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perswaders to Piety and godliness, yea, su ^ pteachers of ChrÆ, hts Incatnation his Passion, and other Mysteries of the Christian Fan» not o lyby them here ackno wledged, bat in some places very Scholast.cally set out

aftd dedared ? 'it seemeth somewhat contrary to reason and as contraltothe words of our Saviour, E veryX'^om dmded ^mjl itjtlf, &c.But

soft to the matter of fact : The Divels we know even in the Gospel-did'arknowleda nay in some manner proclaim Christ to be the Son ot Cod.which is tfemain Article he did contest with Christ by Scripture Aut o-

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and publick Exorcisms that have been used . we find the D.vefosien speak-ing by. the mouth of women, rather like a Monk out of the fulp.t per-swadiiw to temperande, rebuking vices, expounding of myste .es and the1 ke then as one that were an enemy to truth and godhnels. Insomuchhat’some have been ready to make a great mystery and triumph ossit,thereby to convict Herecicks and Atheists in time, more effectually , thenthey have been by any other means -that have been used hitherto : and as-cribing the whole business not to the Divel himself but the great powerand Providence of God, as forcing him against his wi11 to bean instrumentof his Truth For my part, I sec cause enough to believe that luch things,

thereconraincd at. large, might come from the Divel- that is mightrru-' ly and really be spoken by persons possessed and inspired b? the Divel.But that they are imployed by God to that end, I shall not eauly grant.

I rather suspect that whatsoever comes from them in that kind, though itbe good in. it self, yet they may have a mischievous end in it- and that. Ibelieve will soon appear if they can once gainesomuch credit among menas to be Believed to be sent by God to bear testimony to the truth. A manmay see somewhat already by those very Relations and that account that isgiven us there. And therefore I do not wonder it even among the moresober Papists this project (as the relater and publisher complaineth) hathfound opposition. The Divel is very cunning; a notable Politician. 5.<Potd knew him so, and therefore he uses many words to set out his frauds.He can lay the foundation of a plot, if need be, ahundred years before theeffects shall appear. But then he hath his end. It is not good trusting ofhim, or dealing with him upon any pretence. Can any man speak, bet-ter then he doth by the mouth of Anabaptists and Schilmaticks. And thishe will do for many years together if need be, that they that atfirst stoodoff may be won by time. But let them be once absolute masters andthen he will appear in his own shape. There is one thing which I won-der much more ar in those Relations I have mentioned and that is, tha'c

the Divel himself should turn such a fierce accuser of them that have

sorved him so long Witches and Magicians. Iknowhe ot here so tooin some kind, in more then one place. He doth much inveigh againstDivels and all that have to do with them, Magicians, &c. But that isin general only , or in Kllky’s particular cafe, upon whom he had a-

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