upon_o they_o to_o work_v such_o wonder_n by_o sooth-saying_a sorcery_n or_o witchcraft_n be_v but_o liar_n deceiver_n and_o cozener_n according_a to_o syrach_n say_v sorcery_n witchcraft_n sooth-saying_a and_o dream_n be_v but_o vanity_n and_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v without_o such_o lie_v god_n command_v the_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o regard_v they_o that_o wrought_v with_o spirit_n nor_o soothsayer_n for_o the_o estimation_n that_o be_v attribute_v unto_o they_o offend_v god_n chap._n ii_o the_o place_n of_o deuteronomie_n expound_v whrein_o be_v recite_v all_o kind_n of_o witch_n also_o their_o opinion_n confute_v which_o hold_v that_o they_o can_v work_v such_o miracle_n as_o be_v impute_v unto_o they_o 18.11.10_o the_o great_a &_o most_o common_a objection_n be_v that_o if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o which_o can_v work_v such_o miraculous_a or_o supernatural_a fear_n by_o themselves_o or_o by_o their_o devil_n it_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v say_v let_v 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people_n and_o blaspheme_v the_o name_n of_o god_n when_o will_v not_o give_v his_o glory_n to_o any_o creature_n be_v himself_o the_o king_n of_o glory_n and_o omnipotency_n first_o i_o ask_v what_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v by_o their_o pass_v through_o the_o fire_n true_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o any_o effect_n follow_v but_o that_o the_o people_n be_v bewitch_v to_o suppose_v their_o sin_n to_o be_v purge_v thereby_o 〈◊〉_d the_o spaniard_n think_v of_o scourge_v and_o whip_v themselves_o so_o as_o god_n power_n be_v impute_v to_o that_o action_n and_o so_o forbid_v as_o a_o idolatrous_a sorcery_n what_o wonder_n work_v the_o regarde_a of_o time_n what_o other_o devil_n deal_v he_o withal_o than_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o superstition_n do_v he_o not_o deceive_v himself_o and_o other_o and_o therefore_o be_v worthy_o condemn_v for_o 〈◊〉_d witch_n what_o spirit_n use_v he_o which_o mark_v the_o fly_a of_o fowl_n nevertheless_o he_o be_v here_o condemn_v as_o a_o practiser_n of_o witchcraft_n because_o he_o cosen_v the_o people_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o prophet_n impious_o refer_v god_n certain_a ordinance_n to_o the_o flitter_a feather_n and_o 〈◊〉_d way_n of_o a_o bird_n the_o like_a effect_n produce_v sorcery_n charm_a consultation_n with_o spirit_n sooth-saying_a and_o consult_v with_o the_o dead_a 〈◊〉_d every_o of_o the_o which_o god_n power_n be_v obscure_v his_o glory_n deface_v and_o 〈◊〉_d commandment_n infringe_v 6.13_o and_o to_o prove_v that_o these_o soothsayer_n and_o witch_n be_v but_o lie_a 〈◊〉_d and_o cozener_n note_v these_o word_n pronounce_v by_o god_n himself_o even_o 〈◊〉_d the_o self_n same_o place_n to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n although_o the_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d themselves_o to_o be_v abuse_v so_o as_o they_o give_v ear_n to_o these_o sorcerer_n 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o suffer_v they_o so_o but_o will_v raise_v they_o a_o prophet_n who_o shouâ—â—_n speak_v the_o truth_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v the_o other_o be_v but_o lie_v and_o coâ—â—â—sening_v mate_n deceitful_a and_o undermine_a merchant_n who_o abuse_n i_o 〈◊〉_d make_v know_v to_o my_o people_n and_o that_o every_o one_o may_v be_v resolve_v herein_o let_v the_o last_o sentence_n of_o this_o precept_n be_v well_o weigh_v to_o wit_n let_v 〈◊〉_d be_v find_v among_o you_o that_o ask_v counsel_n of_o or_o raise_v the_o dead_a first_o you_o know_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o righteous_a