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 202 Arbiiz\ of Magick.

eyffhor. 28.

Becaufe all good is from God, who is onely good, thofe things which we would obtain of him,we ought to feekthem by prayer in Spirit and Truth,and a fimple hearr. The conclu- sion of the fecret of fecrets is, That every one exercife him- felf in prayer, for thofe things which he defires, and he (hall not differ a repulfe. Let not any one defpife prayer j for by whom God is prayed unto, to him he both can and will give. Now let us acknowledge him the Author, from whom let us humbly feek forourdefires. A merciful &good Father,Ioveth thefons of defires,as Daniel; and foonerheareth us,then we are able to overcome the hardnefs of our hearts to pray. But he will not that we give holy things to dogs, nor defpife and contemn the gifts of his treafury. Therefore diligently and often read over and over the firlt Septenary of fecrets, and guide and direft thy life and all thy thoughts according to thofe precepts ; and all things fhall yield to the defires ofthy minde in the Lord, to whom thou trufteft.

The fifth Septenary.

Afhor. 29.

As our fludy of Magick proceedeth in order from general Rules premifed, let us now come to a particular explicati- on thereof. Spirits either are divine minifters of the word, and of the Church, and the members thereof j or elfe they are fervient to the Creatures in corporal things,partly for the falvation of the foul and body, and partly for its defiru&ion. And there is nothing done, whether good or evil, without a certain and determinate order and government. He that feeketh after a good end, let him follow it ; and he that de- fires an evil end,purfueth that alfo, and that earneflly, from divine punifhment, and turning away from the divine will.

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