Demonology -- Early works to 1800; Magic -- Early works to 1800; Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800
First you know the soules of the righteous are in the hands of God,
and resting with _Lazarus_ in _Abrahams_ bosome, doo sleepe in Jesus
Christ. And from that sleepe, man shall not be raised, till the heavens
be no more: according to this of _David_: Wilt thou shew woonders among
the dead? Nay, the Lord saith, The living shall not be taught by the
dead, but by the living. As for the unrighteous, they are in hell,
where is no redemption; neither is there anie passage from heaven to
earth, but by God and his angels. As touching the resurrection and
restauration of the bodie, read _John._ 5. and you shall manifestlie
see, that it is the onelie worke of the father, who hath given the
power therof to the sonne, and to none other, &c. _Dominus percutit,
& ipse medetur: Ego occidam, & ego vivefaciam._ And in manie other
places it is written, that God giveth life and beeing to all. Although
_Plato_, with his maister _Socrates_, the cheefe pillers of these
vanities, say, that one _Pamphilus_ was called up out of hel, who
when he cam among the people, told manie incredible tales concerning
infernall actions. But herein I take up the proverbe; _Amicus Plato,
amicus Socrates, sed major amica veritas_.
♦Sap. 3, 1.
Luk. 16, 23.♦
♦Job. 14, 12.
Psal 88, 10.
Deut. 18, 11.
Luk. 16. 29. 31.♦
♦Luk. 16, 22.♦
♦Joh. 5, 21.♦
♦Ose. 6.
Acts. 17. 25. 28.
Tim. 6, 13.♦
So as this last precept, or last part thereof, extending to that which
neither can be done by witch nor divell, maie well expound the other
parts and points therof. For it is not ment hereby, that they can doo
such things indeed; but that they make men beleeve they doo them, and
thereby cousen the people, and take upon them the office of God, and
therewithall also blaspheme his holie name, and take it in vaine; as by
the words of charmes and conjurations doo appeare, which you shall see,
if you looke into these words, _Habar_ and _Idoni_.
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