be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d rest_v with_o lazarus_n in_o abraham_n bosom_n do_v sleep_n in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o from_o that_o sleep_n man_n shall_v not_o be_v raise_v till_o the_o heaven_n be_v 〈◊〉_d more_o according_a to_o this_o of_o david_n will_v thou_o show_v wonder_n amoâ—â—_n the_o dead_a nay_o the_o lord_n say_v the_o live_a shall_v not_o be_v teach_v by_o thâ—_n dead_a but_o by_o the_o live_n as_o for_o the_o unrighteous_a they_o be_v in_o hell_n when_o be_v no_o redemption_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o passage_n from_o heaven_n to_o 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thereof_o extend_v to_o that_o which_o neither_o can_v be_v do_v by_o witch_n nor_o devil_n may_v well_o expound_v the_o other_o part_n and_o point_n thereof_o for_o it_o be_v not_o mean_v hereby_o that_o they_o can_v do_v such_o thing_n indeed_o but_o that_o they_o make_v man_n believe_v they_o do_v they_o and_o thereby_o cozen_v the_o people_n and_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o office_n of_o god_n and_o therewithal_o also_o blaspheme_v his_o holy_a name_n and_o take_v it_o in_o vain_a as_o by_o the_o word_n of_o charm_n and_o conjuration_n do_v appear_v which_o you_o shall_v see_v if_o you_o look_v into_o these_o word_n habar_n and_o idoni_n in_o like_a manner_n i_o say_v you_o may_v see_v that_o by_o the_o prohibition_n of_o divination_n by_o augury_n and_o of_o sooth-saying_n etc._n etc._n who_o be_v witch_n and_o can_v indeed_o do_v nothing_o but_o lie_v and_o cozen_v the_o people_n the_o law_n of_o god_n condemn_v they_o not_o for_o that_o they_o can_v work_v miracle_n but_o because_o they_o say_v they_o can_v do_v that_o which_o pertain_v to_o god_n and_o for_o cozenage_n etc._n etc._n concern_v other_o point_n of_o witchcraft_n contain_v therein_o 28._o and_o because_o some_o can_v otherwise_o be_v satisfy_v i_o will_v allege_v under_o one_o sentence_n he_o decretal_n the_o mind_n of_o s._n augustine_n the_o council_n aurelian_a and_o the_o determination_n of_o paris_n to_o wit_n who_o so_o observe_v or_o give_v heed_n unto_o sooth-saying_n divination_n witchcraft_n etc._n etc._n or_o do_v give_v credit_n to_o any_o such_o he_o renounce_v christianity_n and_o shall_v be_v count_v a_o pagan_a and_o a_o enemy_n to_o god_n yea_o and_o he_o err_v both_o in_o faith_n and_o philosophy_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v therewithal_o express_v in_o the_o canon_n to_o wit_n because_o hereby_o be_v attribute_v to_o a_o creature_n that_o which_o pertain_v to_o god_n only_o and_o alone_o so_o as_o under_o this_o one_o sentence_n thou_o shall_v not_o suffer_v a_o poisoner_n or_o a_o witch_n to_o live_v be_v forbibden_v both_o murder_n and_o witchcraft_n and_o the_o murder_n consist_v in_o poison_n the_o witchcraft_n in_o cozenage_n or_o blaspehmy_n chap._n iii_o that_o woman_n have_v use_v poison_v in_o all_o age_n more_o than_o man_n and_o of_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o poison_v as_o woman_n in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v count_v most_o apt_a to_o conceive_v witchcraft_n and_o the_o devil_n special_a instrument_n therein_o and_o the_o only_a or_o chief_a practiser_n thereof_o so_o also_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o have_v be_v the_o first_o inventor_n and_o the_o great_a practiser_n of_o poison_v and_o more_o natural_o addict_v and_o give_v thereunto_o than_o man_n according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o quintilian_n latrocinium_fw-la facilius_fw-la in_o viro_fw-la veneficium_fw-la in_o foemina_fw-la credam_fw-la from_o who_o pliny_n differ_v nothing_o
