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 Of the Nature of Spirits. \ \ 3

Jpijfious Air, which body alfo watfirkken and ajfonipied with the ra &*"& madnefi of pride, did draw away very many which were then Angels with hint into his fcr vice and bondage^ thai they might be made Devils, who for him in thiitroublefomc world do exercife their fervile courfes for him , and the] do compel the inhabitants therein, or rather entice them ; and to this purpofc they undertake various endeavours, and do attempt various and manifold horrible Jludies , that are abominable unto God , and theyferve inflavery and thraldom to Beelzebub their Prince, and are held in mop firong captivity.

Castor. Whar ? Have we the fall of this Archangel no- where elfe in holy writ,but in the writings of St. Augufiine }

Pollux. We have alfo the fall of other Angels. The fell of

Castor. Where? Lucifer in

Pollux. JnEfa/as, to whom ihoufhak give the honour of Scf, P turc * an Evangel ift,rather then a Prophet, becaufe he fo fully and plainly foretold of Chrift and his kingdom: he maketh men- tion hereof in his 14 Chapter. And we have them alfo fpokenof by the Apoftle Peter, when he faith, Godjparednot his ^Angels which finned. 2 Epifl. 2.

Caitor. Have the Devils a (elect place appointed them by God, which they inhabit ?

Pollux. Peter the head of the Church, in the place before What quoted, affirmeth them to be cafi headlong into hell, referved in P la ", the the chains of hell, from whence (as Cortefius faith) they never go apposed. out, unlcfiit be to tempt, provoke and delude men. Bur Sc. t/4u* gu(rine the Champion of Chrifl, in his book of TheAgonyof a thrifrian,teacheth,Thai thefe kmde of Spirits do inhabit in the fublunary region. And in his 49 Epifl. he fets forth , That the mofl dark and obfeure part of the Air , u predeflinated unto them at a prifon , that they may the more neerly cafi their nets of enticing and detaining.

(pastor. Origen hath taughr, That the punifhments of the De- The tcv- viltare appointed for a time ; what faifl thou to this? mencs of

Pollux. Whatfhalllfay ? unlefs T (hould bewail and de- the<leviu plore the opinion of fo great a man. Ja(W.

pastor. Wherefore fhouldft thou do fo?

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