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Caftor. And what (hall be the end of chefe falfe Prophets, and workers of wickednefs ? I can fcarce believe that there is any angle or corner in the whole fabrick of the world, that is free from them. Tol. Scarce the fmalleft mice that may be feen. The world Caftor. Therefore dofl thou truely call the world the re- is the re- ceptacle of chofe falfe lights.

crptadeof /v. if i c were not moft fafeiy purged with the Sword of the word of God, it would forthwith be worfe. Caftor. Without doubt.

Tol. Neverthelefs I have feen many that remain, whom I have not yet inferibed in this frantique Catalogue. dcvils,falfc Caftor. Who are they ?

accufers, rp f. Falfe accufers and fpies, obedient to Aftaroth,vthois ip'«. ca jj ec j a j) ev [[ among the Gneks; and John calleth him the ac- cufer of the brethren. Alfo there are tempters and deceivers that lie in wait to deceive, who are prefent wich every man, and thefe we term evil Angels, which have Mammon for their King, & they do affect men with an infatiable avarice & thir- ty defire after authority and dominion. There are others Lucifugi, ca l' e d Lucifag't which fly from the light, never appearing in fliers from tr, e day , but delighting in darknefs, malicioufly vexing and the light, troubling men, and fometimes by Gods permiffion , either by fome touching, breathing or infpiration,do hurt to them ; but truely they are a kind which are unapt for to do much wickednefs, becaufe they efchew & fly from any communica- tion with men. Tliny the fecond relates, that there watfncha A horrible one at Athens, in a certain fpaciout houfe y which Anthenodorus apparition the Philosopher happened to purchafe. And Suetonitu in his fixth f a Spirit book of G*yir,makes mention of another to have long con- houfeof l ' nue d in the garden of Lamianw.

Amhtno- Caftor.l defire,if ic be not too irkfome to thee,declare unto J*nte. me what T/wy fpeaketh concerning this Spirit of t/fwbeno- dorus.

Tol. The (lory is fomething long and prolixious, yec it fhall not much trouble me to relate it. It is thus : T/rw/irt the feventh book of blsEpittles writeth , Of a certain large

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