be_v say_v he_o be_v convey_v to_o berwick_n and_o back_o again_o by_o enchantment_n five_o he_o be_v not_o by_o conscience_n to_o be_v execute_v whicâ—_n have_v no_o sound_a mind_n nor_o perfect_a judgement_n 1579._o and_o yet_o forsooth_o we_o read_v that_o one_o mother_n stile_n do_v kill_v one_o saddocke_n with_o a_o touch_n on_o the_o shoulder_n for_o not_o keep_v promise_n with_o she_o for_o a_o old_a cloak_n to_o make_v herâ—_n safeguard_n and_o that_o she_o be_v hang_v for_o her_o labour_n chap._n viii_o what_o folly_n it_o be_v for_o withe_n to_o enter_v into_o such_o desperate_a peril_n 〈◊〉_d to_o endure_v such_o intolerable_a torture_n for_o no_o gain_n or_o commodity_n and_o bâ—â—_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o witch_n be_v overthrow_v by_o their_o confession_n alas_o if_o they_o be_v so_o subtle_a as_o witchmonger_n make_v they_o to_o be_v theâ—_n will_v espy_v that_o it_o be_v mere_a folly_n for_o they_o not_o only_o to_o make_v bargain_n with_o the_o devil_n to_o throw_v their_o soul_n into_o hell_n fire_n but_o their_o body_n to_o the_o torture_n of_o temporal_a fire_n and_o death_n for_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o nothing_o that_o may_v benefit_v themselves_o at_o all_o but_o they_o will_v at_o thâ—_n leastwise_o indent_v with_o the_o devil_n both_o to_o enrich_v they_o and_o also_o to_o enable_v they_o and_o final_o to_o endue_v they_o with_o all_o worldly_a felicity_n and_o pleasure_n which_o be_v further_a from_o they_o of_o all_o other_o yea_o if_o they_o be_v sensible_a theâ—_n will_v say_v to_o the_o devil_n why_o shall_v i_o hearken_v to_o you_o when_o you_o 〈◊〉_d deceive_v i_o do_v you_o not_o promise_v my_o neighbour_n mother_n dutton_n to_o saâ—_n and_o rescue_v she_o and_o yet_o lo_o she_o be_v hang_v sure_o this_o will_v appose_v thâ—_n devil_n very_o sore_o and_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n that_o none_o from_o the_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d the_o world_n till_o this_o day_n have_v make_v this_o and_o such_o like_a objection_n whereâ—â—_n the_o devil_n can_v never_o make_v answer_n but_o be_v it_o not_o more_o madness_n foâ—_n they_o to_o serve_v the_o devil_n under_o these_o condition_n and_o yet_o to_o endure_v whip_n with_o iron_n rod_n at_o the_o devil_n hand_n which_o as_o the_o witchmonger_n write_v be_v so_o set_v on_o that_o the_o print_n of_o the_o lash_n remain_v upon_o the_o witch_n body_n ever_o after_o even_o so_o long_o as_o she_o have_v a_o day_n to_o live_v but_o these_o old_a woman_n be_v daunt_v with_o authority_n circumvent_v with_o guile_n constrain_v by_o force_n compel_v by_o fear_n induce_v by_o error_n and_o deceive_v by_o ignorance_n do_v fall_n into_o such_o rash_a credulity_n and_o so_o be_v bring_v unto_o these_o absurd_a confession_n who_o error_n of_o mind_n and_o blindness_n of_o will_n depend_v upon_o the_o disease_n and_o infirmity_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o their_o action_n in_o that_o case_n be_v the_o more_o to_o be_v bear_v withal_o because_o they_o be_v destitute_a of_o reason_n can_v have_v no_o consent_n for_o delictum_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la commiti_fw-la etc._n neque_fw-la injuria_fw-la sine_fw-la animo_fw-la injuriandi_fw-la that_o be_v there_o can_v be_v no_o sin_n without_o consent_n nor_o injury_n commit_v without_o a_o mind_n to_o do_v wrong_n yet_o the_o law_n say_v further_a that_o a_o purpose_n retain_v in_o mind_n do_v nothing_o to_o the_o private_a or_o public_a hurt_n of_o any_o man_n and_o much_o more_o that_o a_o impossible_a purpose_n be_v unpunishable_a sanae_fw-la mentis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la voluntas_fw-la rei_fw-la possibilis_fw-la est_fw-la a_o sound_a mind_n will_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o be_v possible_a chap._n ix_o how_o melancholy_a abuse_v old_a