_Glanvil_ and the Popish Writers tell me so? I hope not; for the Text telleth us plainly, that the rich man presently after his death was in Hell in torments, and could not come hither unto earth again to warn his brethren, otherwise he would not have prayed _Abraham_ to have sent _Lazarus_. And whether it be taken for a real History of things done, or but a Parable, yet the spiritual meaning of our Saviour must be infallibly true, that immediately after death the souls of the godly are by Angels carried into _Abrahams_ bosome, and the wicked go down into Hell, from whence there is no redemption; and therefore do not wander up and down here, nor make any Apparitions: for I imagine that the authority of holy King _David_, a Prophet and a man after Gods own heart, is to be preferred before the authority of a thousand Popish Writers, and he tells us, when the child was dead: _But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me._ And _Job_ tells us: _As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come up no more, he shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more_. And therefore it was a vain argument of _Bellarmine_ when he said: “_Apparitiones animarum ex Purgatorio venientium idem testantur_.” To which the Protestants answer: “But who shall bear witness of these Apparitions, that they were not either feigned fables, or Satanical illusions? They were men, and might be deceived, even the best of them, with whom doth rest the faith of these Narrations.” 5. And whereas he audaciously asketh, “Who saith that happy Souls were never imployed in any Ministeries here below?” I shall tell him who they are that say, that happy Souls departed are never imployed here in any Ministeries; and they are all the learned Divines of the Reformed Churches, and all those that were true Sons of the Doctrine of the Church of _England_, such as were Bishop _Jewel_, Bishop _Hall_, Dr. _Willet_, Dr. _Whitaker_, Mr. _Perkins_, and many more such, the authority and reputation of the least of which is far above the simple question of Mr. _Glanvil_. And therefore saith the latter Confession of _Helvetia_: “Now that which is recorded of the Spirits or Souls of the dead sometimes appearing to them that are alive, &c. we count those Apparitions among the delusions and deceits of the Devil.”