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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

❀ 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 HEREVNTO 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 He that ouercommeth shall inherite all things and I will be his God and he shall be my sonne but the fearefull and vnbeleeuing and the abhominable and murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all lyars shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 7 8. 22. 14 15. CAMBRIDGE Printed by Iohn Legatt Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge 1590. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE LORD Robert Devorax Earle of Essex and EWE Vicount of Hereford and Bourchier Lord Ferrers of Chartley Bourchier and Lovaine Master of the Queenes Maiesties Horse and Knight of the most Honourable order of the Garter H. H. wisheth with his heart grace from God the Father by Iesus Christ increase of al vertues and constancie in the truth of the Gospell to the ende THE Scriptures of God right Honourable in sundrie places doe most euidently teach vs that there are two spirituall kingdomes in this world which haue continual hatred bloody wars without hope of truce for euer The Lord and king of the one is our Lord Iesus the tyrannical vsurper of the other is Sathan Again this also we are as clearely taught that all men liuing without exception are eyther true subiects of the one or slaues vnto the other For albeit the Neuters of this worlde dreame that they may indifferentlie view the scarres and woundes of other men and neuer approch neere those bloody skirmishes yet the truth is they are fowlie deceiued for the great Lord and King hath said with his owne mouth Hee that is not with mee is against mee Wherefore all that build not vp as much as in them lyeth the kingdome and Citie of God and batter downe the holdes of Sathan must be numbred with the rebels and enemies of our Lord Christ when the warrefare shal be ended The enemies of Christ haue euer beene many some open cruell foes without some subtill close conspirators within the house of God most daungerous vnderminers of the Citie of God if they be not discouered In this secret conspiracie albeit Sathan haue many Champions and many artes mille artes mille nocendi modos there is no arte more effectuall and dreadfull in my iudgement then those his wicked faculties in Witchcrafte I haue indeauoured right Honourable in this small Treatise according to my poore strength to shewe the principall meanes ordained of God for to confound and to discouer them I doe here therefore humbly aske your Honourable protection for the defence of the trueth and the glory of God against all the patrones of all such vile artes and horrible abhominations Thus doeing your Honour shall not onely encourage me but also imbolden others which are better able and wil be willing also to lay open the secret delusions and practises of Sathans inventions Nobilitie without godlines and vertue as your Honour well knoweth is blood indeede as a learned man speaketh but blood without bones and sinewes I knowe therefore that to increase in your Honour true Nobilitie you are well assured that it principally standeth in purchasing vnto Christ and his Church true honour and glorie and in beating downe as much as in your Honour lyeth all the holdes of Sathans kingdome God increase in your heart right Honourable all his good graces to his glory your own saluation and the benefit of his Church Amen The yeere of our saluation 1590. Your good Lordships euer to vse and command in the Lord Henr. Holland TO THE CHRISTIAN READER GRACE MERCIE AND PEACE BE multiplied in Iesus Christ. THE holy Apostle labouring to set foorth the divine maiestie and powerfull might of the ministerie of the Gospel sheweth how that a man must be as it were conquered thereby before he doe yeelde sincere and sound obedience vnto Christ. And certen it is that before men be brought downe to that subiection they fall often into daungerous errours in minde and sundrie fearefull sinnes in life In this question of Witchcraft some haue preferred the wicked folly of mā before the holy wisdom of God would haue vs to credit their owne practise the knowledge also and experience of Cornelius Agrippa Iohn Wyerus Nero Iulian Apostata and such like Their experience to say no more was vnsufficient most wicked and detestable Let vs then humble our selues before the wisdome of God and see what direction wee haue in this controuersie by the holy Scripture First for the being of this abhomination the holy word of god most clearely cōfirmeth it For if there were no such sinne wherefore then are there so many kindes named and distinguished Deut. 18. 10 11. Mecasephim kozemim c. Al which Gal. 5. 20. the Apostle comprehendeth as Ierome saith in that one word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Witchcraft Secondly wherfore haue we so many examples of the practitioners of this profession pointed at so often vnto vs as the inchaunters of Egypt the Witch of Endor the witches of Persia Simon Magus of Samaria Elymas the sorcerer at Paphus the Pythonist at Philippi c. Thirdly what meaneth the Lord to geue such lawes against this sinne as may be seene Exod. 22. 18. Lev. 20. 27. Deut. 18 10 11. For this is Maxime in Law as Danaeus saith and the lawyers graunt it De ijs rebus quae non sunt leges non promulgantur There are no lawes made of things which haue no being If this be true of the lawes of men how much more of the blessed Lawes of God wherein we must not imagine a want or superfluitie and therefore Hemingius saith Sapientissimus Deus non potest leges ferre de rebus quae vel non sunt vel esse non possunt The moste wise God can not geue lawes of things which haue no beeing or can haue no beeing VVherefore I conclude that witchcraft is a sinne a filthie worke of the flesh as Paul speaketh and therefore an abominable worke of the devill as Iohn saith and consequently not so lightly as it is made of some to be regarded The adversaries here are glad to betake the selues to th● first refuge Witchcraft is but coozening or poisening arte practised by humane industrie whereunto Sathan communicates no reall conference or communication What may