woman_n and_o of_o the_o effect_n thereby_o by_o sundry_a example_n if_o any_o man_n advise_o mark_v their_o word_n action_n cogitation_n and_o gesture_n he_o shall_v perceive_v that_o melancholy_n abound_v in_o their_o head_n and_o occupy_v their_o brain_n have_v deprive_v or_o rather_o deprave_v their_o judgement_n and_o all_o their_o sense_n i_o mean_v not_o of_o cozen_a witch_n but_o of_o poor_a melancholic_a woman_n which_o be_v themselves_o deceive_v for_o you_o shall_v understand_v that_o the_o force_n which_o melancholy_n have_v and_o the_o effect_n that_o it_o work_v in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n or_o rather_o of_o a_o woman_n be_v almost_o incredible_a for_o as_o some_o of_o these_o melancholic_a person_n imagine_v they_o be_v witch_n and_o by_o witchcraft_n can_v work_v wonder_n and_o do_v what_o they_o list_v so_o do_v other_o trouble_v with_o this_o disease_n imagine_v many_o strange_a incredible_a and_o impossible_a thing_n some_o that_o they_o be_v monarch_n and_o prince_n and_o that_o all_o other_o man_n be_v their_o subject_n some_o that_o they_o be_v brute_n beast_n some_o that_o they_o be_v urinal_n or_o earthen_a pot_n great_o fear_v to_o be_v break_v some_o that_o every_o one_o that_o meet_v they_o will_v convey_v they_o to_o the_o gallows_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o end_n hang_v themselves_o one_o thought_n that_o atlas_n who_o the_o poet_n feign_v to_o hold_v up_o heaven_n with_o his_o shoulder_n will_v be_v weary_a and_o let_v the_o sky_n fall_v upon_o he_o another_o will_v spend_v a_o whole_a day_n upon_o a_o stage_n imagine_v that_o he_o both_o hear_v and_o see_v interlude_n and_o therewith_o make_v himself_o great_a sport_n one_o theophilus_n a_o phâ—sitian_n otherwise_o sound_v enough_o of_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v say_v imagine_v that_o he_o hear_v and_o see_v musician_n continual_o play_v on_o instrument_n in_o a_o certain_a place_n of_o his_o house_n one_o bessus_n that_o have_v kill_v his_o father_n be_v notable_o detect_v by_o imagine_v that_o a_o swallow_v upray_v he_o therewith_o so_o as_o he_o himself_o thereby_o reveal_v the_o murder_n but_o the_o notable_a example_n hereof_o be_v of_o one_o that_o be_v in_o great_a perplexity_n imagine_v that_o his_o nose_n be_v as_o big_a as_o a_o house_n etc._n insomuch_o as_o no_o friend_n nor_o physician_n can_v deliver_v he_o from_o this_o conceit_n nor_o yet_o either_o ease_v his_o grief_n or_o satisfy_v his_o fancy_n in_o that_o behalf_n till_o at_o the_o last_o a_o physician_n more_o expert_a in_o this_o humour_n than_o the_o rest_n use_v this_o devise_n follow_v first_o when_o he_o be_v to_o come_v in_o at_o the_o chamber_n door_n be_v wide_o open_a he_o sudden_o stay_v and_o withdraw_v himself_o so_o as_o he_o will_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a approach_n near_o than_o the_o door_n the_o melancholic_a person_n muse_v hereat_o ask_v he_o the_o cause_n why_o he_o so_o demean_v himself_o who_o answer_v he_o in_o this_o manner_n sir_n your_o nose_n be_v so_o great_a that_o i_o can_v hardly_o enter_v into_o your_o chamber_n but_o i_o shall_v touch_v it_o and_o consequent_o hurt_v it_o lo_o quoth_v he_o this_o be_v the_o man_n that_o must_v do_v i_o good_a the_o residue_n of_o my_o friend_n flatter_v i_o and_o 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i_o to_o say_v how_o will_v he_o have_v plague_v the_o devil_n that_o throw_v his_o god_n in_o the_o river_n to_o be_v drown_v but_o if_o other_o have_v have_v no_o more_o power_n to_o destroy_v the_o waldenses_n with_o sword_n and_o fire_n than_o this_o priest_n have_v to_o drown_v they_o with_o his_o conjure_a box_n and_o cozen_a sacrament_n there_o shall_v have_v be_v many_o a_o life_n save_v but_o i_o may_v not_o