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unjufl Creditor,which the father had paid him before : for he faith the Cafe was rhus : The father had paid a debt to a cer- tain Creditor, which after the death of the father, the Cre- ditor endeavoured by force to recover the fame again of his fon, who was ignorant of the payment thereof: to whom the image of his father appeared when he was fleeping, and fhewed him where the Writing was hid. Whereupon, the fon awaking from his fleep, fought for the Paper in the place he was directed, and found it, and thereby overthrew the malice of his deceitful Creditor. The fecond example is, whereby the fame St. Augnjlinc (heweth that the living do appear to the living, in their fleep : forhefaith, that£«rs- logiHt the Rhetorician, profeffing the Rhetorick of Cicero at Carthage , he found a difficult and obfeure place that was not declared to him ; fo that waking and fleeping he vexed himfelf by reafon of his ignorance : bur> in a certain nighr, the image of v^areUm AuguStinc appeared to him , and taught him in what maner the dark ana difficult place was to be underftood.

Poll. Angufi'me doth therefore conclude, without doubt, that they are not fouls.

Catt. He doth fo conclude : and the greater to ftrengthen fuch his judgement, headdeth, That if the fouls of the dead have any interefl or counfcl in the affairs of the living, he undoubtedly knew, that his own pious mother did not defert him, not for one night, but when fhe was living, fol- lowed him both by fea and land : neither did he at any time fuflain any anguifn of heart, but comforted his forrows. And that this may not fecm too hard a fpeech, the president of Chrifl teacheih, that they do not erre , who affirm that the good Angels, by the appointment of God, and Divine difpenfation, do fometimes come to, and vifit men, both li- ving and fleeping, andfomctimes to the place where fouls endure pnnifnment : notwithstanding, it is not unto all, but onely unto thofe who arefo lived, that God fhall judge them worthy of this mercy ; or unto thofe upon whom, without any refpeft unto their deferts, God will be pleafcd coglo-

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