=Samuell= shoulde appeare to terrifie and astonishe =Saule=: as if God coulde not haue feared him by other waies and meanes. Was he not before vtterly abashed and dismayed? Thirdly, if =Samuell= were brought backe, the same was done either by his will and consent, or without the same, but that he did fréely and of his owne accord obey the sorcerers, no man I thinke is so blinde to imagine. [Sidenote: Wordes of thēselues haue no force.] [Sidenote: Iupiter Elicius.] [Sidenote: Plinie.] For that were vtterly repugnant to the Lawe of God, that hee shoulde confirme Witchcraft and Sorcerie by his example. If the Witch had called for =Samuell=, whilest he liued, doubtlesse he would haue not approached vnto hir. And how then can we beléeue that he came to hir after his death? We may not so say, that the Witch compelled him to resort to hir against his will: for the Diuel hath no power ouer the soules of the godly, and Magike of it selfe is of no force. Heathenish superstition no doubt it is, that wordes vttered by Magitians, after their peculiar manner, or figures drawne, should haue suche a secret and hidden operation. For the Heathens beléeued that they could with a certain set stile & number of words, bring and draw downe =Iupiter= out of Heauen. Wherfore they termed him =Iupiter Elicius=. There are also certaine superstitious persons in these our daies, which go about to cure diseases by certaine rites of blessings, and by coniurings. Some hang aboute their neckes certaine scrolles of Paper, in which ther are written diuers strange words, but whether wordes of themselues haue any force at all, reade =Plinie= in his 28. booke, and 2. chapter, and =Cælius Rhodiginus= in his 16. booke and 16. chapter of Antiquities. [Sidenote: _Apoc._19.21.] [Sidenote: _Rom._12.] [Sidenote: _Actes_.12.]