omit_v one_o fable_n which_o be_v of_o authority_n wherein_o though_o there_o be_v no_o conjuration_n express_v yet_o i_o warrant_v you_o there_o be_v cozenage_n both_o in_o the_o do_n and_o tell_v thereof_o 8_o you_o shall_v read_v in_o the_o lesson_n on_o saint_n lucy_n day_n that_o she_o be_v condemn_v can_v not_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o place_n with_o a_o time_fw-mi of_o ox_n neither_o can_v any_o fire_n burn_v she_o in_o somuch_o as_o one_o be_v fain_o to_o cut_v off_o her_o head_n with_o a_o sword_n and_o yet_o she_o can_v speak_v afterward_o as_o long_o as_o she_o list_v and_o this_o pass_v all_o other_o miracle_n except_o it_o be_v that_o which_o bodin_n and_o m._n mal._n recite_v out_o of_o nider_n of_o a_o witch_n that_o can_v not_o be_v burn_v till_o a_o scroll_n be_v take_v away_o from_o where_o she_o hide_v it_o betwixt_o her_o skin_n and_o flesh_n chap._n thirty-nine_o of_o vision_n noise_n apparition_n and_o imagine_a sound_n and_o of_o other_o illusion_n of_o wander_a soul_n with_o a_o confutation_n thereof_o many_o through_o melancholy_n do_v imagine_v that_o they_o see_v or_o hear_v vision_n spirit_n ghost_n strange_a noise_n etc._n etc._n as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v before_o at_o large_a many_o again_o through_o fear_n proceed_v from_o a_o cowardly_a nature_n and_o complexion_n or_o from_o a_o effeminate_a and_o fond_a bring_v up_o be_v timorous_a and_o afraid_a of_o spirit_n and_o bug_n etc._n etc._n some_o through_o imperfection_n of_o sight_n also_o be_v afraid_a of_o their_o own_o shadow_n &_o as_o aristotle_n say_v 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scare_v with_o their_o mother_n maid_n that_o they_o can_v never_o after_o endure_v to_o â—e_v in_o the_o dark_a alone_o for_o fear_v of_o bug_n many_o be_v deceive_v by_o glass_n through_o art_n perspective_n many_o harken_v 〈◊〉_d false_a report_n conceive_v and_o beleeeve_v that_o which_o be_v nothing_o so_o many_o give_v credit_n to_o that_o which_o they_o read_v in_o author_n but_o how_o many_o story_n and_o book_n be_v write_v of_o walk_a spirit_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n a_o reasonable_a volume_n can_v contain_v how_o common_a a_o opinion_n be_v it_o among_o the_o papist_n that_o all_o soul_n walk_v 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n after_o they_o depart_v from_o their_o body_n in_o so_o much_o as_o it_o be_v in_o
purpose_n and_o desire_n only_o by_o entreaty_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n because_o in_o nature_n they_o be_v their_o inferior_n and_o use_n authority_n over_o man_n none_o otherwise_o than_o priest_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o function_n and_o because_o of_o religion_n wherein_o they_o say_v they_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o god_n sometime_o they_o say_v that_o the_o fiery_a spirit_n or_o supreme_a substance_n enter_v into_o the_o purâ—â—_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o so_o obtain_v their_o purpose_n sometime_o otherwise_o to_o wit_n by_o virtue_n of_o holy_a charm_n and_o even_o as_o a_o poor_a man_n obtain_v for_o god_n sake_n any_o thing_n at_o a_o princess_n hand_n as_o it_o be_v by_o importunatâ—nesse_n the_o other_o sort_n of_o devil_n and_o defile_a soul_n be_v so_o conversant_a on_o earth_n â—â—_o that_o they_o do_v much_o hurt_v unto_o earthly_a body_n special_o in_o lechery_n god_n and_o angel_n say_v they_o because_o they_o want_v all_o material_a and_o gross_a substance_n desire_v most_o the_o pure_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o mind_n best_a the_o grosser_n and_o more_o terrestrial_a spirit_n desire_v the_o grosser_n sacrifice_n as_o beast_n and_o cattle_n they_o in_o the_o middle_n or_o mean_a region_n