sworde and notably preserueth vs from Sathan if we can wisely handle it as our Sauiour hath taught vs by his owne example As for Iobs time it is vndoubtedly to be thought that he liued before the Lawe because of his long life Chap. 42. 16. Psal. 90. 10. and sacrifices in a straunge land which by the Lawe were commanded to be done before the Arke or in the tabernacle of God Some thinke that he was about the time the Church was in Egypt All the Patriarkes and holy fathers of that time and before had great knowledge and many yeeres experience and were preachers of the word of God in their families Gene. 18. 19. and receiued it partly by their fathers instruction Psal. 78. 3. partly by visions and sundrie other meanes from God him selfe Hebr. 1. 1. And as for Iob he had both instruction by man Chap. 42. 5. and reuelations from God Chap. 38. and 42. 5. and taught the same vnto his people Chap. 1. 5. and 29. 22. and 22. 22. Myso-daemon Nowe tell me what was the 5. preservatiue Theophilus Repentance the life of Gods saints is a continuall repentance because of their continuall infirmities and offences The penitent hath two good properties One is he feareth God truely and so is humbled the other is he resteth vpon God faithfully and so is strengthened The Lord is greatly delighted in them that feare him attend vpon his mercie but if any proude rebellious sinnes haue snared them the Lord leaueth them as naked and as it were in Sathans iurisdiction as Dauid often and others And as for Iob he walked most circumspectly within the boundes of true repentance before the Lorde his God Whefore Mysodaemon call mightely vpon God for this great blessing also for repentance is the precious gift and worke of God Myso-daemon And what was his 6. and last preseruatiue Theophilus The prouidence of almightie God was his most strong to wre and moste soueraigne preseruatiue against all euill Of this Dauid glorieth and singeth often sweetly in his Psalmes as in the 91. v. 9 10 11 12. on this maner Because thou hast saide the Lord is mine help and hast set the moste high for thy refuge there shall none euill come vnto thee neither shall anie plague come neere thy tabernacle for he shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee to keepe thee in all thy waies they shall beare thee in their hands that thou shalt not hurt thy foot against a stone thou shalt walke vpon the lyon and aspe the young lyon and the dragon shalt thou tread vnder thy foot Nowe that Iob was most safe vnder this shelter and could not be anoied by Satan the deuill confesseth it himselfe For he saieth he can not come neere him by reason of a certen hedge wherewith he and all his were compassed about the wordes are these Then Satan saide doth Iob feare God for nought hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house and about al that he hath on euery side And thus thou seest Mysodaemon how Iob was preserued from Satan and all his artes wherefore if thou canst purchase these preseruatiues for any price or by any meanes come by them I will assure thee for thy safety in all dangers of bodie and soule Myso-daemon But I see not yet how hee was preserued for the deuill ouercame him most fearefully consumed him and al his goods Theophilus The deuill ouercame him not nor could not work his wil purpose vpon him For Satans chiefe purpose against Iob was to cause him to blaspheme God to renounce God and religion to fall from the faith from repentance and from the grace of God And to this end when the Lord gaue him entrance he destroied his goods with strange fire and theeues he murdered his children with a tempest he consumed his bodie with byles and mooued also his friends and his owne wife to reuile and to scorne him and his profession Notwithstanding all these engines of Satan Iobs preseruatiues were so good and precious that the deuill was vtterly vnable to bring any of those euils he most desired vpon him for the Lord witnesseth of him saying In all this Iob sinned not nor charged God foolishlie And to be short when Satan had assaulted him with all extremities that could be deuised albeit his faith fainted yet it failed him not for he continued in faithfull repentance and grace of God vnto the end And thus haue I taught thee Mysodaemon what things I thought expedient for thee and most needfull concerning witchcraft I doubt not but many of our friends could say more Wherefore giue them no rest but cause them by al good meanes to communicate vnto vs both their knowledge and experience in this argument Farewell Mysodaemon I must now leaue thee Mysodaemon Farewell good Theophilus I moste hartelie thanke you I doe not now farre dissent from your iudgement but because I so hate the deuill all his delusions as you know I will stirre vp all the friends I can as you desire to impart vnto vs their knowledge and experience in these points Theophilus Farewell in Christ Mysodaemon and do so FINIS ❀ A SHORT DISCOVRSE SHEWING THE MOST CERTEN AND PRINCIPAL MEANES ORdeined of God to discouer expell and to confound all the Sathanicall inuentions of witchcraft and Sorcerie ⸫ What communion hath light with darkenesse and what concord hath Christ with Beliall 2. Cor. 6. 14 15. CHAP. I. THAT THE MINISTERIE OF GODS WORDE IS THE most certen and principall good meanes ordained of God for the discouerie and confusion of Witchcraft Looke what meanes the Lord principallie commendeth vnto vs for the discouerie and confusion of Sathan and his artes that may best effect his discouerie and ought most to be practised God hath commended principallie for this purpose the ministerie of his worde Therefore this ministerie may best discouer Sathan and his artes and ought of vs most to be practised 1. Proposition or Major THE first Proposition is most certen and because the Worlde seeketh many vnlawfull meanes to discouer and auoide the euill arts harmes of Sathan after the brayne of man and the inuention of the deuill him selfe therefore it comes to passe that such men be more and more blinded in their mindes benummed in their sinnes besotted of Sathan yea tumbled and tossed in the world at his pleasure the Lord in his iustice because of the contēpt of his glorious Maiestie will revealed in his word giuing them ouer to their owne ignorance and hardnes of heart Therfore haue men vsed to scare away the deuils and arts of magick in the thick mist of poperie with holy water certen nūber of masses halowed bels consultation with wizards and saith Bodin Ne quem circumueniant magi ipsorum carmina abundant pulchris orationibus That none be circumvented with magicke or witchcraft their charmes are full of godly prayers psalmes and