Demonology -- Early works to 1800; Magic -- Early works to 1800; Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800
_Onen_ differeth not much from _Kasam_, but that it is extended to
the interpretation of dreames. And as for dreames, whatsoever credit
is attributed unto them, proceedeth of follie: and they are fooles
that trust in them, for whie they have deceived many. In which respect
the Prophet giveth us good warning, not to followe nor hearken to the
expositors of dreames, for they come through the multitude of busines.
And therefore those witches, that make men beleeve they can prophesie
upon dreames, as knowing the interpretation of them, and either for
monie or glorie abuse men & women therby, are meere couseners, and
worthie of great punishment: as are such witchmongers, as beleeving
them, attribute unto them such divine power as onelie belongeth to God:
as appeereth in _Jeremie_ the Prophet.
♦Ecclus. 24.♦
♦Jerem. 27.
Eccle. 5.♦
♦Jerem. 23. 25. 26. 27. Read the words.♦
The second Chapter.
_Of divine, naturall, and casuall dreames, with their differing
causes and effects._
_Macrobius_ recounteth five differences of images, or rather
imaginations exhibited unto them that sleepe, which for the most part
doo signifie somewhat in admonition. There be also many subdivisions
made hereof, which I thinke needlesse to reherse. In _Jasper Peucer_
they are to be seene, with the causes and occasions of dreames. There
were woont to be delivered from God himselfe or his angels, certeine
dreames and visions unto the prophets and holie fathers: according to
the saieng of _Joel_; I will powre my spirit upon all flesh, your yoong
men shall dreame dreames, and your old men shall see visions. These
kind of dreames (I say) were the admonishments and forewarnings of God
to his people: as that of _Joseph_, to abide with _Marie_ his wife,
after she was conceived by the Holie-ghost, as also to conveie our
Saviour Christ into _Aegypt_, &c: the interpretation whereof are the
peculiar gifts of God, which _Joseph_ the patriarch, and _Daniel_ the
prophet had most speciallie.
♦_Peucer in divinat. ex somniis._♦
♦Joel. 2.♦
♦Matth. 1. 20.♦
♦Matth. 2, 13.♦
♦Gen. 39. & 40. & 41. Dani. 2.♦
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