delight_n to_o have_v frankincense_n and_o suâ—â—_n mean_v stuff_n offer_v unto_o they_o and_o therefore_o say_v they_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o sacrifice_v unto_o they_o all_o manner_n of_o thing_n so_o the_o same_o be_v slatoâ—â—_n and_o die_v not_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n for_o such_o they_o abhor_v some_o say_v that_o spirit_n fear_v wonderful_o vain_a threat_n and_o thereupon_o will_v depart_v as_o if_o you_o tell_v they_o that_o you_o will_v cut_v the_o heaven_n in_o piece_n or_o reveal_v their_o secret_n as_o complain_v of_o they_o to_o the_o god_n or_o sâ—y_o that_o you_o will_v do_v any_o impossibility_n or_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o can_v understand_v they_o be_v so_o timorous_a as_o they_o will_v present_o be_v go_v and_o that_o be_v think_v the_o best_a way_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o they_o but_o these_o be_v most_o common_o of_o that_o sort_n or_o company_n which_o be_v call_v principatus_fw-la be_v of_o all_o other_o the_o most_o easy_a to_o be_v conjure_v they_o say_v socrates_n have_v a_o familiar_a devil_n spirit_n which_o plato_n rely_v much_o upon_o use_v none_o other_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v such_o spirit_n but_o because_o socrates_n that_o will_v not_o lie_v say_v so_o and_o pardy_o because_o that_o devil_n do_v ever_o dissuade_v and_o prohibit_v not_o only_o in_o socrates_n his_o own_o case_n but_o sometime_o in_o his_o friend_n behalf_n who_o if_o they_o have_v be_v rule_v may_v through_o his_o admonition_n have_v save_v their_o life_n his_o disciple_n gather_v that_o his_o devil_n be_v saturnall_a and_o a_o principal_a fiery_a devil_n and_o that_o he_o and_o all_o such_o as_o do_v natural_o know_v their_o devil_n be_v only_o such_o as_o be_v call_v daemonii_fw-la viri_fw-la otherwise_o cousener_n item_n they_o say_v that_o fiery_a spirit_n urge_v man_n to_o contemplation_n the_o airy_a to_o business_n the_o watery_a to_o lust_n and_o among_o these_o there_o be_v some_o that_o be_v martial_a which_o give_v fortitude_n some_o be_v jovial_a give_v wisdom_n some_o saturniall_n always_o use_v dissuasion_n and_o dehorâ—ing_n item_n some_o be_v bear_v with_o we_o and_o remain_v with_o we_o all_o our_o life_n some_o be_v mere_a stranger_n who_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n departedâ—_n his_o life_n etc._n etc._n chap._n vii_o plato_n nine_o order_n of_o spirit_n and_o angel_n dâ—onysius_n his_o division_n thereof_o not_o much_o differ_v from_o the_o same_o all_o disprove_v by_o learned_a divine_n plato_n propose_v or_o set_v forth_o nine_o several_a order_n of_o spirit_n beside_o the_o spirit_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n the_o first_o spirit_n be_v god_n that_o command_v all_o the_o residue_n the_o second_o be_v those_o that_o be_v call_v idiae_fw-la which_o give_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n the_o three_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o heavenly_a body_n which_o be_v mortal_a the_o four_o be_v angel_n the_o five_o archangel_n the_o six_o be_v devil_n who_o be_v minister_n to_o infernal_a power_n as_o angel_n be_v to_o supernal_a the_o seven_o be_v half_a god_n the_o eight_o be_v principality_n the_o nine_o be_v prince_n from_o which_o division_n dionysius_n do_v not_o much_o swarve_v 9.10_o save_v that_o he_o deal_v as_o he_o say_v only_o with_o good_a spirit_n who_o he_o likewise_o divide_v into_o nine_o part_n or_o office_n the_o first_o he_o call_v seraphim_n the_o second_o cherubin_n the_o three_o throne_n the_o four_o domination_n the_o five_o virtue_n the_o six_o power_n the_o seven_o principality_n the_o eight_o archangel_n the_o nine_o and_o inferior_a sort_n he_o call_v angel_n 6._o howbeit_o