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ny the Negromancers do fay, is Ga^ael, Fegor and Anarazol* Meridian Spirits.

Caflor. How warily ought a man to walk, Pollux, amongft fo many ginnes and (hares ?

Pot. A man never walketh fafely, unlefs he forrific and A man ne-

��ftrengthen himfelf with the armour of God,which is, 77w his ver **&- loynes begirt about with truth, and having on the breft-plate of , * c * righteoufntfl, let him walkjwith hi* feet {hod with the preparation of *

��the Gofrel of peace,and let him taS^e thefheild of faith-find the hel- met offalvation, whereby he (hall da(h in peicef all the darts of his adversary. Tim hear furtnenThere are alfobefides thefe,other lyingSpirits (although they are all iyers) yet thefe are more apt to lye ; they are called Pythons, from whence Apollo is cal- led Pythius. They have a Prince,of whom mention is made, ^, , lp in the book of the iC*>^/,where it isfaid, I will be a, lying Spi- rit in the mouth of all thy Prophets ; from whom the Spirits of iniquity do but a little differ, which alfo are called veffels of wrath. Belial^whom they have interpreted to be without any equal, and Paul calleth him an Apoftate or tranfgreflbr,is fil- thily infervient for the wont inventions. Plato affirmeth Thext to have been fuch a one, who was the firft rhat found out and invented Playes and Dice : to whom we will joyne the Monk, who invented the ufe of Gunpowder, in his En- », • gins of war. Of thefe Jacob makes mention in Genejis, where r \um! ^' ne bleffeth his Sons : he faith, Simeon and Levi are bloody Gen. 49. veffels of iniquity ; Oh my foul, come not thou into their counfels. The Pfalmtfl termeth thefe Spirits, veffels of death ; EfaiasczX- F, • leth {.hem, veffels of fury ; Jeremiah, veffels of wrath ; and £- ' < "" 7 ' z*kjel calleth them, veffels of death and deilruflion. The Ne- gromancers do call the (aid Belial, Chodar, an oriental Spirit, which hath under him alfo the Spirits ofjuglers , who do imitate and endeavour to all miracles, that they mayfeduce falfe Magi- cians and wicked perfons. It is apparently manifeft, that the Serpent which deceived Eve, was fuch a feducer, andSatan is his Prince, of whom ir is fpoken in the Revelation, that he fhould deceive the whole world. And fuch a one was he,that at Tubi»ga,\n\\\c fight of many people devoured a whole Cha- riot and fome horfes. Caflor,

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