case and then in the time of the breaking open of the wombe may foist in some Infant stollen else where or delude the eyes of the beholders with some Impe of 〈◊〉 owne in the shape of a child or with some dead childe taken vp and enliued to the purpose Which things are ●…sie for him to doe thereby as to giue testimonie of secret acquaintance so to deceiue the Witch with her new Darling which likely shall bee but a babie of a day old so to encrease withall her sorrow and yet ease of the trouble which is happily the desire of such monsters that so they may be free to the satisfying of his and their owne insatiable lusts This I say howsoeuer it may bee granted yet I cannot see but all this may bee done as well as others of as great consequence euen by delusion and imagination And yet both to one end euen to deceiue the Witch and Others Touching the Witch she is hereby deceiued many waies As 1 She is fed with shadowes in steed of substance with cold and dead delights in steed of reall contentment of the flesh 2 She is put to a great deale of paine and torment in the bearing and birth and in the issue either some Monster or Abortiue is brought forth to encrease her sorrow and procure Horror and Despaire 3 This disapointment of her lust enrageth and encreaseth the fire and so prouoketh to further mischiefe for the satisfying thereof 4 So is she faster bound vnto Satan for the satisfying of her lusts and for the gratifying of her Maister still put vppon new mischiefes that so at length she may make vp her measure Thus is the Witch deceiued by this familiaritie with Satan And ●…th not this also proue a snare vnto others Yea surely This conuersing of Satan with the Witch hath beene the ground of all these Conceits of Fairies c. whereby the Papists kept the ignorant in awe And is not the Lord robbed heereby of the glorie of his iustice who punisheth Adulterie sometimes with strange and monstrous births That because by this familiaritie with Sat●● some such monsters are eft-soone● brought forth therefore all such effects are restrained to this cause either some Witches brat is foisted in c. or else caused by Witch-craft c. Thus is the Lord robbed of the power of his iustice when his immediate hand is ascribed vnto Satan CHAP. VII Of Diuers other meanes whereby Satan confirmes his Proselites in their couenant with him BEsides these former Ceremonies and familiaritie mentioned before Satan hath other meanes also as occasion serues and their dispositions sutable to keepe his Nouices from reuolting and starting from him For there is no question but notwithstanding all this former making sure yet some occasion will be offered to startle these Witches and so to procure some remorse for the bargaine 1 Eyther some outward affliction or their owne present case beeing likely miserable suffring much want c. may breed discontent and so Repentance of the bargaine 2 Or else the Lord may awaken the conscience by the power of the word and so confound this desperate match or Sathan himselfe may of purpose faile his pretended mischiefe leauing her for a season or not doing according to her commaund therby to prepare her by this qualme to eternall vengeance Wherein lest shee should now grow altogether melancholie and so submit her selfe indeed to the true meanes to vndoe her bargaine Obserue I pray you how Sathan bestirreth himselfe First in this case he will not stick to delude her with