some_o of_o these_o in_o my_o think_n be_v evil_a spirit_n or_o else_o paul_n give_v we_o evil_a counsel_n when_o he_o will_v we_o to_o fight_v against_o principality_n and_o power_n and_o all_o spiritual_a wickedness_n but_o dionysius_n in_o that_o place_n go_v further_a hierarch_n impropriate_v to_o every_o country_n and_o almost_o to_o every_o person_n of_o any_o account_n a_o peculiar_a angel_n as_o to_o jewry_n he_o assign_v michael_n to_o adam_n razael_n to_o abraham_n zekiel_n to_o isaac_n raphael_n to_o jacob_n peliel_n to_o moses_n metraton_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o these_o discourse_n be_v either_o follow_v his_o own_o imagination_n and_o conceit_n or_o else_o the_o corruption_n of_o that_o age_n nevertheless_o i_o have_v rather_o confute_v he_o by_o m._n calvine_n and_o my_o kinsman_n m._n deering_n than_o by_o myself_o or_o my_o own_o word_n 14._o for_o m._n calvine_n say_v that_o dionysius_n herein_o spirit_v not_o as_o by_o hearsay_n but_o as_o though_o he_o have_v slip_v down_o from_o heaveâ—_n and_o tell_v of_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v see_v and_o yet_o say_v he_o paul_n be_v 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o three_o heaven_n and_o report_v no_o such_o matter_n but_o if_o you_o read_v m_n deering_n upon_o the_o first_o chapter_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 3.1_o you_o shall_v see_v this_o matter_n notable_o handle_v where_o he_o say_v that_o whensoever_o archangel_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n it_o signify_v our_o saviour_n christ_n and_o no_o creature_n and_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o christ_n himself_o be_v call_v a_o angel_n the_o name_n also_o of_o angel_n as_o mithâ—el_v gabriel_n etc._n etc._n be_v give_v to_o they_o say_v calvine_n according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o our_o weakness_n but_o because_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o be_v neither_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o man_n capacity_n nor_o yet_o of_o his_o knowledge_n i_o will_v proceed_v no_o further_o to_o discuss_v the_o same_o but_o to_o show_v the_o absurd_a opinion_n of_o papist_n and_o witchmonger_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o most_o sober_a and_o probable_a collection_n of_o the_o contrary_n mind_v on_o the_o otâ—er_a side_n chap._n viii_o the_o commencement_n of_o devil_n fond_o gather_v out_o of_o the_o 14._o of_o isa._n of_o lucifer_n and_o of_o his_o fall_n the_o cabalist_n the_o thalmudist_n and_o schoolmen_n opinion_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o angel_n the_o witchmonger_n which_o be_v most_o common_o bastard_n divine_v do_v fond_o gather_v and_o false_o conceive_v the_o commencement_n of_o devil_n out_o of_o the_o fourteen_o of_o isaiah_n 14._o where_o they_o suppose_v lucifer_n be_v cite_v as_o the_o namâ—_n of_o a_o angel_n who_o on_o a_o time_n be_v desirous_a to_o be_v checkmate_n with_o god_n himself_o will_v needs_o when_o god_n be_v go_v a_o little_a aside_o be_v sit_v down_o or_o rather_o pirk_v up_o in_o god_n own_o principal_a and_o cathedral_n chair_n and_o that_o therefore_o god_n cast_v he_o and_o all_o his_o confederate_n out_o of_o heaven_n so_o as_o some_o fall_v down_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o earth_n some_o have_v descend_v but_o into_o the_o middle_a region_n and_o the_o tail_n of_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o pass_v through_o the_o high_a region_n stay_v even_o then_o and_o there_o when_o god_n say_v ho._n but_o god_n know_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n mean_v nor_o mention_v in_o that_o place_n for_o there_o be_v only_a foreshowed_n the_o depose_n and_o deprivation_n of_o king_n nabuchadnezzar_n who_o exalt_v himself_o in_o pride_n as_o it_o be_v above_o the_o star_n esteem_v his_o glory_n to_o surmount_v all_o other_o as_o far_o as_o lucifer_n the_o bright_a morning_n star_n shine_v more_o glorious_o than_o the_o other_o common_a star_n and_o be_v punish_v by_o exile_n until_o such_o time_n as_o he_o have_v humble_v himself_o and_o therefore_o metaphorical_o be_v call_v lucifer_n but_o forsooth_o because_o these_o great_a clerk_n will_v '_o be_v think_v methodical_a and_o to_o have_v creep_v out_o of_o wisdom_n bosom_n who_o rather_o
that_o divers_a spirit_n rest_v in_o and_o upon_o one_o man_n and_o yet_o no_o real_a or_o corporal_a spirit_n mean_v as_o for_o example_n the_o lord_n take_v of_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v upon_o moses_n and_o put_v it_o upon_o the_o seventy_o elder_n and_o when_o the_o spirit_n rest_v upon_o they_o they_o prophesy_v why_o shall_v not_o this_o be_v as_o substantial_a and_o corporal_a a_o spirit_n as_o that_o wherewith_o the_o maid_n in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v possess_v also_o elisha_n entreat_v elia_n that_o when_o he_o depart_v his_o spirit_n may_v double_v upon_o he_o we_o read_v also_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v upon_o 11.39_o othinel_n upon_o 14.6_o gidcon_n 14.6_o jeptha_n 24.2_o samson_n 16.13_o balaam_n 18.14_o saul_n 11.5_o david_n 14._o ezekiel_n 18_o zachary_n 14._o amasay_n yea_o it_o be_v write_v that_o caleb_n have_v another_o spirit_n than_o all_o the_o israelite_n beside_o and_o in_o another_o place_n it_o be_v say_v that_o 8._o daniâ—l_o have_v a_o more_o excellent_a spirit_n than_o any_o other_o so_o as_o though_o the_o spirit_n as_o well_o good_a as_o bad_a be_v say_v to_o be_v give_v by_o number_n and_o proportion_n yet_o the_o quality_n and_o not_o the_o quantity_n of_o they_o be_v always_o thereby_o mean_v and_o presuposed_a howbeit_o i_o must_v confess_v that_o christ_n have_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n without_o measure_n as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o evangelist_n john_n but_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o spirit_n can_v be_v make_v tame_a and_o at_o commandment_n i_o say_v to_o those_o gross_a conceiver_n of_o scripture_n with_o solomon_n who_o as_o they_o false_o affirm_v be_v of_o all_o other_o the_o great_a conjuror_n say_v thus_o in_o express_a word_n no_o man_n be_v lord_n over_o a_o spirit_n to_o retain_v a_o spirit_n at_o his_o pleasure_n chap._n vii_o whether_o spirit_n and_o soul_n can_v assume_v body_n and_o of_o their_o creation_n and_o substance_n wherein_o writer_n do_v extreme_o 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god_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v devil_n their_o divers_a name_n and_o in_o what_o affair_n their_o labour_n and_o authority_n be_v employ_v wherein_o also_o the_o blind_a superstition_n of_o the_o heathen_a people_n be_v discover_v and_o for_o so_o much_o as_o the_o idol_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v call_v devil_n 96._o and_o be_v among_o the_o unlearned_a confound_v and_o intermedle_v with_o the_o devil_n that_o be_v name_v in_o the_o scripture_n i_o think_v it_o convenient_a here_o to_o give_v you_o â—a_o note_v of_o they_o to_o who_o the_o gentile_n give_v name_n according_a to_o the_o office_n unto_o they_o assign_v penates_fw-la be_v the_o domestical_a god_n or_o rather_o devil_n that_o be_v say_v to_o make_v man_n live_v quiet_o within_o door_n minerva_n but_o some_o think_v these_o rather_o to_o be_v such_o as_o the_o gentile_n think_v to_o be_v set_v over_o kingdom_n and_o that_o lar_n be_v such_o as_o trouble_v private_a house_n and_o be_v set_v to_o oversee_v cross_a way_n 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